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

Seth D. Shepherd

doi:10.1117/12.474705

12 July 2002 Air Force electronic warfare evaluation simulator (AFEWES) infrared test and evaluation capabilities

Seth D. Shepherd

Proceedings Volume 4717, Technologies for Synthetic Environments: Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing VII; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474705
Event: AeroSense 2002, 2002, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The Air Force Electronic Warfare Evaluation Simulator IR Countermeasures test facility 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 up to eight xenon arc lamps, located in 9 inch X 3 inch 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 int eh foreground by separating and controlling the irises of the arc lamp sources for property spatial and intensity characteristics. Al 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 4717, Technologies for Synthetic Environments: Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing VII, (12 July 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474705

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