Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Counter UAV drone system using electromagnetic pulse
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Application No.: US16875149Application Date: 2020-05-15
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Publication No.: US11378362B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Steven C. Furlong , Timothy M. Lang
- Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Applicant Address: US IN Crane
- Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Crane
- Agency: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division
- Agent Eric VanWiltenburg
- Main IPC: F41H13/00
- IPC: F41H13/00 ; F41H11/02 ; G05D1/00 ; B64C39/02
Abstract:
In general, the present invention is directed to airborne security measures and more specifically to a device and method to defeat in total a plurality of approaching Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with a single sacrificial intercepting drone. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the intercepting drone may be configured with an attached Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) generation device capable of producing a sufficiently intense EMP burst to completely disable all approaching UAVs.
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