Engineering Design of the Television Instrumentation System for the Harpoon Captive Flight Program.

Abstract

A Television Instrumentation System provides a data gathering and reduction system for use in the Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile Captive Flight Test Program being conducted at Pt. Mugu, California. The system is installed in an aircraft test bed that simulates the flight path of the Harpoon missile. The data are used to provide information concerning target acquisition, hit probability, miss distance, track noise, and ECCM performance. The system's electronic circuitry design and operational performance are described.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA008555

Entities

People

  • C. H. Ronnenburg
  • F. N. Sansone
  • J. J. Poetker

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Ship Missiles
  • California
  • Captive Flight
  • Engineering
  • Flight
  • Flight Paths
  • Hit Probabilities
  • Instrumentation
  • Miss Distance
  • Probability
  • Target Acquisition
  • Test Beds

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Space