Fire Control all Weather (Pointing Angle Measurement System (PAMS)).

Abstract

The requirement for all weather fire control instrumentation for use in testing gun air defense weapon systems resulted in the development of a pointing angle measurement system (PAMS) using video correlation and centroid tracking techniques. The development and testing of PAMS was supervised by the Materiel Testing Directorate (MTD) of Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) during the period from October 1977 to April 1982. A description of the system's theory of operation and software techniques is included in the report. The report concludes that: the tracking accuracy of PAMS within the constraints of track point definition is within the + or - mrad specified for the system; PAMS does not reliably track targets at rates above 54 degrees/sec; and PAMS can be successfully integrated into air defense systems testing. It is recommended that: PAMS be used on all tests of gun air defense weapon system; additional modification be made to PAMS to improve its tracking rates and limited conditions of visibility. Further accuracy tests are also recommended for PAMS. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA119261

Entities

People

  • Joseph P. Schimminger
  • Samuel F. Harley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Angular Motion
  • Cameras
  • Charge Coupled Devices
  • Control Panels
  • Correlators
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Transmission
  • Defense Systems
  • Detectors
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Radar Systems Engineering.