Accession Number:
ADA022892
Title:
DCAT Experimental Evaluations and System Development.
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Corporate Author:
ARMY MISSILE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING LAB REDSTONE ARSENAL ALA GUIDANCE AND CONTROL DIRECTORATE
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1975-03-17
Pagination or Media Count:
172.0
Abstract:
A program was conducted to demonstrate the feasibility and applicability of directional control guidance on a small direct fire system. The system performance specification was established to take full advantage of the characteristics of this guidance scheme. The first characteristic was a high velocityconstant acceleration airframe with a controllable range of 750 meters. The missile was fin stabilized and reaction jet controlled, and the flight profile consists of eject-coast-boost phases. This profile represented a realistic field environment as well as producing the most severe launch error. The initial accuracy requirement was established at 1 mil but simulations indicated that only a 1.5-mil system could be achieved at 750 meters. The same missile would hold a 2-mil accuracy at 1500 meters. Author
Descriptors:
- *COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
- *FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS
- *SURFACE TO SURFACE MISSILES
- *ROCKET ENGINES
- *REACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS
- *COMMAND GUIDANCE
- *ANTITANK AMMUNITION
- *FLUID AMPLIFIERS
- GUIDED MISSILE TRAJECTORIES
- HIGH VELOCITY
- ACCURACY
- AIRFRAMES
- EJECTION
- THRUST
- DIGITAL SIMULATION
- GYROSCOPES
- FIN STABILIZED AMMUNITION
- DIRECTIONAL
- ROCKET NOZZLES
- ANALOG SIMULATION
- CONTROL JETS
- TUBE LAUNCHED
Subject Categories:
- Fluidics and Fluerics
- Surface-Launched Guided Missiles
- Fire Control and Bombing Systems
- Rocket Engines