F-16 Advanced Electro-Optical Pod Field-of-View Simulation Study.

Abstract

An F-16 advanced electro-optical(EO) pod field of view(FOV) simulation study was accomplished to determine the effects of sensor FOV and field-of-regard (FOR) on the pilot's workload and ability to locate, acquire, and attack targets in a day weapons-delivery environment. The simulated EO pod had a slewable TV sensor and laser designator head with two selectable FOVs for the TV sensor(wide and narrow FOVs), selectable area correlation and contrast tracking modes, and the capability to be either slaved to a preprogrammed set of coordinate or slaved to the aircraft's velocity vector. Each experiment was designed around a laser-guided weapon and a corresponding weapon delivery mode. The weapon s simulated in the study were chosen from current and potential (weapons under development) laser-guided ordnance -- GBU-10, Laser Guided Maverick, and Sabre. The weapon-delivery modes simulated were derived from basic F-16 avionics capabilities. The weapons and weapon delivery modes were chosen to interact with the FOVs of the simulated EO pod so that each FOV pair could be evaluated under separate acquisition range, weapons delivery, and target constraints.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 13, 1978
Accession Number
ADA063530

Entities

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Birds
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Elevation
  • Guided Bombs
  • Guided Missiles
  • Guided Weapons
  • Laser Guidance
  • Laser Guided Missiles
  • Laser Guided Weapons
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Weapon Delivery

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy