Air Defense Analysis, The Influence of Parametric Variation on Effectiveness of a Short Range Air Defense System.

Abstract

A performance analysis of a generic 30mm air defense gun system was undertaken to determine what factors influence effectiveness of such a system. A computer model that produces contours of constant kill probability vs range was employed. The significant results and conclusions are as follows: (1) A new effectiveness measure called Weighted Kill Area (WKA) was developed. (2) Curves were produced showing the influence of parameter changes on effectiveness. (3) High effectiveness can be achieved in two basically diffeent ways. (4) A trade-off study is needed to determine which is the most cost effective way to get high effectiveness. (5) Several factors that influence effectiveness could not be covered within the scope of this study. They should be the object of further investigation. Among them are time-of-flight variation, improvements to the computer model, round lethality improvements, and correlations between biases and standard deviations on target position measurement. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA034525

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  • Charles S. Hicks

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Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Algorithms
  • Altitude
  • Ammunition
  • Artillery
  • Databases
  • Defense Systems
  • Elevation
  • Firing Rate
  • Gun Barrels
  • Kill Probabilities
  • Measurement
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Short Range Air Defense
  • Standards
  • Surface Plasmons

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering