180 results about "Weapon system" patented technology

Unmanned systems, and primarily vehicles, and in most embodiments unmanned aerial systems (UAS), as well as novel guided and unguided munitions are presented herein. to the two combine to present unmanned weaponized systems that not only carry weapons functionality, but allow for advanced observation and reconnaissance. These unmanned systems are largely directed toward military applications where the weaponized unmanned system may be forward deployed to allow human warfighters to remain at long range distances from the potential targets, and to provide surveillance, target identification and tracking, general reconnaissance information, and the like, while also providing weaponized attack capabilities. The unmanned systems may, in some embodiments, include advanced command and control capabilities for communication between the system and the remote, rear-positioned warfighter, and between separate elements of the unmanned system. Many embodiments also include weapons systems, munitions, or rounds with guidance and real-time maneuverability capabilities as well.

A suppressor for a multi-barrel weapon system includes an adapter baffle configured to engage the weapon system and receive the muzzles of the barrels, a plurality of extension baffles configured to be aligned with and arranged in a stack on the adapter baffle, and an endcap baffle configured to align with the extension baffles and engage the final extension baffle in the stack. A plurality of projectile apertures in each baffle aligns with the muzzles to define a plurality of parallel bullet paths. Each projectile aperture can be in fluid communication with each other projectile aperture. Each extension baffle can include a plurality of internal vanes configured to circulate propellant gasses emitted from the muzzles of each barrel within an interior space at least partially defined by the extension baffle. The adapter baffle can define an expansion space in which propellant gases emitted from each muzzle comingle during discharge of the weapon system.

The method and apparatus for a remote weapon station or incorporated into manually-aimed weapons. The methodology requires use of a muzzle velocity sensor that refines the aiming of the second and subsequent fires or volleys fired from weapon systems. When firing the first volley a weapon uses an estimated velocity and, at firing, the muzzle velocity of a projectile is measured. When firing the second volley a weapon's fire control calculates an aiming point using the measured velocity of the first volley.

A riser mount system includes a housing having a lower surface configured to engage a weapon accessory interface and an upper surface opposite the lower surface configured to engage a fire control system. A peripheral wall extends between the lower surface and the upper surface, wherein the housing defines an interior compartment. A forward-facing camera assembly is disposed within the interior compartment and is operatively coupled to a riser circuit assembly also disposed within the interior compartment. The interior compartment is configured to receive one or more batteries for electrical coupling to the riser circuit assembly.

A riser mount system includes a housing having a lower surface configured to engage a weapon accessory interface and an upper surface opposite the lower surface configured to engage a fire control system. A peripheral wall extending between the lower surface and the upper surface, wherein the housing defines an interior compartment. A riser circuit assembly disposed with the interior compartment, which is configured to receive one or more batteries for electrical coupling to the riser circuit assembly. A first electrical connector is disposed on the first surface and is structured and operable to electrically couple the one or more batteries to a fire control system. A second electrical connector disposed on the second surface and is structured and operable to electrically couple the one or more batteries to one or more devices on the weapon accessory interface.

The invention belongs to the technical field of weapon systems, and particularly relates to a small ammunition air-drop mechanism which comprises a bottom plate, an embracing ring seat, an embracing ring, a rotating shaft, a plug pin, a plug pin support, a connecting rod, a steering engine, a rocker arm and an adaptive block. In an air-drop state, ammunition is clamped and fixed by the embracing ring. The air-drop mechanism serves as an ammunition air-drop system and is fixed to the flying platform through the bottom plate, the steering engine rotates and drives the connecting rod to move after receiving a control signal, then movable limiting of the embracing ring is relieved, and ammunition freely falls under the action of gravity. In this way, the ammunition air-drop process is completed. The airdrop mechanism has the outstanding advantages that the problems that a conventional airdrop mechanism is large in weight, inconvenient to operate and the like are solved, the airdrop mechanism has the advantages of being high in strength, compact in structure, small in size, light in weight, easy and convenient to operate and the like, quick response can be achieved after a control signal is received, embracing ring release activity synchronism and reliability are high, and the airdrop mechanism can adapt to different flight platforms such as unmanned / manned aerial vehicles and rotor / fixed-wing aircrafts and is suitable for large-scale popularization. And the method has a great popularization and application space.

Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed to correct aimpoint of a system of a weapon and affixed digital weapon sight. The method employs the components of a digital weapon sight configured together for a process of sensing of a ballistic event, storing of digital imagery data before and after a shot or series of shots, and then the performing of an image registration algorithm, via a cross-correlation type function. The image registration determines the misalignment between the images as a Cartesian shift, and aimpoint of subsequent shooting is corrected through application of adjusted reticle symbology or adjusted image sensor windowing. Preprocessing methods for enhancing image registration algorithm accuracy are presented.

