Anti-Aircraft Fire Control Studies - Testing Methods and Apparatus

Abstract

The investigation of fire control problems in general is authorized by Bureau of Ordnance Project 30199 as covered by reference letter from the Bureau of Ordnance to the Naval Research Laboratory, C-S67-7(Re4f) dated August 31, 1942. This includes comprehensive tests on directors and computers. To study such problems the Naval Research Laboratory has organized a Fire Control Section in the Radio Division. The procedures adopted by this section for testing directors evolved from cooperative efforts by engineers and officers of the laboratory and the Bureau of Ordnance through actual conduct of tests on a new anti-aircraft director. This director was an early production unit which had seen some service prior to test and required certain modifications which were not made at the time of test. The curves shown, therefore, serve to illustrate the method rather than to evaluate the director.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 13, 1943
Accession Number
AD1166422

Entities

People

  • J. H. Wright
  • James J. Fleming

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircraft Guns
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Anti-Aircraft Guns
  • Cameras
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Frequency
  • Line Of Sight
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Mechanical Equipment
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Photographic Equipment
  • Radio Communications
  • Slant Range
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Targets
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military Science