The Development of a Fire Control System for Off-Boresight Launch of Air-to-Air Missiles.

Abstract

Aerial combat places extreme demands on aircraft, weapon, and pilot performance. The probability of success with present air-to-air missiles varies with a number of parameters, and the pilot's problem of correlating the changing variables and recognizing true firing opportunities in a maneuvering environment is complex. The report presents an attack concept using rear hemisphere pursuit strategies leading to off-boresight missile launch. A fire control system using parameters measurable from the attacking aircraft is developed with algorithms which predict the maximum allowable lag angle for missile success and provide an indication of maximum range. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0777583

Entities

People

  • Gerald M. Bergeman
  • Robert D. Green

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Boresights
  • Control Systems
  • Environment
  • Fire Control System Components
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Hemispheres
  • Probability
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • ballistics.