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From Draper Labs WebsiteAdvancing GN&C: Technology for Reentry VehiclesIn addition to maintaining deployed strategic systems and modernizing existing systems, Draper is analyzing the GN&C technology needed to enable Prompt Global Strike (PGS) capability to deliver non-nuclear payloads with high accuracy to virtually anywhere on the globe in less than 1 hour.Draper has conducted experiments with sponsors to demonstrate some of the technologies needed for PGS. In addition, Draper IR&D studies have been initiated to enable the generation of boost-through reentry trajectories in near-real time and to provide in-flight target location updates. Proving this guidance capability will provide a technology base for evolving its use on future smaller missiles, such as the Submarine-Launched Global Strike Missile (SLGSM), on tactical submarines such as the SSGN and NSSN.--------------------------------------------Bolding Mine. The bolded line is quite interesting as it discusses Draper Labs development of guidance for warheads that boost through re-entry (is this because there is a "glide phase" while it travels to the target?) and provides inflight target updates (Does this mean a ballistic missile warhead traveling thousands of miles able to hit a moving target?)I would be interested to hear other interpretations.
From Draper Labs Website
Advancing GN&C: Technology for Reentry Vehicles
In addition to maintaining deployed strategic systems and modernizing existing systems, Draper is analyzing the GN&C technology needed to enable Prompt Global Strike (PGS) capability to deliver non-nuclear payloads with high accuracy to virtually anywhere on the globe in less than 1 hour.
Draper has conducted experiments with sponsors to demonstrate some of the technologies needed for PGS. In addition, Draper IR&D studies have been initiated to enable the generation of boost-through reentry trajectories in near-real time and to provide in-flight target location updates. Proving this guidance capability will provide a technology base for evolving its use on future smaller missiles, such as the Submarine-Launched Global Strike Missile (SLGSM), on tactical submarines such as the SSGN and NSSN.
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Bolding Mine. The bolded line is quite interesting as it discusses Draper Labs development of guidance for warheads that boost through re-entry (is this because there is a "glide phase" while it travels to the target?) and provides inflight target updates (Does this mean a ballistic missile warhead traveling thousands of miles able to hit a moving target?)
I would be interested to hear other interpretations.
