Drone-Based Active Protection System
AssigneePlasan Sasa Ltd.
InventorYehoshua Yeshurun
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Abstract
A system for facilitating active protection of a target from a threat is provided. The system comprises one or more platforms configured for directing operation of the system, and one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) configured to operate in the vicinity of the target, and to facilitate detection and/or neutralizing of the threat. The platform is configured for autonomously detecting and providing instructions for neutralizing the threat, and each of the unmanned aerial vehicles is configured for communicating with the platform.
Claims15
A system for facilitating active protection of a target from a threat of a rocket or a missile, the system comprising:
- one or more platforms configured for directing operation of the system;
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- one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV's) configured to operate in the vicinity of the target, to facilitate detection of said threat and to neutralize said threat;
- wherein said one or more platforms are configured for autonomously detecting said threat and providing instructions to one or more of said one or more UAV's for neutralizing said threat, wherein each of said one or more UAV's is configured for communicating with said one or more platforms;
- wherein the system is configured to operate such that several UAV's surround the target, each UAV being configured to deploy a soft-kill countermeasure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.