A Study of Computers and Radar for Aircraft Interception Control

Abstract

The design difficulties encountered in attempting to incorporate a two-second scan period in a shipboard aircraft interception control radar have lead to an over-all study of the aircraft interception problem. As a result, the mathematical characteristics of three control-radar computers are developed and analyzed and a system of aircraft interception is suggested in which the shipborne interception control officer directs the interceptor close to the target and relays the relative position of the target in order that the center of the aircraft's radar search sector may be placed on the predicted position of the target.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 13, 1948
Accession Number
AD1208288

Entities

People

  • A. A. Varela
  • P. A. Guarino
  • W. S. Alderson

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircraft Detection
  • Aircraft Interception
  • Aircrafts
  • Altimetry
  • Altitude
  • Antennas
  • Data Rate
  • Detection
  • Frequency
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Military Research
  • Naval Operations
  • Picket Ships
  • Radar
  • Rotating Antennas
  • Search Radar
  • Ships
  • Task Forces
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Theoretical Analysis.