ADAPTIVE MISSILE GUIDANCE USING GPS

Adaptive Missile.pptx (Size: 4.29 MB / Downloads: 9) WHAT IS A MISSILE? A self-propelled or remote guided weapon system. A spacecraft or aircraft carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives. A weapon-forcibly thrown or projected at targets. GUIDED MISSILE Guided Missiles containing conventional or nuclear explosives, guided

in flight towards a target either by remote control or by internal mechanisms. Guided missiles vary widely in size and type. Large strategic ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads. Portable rockets carried by foot soldiers. POWER SOURCE Types of power source: Self contained rocket motors Used in the past era. Contains a motor fan which force it by the air to proceed. It is less efficient. Air breathing jet engines Contains a combustion chamber (motor), in which the fuel burns. The fuel in a solidpropellant rocket is ignited, the gases formed during combustion moves the rocket forward.

The fuel is called the grain. GUIDANCE SYSTEM A guidance system is a device or group of devices used to navigate a ship, aircraft, missile, rocket, satellite, or other craft. A system that navigates without direct or continuous human control. MISSILE GUIDANCE Method by which the missile receives its commands to move along a certain path to reach a target. Commandsgenerated internally by the missile computer autopilot or transmitted to the missile by some external source. The missile sensor or seekercomponent within a missile that generates data fed into the missile computer which is processed

by the computer and used to generate guidance commands. Sensor typesinfrared, radar, and the global positioning system. Based on the relative position between the missile and the target at any given point in flight, the computer autopilot sends commands to the control surfaces to adjust the missile's course. BASIC CONCEPTS OF GPS A GPS receiver calculates its position by precisely timing the signals sent by GPS satellites high above the Earth. Each satellite continually transmits messages that include: the time the message was transmitted satellite position at time of message

transmission The receiver uses the messages to determine the transit time of each message and computes the distance to each satellite using the speed of light. These distances along with the satellites' locations are used to compute the position of the receiver. This position is then displayed with a moving map display or latitude and longitude. DGPS DGPS- Differential Global Positioning System. Technique called differential correction yield accuracies within 1 -5 meters, with advanced equipment. Differential correction requires a second GPS receiver, a base station, collecting data at a stationary position on a precisely known

point. Because physical location of base station is known, a correction factor can be computed by comparing known location with GPS location determined by using satellites. Differential correction process takes this correction factor and applies it to GPS data collected by the GPS receiver in the field. - Differential correction eliminates most of errors. CONCLUSION The proliferation of GPS and INS guidance is a double-edged sword. This technology promise a revolution in air warfare. GPS-INS guided weapons are not affected by harsh weather conditions or restricted by a wire, nor do they leave the gunner vulnerable for attack. GPS guided

weapons- the superior weapon of choice in modern day warfare.

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