Method and defense system for combating threats

US10948270B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Markus Jung · Gießen, DE
• Alexander Graf · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 13, 2019
• Grant date: Mar 16, 2021
• Expiry date: May 22, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41H11/02
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

It is proposed to make a threat better visible for a defensive measure. In this context, the threat (2) should be imaged more intensely for the defensive measure. For the purposes of more effective imaging, provision is made for the threat to emit a stronger IR signature and thus be able to stand out sufficiently against the background for the defensive measure. The stronger IR signature is caused by heating a surface of the threat, which is realized by a laser weapons system. The defensive measure can better detect this heating and has an IR seeker head to this end.