Patent ID: 6467388
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
A method for engaging at least one aerial target by means of at least two firing units linked to form a firing group, comprising the steps of:autonomous monitoring by said firing units of airspace to search for at least one aerial target, said firing units automatically reporting their autonomous results of monitoring to the other firing units in said firing group and receiving the results of monitoring by said other firing units, so that all firing units have the same air situation monitoring information available to them, automatically assessing the threat autonomously by each firing unit using the monitoring information collected from all the firing units, so that all firing units arrive at the same threat picture, only after all firing units have been fully apprised of all the available monitoring information, automatically assigning an aerial target to be attacked autonomously by each firing unit using the same assignment logic and monitoring information used by all other firing units, which assignment logic causes the attack assignments to be made in a predictable and coordinated manner.