Threat launch detection system and method

US7899644B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Jonathan L. Weber · Nashua, US
• John Mandzy · Pittsfield, US
• Paul I. Egbert · Franklin, US
• Kirby A. Smith · Fort Worth, US
• Jill A. Shea · Hollis, US
• John L. Downing, III · Amherst, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 7, 2005
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 23, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S7/495
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A threat launch detection system includes at least one temporal threat detector, each temporal threat detector including a single sensing element operable to sense radiation from various types of short-burn threats that occur within a field of view of the detector. The single sensing element generates a detection signal in response to the sensed radiation. A processing circuit is coupled to each temporal threat detector and is operable to analyze the detection signal from each detector as a function of time to detect the occurrence of a short-burn threat within the field of view of any of the temporal threat detectors. Each temporal threat detector may be a prism-coupled compound parabolic concentrator (PCCP).