A fin deployment system for missiles and munitions that deploys and activates
straight
flat fins for roll control authority. The fin deployment system employs numerous
design features, among which are the following: A wrap-around fin concept generates
space-savings within a projectile body whereby the fins are arranged in a wrapped
configuration around a boomtail structure. The fins may be constructed of a super-elastic
material; the system eliminates mechanical means of deploying the wrapped fins,
eliminating the need for springs to deploy the fins. The fin deployment achieves
substantial space savings for increasing the onboard towing capacity of electronic
packaging or lethality in the missiles and munitions systems, while at the same
time providing a good roll control authority during flight by enabling a straight
fin deployment resulting from the use of super-elastic materials.