This report summarizes the work done by the Information and Control Laboratory during 1967 in the area of optimal guidance and control in a missile defense system. General problem formulations for the optimal interception of both ballistic and maneuvering reentry vehicles are given. A computer program based on dynamic programming for prelaunch calculations is described. A second computer program that utilizes the gradient method for in-flight guidance is also discussed. Finally, a game-theoretic approach to the problem of intercepting maneuvering reentry vehicles is presented. (Author)


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    Title :

    Optimal Guidance and Control in a Missile Defense System


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1967


    Size :

    97 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English