Patent №
US 5,458,041
Granted
1995-10-17
Filed 1994
Owner
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
08284875
An air defense missile weapon system in which a plurality of unmanned missiles penetrate, survey, identify, attack and destroy target areas that include air defense sites and sites of military interest. Each of the missiles has an airframe, sensors, data links, propulsion means, and a plurality of control surfaces. The missiles are launched from a carrier aircraft towards the target sites from a stand-off range. The missiles preferably operate in cooperative teams of hunter and killer missiles, and are interoperable with a plurality of military aircraft and other existing weapon systems.
AI classification
Ownership
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
assignment · 71230192
Assignors
SUN, JOHN, SANDERS, ROSS J., STARACE, RALPH C., HACKMAN, WILLIAM K.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.