The invention discloses a typical warhead-fuze collaborative weapon system, and belongs to the technical field of ammunition fuze, the typical warhead-fuze collaborative weapon system comprises a shell, a fuze module, a guidance cabin, a warhead, a detonation module and a fuel cabin are arranged in the shell, the fuze module is located at one end of the shell, the fuel cabin is located at the other end of the shell, and the warhead is located in the middle of the shell; the guidance cabin is located between the fuze module and the warhead, and the detonation module is located between the warhead and the fuel cabin. According to the typical warhead-fuze collaborative weapon system, the collaborative performance is optimized, and efficient collaboration among the warhead, the fuze module and the explosion tube is achieved through innovative module arrangement and connection design; the environmental adaptability is improved, structural strengthening and adaptability design are carried out on key modules of the system for high-altitude, high-temperature and other complex combat environments, and reliable operation of the system is ensured; and through the heat insulation design and multi-layer protection, the isolation performance of the warhead and the fuel cabin is improved, and accidental explosion caused by heat transfer is prevented.

The invention relates to a bending moment-torque composite loading device for testing the load capacity of a steering engine, and belongs to the technical field of ammunition weapon system testing. In the device, the pressure head, the pressurizing rod and the composite loading slip ring synchronously rotate along with the rotation of the rudder wing, so that the applied pressure can be ensured to be always perpendicular to the rudder surface and is closer to the real wind resistance working condition during flight. The bending moment output device and the torque output device are coupled together through the composite loading slip ring, so that the bending moment and the torque can be loaded at the same time and are closer to the actual flight condition.

A weapon system has an optical sight mounted to a weapon and a frame with a sight window that is configured to superimpose a reticle that is visible through the sight window in a first focal plane. An optoelectronic device is mounted to the weapon and includes an imager with a sensor array and a display device. An image processor is configured to receive image data captured by the sensor array and process the image data to generate a subset image that is received from a select region of the sensor array. The select region of the sensor array defines a second focal plane. A controller is configured to receive an input from an operator, and in response to the input, to select the select region of the sensor array for aligning the second focal plane with the first focal plane.

The invention refers to a counter countermeasures device, for use in an anti-aircraft combat. In one embodiment the CCM device together with an anti-aircraft weapon system forms an air defense system. The counter countermeasures device is configured for generating and emitting electromagnetic radiation of appropriate wavelengths and is capable of operating in spoof and jam mode and switching between both modes. The mode of operation is dependent on the selection of the output power of the EM source unit and the distance to the target. The selection of the output power may be done with a mechanical cover or with an electronic solution, decreasing driving current of the EM sources. With the CCM device the anti-aircraft missile launch warning and detection system installed on aircrafts are deceived and the countermeasures are released. With the use of the CCM device the efficiency of the anti-aircraft combat is highly improved, i.e. the probability of the target hit is highly improved.

Provided is a blank firing adapter for a firearm that prevents a bullet or fragmentation from exiting a firearm barrel and traveling downrange. The device includes a body, a fore end, an aft end, a bore, a transverse exhaust hole, and a flange. The body is positioned within a muzzle end of the firearm barrel. The fore end includes a solid material to prevent bullet fragmentation from directly exiting the barrel in a direction coinciding with a point-of-aim direction when a live round is fired, and the transverse exhaust hole redirects gas traveling through the bore to a direction transverse to the muzzle end of the barrel. The device generates backpressure to permit automatic cycling of a weapon system, safely catches a fired bullet without any fragmentation to travel downrange, and is visually inconspicuous to the casual observer when installed, while allowing for the use of externally attached devices.

A suppressor for a multi-barrel weapon system includes an aft end configured to receive a muzzle of each barrel of the plurality of barrels, a forward end defining a plurality of projectile apertures configured to align with the plurality of barrels when the muzzle of each barrel is received in the aft end, and a sidewall extending from the aft end to the forward end, the sidewall at least partially defining a single continuous interior chamber in which propellant gases emitted from the muzzle of each barrel comingle and circulate. The suppressor can include a plurality of baffles. A plurality of projectile apertures in each baffle can align with the muzzles to define a plurality of parallel bullet paths. Each projectile aperture is in fluid communication with each other projectile aperture.

A weapon display device includes a display engine, a waveguide, and a chassis. The display engine is configured to selectively output light. The waveguide is configured to receive the light from the display and output graphics to the user. The chassis is coupled to the display engine and the waveguide, and is further configured to releasably mount to one of a weapon or an optic mounted to the weapon such that a field of view through the waveguide is aligned with an optical axis of the optic.

A weapon system training and firing aid comprising a shoulder bar attachment for elevating and / or traversing a weapon system is disclosed. It may have an elongate arm for attachment to the weapon system and extending in a generally rearward direction from the weapon system. Once coupled to a weapon system, it gives a user a stable method of supporting and moving the weapon system, allowing the user to quickly elevate and traverse the weapon system by giving the user an additional point of contact, for example at the shoulder or under the arm, to support and stabilize the weapon system.

