Systems and methods for disambiguating shooter locations with shockwave-only location

An airborne shooter detection system for determining at least two shooter locations for at least two shooters based on shockwave-only signals associated with a plurality of projectiles fired at an aircraft, comprising:

• a plurality of sensors spaced apart on the surface of the body of the aircraft configured for receiving the shockwave-only signals, wherein the shockwave-only signals are indicative of potentially ambiguous solutions corresponding to the at least two shooter locations;
• at least one processor in communication with the plurality of sensors, the at least one processor configured for:
• determining at least two shooters are associated with the received shockwave-only signals;
• computing respective sets of ambiguous solutions for each respective shooter location;
• clustering the respective sets of ambiguous solutions;
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• determining at least two unambiguous shooter locations associated with the at least two shooters based on the clustering;
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• an output device in communication with the at least one processor for outputting the at least two unambiguous shooter locations.

A method for determining a shooter location based on shockwave-only signals associated with a plurality of projectiles fired at an aircraft, comprising:

• receiving the shockwave-only signals, wherein the shockwave-only signals correspond to potentially ambiguous solutions for the shooter location;
• at least one processor analyzing the received shockwave-only signals;
• the at least one processor computing a set of ambiguous solutions for the shooter location;
• the at least one processor clustering the set of ambiguous solutions;
• the at least one processor determining the unambiguous shooter location based on the clustering;
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• the at least one processor outputting the unambiguous shooter location to an output device.

A method for determining at least two shooter locations for at least two shooters based on shockwave-only signals associated with a plurality of projectiles fired at an aircraft, comprising:

• at least one processor receiving the shockwave-only signals, wherein the shockwave-only signals correspond to potentially ambiguous solutions corresponding to the at least two shooter locations;
• the at least one processor determining at least two shooters are associated with the received shockwave-only signals;
• the at least one processor computing respective sets of ambiguous solutions for each respective shooter location;
• the at least one processor clustering the respective sets of ambiguous solutions;
• the at least one processor determining at least two unambiguous shooter locations associated with the at least two shooters based on the clustering;
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• the at least one processor outputting the at least two unambiguous shooter locations on an output device.