A Study of Guidance Schemes for Air-to-Air Missiles.

Abstract

A number of guidance laws which may be used in an air-to-air homing missile are presented. Primary emphasis is given to forms which use proportional navigation augmented by line of sight acceleration. It is concluded that the addition of the line of sight acceleration to proportional navigation does not significantly improve the terminal accuracy of homing missiles. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0730161

Entities

People

  • John R. Stewart

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Guidance
  • Homing
  • Line Of Sight
  • Navigation
  • Proportional Navigation
  • Semiactive Guidance
  • Semiactive Systems
  • Terminals

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.