Method and system for countering an incoming threat

A threat countering system, the system comprising:

• a first sensor configured to detect an incoming threat and generate tracking data associated with the incoming threat;
• a plurality of countermeasures including a primary armament and an active protection system;
• a plurality of fire control processors, each of the plurality of fire control processors being associated with a respective one of the plurality of countermeasures and being configured to compute respective firing solutions using the tracking data;
• and
• a controller coupled to the first sensor and the plurality of fire control processors, the controller configured to receive the detected incoming threat and determine a preferred countermeasure out of the plurality of countermeasures with which to counter the incoming threat.

A threat countering system, the system comprising:

• a first sensor configured to detect an incoming threat and generate tracking data associated with the incoming threat;
• an active protection system;
• and
• a controller coupled to the first sensor and active protection system and operable to receive the tracking data from the first sensor and determine a preferred countermeasure from a plurality of countermeasures with which to counter the incoming threat;
• wherein the plurality of countermeasures includes the active protection system and a primary armament,
• wherein the controller is further operable to route the tracking data to a plurality of fire control processors, each of the plurality of fire control processors being associated with a respective one of the plurality of countermeasures;
• and
• wherein the plurality of fire control processors are operable to simultaneously compute a respective firing solution for each of the plurality of countermeasures using the tracking data.

A threat countering system, the system comprising:

• a controller including a processor and a memory;
• a passive sensor operable to detect muzzle flash indicative of a launch of an incoming threat;
• a sensor system configured to generate tracking data associated with the incoming threat;
• an active protection system;
• and
• software stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the controller to perform operations comprising:
• receiving an indication from the passive sensor of an incoming threat;
• activating the sensor system such that the sensor system generates tracking data associated with the incoming threat;
• receiving tracking data from the sensor system;
• determining a preferred countermeasure out of a plurality of countermeasures with which to counter the incoming threat, the plurality of countermeasures including the active protection system and a primary armament of a vehicle;
• authorizing firing of the preferred countermeasure;
• and
• routing the tracking data from the sensor system to a plurality of fire control processors, each of the plurality of fire control processors being associated with a respective one of the plurality of countermeasures, and the plurality of fire control processors simultaneously computing a respective firing solution for each of the plurality of countermeasures using the tracking data.