Anti-unmanned aerial vehicle defense apparatus, protective device for fighting an unmanned aircraft and method for operating a protective device
AssigneeDiehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsRobert Stark, Juergen Urban
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Abstract
A defense device for combating an unmanned aircraft includes a communications device configured for receiving communications information transmitted by at least one external signal source, an emitting device configured for producing and emitting a high-energy electromagnetic pulse in the event of triggering of the emitting device, and a control device configured to trigger the emission of the high-energy electromagnetic pulse depending on communications information received by the communications device. A protective configuration for combating an unmanned aircraft and a method for operating a protective configuration are also provided.
Claims21
A defense apparatus for combating an unmanned aircraft, the defense apparatus comprising:
- a communications device for receiving communications information transmitted by at least one external signal source;
- an emitting device for producing and emitting a high-energy electromagnetic pulse upon triggering said emitting device;
- a control device for triggering emission of the high-energy electromagnetic pulse depending on the communications information received by said communications device;
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- at least one sensor for detecting sensor data of an environment sector potentially containing the unmanned aircraft;
- wherein said emitting device includes at least one antenna, a pulse-forming network and a high voltage pulse generator;
- wherein said antenna is constructed for a directed emission of the electromagnetic pulse in a predetermined solid angle range relative to said at least one antenna;
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- wherein said control device is configured to control said communications device to transmit the sensor data or data derived from the sensor data to the external signal source.
A method for operating a protective configuration for combating an unmanned aircraft, the method comprising the following steps:
- providing at least one external signal source;
- providing at least one defense apparatus including:
- a communications device for receiving communications information transmitted by the at least one external signal source,
- an emitting device for producing and emitting a high-energy electromagnetic pulse upon triggering the emitting device,
- a control device for triggering emission of the high-energy electromagnetic pulse depending on the communications information received by the communications device;
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- at least one sensor for detecting sensor data of an environment sector potentially containing the unmanned aircraft,
- wherein the emitting device includes at least one antenna, a pulse-forming network and a high voltage pulse generator,
- wherein the antenna is constructed for a directed emission of the electromagnetic pulse in a predetermined solid angle range relative to the at least one antenna, and
- wherein the control device is configured to control the communications device to transmit the sensor data or data derived from the sensor data to the external signal source;
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- triggering the emitting device of the defense apparatus only upon communications information concerning the triggering being received by the communications device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.