The U.S. Navy has expended considerable effort on the development of microwave radiometric (MICRAD) terrain-sensing guidance. Early developments utilized continuous map-matching and in some cases man-in-the-loop techniques to accomplish guidance. Techniques from radar correlators and other terrain-sensing guidance systems were incorporated. The development proceeded from the early, analog, map-matching systems to the current digital update systems. This paper outlines the development of MICRAD terrain-sensing guidance by the Navy. It describes the origins of the concept, its early laboratory implementations, history of flight tests, and current status.


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    Title :

    Development Of Microwave Radiometric (MICRAD) Terrain-Sensing Guidance In The Navy


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Image Processing for Missile Guidance ; 1980 ; San Diego,United States


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    Publication date :

    1980-12-23





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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