Hardware-in-the-loop tow missile system simulator
A missile system simulator is described for use in training people for target acquisition, missile launch, and missile guidance under simulated battlefield conditions comprising: simulating means for producing a digital signal representing a simulated battlefield environment including at least one target movable therewithin, the simulating means generating an infrared map representing the field-of-view and the target; interface means for converting said digital signals to an infrared image; missile system hardware including the missile acquisition, tracking, and guidance portions thereof, said hardware sensing the infrared image to determine the location of the target in a field-of-view; and, image means for generating an infrared image of a missile launched at the target and guided thereto, the image means imposing the missile image onto the field-of-view for the missile hardware to acquire the image of the missile in addition to that of the target, and to generate guidance signals to guide the missile image to the target image, wherein the interfacing means is responsive to a guidance signal from the hardware to simulate, in real-time, the response of the missile to the guidance signal, the image means including a blackbody, laser means for irradiating the blackbody to heat it to a temperature at which it emits infrared radiation, and optic means for integrating the radiant image produced by heating the blackbody into the infrared map.
- Assignee:
- Electronics and Space Corp., St. Louis, MO (United States)
- Patent Number(s):
- A; US 5224860
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-662936
- OSTI ID:
- 6188371
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
450000* -- Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense
ANALOG SYSTEMS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DETECTION
EDUCATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE
EQUIPMENT
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
INFRARED RADIATION
LASER RADIATION
LAUNCHING
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
MISSILES
RADIATIONS
REAL TIME SYSTEMS
SIMULATORS
TARGETS
TRAINING
WEAPONS