Air Force Electronic Warfare Evaluation Simulator (AFEWES) Infrared Test and Evaluation Capabilities

Abstract

The Air Force Electronic Warfare Evaluation Simulator (AFEWES) infrared countermeasures (IRCM) test facility currently has the ability to simulate a complete IRCM test environment, including IR missiles in flight, aircraft in flight, and various IR countermeasures including maneuvers, point-source flares, and lamp- and LASER-based jammer systems. The simulations of IR missiles in flight include missile seeker hardware mounted on a six degree-of-freedom flight simulation table. This paper will focus on recent developments and upgrades to the AFEWES IR capability. In particular, current developments in IR scene generation/projection and efforts to optically combine the IR image produced by a resistive array with existing foreground lamp sources.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA478382

Entities

People

  • Bruce A. Ensor
  • Hank D. Jackson Ii
  • Tommy L. Blair

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Signatures
  • Aircrafts
  • Countermeasures
  • Databases
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Information Operations
  • Infrared Countermeasures
  • Laser Countermeasures
  • Scene Generation
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Verification Tests
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems