Geographic position enabled weapons launch safety system and method

摘要

A system and method for providing independent weapon launch or release control for an unmanned or autonomous vehicle by ensuring the vehicle is within its weapon launch area using geographic position information from a navigational source such as GPS, comparing the position of the vehicle to the weapon's launch boundaries, and arming or disarming the vehicle's weapon launch capability based on its location relative to the weapon launch area.

主权项

1. A vehicle weapon launcher safety system, comprising:
a processor; a navigation position source in electronic communication with the processor; an external interface in electronic communication with the processor; a memory in electronic communication with the processor; a system mode controller in electronic communication with the processor; an arm power interrupt in electronic communication with the processor; and a noise filter residing in the memory; wherein the processor controls operation of the arm power interrupt based on geographic position information obtained by the navigation position source.