Counter UAV drone system using electromagnetic pulse
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsSteven C. Furlong, Timothy M. Lang
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Abstract
In general, the present invention is directed to airborne security measures and more specifically to a device and method to defeat in total a plurality of approaching Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with a single sacrificial intercepting drone. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the intercepting drone may be configured with an attached Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) generation device capable of producing a sufficiently intense EMP burst to completely disable all approaching UAVs.
Claims12
An interceptor UAV for simultaneously disabling a plurality of incoming UAVs comprising:
- a generally cylindrical fuselage;
- a propulsion system;
- said propulsion system including a means to power at least one propeller;
- at least one control surface;
- a guidance system in mechanical communication with the at least one control surface;
- the said guidance system in wireless communication and responsive to wireless commands received from a remote pilot;
- an electro-magnetic pulse generating device in mechanical communication with the generally cylindrical fuselage;
- wherein the electro-magnetic pulse generating device comprises an explosively pumped flux compression generator:
- wherein the flux compression generator comprises a central cylindrical shell acting electrically as a conducting armature, an explosive material filling the central cylindrical shell, a cavity between the armature and an outer metallic shell that acts as a conducting stator, said cavity filled with ionized gas molecules, a detonator in the explosive material, and an outer surface surrounding the electro-magnetic pulse generating device and forming a seal of the cavity region between said stator and armature, the outer surface comprising through-hole apertures configured to allow passage of electrical leads into and out of the outer surface while maintaining said seal;
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- a wireless communication means to activate said electro-magnetic pulse generating device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.