Methods for extended-range, enhanced-precision gun-fired rounds using g-hardened flow control systems

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15188093

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Methods involve using a guided munition (e.g., a mortar round or a grenade) that utilizes deployable flow effectors, activatable flow effectors and/or active flow control devices to extend the range and enhance the precision of traditional unguided munitions without increasing the charge needed for launch. Sensors such as accelerometers, magnetometers, IR sensors, rate gyros, and motor controller sensors feed signals into a controller which then actuates or deploys the flow effectors/flow control devices to achieve the enhanced characteristics.

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ORBITAL RESEARCH INC4415 EUCLID AVE SUITE 500 CLEVELAND OH 44103

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Birch, Matthew C Madison, US 18 102
Suchy, Paul Parma, US 10 60
Vasudevan, Srikanth Shelton, US 18 82

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