Fire Control Apparatus for a Laser Weapon.

Abstract

The present invention utilizes a laser weapon fire control apparatus which controls a laser weapon to enhance the survivability of the systems which are being defended by the laser weapon. The fire control apparatus responds in real time to the escort/threat scenario which confronts the weapon. The laser weapon fire control apparatus yields a weapon pointing sequence and controls the laser weapon on-off times. It is one object of the present invention, therefore, to provide an improved laser weapon fire control apparatus by shifting a large part of the computational burden to the early part of the engagement where real time constraints are not as stringent.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 07, 1983
Accession Number
ADD010420

Entities

People

  • Richard H. Worsham

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Inventions
  • Laser Weapons
  • Lasers
  • Light Amplifiers
  • Light Sources
  • Optical Equipment
  • Sequences
  • Survivability
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy