GUIDANCE TECHNOLOGY
Abstract
(U)Fire-and-forget stand-off weapons need precise targeting information if critical fixed and mobile targets are to be eliminated effectively with minimal collateral damage and minimum cost-per-kill. This requires that: 1) military surveillance and targeting systems geolocate targets accurately in the same coordinate system in which the weapon system navigates; 2) the surveillance, targeting and weapon systems have precision navigation and guidance systems on-board; and 3) navigation and target location systems robustly operate day/night and in adverse weather. In addition, future systems designed to accomplish precision strike missions must be significantly more affordable. Thrusts are included in this project to improve our ability to navigate when the Global Positioning System (GPS) is jammed or otherwise unavailable; to increase the versatility of navigation systems applications by developing microelectromechanical sensor inertial navigation system technologies; and to apply the geolocation technologies/techniques to precision threat geolocation of short-dwell emitters or passive air defense systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- GT-01_0603768E_3_0400_PB_2011
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