US12398978 - Mobile munition assembly and apparatus, systems, and methods of executing a mission for the mobile munition assembly
This patent describes a method for executing missions using a mobile munition assembly that includes a container with launchers for munitions, which operates within a secure network of electronic devices to monitor situational awareness. The process involves stabilizing the container, inputting mission parameters, requesting authorization for the mission, and launching the munition while monitoring its flight path.
Claim 1
- A method of executing a mission for at least one mobile munition assembly in a mission environment, the at least one mobile munition assembly comprising a container having a container frame, the container frame having a first end distally located from a second end, and the container frame enclosing one or more launchers, each of the one or more launchers configured to receive a munition, the method comprising: operating a stabilizer associated with the at least one mobile munition assembly to place the container in an upright position such that an axis defined along the container frame from the first end to the second end is generally orthogonal to a surface of a launch terrain upon which the container is mounted; forming a secure network of one or more electronic devices with one another in the mission environment when the one or more electronic devices are communicatively coupled to, and in association with, one another, at least one of the one or more electronic devices associated with one or more of the at least one mobile munition assembly; transmitting a status of a situational awareness (SA) corresponding to each of the one or more electronic devices in the mission environment; enabling an input of parameters of the mission for the at least one mobile munition assembly in the mission environment, the parameters having one or more predefined rules associated therewith, the one or more predefined rules configured to be applied to the parameters based on at least the status of the situational awareness (SA); the one or more predefined rules comprising a method of control of the munition subsequent to launch and during a directionally dynamic flight path; detecting, by at least one of the one or more electronic devices not associated with the at least one mobile munition assembly, the upright position of the container; establishing an omnidirectional targetable range outwardly extending from a position of each of the at least one mobile munition assembly in the mission environment; subsequent to enabling the input of parameters, detecting the upright position, and establishing the omnidirectional targetable range, requesting an authorization or a denial of the mission for the at least one mobile munition assembly; where an authorized mission request is received, launching the munition, in a launch configuration, in the directionally dynamic flight path; and subsequent to launch the munition, monitoring a condition of the munition associated with at least one of guiding, in a flight configuration, the munition within the omnidirectional targetable range, or disabling the directionally dynamic flight path of the munition. operating a stabilizer associated with the at least one mobile munition assembly to place the container in an upright position such that an axis defined along the container frame from the first end to the second end is generally orthogonal to a surface of a launch terrain upon which the container is mounted; forming a secure network of one or more electronic devices with one another in the mission environment when the one or more electronic devices are communicatively coupled to, and in association with, one another, at least one of the one or more electronic devices associated with one or more of the at least one mobile munition assembly; transmitting a status of a situational awareness (SA) corresponding to each of the one or more electronic devices in the mission environment; enabling an input of parameters of the mission for the at least one mobile munition assembly in the mission environment, the parameters having one or more predefined rules associated therewith, the one or more predefined rules configured to be applied to the parameters based on at least the status of the situational awareness (SA); the one or more predefined rules comprising a method of control of the munition subsequent to launch and during a directionally dynamic flight path; the one or more predefined rules comprising a method of control of the munition subsequent to launch and during a directionally dynamic flight path; detecting, by at least one of the one or more electronic devices not associated with the at least one mobile munition assembly, the upright position of the container; establishing an omnidirectional targetable range outwardly extending from a position of each of the at least one mobile munition assembly in the mission environment; subsequent to enabling the input of parameters, detecting the upright position, and establishing the omnidirectional targetable range, requesting an authorization or a denial of the mission for the at least one mobile munition assembly; where an authorized mission request is received, launching the munition, in a launch configuration, in the directionally dynamic flight path; and subsequent to launch the munition, monitoring a condition of the munition associated with at least one of guiding, in a flight configuration, the munition within the omnidirectional targetable range, or disabling the directionally dynamic flight path of the munition.
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