Date of Award
3-1994
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Randall Paschall, PhD
Abstract
An extended Kalman filter is used to predict a kinetic kill zone for use in aircraft self defense versus homing missiles. The analysis is limited to an in-the-plane analysis and focuses on finding the model parameters which have the largest impact on the predicted kill zone. No attempt is made to optimize the design of the filter model itself. The analysis computes the kill zone relative to an assumed aircraft trajectory using strictly filter computed statistics. No Monte-Carlo simulations are used throughout the thesis. The filter assumed to be on the evading aircraft, uses an onboard laser radar (ladar) to provide measurements of aircraft-to-missile relative range, range-rate, line-of-sight and line-of -sight rate. The missile is assumed to be in a post burnout coast-to-intercept phase of flight.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-GE-GEO-94M-01
DTIC Accession Number
ADA278705
Recommended Citation
Ennis, Mark E., "Feasibility Analysis for Predicting A Kinetic Kill Zone for Aircraft Homing Missile Defense" (1994). Theses and Dissertations. 6695.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/6695
Comments
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