Missile Guidance and Control Systems

by George M. Siouris

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441918352
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	11/29/2010
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2004
Pages:	666
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.50(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction - The Generalized Vehicle Equations of Motion - Aerodynamic Forces and Coefficients - Vehicle Guidance Laws - Robot Delivery Systems - Strategic Vehicles - Cruise Vehicles - Appendices (Fundamental Constants, Glossary of Terms, List of Acronyms, The Standard Atmospheric Model, Vehicle Classification, Past and Present Vehicle Systems - Properties of Conics, Radar Frequency Bands, Selected Conversion Factors)

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"The book under review belongs to that rare category of books that are written by practitioners who have a deep understanding of the real world systems as well as the core academic issues. I recommend this excellent book to all students, practitioners, experts, and academics interested in missile guidance and control. … I would like to commend the author … . I am sure that this book will go down well with the missile guidance and control community … ." (Debasish Ghose, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Vol.16 (5), 2006)

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