Air Force electronic warfare evaluation simulator (AFEWES) infrared test and evaluation capabilities

Seth D. Shepherd

doi:10.1117/12.438100

31 August 2001 Air Force electronic warfare evaluation simulator (AFEWES) infrared test and evaluation capabilities

Seth D. Shepherd

Proceedings Volume 4366, Technologies for Synthetic Environments: Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing VI; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.438100
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The Air Force Electronic Warfare Evaluation Simulator Infrared Countermeasures (IRCM) lab currently has the ability to simulate a complete IRCM test environment, including IR missiles in flight, aircraft in flight, and various IR countermeasures including maneuvers, LASERs, flares, and lamp-based jammer systems. The simulations of IR missiles in flight include real missile seeker hardware mounted in a six degree-of-freedom flight simulation table. The simulations of aircraft signatures and IR countermeasures are accomplished by using eight xenon arc lamps, located in 9' X 3' cylindrical housings, in the presentation foreground. A mirror system keeps the high intensity IR sources in the missile field of view. Range closure is simulated in the background by zooming in on the scene and in the foreground by separating and controlling the irises of the arc lamp sources for proper spatial and intensity characteristics. All relative motion and range closure is controlled by missile flyout software and aircraft flight-profile software models.

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Seth D. Shepherd "Air Force electronic warfare evaluation simulator (AFEWES) infrared test and evaluation capabilities", Proc. SPIE 4366, Technologies for Synthetic Environments: Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing VI, (31 August 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.438100

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