Showing papers on "Air-to-air missile published in 1989"

Assessment of air-to-air missile guidance and control technology

Abstract: Current air-to-air missile guidance and control technology is assessed. Areas explored include target state estimation, advanced guidance laws, and bank-to-turn autopilots. The assumptions, benefits, and limitations of recent applications of nonlinear filtering, adaptive filtering, modern control, adaptive control, dual control, differential game theory, and modern control design techniques to the air-to-air missile problem are discussed. >

Two-target game model of an air combat with fire-and-forget all-aspect missiles

Abstract: An air combat duel between similar aggressive fighter aircraft, both equipped with the same type of guided missiles, is formulated as a two-target differential game using the dynamic model of the game of two identical cars. Each of the identical target sets represents the effective firing envelope of an all-aspect fire-and-forget air-to-air missile. The firing range limits depend on the target aspect angle and are approximated by analytical functions. The maximum range, computed by taking into account the optimal missile avoidance maneuver of the target, determines the no-escape firing envelope. The solution consists of the decomposition of the game space into four regions: the respective winning zones of the two opponents, the draw zone, and the region where the game terminates by a mutual kill. The solution provides a new insight for future air combat analysis.

Director, Operational Test and Evaluation Report FY'1988

Abstract: : This report is the annual report of DOTE Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS); Stinger; TACCS; Tri-Tac (Joint Tactical Communications); Major Navy Systems; All-Weather Attack Aircraft; Phoenix Missile; USMC Light Attack Aircraft; Chemical Weapon System (Bigeye); Close-In Weapon System (CIWS); Navy Transport Helicopter; (AEGIS); Guided Missile Destroyer; Extremely Low- Frequency Communications System; Fighter-14A/D All Weather Fighter; Fighter/ Attack Aircraft (F/A-18); AGM-88A Harm Missile; IR Maverick (AGM-65F); Landing Craft, Air Cushion; LSD-41 Amphibious Assault Ship; SH-60F Helicopter; Standard Missile-2 Block II; S3 Wisp Fighter; Tomahawk Weapon System; Trident II submarine; Air Force Systems.

Historical review of missile aerodynamic developments

Abstract: The development of missiles from early history up to about 1970 is discussed. Early unpowered missiles beyond the rock include the spear, the bow and arrow, the gun and bullet, and the cannon and projectile. Combining gunpowder with projectiles resulted in the first powered missiles. In the early 1900's, the development of guided missiles was begun. Significant advances in missile technology were made by German scientists during World War II. The dispersion of these advances to other countries following the war resulted in accelerating the development of guided missiles. In the late 1940's and early 1950's there was a proliferation in the development of missile systems in many countries. These developments were based primarily on experimental work and on relatively crude analytical techniques. Discussed here are some of the missile systems that were developed up to about 1970; some of the problems encountered; the development of an experimental data base for use with missiles; and early efforts to develop analytical methods applicable to missiles.