Design and achievement of hardware-in-the-loop simulation system for strapdown semi-active laser seeker

Abstract

According to the work characteristics of semi-active laser-guided weapon system, at first, the optical characteristics of the laser received by seeker were analyzed; and mathematical model of the optical signal power received by seeker was established. Secondly, a hardware-in-the-loop simulation(HILS) system was designed for strapdown seeker. In order to simulate energy and laser spot’s continuous variations, a high-precision continuous dynamic laser energy attenuation system and a digital micromirror device(DMD) spot projection system were designed respectively. In the end, the HILS system was used to evaluate the performances of strapdown seeker and the seeker was tested for response coherence among the four quadrants, field of view(FOV), linear field of view, minimum received optical power, and angle measurement accuracy.