Aerodynamic Configuration and Component Definition Study - Phase II.
Abstract
The Air Force Armament Laboratory has established an advanced development effort called the Modular Weapons System (MWS). Ideally, this approach to air-to-ground weapons design should result in a practical set of fully interchangeable components which should, at a minimum, provide increased tactical strike flexibility, reduce cost, and simplify logistics and stockpile problems. In this report the modular weapon design approach has been used, given four warhead/weapons and five specific seekers. The warhead/weapons were the AGM-65A, the SUU-54, the Hard Structures Munitions (HSM), and the MK84. The seekers were AGM-65A TV Contrast Seeker, Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), Close Air Support Laser Seeker, AFATL/Boeing Optical Area Correlator, and AFAL Goodyear Optical Area Correlator. As a result of the effort, a series of modules and adapters have been proposed which meet the stated requirements of the MWS family. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0918831
Entities
People
- H. R. Fuller
- J. F. Roberts
- K. O. Smith
- P. C. Shields
- R. I. Emmert