Countermeasure system having a confirmation device and method thereof

US12104881B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. · US

Inventors

• Matthew Flint Kepler · Austin, US
• Will R. Grigsby · Austin, US
• Eric C. Hoenes · Austin, US
• Somit S. Mathur · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 13, 2022
• Grant date: Oct 1, 2024
• Expiry date: Jun 13, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S13/88
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A soft-kill countermeasure system utilizing a confirmation device, which may be radar, to enhance existing countermeasures, and enable new countermeasures to be utilized to combat the ever evolving and increasing sophistication of threats. The threat defeat confirmation may allow for rapid or immediate redirection of the countermeasure system to address additional simultaneous threats. The confirmation device can be mounted on a gimbal head or above a gimbal to take advantage of slewing movement to direct the confirmation signal towards the threat.