Pseudo-Range Measurements Used to Increase the Sampling Rate of the Aided Track Algorithm.

Abstract

This thesis investigates the use of internally generated pseudo-range measurements to increase the sampling speed of a rate aided pointing and tracking system known as Aided Track. Six separate methods for generating pseudo-range measurements were developed for a two dimensional analysis of the problem. Five target scenarios of various complexity were used to test the systems. The results obtained indicate that the use of a pseudo-range measurement generated by using the internal estimate of range provided the best performance of all methods tested. This method demonstrated a definite improvement over the slower system when tracking highly maneuverable targets. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA055635

Entities

People

  • James M. Petek

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • California
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Laser Rangefinding
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Range Finders
  • Simulations
  • Steady State
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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