METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICALLY PROGRAMMING A PROJECTILE

摘要

A SYSTEM (100) FOR OPTICALLY PROGRAMMING AN IN?FLIGHT PROJECTILE (40) FIRED FROM A WEAPON COMPRISES A FIRE CONTROL DEVICE (22) AND A CONTROLLED PROJECTILE. THE FIRE CONTROL DEVICE (22) COMPRISES AN OPTICAL TRANSMITTER (26) AND THE PROJECTILE COMPRISES A FUZE (48), AN OPTICAL COLLECTOR (44) AND AN OPTICAL SENSOR (46). THE TRANSMITTER (26) TRANSMITS OPTICAL SIGNALS (32, 34) TO THE IN?FLIGHT PROJECTILE (40) IN ORDER TO PROGRAM THE CIRCUIT OF THE FUZE (48) DISPOSED IN THE PROJECTILE (40).