he rocket sled test facility at the Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico provides a unique and valuable test venue for evaluating advanced missile technology at representative flight velocities. Recent failures at the facility underscore the inherent high-risk nature of supersonic sled tests and undermine their potential value to missile development programs. This article addresses one potenti...

Discrete-time designs of flight control systems are required for implementation on missile-borne computers. While extensive literature is available on linear discrete-time control system design methods, nonlinear discrete-time control system design techniques have not been discussed to the same degree. This paper presents three nonlinear, discretetime control system design methods. These are th...

Infrared cameras can detect the heat signatures of missile plumes in the mid-wave infrared waveband (3-5 microns) and are being developed for use – in conjunction with advanced tracking algorithms – in Missile Warning Systems (MWS). However, infrared imagery is also liable to contain appreciable levels of noise and significant levels of thermal clutter, which can make missile detection and trac...

Asingle factor may not fully explain the rationale for India’s quest for a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system. Security, prestige, and an aspiration for power projection are predominant factors in New Delhi’s acquisition of nuclear weapons, as well as in its pursuit of a BMD system. Particularly after the 2005 India–U.S. nuclear deal, which allowed the United States to provide nuclearrelate...

This paper presents a design project for undergraduate systems engineering students in which Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (AUAV’s) are designed, using the systems engineering design process taught at the United States Military Academy, and tested using constructive and virtual simulation. These results are compared to theoretical results obtained through applying Lanchester analysis. Students...

The principle of dynamic programming is used to develop a digital computer software package for determining for each of several subsystems the optimal numerical integration algorithm from among given candidate techniques. As by-products, the corresponding optimal step sizes and error contributions of the subsystems are provided to the user. The deveiloped program minimizes subsystem sum-squared...

The improvement of the algorithms processing information and controlling weapons systems in combination with their automation, which can significantly reduce time from moment detection air targets to destruction, is a promising direction organizing building effective combat use such complex as contour antiaircraft defense (AD) single surface ship AD system group ships. transition creation preci...

Autonomous (unmanned) combat systems will become an integral part of modern defense systems. However, limited operational capabilities, the need for coordination, and dynamic battlefield environments with requirement timeless in decision-making are peculiar difficulties to be solved order realize intelligent control. In this paper, we explore application Learning Classifier System Artificial Im...

Organizations nowadays focus on, not implementing ERP systems, but also leveraging ERP systems as part of their digital strategy. They holistically address people, processes, and technology for a digital transformation. Meanwhile, higher education institutions (HEIs) are also facing an imperative need for the implementation of modern technologies to stay competitive and differentiate them as an...