Abstract
Results of a control architecture study involving closed-loop target tracking in concert with an openloop pointing acquisition system are presented. Study conclusions and results are based on performance characteristics first discovered during the Airborne Laser Advanced Concept Testbed (ABL-ACT) Dynamic Compensation Experiment (DyCE). During these experiments, an aircraft target was acquired, tracked and then illuminated with a surrogate High Energy Laser (HEL). This paper examines performance of acquisition and tracking control systems where high accuracy, small dynamic range tracking systems are linked to low accuracy, high dynamic range, open-loop acquisition systems. A variety of control design concepts and ideas are explored and models of pertinent components presented. Finally, simulation results of new control designs are compared to old designs anchored against actual test results.
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