This paper reviews briefly the key elements required for closed-loop simulations used to evaluate infrared guided missiles in an infrared countermeasures (IRCM) environment. The general requirements for semiphysical simulation are reviewed, including special requirements which arise due to IRCM considerations. The US Army's Dynamic IRCM Simulator is used as an example. The paper describes infrared sources, reflective and refractive optics, associated servomechanisms, calibration instrumentation, and computation equipment. Note is made of the requirement for multispectral band, future generation semiphysical simulation.


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    Title :

    A Missile Flight Simulator For Infrared Countermeasures Investigations


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Optics in Missile Engineering ; 1978 ; Los Angeles,United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1978-06-02





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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