Prospective Research and Development Areas for U.S. Cruise and Ballistic Missile Guidance Updating Systems,

Abstract

Given the need for high accuracy strategic missiles, it is reasonable to ask what potential operational payoffs may exist for improving these systems (and developing others), and where should Research and Development (R&D) funding be channeled to permit Preplanned Product Improvement (P3I) or the introduction of advanced systems. The purpose of this paper is to discuss potential R&D funding areas which can improve the effectiveness of map-matching guidance updating systems. As such, it represents an initial attempt in this field to examine the components of these systems, and to provide estimates of their potential payoff, technical risk, and required funding levels.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA119870

Entities

People

  • Edmund H. Conrow

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Altimeters
  • Cruise Missiles
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Elevation
  • Geometry
  • Guidance
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Simulations
  • Surface Temperature
  • Terminal Guidance
  • Terrain Following

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design