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美國空軍與洛克希德•馬丁公司簽署為期5年的三模導引頭合作研發協議
2011-08-30
[據美國洛克希德•馬丁公司網站2011年8月26日報導]美國空軍研究實驗室彈藥指導處簽署了一項為期5年的合作研發協議,以評估將其冷卻型三模導引頭集成到美空軍武器平臺上的可行性。美國空軍武器導引頭科學部與導引頭顯像學評估與研究機構負責人戈德史密斯說:“我們將與洛克希德•馬丁公司密切協作,以借鑒其利用我們某些內部創新瞄準概念的成熟導引頭技術。我們的科學家對於開始將這些經過驗證的三模導引頭納入資料獲取、演算法開發和子系統評估感到興奮”。
今後5年內,洛克希德•馬丁公司將與空軍研究實驗室協作,徹底評估三模導引頭的性能以及形成瞄準概念和制導技術。源自這項工作的資料和分析,將使空軍研究實驗室得以開發將導引頭集成到美國空軍未來武器平臺上的基礎,而這些武器擬在晝夜和惡劣氣象條件下用於打擊固定和移動目標。洛克希德•馬丁公司導彈和火控業務部戰術導彈副總裁約翰說:“美國空軍有興趣對我們的三模導引頭作進一步評估並將其推至使用極限,我們為此感到很高興。自小直徑炸彈研製完成後,我們一直在為其他的客戶和可能的應用開發和試驗導引頭硬、軟體,並且我們希望通過演示證明我們的成熟導引頭仍將在擁有最佳價值的情況下提供超級的效能。”
洛克希德•馬丁公司的冷卻型三模導引頭將裝在3種經過作戰檢驗的武器系統上:“標槍”、“長弓”和“海爾法”。2001年,開發了用於通用導彈專案的第一代三模導引頭,第二和第三代三模導引頭則是為小直徑炸彈II和其他武器系統而開發的。目前的第四代三模導引頭已進行了數千小時的實驗室、塔頂和系留攜載試驗,並在骯髒的戰場環境下的試驗和制導飛行中進行了驗證。這種三模導引頭利用共用孔徑將半主動鐳射傳光器、紅外成像感測器和毫米波雷達集成進了單一的導引頭。冷卻型紅外感測器在極遠的防區外提供被動探測和發射前鎖定,這大大提高了作戰人員的生存力。全部三種感測器模態同時工作並在飛行中共用資訊,這使得作戰人員能在惡劣氣象條件以及隱蔽和對抗環境下捕獲地面和海面的移動或固定目標,具備真正的發射後不管能力。最近,這種三模導引頭在一系列挑戰和真實的戰場環境下擊敗了各種對抗措施和隱蔽手段。試驗結果表明,全部三種感測器模態能成功地交聯且協同工作,從而能在有效處理並擊敗各種對抗措施和隱蔽手段的情況下瞄準移動或固定目標。(中國航空工業發展研究中心 郭道平)
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U.S. Air Force And Lockheed Martin Sign 5-Year Tri-Mode Seeker Cooperative Agreement
ORLANDO, Fla, August 26th, 2011 -- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Munitions Directorate and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] have signed a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to assess the viability of its cooled tri-mode seeker for integration onto Air Force weapon platforms.
“We will work closely with Lockheed Martin to leverage their mature seeker technology with some of our novel in-house targeting concepts. Our scientists are excited to begin incorporating these proven tri-mode seekers into data collects, algorithm developments and subsystem evaluations,” said Buddy Goldsmith, chief of the U.S. Air Force’s Weapon Seeker Sciences Branch and Seeker Phenomenology Evaluation and Research (SPEAR) facility.
Lockheed Martin and AFRL will work together over the next five years to thoroughly assess tri-mode weapon capabilities, emerging targeting concepts and guidance techniques. Data and analysis from this effort will enable AFRL to develop a baseline for integrating seekers onto future U.S. Air Force weapon platforms intended to engage stationary and mobile targets in day, night and adverse weather conditions.
“We are pleased the U.S. Air Force is interested in further evaluating our tri-mode seeker and pushing it to its operational limits,” said Frank St. John, vice president of tactical missiles in Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control business. “We have continued developing and testing our seeker hardware and software for other customers and applications since the end of the Small Diameter Bomb II competition, and we look forward to demonstrating our mature seeker still offers superior effectiveness at the best value.”
Lockheed Martin’s cooled tri-mode seeker is based on three combat-proven weapon systems: Javelin, LONGBOW and HELLFIRE. The first-generation tri-mode seeker was developed in 2001 for the Common Missile program; later generations were developed for the Small Diameter Bomb II and other weapon systems. The seeker, now in its fourth generation, has undergone thousands of hours of laboratory, tower and captive-carry tests and has been proven in dirty battlefield testing and in guided flight.
The tri-mode seeker combines a semi-active laser sensor, an imaging infrared (I2R) sensor and a millimeter wave radar into a single seeker with a common aperture. The cooled I2R sensor provides passive detection and lock-on-before-launch from substantial standoff ranges, significantly increasing warfighter survivability. All three sensor modes run simultaneously and share information in flight, allowing warfighters to defeat moving and stationary targets on land, at sea, in adverse weather and in an obscured/countermeasure environment, with true fire-and-forget capability.
Lockheed Martin’s tri-mode seeker recently defeated a variety of countermeasures and obscurants in a series of challenging and realistic battlefield environments. Test results demonstrated all three sensor modes successfully communicated and worked collaboratively to effectively address and defeat each countermeasure and obscurant, targeting both moving and stationary targets.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 126,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation’s 2010 sales from continuing operations were $45.8 billion.