Electromagnetic Spectrum Selection for Missile Seekers, Tutorial.

Abstract

The implementation of an autonomous smart weapon system, such as surface/air-to-air or surface/air-to-ground missiles presents an engineering challenge to the system and seeker/sensor designers. This is due to a wide variety of targets, backgrounds, countermeasures, and weather conditions expected for each scenario. The seeker/sensor design requires engineering tradeoffs by the designers, such as size constraints, detection/tracking performance, and search volume to name a few. All of these tradeoffs tend to determine the selection of the electromagnetic spectrum by which the seeker/sensor will operate. Therefore, this document presents a tutorial on the electromagnetic spectrum selection for missile seekers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA317256

Entities

People

  • J. H. Chockley
  • Mark A. Scott

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Countermeasures
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electromagnetic Spectra
  • Engineering
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Spectra
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design