Systems Considerations In The Simulation Of Missiles Employing Electro-Optic (EO) Devices

Donald W. Holder

doi:10.1117/12.965570

4 October 1979 Systems Considerations in the Simulation of Missiles Employing Electro-Optic (EO) Devices

Donald W. Holder

Proceedings Volume 0187, System Aspects of Electro-optics; (1979) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965570
Event: 1979 Huntsville Technical Symposium, 1979, Huntsville, United States

Abstract

Special systems problems encountered in the development of hardware/man-in-the-loop simulations of missile systems are discussed. The contents of the paper are based on a US Army Missile Research and Development Command (MIRADCOM) simulation development program that resulted in a new end game simulation capability for systems employing imaging sensors and a variety of optical trackers. Emphasis is placed on the integration of optical systems which are designed to operate in the real world into a laboratory environment. The requirement to simulate the entire missile flight profile from launch to intercept posed unique problems to the optical system, especially in the end game where depth-of-field becomes critical with the small closure distances necessary to represent reasonably small missile/target separations. The solution to this problem involved the development of special optical and mechanical equipment that was integrated with the sensor and tracker elements.

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Donald W. Holder "Systems Considerations in the Simulation of Missiles Employing Electro-Optic (EO) Devices", Proc. SPIE 0187, System Aspects of Electro-optics, (4 October 1979); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965570

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