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Assignee: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.


Location: Haifa, IL
No. of patents: 31

NumberTitleIssue Date
8173430Simulant material and method for manufacture thereof
Provided is a simulant material for simulating hazardous materials, including a quantity of at least one explosive material and at least one inert material. The simulant material is a non-explosive material and is in the form of a homogenous, flexible and non-partic...
05/08/2012
8116526Methods and system for communication and displaying points-of-interest
A method for displaying point-of-interest coordinate locations in perspective images and for coordinate-based information transfer between perspective images on different platforms includes providing a shared reference image of a region overlapping the field of view...
02/14/2012
8115768Methods and system for communication and displaying points-of-interest
A method for displaying point-of-interest coordinate locations in perspective images and for coordinate-based information transfer between perspective images on different platforms includes providing a shared reference image of a region overlapping the field of view...
02/14/2012
8091482Warhead for intercepting system
A warhead system for a projectile-intercepting munition, the warhead system includes a fuselage having an axis and one or more explosively-formed-projectile charge. The explosively-formed-projectile is with a length and configured to generate one or more explosively...
01/10/2012
8036678Real-time geographic information system and method
An information system for dynamic distribution of location-related information between users with different perspective views includes a number of user units each including a viewing arrangement defining a viewing direction and a registration subsystem for deriving ...
10/11/2011
8004528Method, systems and computer product for deriving three-dimensional information progressively from a streaming video sequence
A method for deriving three-dimensional information progressively from a streaming video sequence. ...
08/23/2011
8002916Energetic plasticizer for explosive charges
An energetic material suitable for high-energy, plastic-bonded, explosive charges, the material including an energetic plasticizer containing an energetic nitrobutyl formal, wherein a composition of the energetic plasticizer contains at least 50%, by weight, of the ...
08/23/2011
7961386Low orbit missile-shaped satellite for electro-optical earth surveillance and other missions
A low orbit optical imaging satellite has a long thin satellite body housing an optical telescope arrangement. A major part of the telescope arrangement has its optical axis roughly parallel to the direction of elongation and includes a mirror arrangement deployed t...
06/14/2011
7938637Highly-filled, high-viscosity paste charge, and method and device for production thereof
A highly-filled paste, and a method and device of de-aerating and injecting the paste, the paste including: (a) a solid filler; (b) an organic binder, and (c) a residual gas, wherein the paste contains at least 80 volume-% of the solid filler and has a viscosity exc...
05/10/2011
7888644System and method for wide angle optical surveillance
An imaging system (30, 30′) and corresponding method has a two-dimensional imaging sensor array (32) and an associated optical system. The optical system includes at least one optical arrangement (34, 36a, 36b) defining a ...
02/15/2011
7761173Predictive display for a system having delayed feedback of a command issued
A method to provide feedback to an operator of a device having feedback delay. The method includes the steps of displaying a first image of a view from the device, the device being at a first position, issuing a movement command to cause a desired movement of the de...
07/20/2010
7738723System and method for image display enhancement
A method for displaying digital images on a display device. The method includes obtaining an input image set including one or more input image, processing the input image set to generate an output image set including a number of output images, displaying the output ...
06/15/2010
7714261System and method for protection of aircraft based on correlating suspected missile tracks to derive a confirm missile track
A system and method for protection of aircraft against surface-to-air missiles deploys sensors to provide coverage around an airport The use of a fixed (or slow moving) set of sensors around the airport allows detection of missile threats to all aircraft using the a...
05/11/2010
7636452System and method for automatically acquiring a target with a narrow field-of-view gimbaled imaging sensor
A system for automatically acquiring a target with a narrow field-of-view gimbaled imaging sensor. The system includes a target-detection subsystem including one or more target-detection imaging sensor with a first field-of-view, a target-tracking subsystem and a pr...
12/22/2009
7621221Double explosively-formed ring (DEFR) warhead
A warhead configuration for forming a hole through a wall of a target, the warhead configuration comprising a charge of explosive material and a liner. The charge has an axis and a front surface. The front surface includes two annular front surface portions, an inne...
11/24/2009
7611094Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) deceleration system
