FLIR High Frequency Stabilization Study Program

Abstract

A Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) High Frequency Stabilization Study was conducted to investigate cost-effective techniques for achieving internal optical line-of-sight stabilization in an AN/AAQ9 XA1 or XA2 type FLIR. A stabilization technique which command-stabilizes a gimbaled folding mirror in the FLIR IR optical system was selected. Tests verified the stabilization performance of the laboratory demonstration breadboard model. Vibration attenuations of over 27 dB were achieved in the spectrum between 20 and 100 Hz. System noise levels were sufficiently low to achieve the desired 7-microradian line-of-sight stabilization level.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADB015295

Entities

People

  • H. B. Ellis

Organizations

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Angular Motion
  • Avionics
  • Breadboard Models
  • Climate Change
  • Converters
  • Detectors
  • Electronics
  • Fabrication
  • Frequency
  • Line Of Sight
  • Models
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Stabilization Systems
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vibration

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Robotics and Automation.