Lessons learned: PATRIOT PLGR integration

Author

Graham, Greg ; Smith, Jim

Author_Institution

US Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

22-26 Apr 1996

Firstpage

385

Lastpage

390

Abstract

The PATRIOT air defence system is composed of fire units (FU). Each FU includes; radar sets, missile launcher stations, and engagement control stations. There are nominally eight launchers per radar. Each radar must be precisely emplaced with respect to an absolute coordinate frame, and each launcher must be precisely emplaced with respect to its radar. In order to enhance PATRIOT´s mobility, reduce the chances of human error, and eliminate its dependence on survey, the emplacement enhancement program (EEP) was born. The EEP automates emplacement by incorporating a north finding system (NFS) for attitude determination and a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver for positioning. The GPS receiver currently being utilized is the precision lightweight GPS receiver (PLGR). The PLGR and the NFS are integrated into each radar and launcher via a GPS/NFS input/output (GNIO) card. This paper details the lessons learned during the course of this integration effort

Keywords

Global Positioning System; attitude control; missile guidance; radar tracking; radio receivers; GNIO card; GPS/NFS input/output card; Global Positioning System; PATRIOT; air defence system; attitude determination; emplacement enhancement program; engagement control stations; fire units; missile launcher stations; north finding system; precision lightweight GPS receiver; radar sets; Azimuth; Content addressable storage; Fires; Global Positioning System; Humans; Missiles; Navigation; Position measurement; Radar; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Position Location and Navigation Symposium, 1996., IEEE 1996

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3085-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLANS.1996.509104

Filename

509104