Missile warning systems operating in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum have become a common part of the suite of self-defence systems of modern aircraft. These systems have a low false alarm rate and a detection range of several kilometers against man-portable surface-to-air missiles. The performance of the missile warning systems depends on several factors, including weather and threat type. This paper uses a generaic missile warning sensor and a recently developed model to predict missile plume UV radiance, to demonstrate the variability in detection range for a number of typical threats, weather types, aircraft speeds and warning system lay-outs. The variation in sensor performance present in the results shows that an assessment of the level of platform self-protection prior to each mission should be performed.


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    Title :

    Electro-optical missile plume detection


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Targets and Backgrounds IX: Characterization and Representation ; 2003 ; Orlando,Florida,United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2003-09-05





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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