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System and method for interception and countering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS)

Systems, devices, and methods for identifying a target aerial vehicle, deploying an interceptor aerial vehicle comprising at least one effector, maneuvering the interceptor aerial vehicle to a position to engage a target aerial vehicle, deploying the at least one effector to intercept the target aerial vehicle, and confirming that the target aerial vehicle has been intercepted.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING A RISKY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
20230015339 · 2023-01-19 ·

A method for securing a geographical area encompassing a route. A map of the area is obtained. A weapon is associated with a firing modeling consisting of a probability model of hitting its target when shooting, as a function of the firing distance. Positions of potential shelters of threats on the map are determined by using a trained artificial intelligence device. The modeling is applied for each weapon and potential shelter while relating the shots to the route and summing all the probabilities of hitting its target on each portion of the route. The potential shelters most likely to constitute attack threats along the route are determined. A path is defined in order to address these potential shelters most likely to constitute attack threats.

Multimode unmanned aerial vehicle
11555672 · 2023-01-17 · ·

A system comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to transition from a terminal homing mode to a target search mode, responsive to an uplink signal and/or an autonomous determination of scene change.

WEAPON MOUNTABLE TACTICAL HEADS-UP DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS
20220412692 · 2022-12-29 ·

Systems and methods for a weapon mountable tactical heads-up display (HUD) are provided. The HUD may include a 9 degrees of freedom (9DOF) sensor, a target library, and a target finder visualization. The target library may store respective ballistic information for each target of a plurality of targets. The respective ballistic information may include a target vector for each target of the plurality of targets. The target vector may be calculated based on data received from the 9DOF sensor. The target finder visualization may allow a shooter to locate a selected target of the plurality of targets. The target finder visualization may be based on the target vector.

Autonomous weapon system for guidance and combat assessment
11499807 · 2022-11-15 · ·

An autonomous weapon system for improved guidance of a projectile for homing a target includes a guided projectile including at least one sensor and a carrier projectile and at least one guidance and reconnaissance unit including a transmitter for communication via light. The system uses emitted light for both positioning and communication of target coordinates which provides an accurate and cost effective system for combatting point and surface targets by indirect fire.

MULTIMODE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
20230104051 · 2023-04-06 ·

A system comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to transition from a terminal homing mode to a target search mode, responsive to an uplink signal and/or an autonomous determination of scene change.

Systems and methods for electronic warfare automation and routing

Systems, devices, and methods efficiently calculate optimal flight paths for protected entities given terrain data, aircraft position, flight characteristics, and positions of known threat emitters. The systems and methods execute within the mission planning timeline, and the developed processes allow users to retrieve data from the calculations to effectively place an electronic attack platform at the right place and at the right time to be effective. The calculated optimal flight paths are displayed or otherwise visualized in the mission space. Electronic attack jamming capabilities are combined with projected threat emitter performance information in order to obtain optimal geometrical positioning of the electronic attack relative to the threat emitter. Threat emitter system characteristics are combined with electronic attack aircraft capabilities while simultaneously incorporating the position of the protected entity aircraft and rendered to assist the electronic attack aircrew in providing optimal electronic attack capabilities to protect one or more entities.

System and method for evaluating the performance of a weapon system

A system and method for evaluating the performance of a weapon platform by modeling, simulating, and analyzing all relative aspects of an engagement that would contribute to a fired projectile missing its intended impact point. The present system embodies various aspects as software objects and defines their dependencies and structure using a multi-node tree. The present system uses an imaged based approach to capture the lethality of ammunition, vulnerability of the targets, and results of an engagement scenario. Monte Carlo simulation is used to calculate the outcome statics and to display individual outcomes of the engagement to the user. The resulting product surpasses the capabilities and performance of conventional systems, protects proprietary information, and reduces the amount of time needed to analyze a weapon system.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERCEPTION AND COUNTERING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS)
20230168675 · 2023-06-01 ·

Systems, devices, and methods for identifying a target aerial vehicle, deploying an interceptor aerial vehicle comprising at least one effector, maneuvering the interceptor aerial vehicle to a position to engage a target aerial vehicle, deploying the at least one effector to intercept the target aerial vehicle, and confirming that the target aerial vehicle has been intercepted.

System and method for displaying weapon engagement feasibility

Disclosed is a system and method for generating, in an aircraft (1) in flight, a display indicative of the feasibility of a weapon carried on the aircraft (1) successfully engaging a determined target (5, T) and/or the feasibility of a weapon carried on the target (5, T) successfully engaging the aircraft (1). The method comprises: using a performance envelope of the weapon and performance envelope(s) for one or more different types of aircraft (1), determining a further performance envelope specifying the performance of the weapon when carried by any of the different aircraft (1) types; determining coefficients for a generic polynomial that fit the generic polynomial to the further performance envelope; uploading, to the aircraft (1), the generated coefficients; and, on the aircraft (1), reconstructing the further performance envelope and generating the feasibility display.