The invention discloses a low-cost injection type seeker semi-physical simulation test method which is suitable for semi-physical simulation of all weapon systems adopting image guidance. According to the method, a simulation mode of a traditional image guided weapon system based on a five-axis turntable is abandoned, three inner axes of the five-axis turntable are used for simulating guide machine motion, two outer axes of the five-axis turntable are used for simulating target motion, and a ground image is directly injected into a seeker image information processing card. The defects that a traditional weapon system simulation method is not comprehensive in tracking algorithm assessment, and the motion angle of a rotary table is limited are overcome. According to the method, the actual working process of a seeker tracking algorithm and an image seeker can be comprehensively assessed, the whole simulation process does not depend on a high-performance five-axis turntable and an image simulator, the purpose of assessing the working performance of the seeker in a low-cost and multi-dimensional mode is achieved, and the simulation system and method are simple in design, effective, practical and suitable for popularization and application. Good popularization and application space is realized.

Certain aspects of a novel weapon sight system combine a direct view, a visible light video view, and an infrared (IR) video view mode. Each of the view modes may be viewed individually or simultaneously with one or more of the other view modes through a single viewing aperture. Further, the one or more view-modes may be provided while providing a bore-sighted reticle superimposed on the selected view. Further, the reticle may be powered separately from the video view electronics enabling use of the reticle regardless of the power status video view electronics.

A high energy laser (HEL) weapon system for counter-UAS (C-UAS) use comprises a fully self-contained laser system including a power supply, thermal management, high-capacity batteries, and integrated radar and electronic warfare subsystems.

The invention discloses an unmanned vehicle-unmanned aerial vehicle cooperative reconnaissance and strike system which comprises an unmanned vehicle system, an unmanned aerial vehicle system, a central control system and a remote command system. The unmanned vehicle system and the unmanned aerial vehicle system directly communicate through the data link communication module; the unmanned vehicle system communicates with the remote command system through a satellite communication module; the unmanned vehicle system performs comprehensive perception and data acquisition on the surrounding environment through the multi-mode sensor assembly; the central control system is configured to integrate information of an unmanned vehicle, an unmanned aerial vehicle and a weapon system. The cooperative control module is used for optimizing task allocation and a cooperative process; the situation awareness module and the target recognition module are used for fusing and analyzing multi-modal sensor data in real time to construct a unified battlefield situation map; and the resource optimization module is used for managing system resources. The advantages of all the systems are exerted, and the overall combat ability is improved.

The invention discloses a heterogeneous spacecraft cluster target allocation method based on a multi-agent reinforcement learning algorithm, and mainly relates to a heterogeneous weapon system model design and a hierarchical hybrid collaborative decision framework design based on multi-agent reinforcement learning. According to the method, the problem of heterogeneous target allocation of the spacecraft cluster in the technical field of spacecraft cooperative control is solved. The spacecraft cluster heterogeneous target allocation method based on multi-agent reinforcement learning comprises the following steps: 1, establishing a heterogeneous weapon target allocation model for a spacecraft cluster heterogeneous target allocation problem; 2, constructing a'global-local-monomer 'hierarchical decision model based on a multi-agent depth deterministic policy gradient (MADDPG) algorithm framework, wherein a global task allocation layer agent adopts centralized training to learn a heterogeneous weapon task allocation and cluster hierarchical strategy; and intelligent agents of the local collaboration layer and the single execution layer adopt distributed training and local observation to carry out collaborative decision making and target distribution. And 3, designing a composite reward function fusing the target value, the intelligent agent capability matching degree and multiple constraints to guide the intelligent agent to maximize the overall task income and generate an optimal allocation strategy on the premise of meeting the complex constraints, thereby effectively improving the heterogeneous target allocation efficiency under the spacecraft large-scale cluster. The method can be applied to the aerospace field and in-orbit autonomous decision-making scenes.

The invention relates to a CAD model generation system and method based on natural language modeling. The CAD model generation system comprises a data layer, an application layer and a middle layer. The application layer is used for acquiring request information of a user; the middle layer is used for analyzing the request information through a natural language processing method to obtain parameters corresponding to the design intention of the user; mapping the corresponding parameters of the user design intention to a predefined structure template, and associating a standard; according to the structure template and the constraint condition, generating an automatic script for constructing a two-dimensional / three-dimensional model through a depth model generation method; based on the automatic script, adopting Siemens NX software to generate a CAD (Computer Aided Design) model; the data layer is used for querying corresponding standard terms in a knowledge base according to the association standard; and based on the standard terms, extracting constraint conditions corresponding to the association standards. The method is suitable for rapid modeling and design verification of complex parts in a weapon system.

