Vulnerability of fighter–aircraft for new threats
conference paper
Technical developments in modern fighter aircraft design will contribute to aircraft survivability by influencing either the aircraft’s susceptibility or its vulnerability. On the other hand, technical developments in missile warhead and ammunition design will result in a lethality increase against fighter aircraft. This never ending see-saw of threat and target developments has to be reflected by continuous up-dates and/or new developments in vulnerability tools.
The best approach is to perform tests and trials for any new threat/target combination and implement the specific results into a vulnerability code. The most reliable vulnerability tools can be developed when these terminal ballistic experiments comprise firings on both real targets, target components and simulation targets, to determine as exactly as possible the specific threat/target interactions.
This paper presents the research of TNO Prins Maurits Laboratory into the vulnerability of aircraft for new developed conventional threats without taking in account the latest weapon technology of high power microwave or electro magnetic pulse weapons.
The best approach is to perform tests and trials for any new threat/target combination and implement the specific results into a vulnerability code. The most reliable vulnerability tools can be developed when these terminal ballistic experiments comprise firings on both real targets, target components and simulation targets, to determine as exactly as possible the specific threat/target interactions.
This paper presents the research of TNO Prins Maurits Laboratory into the vulnerability of aircraft for new developed conventional threats without taking in account the latest weapon technology of high power microwave or electro magnetic pulse weapons.
TNO Identifier
443133
Source title
Combat Survivability of Air, Sea and Land Vehicles. Proceedings of the RTO Applied Vehicle Technology Panel (AVT) Symposium AVT-087/RSY-012, held in Aalborg, Denmark, 23-26 September 2002
Pages
20 p. (Paper 29)
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