Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2/24/2014
INTRODUCTION:
1) Introduction to missile guidance :Guided missile systems have evolved at a tremendous rate over the past four decades, and recent break through in technology
ensure that smart warheads will have an increasing role in maintaining our military superiority . Innocent civilians are not harmed by misfire. 2) Concept of missile guidance :Missile guidance concerns the method by which the missile receives its commands to move
along a certain path to reach a target. On some missiles, these commands are generated internally by the missile computer autopilot. On others, the commands are transmitted to the missile by some external source. The missile sensor or seeker , on the other hand , is a component within a missile that generates data fed into the missile computer. This data is processed by the computer and used to generate guidance commands.
The major problem with these missiles in todays battlefield is that the countermeasures used against these missiles work on the same principles that these missiles operate under. The countermeasures home in on the radar signal source and destroy the antenna array, which essential shuts down the radar source, and hence the radar guided missiles cannot acquire their targets.
INTRODUCTION TO GPS :
GPS, which stands for Global Positioning System, is the only system today able to show us our exact position on the Earth anytime, in any weather, anywhere. GPS satellites, 24 in all, orbit at 11,000 nautical miles above the Earth. Ground stations located worldwide continuously monitor them. The satellites transmit signals that can be detected by anyone with a GPS receiver. Using
Elements of GPS :
GPS has three parts: the space segment, the user segment, and the control segment. The space segment consists of a constellation of 24 satellites plus some spares, each in its own orbit 11,000 nautical miles above Earth. The user segment consists of receivers, which we can hold in our hand or mount in a vehicle. The control segment consist, of ground stations that make sure the satellites are working properly.
10
WORKING OF GPS:
1.) Technique called differential correction can yield
accuracies within 1 -5 meters, or even better, with advanced equipment. 2.) Differential correction requires a second GPS receiver, a base station, collecting data at a stationary position on a precisely known point (typically it is a surveyed benchmark). 3.) Because physical location of base station is known, a correction factor can be computed by comparing known location with GPS location determined by using satellites.
The next incremental step is then to update the weapon before launch with a DGPS derived position estimate, which will allow it to correct its GPS error as it flies to the target, such weapons are designated "precise" and will offer accuracies greater than laser or TV guided weapons, potentially CEPs of several feet .For an aircraft to support such munitions , it will require a DGPS receiver, a GPS receiver and interfaces on its multiple ejector racks or pylons to
APPLICATIONS OF GPS:
1.) Navigation System Timing and Ranging (NAVSTAR) GPS is now available at any time , in any weather, and at any place on or
above the earth. NAVSTAR also provides precise time within a millionth of a second to synchronize the atomic clocks used in various military applications. 2.) GPS is even used in locating the present position of living and non living things, this is the concept which is used in famous GOOGLE EARTH.
THANK YOU
QUERY