The present invention relates to a pointing drive (10) for receiving and aligning a weapon system (102), characterized by a coupling gear (12) for pointing in elevation, wherein the coupling gear (12) has a crank (14), a rocker (16) and a coupler (18), wherein the crank (14) is mounted at one end on a first bearing (22) so as to be pivotable about a first pivot axis (20), wherein the rocker (16) is mounted at one end on a second bearing (26) so as to be pivotable about a second pivot axis (24), wherein the crank (14) and the rocker (16) are each connected in an articulated manner to the coupler (18) at their other end, wherein the first bearing (22) and the second bearing (26) are each connected to a base element (28), wherein the base element (28) defines a reference plane (30), wherein the coupler (18) is mounted at its end facing away from the base element (28) top side has a receiving surface (32) for receiving and fastening the weapon system (102),wherein the crank (14) is pivotable about the first pivot axis (20) by driving a crank drive (36), so that an elevation angle (α) which the receiving surface (32) and the reference plane (30) enclose with each other can be adjusted. A weapon system (100) with such a targeting drive (10) is specified.

Unmanned systems, and primarily vehicles, and in most embodiments unmanned aerial systems (UAS), as well as novel guided and unguided munitions are presented herein. to the two combine to present unmanned weaponized systems that not only carry weapons functionality, but allow for advanced observation and reconnaissance. These unmanned systems are largely directed toward military applications where the weaponized unmanned system may be forward deployed to allow human warfighters to remain at long range distances from the potential targets, and to provide surveillance, target identification and tracking, general reconnaissance information, and the like, while also providing weaponized attack capabilities. The unmanned systems may, in some embodiments, include advanced command and control capabilities for communication between the system and the remote, rear-positioned warfighter, and between separate elements of the unmanned system. Many embodiments also include weapons systems, munitions, or rounds with guidance and real-time maneuverability capabilities as well.

A weapon display device includes a display engine, a waveguide, and a chassis. The display engine is configured to selectively output light. The waveguide is configured to receive the light from the display and output graphics to the user. The chassis is coupled to the display engine and the waveguide, and is further configured to releasably mount to one of a weapon or an optic mounted to the weapon such that a field of view through the waveguide is aligned with an optical axis of the optic.

A system for securing two-way communications using a radio frequency wireless network between N weapons systems to be remotely operated, with N≥1, and a control station, includes: a remote-control station accommodating at least one operator, with a first field data bus to which a first controller is connected with at least a first transceiver system as a client; and N conventional weapons systems, each with a second field data bus and at least one client, the system including an additional client provided with a second transceiver system to be connected to each of the N weapons systems, permanently or removably, for operation in remote operation mode, the first controller with the first transceiver thereof receiving data from and / or sending commands to the client via the radio frequency wireless network.

A rifle platform weapon system dry firing device which allows the user to dry fire a rifle platform weapon system and still experience the trigger pull and cycling of the weapon system without breaking the shooter's positioning and sight alignment. The dry firing device includes a bolt carrier group configured to replace the standard bolt carrier group of the rifle platform weapons system. The dry firing device includes a magazine with a reset finger configured to reset a hammer of the weapons system. The dry firing device includes at least one of i) a charging rod engaging with a charging handle of the rifle platform or ii) an integrated laser within the bore of the weapons system.

A bullet tracking system comprising a sensor sub-system that generates bullet tracking data by tracking a position and range of a bullet discharged from a remote-controlled weapon and traveling to an intended target; a processor that processes the bullet tracking data to determine aim adjustments of the weapon for subsequent firing of bullets to compensate for tracked bullet ballistics to improve an accuracy of the bullets for reaching the intended target; and a control sub-system to make the aim adjustments of the weapon.

Disclosed is a simulator and simulation method with increased precision, in particular a weapon system simulator, and weapon system provided with such a simulator. —The simulator (1) comprises a unit for generating a virtual image (I1) which is defined according to an orientation reference and a sighting reference, a unit for generating a so-called captured image from angle-error and telemetry measurements relating to one or more real actors (R1 to R4) each of which is equipped with a retroreflector (10), the angle-error and telemetry measurements being performed using a rangefinder, a comparison unit for comparing the current virtual image (I1) and the captured image so as to determine an error value representative of an orientation and / or sighting error, and a resetting unit for resetting the orientation reference and / or the sighting reference in order to correct said error value so as to create an optimised virtual image which is displayed on the vision element (2) in place of the current virtual image.

A laser weapon system is described. Particularly, embodiments describe subsystems of a laser weapon system including those necessary for laser generation, operational control, optical emission, and heat dissipation configured to provide a lightweight unit of reduced dimensions.

A laser weapon system is described. Particularly, embodiments describe subsystems of a laser weapon system including those necessary for laser generation, operational control, optical emission, and heat dissipation configured to provide a lightweight unit of reduced dimensions.