US Patent 8981989 Projectile detection system
Patent 8981989 was granted and assigned to Bae Systems PLC on March, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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A projectile detection system, and method of detecting a projectile (for example a bullet), for use on a vehicle (100) (for example a helicopter), the projectile detection system comprising: a radar antenna array (4) arranged to transmit and receive microwave signals so as to provide a plurality of detection segments (40, 42, 44, 46) of a volume of airspace (38); one or more processors (3) arranged to: determine which segments (40, 42, 44, 46) microwave signals reflected by a projectile (10) are received from; determine timing information relating to a time order in which the received microwave signals are received; and determine directional information relating to a direction of travel of the projectile (10) using the determined segments (40, 42, 44, 46) and the determined timing information; wherein the microwave signals have a frequency between 1 GHz and 30 GHz.
US Patent 08981989 Projectile detection system US Patent 8981989 Projectile detection system
US Patent 08981989 Projectile detection system
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