TEST TRACK POSITION-TIME MEASUREMENT SENSOR SYSTEM

A FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM IS PROPOSED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE AIR FORCE HIGH SPEED TEST TRACK FACILITY AT HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE IN NEW MEXICO WITH THE CAPABILITY TO ACCURATELY MEASURE THE VELOCITY OF ROCKET SLEDS IN THE SPEED REGIME OF 2000 TO 8000 FEET PER SECOND. THE ACCURACY OF THE PROPOSED SYSTEM IS 10 TIMES THAT REQUESTED BY THE SOLICITATION. THE DESIGN OF THE SENSORS IS SIMPLE, AND THE SYSTEM IS HIGHLY RESISTENT TO THE TEST TRACK AND DESERT ENVIRONMENT. THE PROPOSED PROGRAM CONSISTS OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION OF PROTOTYPE HARDWARE, AND A SET OF EXPERIMENTS AT THE TEST TRACK WITH THE PROTOTYPE HARDWARE.