Accession Number:

AD0387050

Title:

FEASIBILITY TESTS FOR A SHORT-RANGE ELECTROOPTICALLY GUIDED MISSILE.

Descriptive Note:

Technical publication,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER CHINA LAKE CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Creusere,Melville C.

Report Date:

1967-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

39.0

Abstract:

This report describes contrast tests in the near-infrared region of the optical spectrum and discusses the implications of these tests for passive guidance of a helicopter-launched missile. Author

Descriptors:

• *ELECTROOPTICS
• *INFRARED TRACKING
• *GUIDED MISSILE TARGETS
• *INFRARED DETECTORS
• *INFRARED HOMING
• PASSIVE SYSTEMS
• REFLECTION
• SOLAR RADIATION
• SOILS
• TREES
• WATER
• SKY
• VIDICONS
• INFRARED SCANNING
• BACKGROUND
• SILICON
• RETICLES

Subject Categories:

• Infrared Detection and Detectors

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE