Modular Guided Missile Assembly System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing guided missiles are inflexible and costly to adapt for different targets, requiring significant development time and resources for adjustments, limiting their effectiveness and efficiency in various missions.
Innovation Solution
A modular weapon system comprising multiple magazines for seekers, propulsion and guidance modules, electronics, and warheads, allowing for quick assembly of guided missiles with customizable components, including a filling material to provide structural integrity and protection, enabling adaptation to specific missions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If guided missiles are built for a special range of targets with fixed configurations, then manufacturing and assembly are simpler, but adaptability to different targets and missions is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The guided missile is divided into separate modular components (seeker head, propulsion module, electronics, warhead) that can be independently manufactured, stored, and assembled. This segmentation allows different combinations of modules to be created for different targets while keeping individual module manufacturing simple.
Solution Approach 2:
Standardized carrier structures and interface designs enable a universal platform that can accommodate multiple types of seekers, propulsion modules, and warheads. The same basic missile body and control systems can be used across different mission configurations, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining versatility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If adjustments are made to guided missiles for different targets through new developments, then adaptability is improved, but development time and costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple seeker heads, propulsion modules, electronics packages, and warheads are pre-manufactured and stored in ready-to-use configurations. When a new target type is identified, pre-developed modules can be quickly selected and assembled without requiring time-consuming new development cycles.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows rapid reconfiguration by changing which specific modules are assembled together rather than redesigning the entire missile. Different seeker types, propulsion variants, and warhead configurations can be combined with existing platforms to adapt to new targets.
3Adaptability or versatility
If guided missiles are assembled shortly before use according to a modular principle, then adaptability to planned missions is improved, but assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The missile system is segmented into standardized modules that attach to a common carrier structure using uniform interfaces. This segmentation simplifies the assembly process despite the variety of possible configurations, as each module connects through the same standardized mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The carrier structure serves as an intermediary platform that standardizes the interface between different module types. This intermediary element mediates the connection between various seekers, propulsion modules, and warheads, making the assembly process more manageable despite the diversity of components.
4Reliability
If individual components are stored separately in individual magazines, then safety and reliability of storage is improved, but system complexity and storage space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Different component types (seekers, propulsion modules, electronics, warheads) are stored in separate magazines, physically isolating them from one another. This segmentation improves safety by preventing accidental interaction between incompatible components while maintaining organized, manageable storage systems.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a weapon system (1) comprising a first magazine (2) comprising a plurality of seeker heads (7) for a guided missile (10), a second magazine (3) comprising a plurality of drive and guidance modules (8) for a guided missile (10), a third magazine (4) comprising a plurality of electronics (12) for a guided missile (10), a storage device for a plurality of support structures (9) for a guided missile (10), wherein a support structure (9) can be removed from the storage device, to which a seeker head (7) ejectable from the first magazine (2), a drive and guidance module (8) ejectable from the second magazine (3), and electronics (12) ejectable from the third magazine (4) can be attached to obtain a guided missile (10).