Introduction to Prediction of Operational Efficiency for a Selected Type of a Military Aircraft / Wprowadzenie Do Prognozy Skuteczno?ci Dzia?ania Wybranego Typu Wojskowego Statku Powietrznego

摘要

The study reveals the general outline for a method of determining the operational efficiency of a military aircraft with respect to destruction of targets held by a potential enemy. The method consists in determination of selected probability factors that define the efficiency of an aircrafta€?s operation on a potential battlefield. The paper is focused on finding a formula for the mathematical expectation for the number of enemy targets that can be eliminated, where the analytical relationships is determined by means of difference equation that is subsequently transformed into the Fokker-Planck partial differential equation. The solution of that equation represents the function of probable density for the number of destroyable targets. When the function is known it can be then used to determine the efficiency factor related to the optimum (most desired) number of enemy targets that are destroyed. For these probabilities the denominator values are equal to one or the optimum values. The efficiency factor, determined in such a way, seems to be useful for determination of the operational potential demonstrated by a military aircraft.