Aeronautics and astronautics – Missile stabilization or trajectory control – Automatic guidance
Patent
1983-11-08
1986-05-20
Jordan, Charles T.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Missile stabilization or trajectory control
Automatic guidance
343 5CM, F41G 722
Patent
active
045896100
ABSTRACT:
A guided missile subsystem including a Kalmanized radar track loop driven by acceleration signals of the missile generated by an inertial measuring unit (IMU), and a missile control loop driven by estimates of the relative kinematics of the missile and target computed by the radar track loop is disclosed. The IMU driven Kalmanized radar track loop accommodates the use of a high performance radar, like a synthetic aperture radar, for example, which operates to measure radar data at a low rate on the order of 1 Hz, to generate estimates of relative target and missile kinematics to drive the control loop at rates compatible with high performance missile kinematics. The Kalmanized track loop effects an exchange of IMU errors for "dynamic lag" errors of conventional track loops which cannot be modeled very well, and can change very rapidly. In contrast, the IMU errors can be modeled well, and in addition change very slowly which is what permits the Kalmanization function to work well in the track loop at reduced rates. Because of the dynamic exactness of the track loop, very good estimates of the relative kinematics of the missile may be supplied to the control loop to effect more accurate computations of maneuver commands which drive the controls of the missile. Moreover, the Kalmanized track loop does not let large amounts of angle glint noise into the control loop prior to missile impact. An effective bandwidth decrease as glint noise increases is provided without incurring a dynamic lag error penalty.
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Jordan Charles T.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Zitelli W. E.
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