Method for scanning a target area and IR homing head therefor

摘要

An IR homing head (2) of a guided missile (1), having a rotating mirror (5), is to ensure fast and reliable target recognition. For this purpose, a further rotating mirror (6) is provided, the axis of rotation (E) of which is approximately at an angle of 90 DEG from the axis of rotation (D) of the first rotating mirror (5) and the frequency of rotation is higher than the frequency of rotation of the first rotating mirror (5).