Target Systems Development

Abstract

Full-scale and subscale targets assure warfighters weapon systems will perform effectively against real-world enemy fighters and cruise missiles. The BQM-167A Air Force Subscale Aerial Target (AFSAT) is a jet powered drone aircraft measuring approximately 20 feet long with a mission to simulate threat aircraft for testing and evaluation of surface-to-air, ship-to-air, or air-to-air missiles. The target accomplishes this mission through the use of optional payloads including chaff and flare, electronic attack, and infrared devices. Funding supports continued improvement of launch phase performance and overall performance enhancement efforts. Funding supports development, improvements, and updates of target control systems and specialized target payload subsystems for requirements to include but not limited to missile scoring, electronic attack and infrared (IR) countermeasures, radar and IR signature augmentation, and chaff and flare dispensing systems. Electronic Attack (EA) pod upgrade provides new techniques and capabilities critical to subscales to realistically emulate foreign threat systems. This program is in budget activity 7 - RDT&E Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year. It provides aerial targets, target payloads, and target control systems in support of operational and developmental testing.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• Source ID: 675136_0305116F_7_3600_PB_2014

Tags

Readers

• Missile Defense Systems.
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
• Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Microelectronics