Prospective Research and Development Areas for U.S. Cruise and Ballistic Missile Guidance Updating Systems

摘要

Given the need for high accuracy strategic missiles, it is reasonable to ask what potential operational payoffs may exist for improving these systems (and developing others), and where should Research and Development (R&D) funding be channeled to permit Preplanned Product Improvement (P3I) or the introduction of advanced systems. The purpose of this paper is to discuss potential R&D funding areas which can improve the effectiveness of map-matching guidance updating systems. As such, it represents an initial attempt in this field to examine the components of these systems, and to provide estimates of their potential payoff, technical risk, and required funding levels.