Portable active protection system
OwnerDavid Coheninventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a single system that can simultaneously protects a plurality of assets, such as soldiers, vehicles and structures in a given perimeter. The assets are, for example, vehicles and structures that could not otherwise be protected due to tactical and mechanical limitations.
Claims6
A vehicle-carried interception device for protecting mobile assets from incoming missiles, the vehicle-carried interception device comprising an autonomous positioning controller for self-positioning of said vehicle-carried interception device in relation to said assets and an expected threat, the vehicular interception device further configured to track the locations of a plurality of said mobile assets as said assets move, to move to a position to defend said mobile assets against threats, said position being selected based on said tracking, and to intercept an incoming missile threatening any one of said plurality of mobile assets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.