Rain-Erosion Tests on Walleye.

Abstract

The necessity to protect the glass dome window on optically guided weapon systems became a firm requirement with the reports of weapon damage to Fleet-returned missiles. A test program was initiated to determine the range and extent of rain-erosion damage to a typical electro-optically guided weapon system, the Walleye. The developmental end item was a lightweight, open-ended frustum of a cone that attaches to the nose of the weapon. The design met all of the basic requirements for rain-erosion prevention, airborne boresighting, low drag, minor modification to the Walleye system, and simple one-piece deployment.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0890526

Entities

People

  • Max R. Smith

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Boresights
  • Deployment
  • Drag
  • End Items
  • Erosion
  • Guided Weapons
  • Lightweight
  • Low Drag
  • Rain Erosion
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.