Laser targeting system
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United States of America Patent
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May 19, 1992
Grant Date -
N/A
app pub date -
May 14, 1987
filing date -
May 14, 1987
priority date (Note) -
Expired
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Abstract
A laser targeting system comprises an airborne reconnaissance platform (1) disposed to conduct surveillance of enemy air, ground, and/or sea targets (5). The surveillance means (11) can be some combination of FLIR, laser, or radar devices. Platform (1) may be manned or may be a remote pilotless vehicle commanded by a ground control station (9). Several friendly units (2) are capable of firing weapons at the enemy targets (5). The friendly units (2) desire real-time targeting information, such as video images, range, and coordinates. The friendly units (2) typically desire information for only certain types of targets (5) or for those within proximate geographical areas. These selective requests are sent via a laser uplink (28) to platform (1), which determines the direction from which the request came by a direction determining means (17), and selectively processes the request by means of a decoder/controller (16).
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