NRL LARK-WASP Guidance Program

Abstract

The status, findings, and projected activities of Radio Division 3, NRL, in its research and development of a missile-control receiver and surface radar for Wasp guidance of the Lark Missile are summarized. Applied research projects which are discussed include missile launching and capture problems, attenuation of radar signal by jet exhaust, Wasp transmission bandwidth studies, the NRL Wasp Simulator, optimum beam crossover level, related radar research, and a modified Wasp control system. The system being most intensively studied for the guidance of antiaircraft, ship-to-air missiles is the beam-rider, or Wasp system. One version of this system, under development at NRL for the Lark missile, will use a single radar both to track a target, and to automatically provide guidance intelligence to a control receiver carried in the missile.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1947
Accession Number
AD1204044

Entities

People

  • William C Hodgson

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attenuation
  • Bandwidth
  • Control Systems
  • Guidance
  • Launching
  • Radar Signals
  • Simulators

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.