Innovative Approach to Missile System Design

摘要

This paper addresses several system effectiveness tools developed by the U. S. Army Missile Command's Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (MRDEC). MRDEC has expanded upon the traditional lethality modeling tools and methodologies and incorporated novel ideas utilizing visualization and design level engineering assumptions. Effectiveness and lethality were not traditionally included in the early stages of missile system development, but were calculated based on the results of individual component performance. Detailed system effectiveness studies were an after-thought, with a lack of feedback in the missile development cycle. This paper discusses mini-map technologies, connectivity of flight simulation performance and warhead performance for missile and/or component development, and new visualization tools to assist the analyst in the accessing and analyzing the computed data. MRDEC is demonstrating that the utilization of design level effectiveness studies is critical in the development of missile system requirements, design, and evaluation.