Modelling a man-portable air-defence (MANPAD) system with a rosette scan two-colour infrared (IR) and ultraviolet (UV) seeker

Devinder Kumar; Leon Smith; Mark A. Richardson; Richard Ayling; Nick Barlow

doi:10.1117/12.2064728

7 October 2014 Modelling a man-portable air-defence (MANPAD) system with a rosette scan two-colour infrared (IR) and ultraviolet (UV) seeker

Devinder Kumar, Leon Smith, Mark A. Richardson, Richard Ayling, Nick Barlow

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Proceedings Volume 9251, Technologies for Optical Countermeasures XI; and High-Power Lasers 2014: Technology and Systems; 92510L (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2064728
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2014, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

The Ultraviolet (UV) band of the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum has the potential to be used as the host medium for the operation of guided weapons. Unlike in the Infrared (IR), a target propelled by an air breathing jet engine produces no detectable radiation in the UV band, and is opaque to the background UV produced by the Sun. Successful engineering of spectral airborne IR countermeasures (CM) against existing two colour IR seekers has encouraged missile counter-countermeasure (CCM) designers to utilise the silhouette signature of an aircraft in the UV as a means of distinguishing between a true target and a flare CM. In this paper we describe the modelling process of a dual band IR and UV rosette scan seeker using CounterSim, a missile engagement and countermeasure simulation software package developed by Chemring Countermeasures Ltd. Results are shown from various simulated engagements of the dual band MANPAD with a C-130 Hercules modelled by Chemring Countermeasures. These results have been used to estimate the aircrafts’ vulnerability to this MANPAD threat. A discussion on possible future optical countermeasures against dual band IR-UV seekers is given in conclusion to the simulation results.

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Devinder Kumar, Leon Smith, Mark A. Richardson, Richard Ayling, and Nick Barlow "Modelling a man-portable air-defence (MANPAD) system with a rosette scan two-colour infrared (IR) and ultraviolet (UV) seeker", Proc. SPIE 9251, Technologies for Optical Countermeasures XI; and High-Power Lasers 2014: Technology and Systems, 92510L (7 October 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2064728

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Missiles

Ultraviolet radiation

Signal processing

Infrared radiation

Infrared countermeasures

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