Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Options for Acquisition of the Advanced Targeting Pod and Advanced Targeting FLIR POD (ATP/ATFLIR)

Abstract

The Under Secretary of Defense (AT&L) requested that the DSB form a brief study of ongoing Navy and Air Force programs aimed at developing advanced laser guided weapon targeting pods for their tactical aircraft. This request for a DSB Task Force was occasioned by Congressional interest in the possibilities of a Joint development and production program for these pods. Current targeting pods are inadequate because improved enemy low altitude air defenses have forced tactical aircraft to operate at significantly higher altitudes, As a result, both the Chief of Naval Operations and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force have declared that obtaining an advanced targeting pod for the current Navy, Marine, and Air Force tactical air fleets is an extremely urgent matter.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA389092

Entities

People

  • Walter E. Morrow Jr.

Organizations

  • Defense Science Board

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Guided Weapons
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Laser Guided Weapons
  • Military Science
  • Naval Operations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy