A system has been developed for delivering and attaching a sensor payload to a target using a standard 40-mm grenade launcher. The projectile incorporates an attachment mechanism, a shock mitigation system, a power source, and a video-bandwidth transmitter. Impact and launch g-loads have been limited to less than 10,000 g's, enabling sensor payloads to be assembled using Commercial Off-The-Shelf components. The GLIMPS projectile is intended to be a general-purpose delivery system for a variety of sensor payloads under the Unattended Ground Sensors program. Test results and development issues are presented.


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    Title :

    Grenade-launched imaging projectile system (GLIMPS)


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Unattended Ground Sensor Technologies and Applications III ; 2001 ; Orlando,FL,United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2001-09-27





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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