Patent ID: 8544375
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: F41G,F41H

Abstract:
1. A system for countering an airborne threat to an aircraft, comprising: at least one aircraft having an airborne countermeasures system (ACS) capable of controlling deployment of countermeasures located on said aircraft; and a central countermeasures management system (CCMS) capable of communicating with said ACS to control said ACS in deployment of said countermeasures located on said aircraft, wherein said aircraft is one of a series of aircrafts, each aircraft of said series of aircrafts having a separate ACS thereon, wherein each separate ACS is capable of controlling deployment of countermeasures located on an aircraft within said series of aircrafts on which the separate ACS is located, and wherein said CCMS is capable of communicating with each separate ACS in response to said airborne threat, to control deployment of said countermeasures, and wherein said CCMS has a storage device therein having a description of countermeasures presently available by each aircraft within said series of aircrafts that has communicated with said CCMS.