Anti-drone weapon
An anti-drone weapon having a housing and at least one antenna positioned within the housing. The at least one antenna capable of operating at a frequency at least between 400 MHz and 6 GHz. In some configurations, a power supply, processor and control circuitry and a control panel, within the housing. In some configurations, the at least one antenna includes three antenna, including, a double helical antenna, a quasi-yagi antenna and a log-periodic antenna.
1. An anti-drone weapon comprising:
a housing including a stock and a barrel extending therefrom, the barrel including a proximal end and a distal end, and a trigger;
a first antenna, a second antenna and a third antenna each positioned within the barrel, the first, second, and third antennas capable of operating at frequencies at least between 400 MHz and 6 GHz,
a first antenna comprising a double helical antenna having a base positioned at the proximal end and extending toward the distal end;
the second antenna comprising a quasi-yagi antenna positioned to a first side of the double helical antenna and extending between the proximal end and the distal end;
the third antenna comprising a directed log-periodic antenna positioned on a second side of the double helical antenna;
with the trigger configured to selectively activate at least one of the first, second and third antenna.
2. The anti-drone weapon of claim 1 further comprising a power supply, processor and control circuitry and a control panel positioned within the housing, and electrically coupled to the first, second, and third antenna, as well as to the trigger.
3. The anti-drone weapon of claim 1 wherein the double helical antenna is coupled to the barrel between the proximal and distal end through at least one of an upper mounting bracket and a lower mounting bracket.
4. The anti-drone weapon of claim 1 wherein the third antenna comprises a non-planar configuration.
5. The anti-drone weapon of claim 4 wherein the housing further includes a thumbhole spaced apart from the trigger, wherein a portion of the third antenna extends between the trigger and the thumbhole.
6. The anti-drone weapon of claim 1 wherein the first antenna operates on ranges that include GNSS (including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou) L1, GNSS L2, 1250 to 1290 MHz, 2.4 to 2.5 GHz, and 5.6 to 6 GHz frequencies.
7. The anti-drone weapon of claim 1 wherein the second antenna operates at frequencies between 870 to 928 MHz.
8. The anti-drone weapon of claim 1 wherein the third antenna operates at frequencies between 420 to 460 MHz.
9. The anti-drone weapon of claim 1 wherein the anti-drone weapon weighs approximately 6 kilograms or less.
10. The anti-drone weapon of claim 1 having a range of approximately 1000 meters.
11. The anti-drone weapon of claim 1 wherein the housing is formed from a port case half and a starboard case half which are coupled together between a proximal and distal end thereof.
12. The anti-drone weapon of claim 1 wherein the housing defines a power source region that is substantially within the stock of the housing.
13. The anti-drone weapon of claim 1 wherein the helical antenna is spaced apart from the housing.
14. The anti-drone weapon of claim 1 wherein the housing comprises a polymer material.