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Chapter 1 / Introduction
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entering into joint ventures, pooling technological expertise, increasing
production runs so as to maintain profit whist forcing down unit and
development costs.
Table 1-1 : Missile Markets by Theatre of Operation
AIR-TO-AIR 15 % ANTI-SHIP 10 %
SURFACE TO AIR 50 % ANTI-ARMOUR 15 %
STAND-OFF 5 % ANTI-RADIATION 5 %
Europe is no exception but still only attracts 34% of the tactical missile
market, most of the remainder going to the United States (US) domestic and
world markets. Table 1-2 lists some of the missile systems that have
traditionally filled these roles, and replacements under development.
Table 1-2 : Missile Systems and their Theatre of Operation
AIR-TO-AIR Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) , IRIS-T ,
Aspide , Skyflash , Mica , Magic
SURFACE-TO-AIR Sea-Wolf, Rapier, Patriot, Aspide, Aster, Mistral, Starstreak,
Roland
STAND-OFF Storm Shadow, SCALP, Taurus, Apache, Tomahawk, SLAM,
Starburst
ANTI-SHIP Sea Eagle , Harpoon , RBS-15 , Exocet , Kormoran , Otoman ,
Penguin
ANTI-ARMOUR Trigat , Brimstone , Milan , HOT
ANTI-RADIATION Alarm , Martel
As missile systems become more sophisticated their interaction with the
launcher becomes more complex; communication between the two
enhancing the independent targeting of missiles, track association, firing
solutions, and launcher steering optimised for kill probability. In the
opinion of the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) programme
manager the challenges facing future designers will not be the hardware, or
the embedded software, but information management, its use in automated
systems and its presentation at the human interface. Weapon systems can
no longer be restricted to developing missile algorithms independent of the
launcher, and as their capabilities expand, so does the cost of performance
proving by trials. Demand for comprehensive and validated simulations
will inevitably increase, a central theme of this research.
The world's leading aerospace companies, supported by academia, are
undertaking research programmes in the key areas of sensors, tracking and
missile guidance design. To maintain dynamic stability and high kill
probability when intercepting intelligent targets performing sophisticated
avoidance manoeuvres demands a unified approach to data fusion, state
observation and guidance optimisation, disciplines that are at the core of this
research.
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