Effects of Certain Configuration Parameters on a Particular Air to Air Interceptor Missile with Optimal Guidance.
Abstract
During the summer of 1973 at the request of the Naval Missile Center, Pt Mugu, CA, the author initiated a study to determine how much potential performance limits could be improved for a conceptual air to air interceptor missile through the use of a variable thrust engine together with optimal guidance techniques. Significant improvements in performance were achieved in the sense of reducing time to intercept. The present work extends those results by showing the sensitivity of this improvement to configuration changes such as the inclusion of aerodynamic surfaces and thrust-impulse level changes to the missile. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA019941
Entities
People
- I. Bert Russak
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School