The present invention can be generally described as a protection system. This protection system is formed by the integration of commonly available subsystems, which may be controlled by non-proprietary, open architecture software, which, in turn, may accommodate the commonly known "plug and play" capability. This allows the present invention to easily incorporate a variety of lethal (or less-than-lethal) weapon payloads as well as a variety of sensors and detectors; thereby providing the user with the first real, integrated system (of systems) solution capable of providing an enhanced situational awareness capability.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation, and claims the benefit, of U.S. Nonprovisional application Ser. No. 10/943,648, filed on Sep. 10, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,903,676, which is incorporated herein by reference. Applicant claims the priority date benefits of that application.
