A fire control method against aerial targets flying toward a protection object when the position of the protection object is known includes measuring the position of the aerial target, estimating the position of the aerial target, estimating the velocity of the aerial target, predicting the future path of the aerial target from the estimated position of the aerial target and the estimated velocity of the aerial target, and deciding, on the basis of the predicted path, whether the aerial target i.) is incoming and thus a threat against the protection object, ii.) is passing by and thus not a threat to the protection object.

A fire control method against aerial targets flying toward a protection object when the position of the protection object is known includes measuring the position of the aerial target, estimating the position of the aerial target, estimating the velocity of the aerial target, predicting the future path of the aerial target from the estimated position of the aerial target and the estimated velocity of the aerial target, and deciding, on the basis of the predicted path, whether the aerial target i.) is incoming and thus a threat against the protection object, ii.) is passing by and thus not a threat to the protection object.

A system for predicting exterior ballistics has first and second bullet detectors operable to detect the passage of a bullet, the first and second bullet detectors being spaced apart by a selected detector spacing distance, the first and second bullet detector each being connected to a common time signal facility that generates a time signal, the first bullet detector being operable to generate a first time of passage based on the time signal, the second bullet detector being operable to generate a second time of passage based on the time signal, the first bullet detector being operable to measure a first bullet velocity, a controller in communication with the first and second bullet detectors, and the controller operable based on the difference between the first time and the second time, and based on the first bullet velocity to calculate a ballistic characteristic for the bullet.

A system for predicting exterior ballistics has first and second bullet detectors operable to detect the passage of a bullet, the first and second bullet detectors being spaced apart by a selected detector spacing distance, the first and second bullet detector each being connected to a common time signal facility that generates a time signal, the first bullet detector being operable to generate a first time of passage based on the time signal, the second bullet detector being operable to generate a second time of passage based on the time signal, the first bullet detector being operable to measure a first bullet velocity, a controller in communication with the first and second bullet detectors, and the controller operable based on the difference between the first time and the second time, and based on the first bullet velocity to calculate a ballistic characteristic for the bullet.

A system includes at least one imaging sensor configured to capture images of a target. The system also includes at least one controller configured to generate super-resolution images of the target using the captured images and identify multiple edges of the target using the super-resolution images. The at least one controller is also configured to identify an aimpoint on the target based on the identified edges of the target. In addition, the at least one controller is configured to update the aimpoint on the target as the target moves over time. The system may further include a high-energy laser (HEL) configured to generate an HEL beam that is directed towards the target, and the at least one controller may be configured to adjust one or more optical devices to direct the HEL beam at the identified aimpoint on the target.

Defense systems and methods comprising: at least two stationary gun arrays, wherein the arrays are placed to allow redundancy, further wherein the gun arrays adapted to use timer controlled shells, and further wherein the gun arrays are equipped with fluid cooling means, at least one radar subsystem, and at least one computing device in data communication with the gun array and the radar subsystem, wherein the computing device use the radar information to calculate and estimate hostile element movement and interception data.

Defense systems and methods comprising: at least two stationary gun arrays, wherein the arrays are placed to allow redundancy, further wherein the gun arrays adapted to use timer controlled shells, and further wherein the gun arrays are equipped with fluid cooling means, at least one radar subsystem, and at least one computing device in data communication with the gun array and the radar subsystem, wherein the computing device use the radar information to calculate and estimate hostile element movement and interception data.

Defense systems and methods comprising: at least two stationary gun arrays, wherein the arrays are placed to allow redundancy, further wherein the gun arrays adapted to use timer controlled shells, and further wherein the gun arrays are equipped with fluid cooling means, at least one radar subsystem, and at least one computing device in data communication with the gun array and the radar subsystem, wherein the computing device use the radar information to calculate and estimate hostile element movement and interception data.

Defense systems and methods comprising: at least two stationary gun arrays, wherein the arrays are placed to allow redundancy, further wherein the gun arrays adapted to use timer controlled shells, and further wherein the gun arrays are equipped with fluid cooling means, at least one radar subsystem, and at least one computing device in data communication with the gun array and the radar subsystem, wherein the computing device use the radar information to calculate and estimate hostile element movement and interception data.

A fire control method against aerial targets flying toward a protection object when the position of the protection object is known includes measuring the position of the aerial target, estimating the position of the aerial target, estimating the velocity of the aerial target, predicting the future path of the aerial target from the estimated position of the aerial target and the estimated velocity of the aerial target, and deciding, on the basis of the predicted path, whether the aerial target i.) is incoming and thus a threat against the protection object, ii.) is passing by and thus not a threat to the protection object.