A Computer Analysis of Proportional Navigation and Command to Line of Sight of a Command Guided Missile for a Point Defence System

Abstract

This thesis compares two types of command guidance to be used by a point defense system: Proportional Navigation and Command to Line Of Sight (CLOS). The system block diagram was first defined. The necessary transfer functions were derived. Two forward time models were evaluated, one for each guidance method, using state variable analysis. Two three dimensional scenarios were defined and their results used to compare the two methods. Parameters considered in the comparison were miss distance and acceleration load on the missile.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA261820

Entities

People

  • Dimitrios I. Peppas

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Angular Acceleration
  • Automatic Pilots
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Systems
  • Engineering
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Floating Point Operations
  • Geometry
  • Guidance
  • Guided Missiles
  • Navigation
  • Point Defense
  • Proportional Navigation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Trajectories
  • Transfer Functions

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.