DME Surface to Surface Missile Demonstration System Analysis.

Abstract

System design, analysis and tests were performed in preparation for a joint U.S. Army/Air Force demonstration flight test. This flight test will involve use of the Air Force Advanced Location and Strikes System (ALSS) Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) navigation and guidance techniques for control of a Hawk missile on a surface-to-surface trajectory. Requirements are defined for the interface between the DME Weapon Guidance Subsystem and the Hawk flight control system. A DME data link antenna system was designed. Scale model antenna pattern test results are presented which validate the performance for the DME, Telemetry and Command Destruct antennas needed for flight tests. A projected flight test geometry is defined relating the missile trajectory and ALSS ground station locations. Functional requirements are identified for modifications necessary to the ALSS software to provide missile control during the flight tests. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 1976
Accession Number
ADA032155

Entities

Organizations

  • International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Automatic Frequency Control
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Panels
  • Control Systems
  • Distance Measuring Equipment
  • Elevation
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Geometry
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Recording Systems
  • Tape Recorders
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Materials Science
  • Missile Defense Systems.