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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 09, 2014
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Donald Cox, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are proposed to protect critical infrastructure assets from an electromagnetic pulse event. Detonation of a nuclear warhead or geomagnetic storms created by solar corona ejecta or an attack by directed energy weapons can create an electromagnetic pulse event. Several embodiments are disclosed that use radio frequency (RF) sensors, electrostatic discharge sensors and geomagnetic sensors that feed sensor signals to an event characterization and detection unit that analyzes and predicts early occurrence of an electromagnetic pulse event. Critical sensor signals are recorded for future use and are used to refine autonomic algorithms used to predict future electromagnetic pulse events from the sensor data.