This report describes how current technology was used to produce a programmable digital autopilot (PDAP) capable to satisfying the requirements for three configurations of the Pave Strike glide weapon (GBU-15(V)). A digital design for the three GBU-15(V) analog autopilots was produced. From this design, the requirements for a common PDAP were determined. Two Brassboard PDAPs were then built and evaluated--one in the Hybrid Simulation Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base and one in a similar simulation at Hughes Aircraft Company. The simulation validated the design concept.
Digital Guided Weapons Technology. Volume III. Programmable Digital Autopilot
1976
94 pages
Report
No indication
English
Ordnance , Missile Guidance & Control Systems , Bombs , Guidance Systems , Air to surface missiles , Guided bombs , Guided weapons , Computer programming , Automatic pilots , Digital computers , Terminal guidance , Flight control systems , Analog systems , Simulation , Modular construction , Pave strike project , GBU-15 autopilots
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