A Coordination Policy for the NATO SEASPARROW Missile and the Rolling Airframe Missile Using Dynamic Programming.

Abstract

This thesis develops a dynamic program, the SEASPARROW Coordinated Assignment Model (SCAM), that determines the optimal coordinated assignment policy for the SEASPARROW missile in a shipboard self defense weapon configuration consisting of the NATO SEASPARROW Missile System, the Rolling Airframe Missile and the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System. Threat scenarios are described by the type of' anti-ship cruise missile, the number of threat missiles, the total duration of the arrival window and the relative spacing of targets within the threat stream. SCAM reveals that under various threat configurations it is often advantageous to fire the SEASPARROW at groups of threats in the target stream, rather than always the nearest threat, and fuflher that this policy is robust for a large set of threat scenarios.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA288493

Entities

People

  • Arthur P. Drennan Iii

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Anti-Ship Missiles
  • Battle Damage Assessment
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Control Systems
  • Cruise Missiles
  • Defense Systems
  • Doppler Radar
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Guidance
  • Naval Operations
  • Operations Research
  • United States Naval Academy
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Metallurgy
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Operations Research

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers