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In the News (Sun 7 Sep 08)

  
  Navy Documents
Fire Control Fundamentals, NAVPERS 91900, 1953, is an introduction to mechanical computing gun fire control.
B.R. 901/43, Handbook of The Admiralty Fire Control Clock Mark I and I*, 1943, describes the smaller of the two main gun fire control instruments of the Royal Navy in WW II.
Standard Fire Control Symbols, OP 1700, 1950, established a set of standard fire control symbols to be used in various U.S. Navy fire control systems.
www.hnsa.org /doc   (1581 words)

  
  Fire-control radar - Definition, explanation
A fire-control radar is a radar which is designed specifically to provide information (mainly target azimuth, elevation, range and velocity) to a fire-control system in order to calculate a firing solution (i.e.
This works either by having the radar switch between sweeping the search sector and sending directed pulses at the target to be tracked, or by using a phased-array antenna to generate two (or more) discrete radar beams and dividing them between both tasks.
Radar resolution is the ability of the radar to differentiate between two targets closely located.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/f/fi/fire_control_radar.php   (612 words)

  
  ACTIVE AND SEMIACTIVE RADAR MISSILE GUIDANCE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The source of the reflected radiation is a radar transmitter; in the instance of weapons with active radar guidance, this transmitter is situated within the missile; in the case of semiactive guidance, it is carried by the launch aircraft.
Surveillance radars usually employ fairly wide beams, the objective being the detection of the target, tracking beams, on the other hand, must be very narrow, as they serve to accurately measure the position of the target with respect to the radar.
In the mid-fifties, when it was decided to develop radar guidance for air-air missiles, it was impossible, with state of the art technology, to package a radar transmitter and receiver of the appropriate range into a medium sized missile.
www.ausairpower.net /TE-Radar-AAMs.html   (3295 words)

  
 Radar Basics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The maximum range ability of surface-search radar is primarily limited by the radar horizon; therefore, higher frequencies are used to permit maximum reflection from small, reflecting areas, such as ship masthead structures and the periscopes of submarines.
In the case of aircraft control, the guidance information is obtained by the radar operator and passed to the aircraft by either voice radio or a computer link to the aircraft.
The primary function of a height-finding radar (sometimes referred to as a three-coordinate or 3D radar) is that of computing accurate ranges, bearings, and altitudes of aircraft targets detected by air-search radars.
www.geocities.com /kuseru/radar.htm   (3002 words)

  
 Camouflage and Radar
Camouflage and radar are complex subjects of study, radar particularly as it is a dynamic system that depends on a skillful operator and appreciative commander for maximum effect.
Fire (as in "gun fire") control radar was optimized to detect and track specific targets, forming a critical input to fire direction systems.
Fire control directors solved the complex problem of aiming a weapon based on the target's range, speed and direction and the ship's own movement (including roll).
www.cv6.org /ship/camo-radar.htm   (1365 words)

  
 Radar
Because a radar antenna may both transmit and receive signals, the duplexer determines whether the antenna is connected to the receiver or the transmitter.
The PPI displays the direction of the target in relation to the radar system (relative to north)as an angle measured from the top of the display, while the distance to the target is represented as a distance from the center of the display.
Simple pulse radar requires precise timing circuits in the duplexer to prevent the transmitter from transmitting while the receiver is acquiring a signal from the antenna, and to keep the receiver from trying to read a signal from the antenna while the transmitter is operating.
www.geocities.com /sinactamzt/RADARES2.htm   (4867 words)

  
 Best Battleship: Fire Control
And the radar used by Washington off of Guadalcanal was not as good as the sets fitted aboard Iowa.
Radar operating at meter or decimeter wavelengths is useful for ranging, but lacks the angular accuracy necessary for training.
This hybrid fire-control solution is, of course, limited by the quality of the optics available, and also by the visual horizon (which is closer than the radar horizon), and weather conditions.
www.combinedfleet.com /b_fire.htm   (320 words)

  
 Performance of US Battleships at Surigao Strait
That the Mark 8 Fire Control Radar (FCR) was superior to the Mark 3 FCR is neither a mystery, in contention, nor a surprise.
Maryland probably held a solid radar target for the next three to five minutes and then probably lost the target briefly (0404-0405?) in her turn to 270 as the superstructure masked the Mark 3 radar on the after director and it slewed around to reacquire on a port bearing.
Between 0355 and 0359, the Yamashiro was probably badly obscured on radar due to the profusion of shell splashes as a result of the fire from West Virginia, Tennessee and California.
www.navweaps.com /index_tech/tech-079.htm   (2343 words)

  
 ZSU-23-4 Shilka SP
The driver sits in the left front of the hull; the rest of the crew; the commander, gunner, and radar operator, sit in the turret.
It also is capable of firing on the move because of its integrated radar and gun stabilization system.
The fire control radar on the ZSU-23-4M is capable of being used independently in the search mode whereas on previous versions it had been slaved to the gun tubes.
www.bharat-rakshak.com /LAND-FORCES/Army/ZSU-23-4.html   (814 words)

  
 Longbow Fire Control Radar and Missile
The Fire Control Radar provides high performance with very low probability of intercept.
Longbow's radar rapidly and automatically searches, detects, locates, classifies, and prioritizes multiple moving and stationary targets on land, air, and water in all weather and battlefield conditions to the maximum range of the Longbow missile.
Longbow FCR and Missile, Longbow and Longbow HELLFIRE are trademarks of Lockheed Martin Corporation.
www.lockheedmartin.com /products/LongbowFireControlRadarMissile/index.html   (238 words)

  
 F-16.net :: Northrop Grumman delivers first fire-control radar for the F-35
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first fire-control radar for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to prime contractor Lockheed Martin.
The AN/APG-81 radar, which incorporates an active electronically scanned array, will be used to conduct radome integration testing at Lockheed Martin's Palmdale facility.
Johnson added that software development for the radar continues on schedule, with nearly a year of integration work completed.
www.f-16.net /news_article1329.html   (278 words)

  
 AH-64D Apache Longbow Helicopter
The primary modifications to the Apache are the addition of a millimeter-wave Fire Control Radar (FCR) target acquisition system, the fire-and-forget Longbow Hellfire air-to-ground missile, updated T700-GE-701C engines, and a fully-integrated cockpit.
Have the ability to initiate the radar scan, detect and classify more than 128 targets, prioritize the 16 most dangerous targets, transmit the information to other aircraft, and initiate a precision attack -- all in 30 seconds or less.
The FCR provides the Apache with the ability to detect, classify and prioritize stationary and moving targets both on the ground and in the air.
www.military.com /ContentFiles/techtv_update_longbow.htm   (339 words)

  
 Air Force Technology - MiG-29 Fulcrum - High Performance Combat Aircraft
The mission of the MiG-29 is to destroy hostile air targets within radar coverage limits and also to destroy ground targets using unguided weapons in visual flight conditions.
The radar will be the Phazotron Zhuk-ME which is capable of tracking ten targets to a maximum range of 245km.
The aircraft is equipped with an information and fire control radar system comprising: an N-019 radar developed by Phazotron Research and Production Company, Moscow; an infrared search and track sensor; a laser rangefinder; and a helmet-mounted target designator.
www.airforce-technology.com /projects/mig29   (1125 words)

  
 Eastern Long Island Fire Control   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The radar transmitter was housed on the bottom floor of the fire control building.
The radar tower footings survive in the brush to the left of the station.
The military canceled the model SCR-296 fire control radar planned for Prospect Hill but not before the engineering work was "partially completed," according to Coast Artillery documents.
ca.ckwinfo.net /lis/lifc/index.html   (770 words)

