To meet program objectives for consistent, timely, and thorough flight test reports during developmental testing of the Submunitions Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile, an Automated Flight Test Analysis and Report Writing Tool was developed by the Naval Underwater Systems Center, Newport, Rhode Island. This paper discusses the methods used to standardize flight test reports, design the flight test data base, select hardware and software components, reduce and store flight test data, filter missile telemetry (TM) data, standardize and automate analysis efforts, and generate the automated report. Results included: use of a relational data base to store large amounts of planned and actual flight test data; development of an autocorrelation routine to link TM data with planned mission data; application of heuristic techniques to filter individual TM channels; and standardization and automation of analysis efforts for submunitions impact-point density, boost phase, terrain contour matching, and terrain-following performance evaluation. Automated flight test report generation reduced the report preparation period from an average of 6 months to 2 months and improved reporting accuracy and consistency. The Tomahawk cruise missile is a subsonic missile capable of being launched from submarines, surface ships, aircraft, and land-based launchers against at-sea or land-based targets. (kr)
Automation of Missile Flight Test Analysis and Report Generation
1990
18 pages
Report
No indication
English
Missile Launching & Support Systems , Missile Trajectories & Reentry Dynamics , Cruise missiles , Flight testing , Telemeter systems , Technical writing , Accuracy , Air launched , Attack , Autocorrelation , Automation , Boost phase , Computer programs , Contours , Data bases , Data storage systems , Density , Experimental data , Filters , Heuristic methods , Impact point , Matching , Ocean surface , Performance tests , Reports , Ship launched , Submarine launched , Submunitions , Subsonic characteristics , Guided missile targets , Terrain , Terrain following , Tools , Report writing , Missile ranges , Reporting , Relational data bases , Report generation , TLAM Missiles , Contour matching
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