Patent ID: 9074854
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: F41G,F41H,G01S

Abstract:
1. A countermeasure system for protecting a target against a threat of a certain type, said countermeasure system comprising: a sensing system including at least a first sensor configured for detecting a threat within a wide-angle sector and configured for producing a first directional signal indicative of a first angular zone of location of said threat, and a second sensor configured for detecting said threat within a narrow-angle sector narrower than said wide angle sector, and configured for producing a second directional signal indicative of a second angular zone of location of said threat, said second angular zone being narrower than said first angular zone; an illumination source configured for emitting an illumination beam capable of neutralizing a threat of said type; a control arrangement operative for receiving said first and said second directional signal from said first and said second sensors, respectively, and for outputting corresponding first and second tracking signals; a drive arrangement controllable by said control arrangement, and operative for moving said second sensor in response to said first tracking signal so as orient said second sensor to face towards said first angular zone, and beam directing means for directing said illumination beam from the illumination source towards said second angular zone based on said second tracking signal.