  
 Chinese Defence Today - Y-8 Radar Testbed
Instead of using the highly valuable fighter prototype for radar and avionics testing, the avionics is being tested on the flying testbed, which can be conducted in parallel with the fighter’s flight test programme.
It is not clear whether the No.079 testbed carries a simulated fighter cockpit like the Boeing 757 testbed used in the F-22 radar testing, but the Chinese testbed is believed to be carrying various sensors and test equipment, as well as a dedicated cabin serving as a flying laboratory for the test engineers.
The aircraft was involved in the development and testing of fire-control radar systems for a number of fighter projects including the J-10, J-11 and JH-7.
www.sinodefence.com /airforce/specialaircraft/y8radar.asp   (349 words)

  
 Russia's miniature radar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Although details were sparse, the essence of the concept is that by using an interface unit, the Epaulette antenna array can augment the operation of the main radar.
In the case of the latter, it is likely that it would be installed on the MiG29UB trainer, which is not normally equipped with a fire control radar.
The MiG-29UBT prototype displayed at Paris was equipped with an Osa-2 phased array radar which is possibly the major component forming part of the Adjutant system and is an I-band radar with a 50nm (85km) detection range against a 54 sq.
www.aeronautics.ru /nws001/afm020.htm   (321 words)

  
 Surveillance and Fire Control Radar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The urgent necessity for some new reconnaissance and fire control devices became evident and Tula craftsmen did not make a mess.
It is a portable installation for moving ground and naval targets locating, applied to the safeguard of objects and territories, road traffic control, surveillance of water areas.
A mode of the radar picture storing does not require constant attention of the operator.
www.ccitula.ru /journal/astran_17.htm   (373 words)

  
 MISSILE AND GUN FIRE CONTROL RADAR
Fire Controlman Volume 02-Fire Control Radar Fundamentals (Revised)
Although you may be involved in the operation of
control  the  fire  of  either  guns  or  missiles.
www.tpub.com /content/fc/14099/css/14099_37.htm   (325 words)

  
 Radar Basics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Fire-control radar must be directed to the general location of the desired target because of the narrow-beam pattern.
During acquisition, the radar system searches a small volume of space in a prearranged pattern until the target is located.
The radar system is said to be locked on to the target during the track phase.
www.radartutorial.eu /02.basics/rp10.en.html   (223 words)

  
 LONGBOW Fire Control Radar - Point of Existence Forum
What it allows it to do is to acquire, modify position of the helicopter, and fire a missile even when the helicopter is concealed by, say, trees or a building.
As for firing behind cover, thats just not going to work in BF since the maps are too small to use the hellfires indirect fire capabilities, where the missile first climbs and then hits its target from the top, but it only works when you are far enough away.
The Comanche will be fitted with a fire control radar (based on the Longbow millimetre wave radar on the AH-64D Apache helicopter) being developed by Northrop Grumman Land Combat Systems and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control.
www.pointofexistence.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=122   (1228 words)

  
 Army Technology - AH-64A/D Apache - Attack Helicopter
The AH-64D Longbow is fitted with the Longbow millimetre wave fire control radar and the Longbow Hellfire missile.
The Longbow fire control radar incorporates an integrated radar frequency interferometer for passive location and identification of radar-emitting threats.
The radar dome is unmasked for a single radar scan and then remasked.
www.army-technology.com /projects/apache   (1506 words)

  
 AN/SPQ-9 Radar
The radar will maintain its capabilities in the presence of clutter from the sea, rain, land, discrete objects, birds, chaff and jamming.
The radar automatically detects, tracks, and reports any targets entering the ASMD sector that meet the conditions for targets with a time-to-go of less than 30 seconds.
The radars were delivered in the summer of 1998 at NSWC Port Hueneme Division where they underwent land-based testing.
www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/an-spq-9.htm   (1141 words)

