Portable Active Protection System for Multi-Asset Missile Interception
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing active protection systems for vehicles are expensive, limited in deployment, and pose engineering and tactical challenges due to their integration with other systems, making it difficult to protect multiple assets like soldiers, vehicles, and structures effectively, especially when faced with simultaneous or consecutive missile attacks.
Innovation Solution
A portable, autonomous interception device system that includes detection and reaction units, a control unit, and positioning and communication units to track and intercept incoming missiles, capable of protecting multiple assets without being mounted on them, allowing for flexible deployment and reduced collateral damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If active protection systems are mounted on vehicles to protect them from incoming missiles, then the protection effectiveness is improved, but the system cost and deployment complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into separate functional modules: portable interception devices can be independently deployed away from vehicles, while vehicles receive protection without carrying complex active protection systems. This segmentation allows the interception function to be separated from the protected asset, reducing integration complexity and cost while maintaining protection effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
A portable interception device acts as an intermediary between the threat and the protected asset. Instead of mounting complex systems on each vehicle, the portable device can be positioned strategically to protect multiple assets simultaneously, simplifying deployment while maintaining reliable protection.
2Reliability
If active protection systems are integrated with vehicle systems (radar, electro-optics, weapons), then the protection capability is enhanced, but the engineering challenge and tactical limitations increase
Solution Approach 1:
The interception function is segmented from the vehicle's existing systems. The portable interception device operates independently without requiring integration with vehicle radar, electro-optics, or weapons systems, thereby eliminating the engineering challenges of multi-system integration while preserving protection capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The portable interception device is self-contained and autonomous, carrying its own detection and control systems. It does not rely on or interfere with vehicle-mounted systems, eliminating integration complexities and tactical limitations associated with coordinating multiple systems.
3Ease of manufacture
If a single system protects multiple assets simultaneously, then the cost per asset is reduced, but the system complexity and coordination requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple simple portable interception devices are deployed instead of one complex integrated system. Each device operates independently to protect specific assets, reducing per-asset cost while avoiding the complexity of coordinating a single multi-asset system. The segmentation allows scalable deployment based on protection needs.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple identical portable interception devices are used to protect different assets simultaneously. Each device is a simplified copy that can independently perform the interception function, reducing overall system complexity compared to a single sophisticated multi-asset protection system while achieving cost effectiveness through standardized design.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If portable interception devices are positioned away from assets, then collateral damage to assets is reduced, but the interception precision and response time may be affected
Solution Approach 1:
The portable interception device is positioned in advance at optimal locations away from protected assets. Detection and tracking begin early, allowing the device to calculate precise interception trajectories that account for the distance between the device and the asset. This preliminary positioning and calculation ensures both reduced collateral damage and maintained interception precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors the positions of both the portable interception device and the protected assets, adjusting interception trajectories in real-time based on feedback from detection systems. This closed-loop control maintains high interception precision despite the device being positioned away from the assets, while the blast is directed precisely at the threat rather than the asset.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system significantly increases the survivability of assets by effectively intercepting incoming missiles, reducing costs, and enabling protection of assets that couldn't be protected before, while minimizing collateral damage and improving interception success rates, especially under heavy missile fire.
Implementation Method 1
at least one detection unit configured to detect incoming threats
Implementation Method 2
intercept and destroy incoming missiles and rockets with a shotgun-like blast that ejects a plurality of particles
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a single system that can simultaneously protects a plurality of assets, such as soldiers, vehicles and structures in a given perimeter. The assets are, for example, vehicles and structures that could not otherwise be protected due to tactical and mechanical limitations.