Investigation of Kalman Filter Designs for Air Defense Based on Attack Aircraft Data.

Abstract

Several Kalman filter designs are developed as possible candidates for implementation in a air defense fire control computer. The designs differ primarily in the model of the target motion. The effectiveness of each design is assessed by driving each filter with real aircraft data. A candidate filter is proposed for air defense implementation which offers simplicity, ease of implementations, and relatively high accuracy in the state estimates. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA036440

Entities

People

  • Larry Vitale
  • Max Mintz
  • Walter J. Dziwak

Organizations

  • Frankford Arsenal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Crystal Structure
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Far Infrared Radiation
  • Flight Paths
  • Kalman Filters
  • Markov Processes
  • Molecular Orbital Theory
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Steady State

Readers

  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Software Engineering.