The Boeing Company

Charles G Bloch

William John Sweet

Timothy Leroy Williams

Eldon C Rogers

Dennis Yee

Systems and methods described herein provide for the protection of personnel within vehicles and structures from handheld grenades and other threats. According to one aspect of the disclosure provided herein, a countermeasure system includes an expandable countermeasure having a flexible body with a number of weighted projectiles attached around a perimeter of the body. A threat detection and launch control system detects incoming threats and, in response, triggers a launch of the expandable countermeasure from the launcher to intercept and neutralize the threat.

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Federal Way, WA, United States of America

Charles G Bloch