INTEGRATED AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY EQUIPMENT EFFECTIVITY MODEL

THIS EFFORT WILL DEVELOP A COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BOTH ON-BOARD AND OFF-BOARD AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY EQUIPMENT (ASE). THE MODEL FAMILY WILL INCLUDE GROUND BASED TARGET TRACKING RADAR AND AIRBORNE INTERCEPTOR RADAR MODELS, RF AND IR TARGET MODELS, RADAR AND IR SEEKER MODELS, FIVE DEGREE OF FREEDOM MISSILE MODEL WITH PROPORTIONAL NAVIGATION, CLUTTER AND NOISE ENVIRON-MENT MODELS, AND ON-BOARD AND EXPENDABLE COUNTERMEASURES MODELS. EXPENDABLE COUNTERMEASURES WILL INCLUDE CHAFF, FLARES, AND ACTIVE RF DEVICES. ON BOARD COUNTERMEASURES WILL INCLUDE NOISE AND DECEPTION TECHNIQUES. ALL MODELS WILL BE GENERIC IN NATURE, WITH SPECIFIC PARAMETERS SELECTED BY A MENU DRIVEN INPUT FILE SYSTEM. THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE WILL BE FORTRAN CODED AND DESIGNED FOR EXECUTION ON VAX 11 COMPUTERS.