Test facility, especially for the search head of intelligent guided ammunition
AssigneeDiehl GmbH & Co.
InventorsRobert Westphal, Karl Herrmann
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Abstract
A test facility, especially for the seeker or search heads of intelligent guided ammunition, including a target simulator for the reflection of a target signature through the intermediary of antenna elements towards the search head which is mounted on a turntable or rotary member with a flight simulator. Arranged between the target simulator and the search head is a quasi-optical coupling which follows the beam geometry by means of an imaging system and, on the one hand, the search head, as well as, on the other hand, the target simulator are located in or proximate to the applicable focal point of the resultingly produced path of transmission.
Claims8
A test facility for search heads of intelligent guided ammunition, comprising a target simulator;
- a turntable with a flight simulator;
- a search head supported on said turntable, said target simulator including at least one antenna element for radiating a target signature to said search head;
- and a quasi-opical imaging system including two mutually facing concave reflectors each with an eccentrically located focal point, a coupling being formed between said focal points through parallel beams;
- said target simulator and said search head each being in at least close proximity with a respective one of said focal points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.