Protecting commercial airliners from man portable missiles
US6738012B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 2, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 18, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41H11/02
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A commercial airliner (10) carries a sensor that detects a characteristic (21) associated with a man portable missile (20). Raw sensor data is transmitted via a wireless data-link (41) to ground stations (31-33) that process the airliner transmission and determine both the presence of the missile and a precise aircraft position. Countermeasures are fired to detonate within a close proximity of airliner in order to divert the detected missile.
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