  
 EADS N.V. - Industry will present its offer for the MEADS development phase on schedule
A fire unit can be expanded from it's basic deployment capability - a command and mission vehicle, a fire control radar unit and a launcher equipped with twelve missiles - to combat a specific threat.
A fully equipped unit will then consist of one air surveillance radar, two fire control radars, two control and mission vehicles, six launcher vehicles, each with twelve guided missiles, and three supply vehicles, each carrying one pallet of twelve missiles.
EADS/LFK is also responsible for development of the active antenna for the fire control radar, along with the development of the software architecture, the man-machine interface and the software components of the command centre.
www.eads.com /web/printout/en/1024/content/400004/9/37/41143379.html/40986022_40986022/content/OF00000040950509/8/98/41028988.html   (746 words)

  
 Naval Radars
Whenever the hard kill of sea skimmers calls for uncompromising accuracy under adverse multipath, ECM or weather conditions, ELTA's STGR is the ultimate Fire Control Radar to accomplish the task.
The radar performance Long Range air surveillance combined with surface surveillance and, at the same time, provides fast detection and automatic threat alert of air targets with an extremely low false alarm rate.
The radar performs long range surface and air surveillance in azimuth and elevation, provides fast detection and automatic threat alert of air targets and sea skimming missiles, and at the same time serves as designator for the ship's surface gunnery and anti air/anti missile fire control systems.
www.israeli-weapons.com /weapons/radar_systems/naval_radars/Naval_Radars.html   (1393 words)

  
 Engineering Dictionary, Radar terms, and definitions 'A'
For a fire control radar, the acceptable degradation is usually expressed as a reduction in range; for example, the maximum lock-on range might be degraded by 25 percent without loss of essential defense capability.
Usually, the approximate target coordinates are supplied to the tracking radar and it searches a predetermined volume of space to locate the target.
ANGLE JAMMING: ECM technique, when azimuth and elevation information from a scanning fire control radar is jammed by transmitting a jamming pulse similar to the radar pulse, but with modulation information out of phase with the returning target angle modulation information.
www.interfacebus.com /Electronic_Dictionary_Radar_Terms.html   (505 words)

  
 J-8II Fighter Aircraft - SinoDefence.com
The delta wing remained substantially unchanged, but the forward fuselage was completely redesigned, with the original nose air inlet moved to the sides of the fore fuselage to provide space for a lager-size radar (see J-8II 3-view here).
An electrically controlled differential horizontal tailplane resulted in the J-8II being 45% more efficient in roll control compared to the J-8 at subsonic speeds.
However, the project was cancelled as a result of the arms embargo imposed on the PRC by the US government in the aftermath of the 1989 incident.
www.sinodefence.com /airforce/fighter/j8b.asp   (724 words)

  
 BB 59 Radar
The left is a DBM radar direction finder used to locate and jam opposition radars.
Of necessity, the radars were mounted on the main tower and the masts just aft of the main tower.
The radar operators were best located near the conning tower, so the captain could make beat use of the radar's information.
polyticks.com /bbma/radar.htm   (341 words)

  
 981223a.html
(KWIC Dec.23 Yihong Zhang) China is in the process of working on the new generation of the multi-functional fire control radar system and the active radar-guided air-to-air missiles.
Equipped with the same flat plate antenna as the one used in the JL10A, the new radar system can track a maximum of fifteen targets and can attack four to six targets at the same time.
No.607 Institute has also developed the JL10A pulse Doppler fire control radar system which is installed in the JH7/FBC1 fighter bomber.
www.kanwa.com /english/981223a.html   (262 words)

  
 Lockheed Martin-Northrop Grumman Team Delivers Longbow Radar Hardware for Japan
They were very satisfied with the inspection and data review, noting that the Longbow fire control radar team had demonstrated commitment and dedication to deliver nothing but the best quality products." With U.S. government approval, Longbow International is transferring technology in exchange for license fees and royalties.
The agreement specifies that approximately 60 aircraft and 23 radars will be procured in annual contracts for two or three fire control radars per year for 10 years.
The Longbow system comprises a fire control radar, a radio frequency (RF) interferometer, a fire-and-forget RF Longbow Hellfire missile and an M299 launcher.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-06-2004/0002205174&EDATE=   (562 words)

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