Laser Air-to-Air Gunnery Trainer. I. Introduction of a Semiconductor Laser System Providing Gunnery Training Without Need for an Operational Weapon and Ammunition.

Abstract

The report describes a semiconductor laser system as part of a cooperative scoring system which can be easily installed on a trainer aircraft and, when used with towed retroreflective targets, will provide gunnery training without the need for an operational weapon and ammunition.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0779256

Entities

People

  • Albert H. Marshall
  • George S. Siragusa
  • Herbert Towel

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Ammunition
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Education
  • Electronics
  • Gunnery
  • Gunnery Trainers
  • Lasers
  • Semiconductor Lasers
  • Semiconductors
  • Solid State Electronics
  • Training
  • Training Aircraft
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems