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A radar tracker is a component of a radar system that associates consecutive radar observations of the same target into tracks. Learn about the role, the general approach and the plot to track association of radar trackers, as well as the different types of radar tracks and their information.
Learn about the different methods and systems of guiding a missile or a guided bomb to its target, such as command, beam riding, and inertial guidance. Find out the history and examples of missile guidance, including homing missiles that use active or passive sensors to track and destroy their targets.
Track while scan (TWS) is a radar mode that tracks multiple targets while scanning the airspace. Learn about its development, features, and applications, from the Soviet B-200 missile system to modern phased-array radars.
A fire-control radar is a radar that provides information to a fire-control system to direct weapons at a target. Learn about its operational phases, performance, countermeasures and examples of fire-control radars in different platforms.
Command guidance is a missile guidance system that uses signals from a ground station or aircraft to steer the missile to its target. SACLOS is a subtype of command guidance where the missile tracking and control is automatic, while the target tracking is manual.
Pantsir is a family of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery systems. The first version, Pantsir-S1 (SA-22 Greyhound), was designed to provide point air defence of military and civilian installations against various threats.
MARPA (mini-automatic radar plotting aid) is a basic form of ARPA (automatic radar plotting aid) that tracks targets manually selected by the user. It provides information such as range, bearing, speed, course, CPA, TCPA, and collision risk indicators.
IRST systems can incorporate laser rangefinders in order to provide full fire-control solutions for cannon fire or launching missiles (Optronique Secteur Frontal). The combination of an atmospheric propagation model, the apparent surface of the target, and target motion analysis (TMA) IRST can calculate the range.