SIMUATION METHODOLOFY FOR EVALUATION OF NEW GUIDANCE AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES

THIS STUDY WILL LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMULATION SYSTEM WHICH WILL PERMIT THE RAPID AND THOROUGH EVALUATION OF NEW AND EMERGING ICBM GUIDANCE AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES. EXISTING SIMULATIONS AND MODELS OF SUBSYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS WILL BE COLLECTED, VALIDATED AND SCREENED FOR APPLICABILITY AND INCLUSION IN THE SIMULATION TOOL. THE PROPOSED SIMULATION SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE ALLOWS FOR THE EFFICIENT INTEGRATION OF THESE MODELS AND A STRAIGHTFORWARD, DETAILED COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THEIR IMPACT UPON ICBM SYSTEM PERFORMANCE. THE SIMULATION PHILOSOPHY TO BE EMPLOYED IS A STRUCTURED, TOP DOWN, MODULAR APPROACH WHICH ESTABLISHES THE DESIRED EVALUATION METHODOLOGY. THIS SIMULATION ARCHITECTURE APPROACH IS BASED UPON AN EXISTING VALIDATED SOFTWARE TOOL CURRENTLY IN USE. THE DESCRIPTION INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS OF THE I/O INTERFACE, THE SIMULATION OPERATION AND DOCUMENTATION.