Automation of Missile Flight Test Analysis and Report Generation
Abstract
To meet program objectives for consistent, timely, and thorough flight test reports during developmental testing of the Submunitions Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile, an Automated Flight Test Analysis and Report Writing Tool was developed by the Naval Underwater Systems Center, Newport, Rhode Island. This paper discusses the methods used to standardize flight test reports, design the flight test data base, select hardware and software components, reduce and store flight test data, filter missile telemetry (TM) data, standardize and automate analysis efforts, and generate the automated report. Results included: use of a relational data base to store large amounts of planned and actual flight test data; development of an autocorrelation routine to link TM data with planned mission data; application of heuristic techniques to filter individual TM channels; and standardization and automation of analysis efforts for submunitions impact-point density, boost phase, terrain contour matching, and terrain-following performance evaluation. Automated flight test report generation reduced the report preparation period from an average of 6 months to 2 months and improved reporting accuracy and consistency. The Tomahawk cruise missile is a subsonic missile capable of being launched from submarines, surface ships, aircraft, and land-based launchers against at-sea or land-based targets.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 02, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA223874
Entities
People
- Hillard A. Rosen
- Michael J. Desrosiers
- Steven Lopes
Organizations
- Naval Underwater Systems Center