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RADGUNS
HOST SYSTEMS: Windows, Linux, SUN
PROGRAM LANGUAGE: FORTRAN 77/90

RADGUNS
is used to
evaluate the effectiveness of Air Defense Artillery (ADA) gun
systems against penetrating aerial targets. It is also used to
evaluate the effectiveness of different airborne target
characteristics (radar cross section (RCS), maneuvers, use of
electronic countermeasures,
etc.)
against a specific ADA system. RADGUNS is a complete
one-on-one simulation including weapon system, operators,
target model (RCS and presented/vulnerableareas), flight
profiles, environment (clutter and multipath), electronic
attack, and endgame. RADGUNS can assess many aspects of a
weapon system’s performance including target detection,
tracking performance, probability of hit (Ph), probability of
kill (Pk), expected number of hits, and the effects of
jamming. ADA weapon systems are typically modeled at either
the subsystem or circuit level consisting of acquisition and
track radar and/or optical systems, a set of rapid fire
anti-aircraft guns, a fire control computer (FCC) and servo
system to aim the guns, and a crew to operate the system.
Weapon systems in RADGUNS can
acquire, track, and engage aerial targets. After the
acquisition radar detects a target, it is handed off to the
target tracker radar (TTR) system. Thereafter, the target is
tracked automatically and the FCC generates gun-pointing
information. When the FCC has computed an intercept solution,
the operators may fire at the target according to prescribed
firing doctrine. Acquisition, tracking, and shooting
engagement simulations may be executed for either single or
multiple flight path scenarios. A single simulation performs a
single weapon-versus target engagement, while a multiple
simulation performs several single weapon-versus-target
engagements where the initial target position or velocity is
varied from engagement to engagement. Each of these flight
paths can be run with Monte Carlo simulation by selecting
multiple replications of each flight path. With the Monte
Carlo option, initial search azimuth, radar wavelength,
receiver noise, glint frequency, and optical tracker
parameters are varied from replication to replication
(changing the radar wavelength causes the clutter and
multipath returns to vary as well.) The weapon system models
are deterministic or transfer function type, rather than
stochastic; only the endgame is stochastic. Pulse-by-pulse
radar receiver model process target (including multipath),
jammer and ground clutter returns. Ph and Pk are calculated
using distribution theory.
RADGUNS allows the user to select the weapon system
configuration, target and battlefield parameters, and program
output. The scenarios, weapon system, target, and optional
jammer parameter files must be identified when executing
RADGUNS. RADGUNS has several built in flight profile types and
can also read BLUEMAX flight paths. Target RCS and
presented/vulnerable-areas data are also input from files.
The output generated by the program takes three basic forms
tabular data files, data files for plotting, and graphics
output files. For each simulation, an event-by-event tabular
file recording input parameters and simulation results is
generated. Depending on simulation type and user selection,
files can also be generated for tabulation and plotting of
simulation results. For single flight paths, the user may also
select a data file used for post-processing display of a
weapon versus target scenario for use with the IVIEW, HIVE, or
SIMDIS graphics programs or faceted target models and
RADGUNS-generated shotlines for use with the ModelVU graphics
program. For multiple flight paths, the user may select target
position with either target detection, initiation of target
track, or first shot (of each flyby) intercepting target data
files.
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