Airborne Vehicle Guidance and Control Systems is a broad and wide- angled engineering and technological area for research, and continues to be important not only in military defense systems but also in industrial process control and in commercial transportation networks such as various Global Positioning Systems (GPS). The book fills a long-standing gap in the literature. The author is retired from the Air Force Institute and received the Air Force's Outstanding Civilian Career Service Award.

Contents1 IntroductionReferences2 The Generalized Missile Equations of Motion2.1 Coordinate Systems2.1.1 Transformation Properties of Vectors2.1.2 Linear Vector Functions2.1.3 Tensors2.1.4 Coordinate Transformations2.2 Rigid-Body Equations of Motion2.3 D'Alembert's Principle2.4 Lagrange's Equations for Rotating Coordinate Systems
References3 Aerodynamic Forces and Coefficients3.1 Aerodynamic Forces Relative to the Wind Axis System3.2 Aerodynamic Moment Representation3.2.1 Airframe Characteristics and Criteria 3.3 System Design and Missile Mathematical Model3.3.1 System Design3.3.2 The Missile Mathematical Model3.4 The Missile Guidance System Model3.4.1 The Missile Seeker Subsystem3.4.2 Missile Noise Inputs3.4.3 Radar Target Tracking Signal3.4.4 Infrared Tracking Systems3.5 Autopilots3.5.1 Control Surfaces and Actuators3.6 English BiasReferences
4 Tactical Missile Guidance Laws4.1 Introduction4.2 Tactical Guidance Intercept Techniques4.2.1 Homing Guidance4.2.2 Command and Other Types of Guidance4.3 Missile Equations of Motion4.4 Derivation of the Fundamental Guidance Equations4.5 Proportional Navigation4.6 Augmented Proportional Navigation4.7 Three-Dimensional Proportional Navigation4.8 Application of Optimal Control of Linear Feedback Systems with Quadratic Performance Criteria in Missile Guidance4.8.1 Introduction4.8.2 Optimal Filtering4.8.3 Optimal Control of Linear Feedback Systems with Quadratic Performance Criteria4.8.4 Optimal Control for Intercept Guidance4.9 End GameReferences
5 Weapon Delivery Systems5.1 Introduction5.2 Definitions and Acronyms Used in Weapon Delivery5.2.1 Definitions5.2.2 Acronyms5.3 Weapon Delivery Requirements5.3.1 Tactics and Maneuvers5.3.2 Aircraft Sensors5.4 The Navigation/Weapon Delivery System5.4.1 The Fire Control Computer5.5 Factors In.uencing Weapon Delivery Accuracy5.5.1 Error Sensitivities5.5.2 Aircraft Delivery Modes5.6 Unguided Weapons5.6.1 Types of Weapon Delivery5.6.2 Unguided Free-Fall Weapon Delivery5.6.3 Release Point Computation for Unguided Bombs5.7 The Bombing Problem5.7.1 Conversion of Ground Plane Miss Distance into Aiming Plane Miss Distance5.7.2 Multiple Impacts5.7.3 Relationship Among REP, DEP, and CEP5.8 Equations of Motion5.9 Covariance Analysis5.10 Three-Degree-of-Freedom Trajectory Equations and Error Analysis5.10.1 Error Analysis5.11 Guided Weapons5.12 Integrated Flight Control in Weapon Delivery5.12.1 Situational Awareness/Situation Assessment (SA/SA)5.12.2 Weapon Delivery Targeting Systems5.13 Air-to-Ground Attack Component5.14 Bomb Steering5.15 Earth Curvature5.16 Missile Launch Envelope5.17 Mathematical Considerations Pertaining to the Accuracy of Weapon Delivery ComputationsReferences
6 Strategic Missiles6.1 Introduction6.2 The Two-Body Problem6.3 Lambert's Theorem6.4 First-Order Motion of a Ballistic Missile6.4.1 Application of the Newtonian Inverse-Square Field Solution to Ballistic Missile Flight6.4.2 The Spherical Hit Equation6.4.3 Ballistic Error Coef.cients6.4.4 Effect of the Rotation of the Earth6.5 The Correlated Velocity and Velocity-to-Be-Gained Concepts6.5.1 Correlated Velocity6.5.2 Velocity-to-Be-Gained6.5.3 The Missile Control System6.5.4 Control During the Atmospheric Phase6.5.5 Guidance Techniques6.6 Derivation of the Force Equation for Ballistic Missiles6.6.1 Equations of Motion6.6.2 Missile Dynamics6.7 Atmospheric Reentry6.8 Missile Flight Model6.9 Ballistic Missile Intercept6.9.1 Introduction6.9.2 Missile Tracking Equations of MotionReferences
7 Cruise Missiles7.1 Introduction7.2 System Description7.2.1 System Functional Operation and Requirements7.2.2 Missile Navigation System Description7.3 Cruise Missile Navigation System Error Analysis7.3.1 Navigation Coordinate System7.4 Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM)7.4.1 Introduction7.4.2 De.nitions7.4.3 The Terrain-Contour Matching (TERCOM) Concept7.4.4 Data Correlation Techniques7.4.5 Terrain Roughness Characteristics7.4.6 TERCOM System Error Sources7.4.7 TERCOM Position Updating7.5 The NAVSTAR/GPS Navigation System7.5.1 GPS/INS IntegrationReferences
A Fundamental ConstantsB Glossary of TermsC List of AcronymsD The Standard Atmospheric Model ReferencesE Missile Classi.cationF Past and Present Tactical/Strategic Missile SystemsF.1 Historical BackgroundF.2 Unpowered Precision-Guided Munitions (PGM) ReferencesG Properties of ConicsG.1 PreliminariesG.2 General Conic Trajectories ReferencesH Radar Frequency BandsI Selected Conversion FactorsIndex