Receiver (Infrared Seekers)

Abstract

The report describes a method for evaluation of heat seeking missiles and discusses preliminary activities, equipment, and facilities required. Provided are procedures for gyro spin-up time, gyro spin-up current, gyro spin- down time, maximum look angle, recovery time, maximum slew rate, gyro drift, signal-to-noise ratio, cool-down time, field-of-view, caging accuracy, static gain, spectral responsivity, intercept ability, gyro spin versus slew rate, maximum tracking versus gyro spin, maximum tracking rate versus target intensity, low temperature storage and operation, high temperature storage and operation, transportation vibration, handling shock, and boost shock. The report also discusses gyro spin-up time, maximum look angle, signal-to-noise ratio and low temperature storage and is limited to infrared seekers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 05, 1973
Accession Number
AD0763324

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Automatic Gain Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Detectors
  • Electron Tubes
  • Energy Levels
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Meters
  • High Temperature
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Instrumentation
  • Low Temperature
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Measurement
  • Operational Readiness
  • Tape Recorders
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.