Airborne apparatus (11, 11A, 11B) for detecting shots and for piloting assistance for an aircraft, characterized in that it comprises: - a multi-sensor system providing signals representative of an environment of the aircraft comprising: at least one system, called LWIR/MWIR system, providing a signal, called LWIR/MWIR signal, representative of infrared radiation in the far infrared or in the medium infrared; at least one system, called NIR system, providing a signal, called NIR signal, representative of infrared radiation in the near infrared; and, at least one acoustic system providing an acoustic signal; - processing means (113, 113A, 113B, 113C) comprising: piloting assistance means making it possible to obtain first piloting information comprising information representative of obstacles present in the environment of the aircraft; and, shot detection means making it possible to obtain second piloting information comprising information representative of shots in a vicinity of the aircraft, the piloting assistance means and the shot detection means using signals representative of an environment of the aircraft comprising at least the LWIR/MWIR signal; and, - obtaining means for obtaining piloting assistance parameters from first and second piloting information; the shot detection means comprising: - searching means for searching for singularities in signals representative of an environment of the aircraft, comprising means for searching for a first singularity in a first signal in the signals representative of an environment of the aircraft and means (6301, 6308) for searching for a second singularity in at least a second signal in the signals representative of an environment of the aircraft; - determining means (6303, 6306, 6307, 6309, 6313) for determining, using a result of the searching means, whether an event corresponding to a type of event sought has been detected; - locating means (6304, 6310, 6314) for determining a geographical location of an origin of an event detected using information provided by the piloting assistance means; and - obtaining means for obtaining second piloting information according to a type of an event detected and a geographical location of an origin of said event. - a multi-sensor system providing signals representative of an environment of the aircraft comprising: at least one system, called LWIR/MWIR system, providing a signal, called LWIR/MWIR signal, representative of infrared radiation in the far infrared or in the medium infrared; at least one system, called NIR system, providing a signal, called NIR signal, representative of infrared radiation in the near infrared; and, at least one acoustic system providing an acoustic signal; - processing means (113, 113A, 113B, 113C) comprising: piloting assistance means making it possible to obtain first piloting information comprising information representative of obstacles present in the environment of the aircraft; and, shot detection means making it possible to obtain second piloting information comprising information representative of shots in a vicinity of the aircraft, the piloting assistance means and the shot detection means using signals representative of an environment of the aircraft comprising at least the LWIR/MWIR signal; and, - obtaining means for obtaining piloting assistance parameters from first and second piloting information; - searching means for searching for singularities in signals representative of an environment of the aircraft, comprising means for searching for a first singularity in a first signal in the signals representative of an environment of the aircraft and means (6301, 6308) for searching for a second singularity in at least a second signal in the signals representative of an environment of the aircraft; - determining means (6303, 6306, 6307, 6309, 6313) for determining, using a result of the searching means, whether an event corresponding to a type of event sought has been detected; - locating means (6304, 6310, 6314) for determining a geographical location of an origin of an event detected using information provided by the piloting assistance means; and - obtaining means for obtaining second piloting information according to a type of an event detected and a geographical location of an origin of said event.