A system for slowing an air vehicle, including an independently supported aerodynamic drag device designed so that, after contact is made between the flying air vehicle and the aerodynamic drag device, one or more parts of the aerodynamic drag device are carried alo...
11/03/2009
7576925System for increasing horizontal field of view of a camera
A terrestrial imaging device includes an objective lens which accepts light within an intrinsic angular field of view onto a focal plane and two pairs of plane mirrors. The first pair of plane mirrors reflects a first light incoming ray sequentially to produce first...
08/18/2009
7510147Vibration damping pylon
The pylon of the present invention provides damping of vibrations transferred in both directions between the aircraft and the payload. That is, the pylon of the present invention damps the effects of aircraft vibrations on the payload as well as the effects of paylo...
03/31/2009
7495198System and method for improving nighttime visual awareness of a pilot flying an aircraft carrying at least one air-to-air missile
A method for improving nighttime visual awareness of a pilot flying an aircraft carrying an air-to-air missile including one or more one gimbaled imaging sensor. The method includes providing a helmet for the pilot, a helmet tracking system for determining the attit...
02/24/2009
7492308Threat detection system
An optical detection system for detecting launch of an offensive projectile. The detection system includes an image detector array, an optical arrangement for focusing on to the image detector array, and a processing system associated with the image detector array. ...
02/17/2009
7485862Time-space multiplexed LADAR
A LADAR system includes a detector optical arrangement defining a current optical field of view. An illumination subsystem without moving parts transmits pulsed illumination at different times to each of a number of illumination sub-regions of the current optical fi...
02/03/2009
7471311Method for identifying bad pixel against a non-uniform landscape
A method for identifying bad pixels in a matrix imaging sensor comprises moving the matrix sensor in a prescribed motion with respect to a background landscape (FIG. 1, 10), acquiring a combined image of the landscape, and identifying bad pixels (16) i...
12/30/2008
7395948Multiple tank fluid pumping system using a single pump
Disclosed is a system for pumping of fluid by a single pump from a plurality of storage tanks in situations where some of the tanks should be pumped simultaneously at predefined, equal or unequal flow rates, and where some of the tanks should be pumped sequentially,...
07/08/2008
7386187Method and system for pseudo-autonomous image registration
A method and system for providing a platform with pseudo-autonomous correlation between a perspective view generated by a platform-based imaging sensor and an orthogonal photographic representation includes storing on the platform a reference perspective view and pa...
06/10/2008
7360479Non-explosive energetic material and a reactive armor element using same
The present invention provides elements for making a protective reactive armor to be fitted on the outside of an enclosure liable to be exposed to attack by shaped-charge warheads and other threats, such as kinetic energy projectiles and fragments, to thereby enhanc...
04/22/2008
7357061Non-explosive energetic material and a reactive armor element using same
The present invention provides elements for making a protective reactive armor to be fitted on the outside of an enclosure liable to be exposed to attack by shaped-charge warheads and other threats, such as kinetic energy projectiles and fragments, to thereby enhanc...
04/15/2008
7355328Short-arc lamp with dual concave reflectors and a transparent arc chamber
A short arc lamp with two transparent apertures. The lamp includes a sealed transparent arc chamber with an internal integral light reflector, and an external light reflecting element positioned external to the sealed arc transparent chamber. ...
04/08/2008
7354678Fe-Li-A1 anode composite and thermal battery containing the same
A solid anode composite material for use in thermal batteries that comprises about 65-85% by weight (about 34 to 40 atom percent) particulate iron, about 15-35% by weight (50 to 70 atom percent) lithium, and about 0.1-10% by weight (1.7 to 2.3 atom percent) aluminum...
04/08/2008
7342648Information sensing and sharing system for supporting rescue operations from burning buildings
A system for automatic mapping of a walled structure includes at least one mobile unit, preferably worn by a user. The mobile unit has a position tracking system for tracking a current position of the mobile unit, a wall detection system including a sensor arrangeme...
03/11/2008
7339328Method of shaping light pulses emitted by an arc lamp
A method of operating an arc lamp. The method includes introducing a primary voltage pulse into the arc lamp, thereby inducing a primary flow of electrical current in the arc lamp. The method also includes introducing at least one secondary voltage pulse into the ar...
03/04/2008
7321812Method of terrain following
A method of designing a terrain-following flight profile for an air vehicle. The method includes providing a terrain profile, and transforming the terrain profile into the terrain-following flight profile according to one or more performance parameter of the air veh...
01/22/2008
 
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