RAM INFRARED TARGET DETECTOR

THIS PROPOSAL SUGGESTS UTILIZATION OF A PASSIVE, INFRARED SENSOR DESIGN AS THE ALTERNATE FUZING TARGET DETECTOR FOR THE RAM MISSILE. THE FUNDAMENTAL APPROACH WILL RELY UPON THE USE OF INFRARED ABSORPTION BAND PHENOMENOLOGY TO DRIVE THE INFRARED (IR) SENSOR CONCEPT DESIGN. THE PHASE I EFFORT WILL PERFORM 1) ANALYSES, 2) TRADE STUDIES, 3) SIMULATIONS, AND 4) REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION OF THE INFRARED SENSOR CONCEPT. THIS WILL RESULT IN A DESIGN BEST CAPABLE OF DETECTING LOW AND REVERSE CONTRAST TARGEST AND, AT THE SAME TIME OF REJECTING FALSE TARGETS AND/OR CLUTTER SOURCES SUCH AS ENGINE PLUMES, IR DECOYS, THE SUN AND BACKGROUND CLUTTER. WE PROPOSE TO PERFORM A SYSTEM LEVEL FUZE REQUIRMENTS REQUIREMENTS REVIEW TO OBTAIN BOUNDING CONSTRAINTS ON MISSION PHENOMENOLOGY. PRA WILL THEN PERFORM PHENOMENOLOGY ANALYSES WHICH WILL CONSIST OF SIMULATIONS TO DEFINE SPECTRAL BANDS FOR WHICH TARGET TRANSMISSION IS IS SIMULTANEOUSLY MINIMIZED. OUR ANALYSIS SHALL RESULT IN PHASE II CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE IR SENSOR AND PROCESSOR.