ATI's Tactical Missile Design Overview course

Summary: This is a condensed (one-day) course on the fundamentals of tactical missile design. It addresses considerations in meeting missile performance, cost and measures of merit requirements in conceptual design. The methods presented are generally simple closed-form analytical expressions that are physics-based, to provide insight into the primary driving parameters. Typical values of missile parameters and the characteristics of current operational missiles are discussed. Also discussed are the enabling subsystems and technologies for tactical missiles, the development process, and the current/projected state-of-the-art. Videos illustrate missile development activities and missile performance. Attendees will vote on the relative emphasis of the material to be presented. The course is oriented toward the needs of engineers, systems analysts, program managers, and others working in the area of military systems and technology development. Attendees will receive a complete set of course notes as well as the textbook, Tactical Missile Design, 2nd edition. View course sampler Instructor: Eugene L. Fleeman has 40+ years of government, industry, and academia experience in missile design and in the development of missile systems and missile technologies. Formerly a manager of missile programs at Georgia Tech, Boeing, Rockwell International, and Air Force Research Laboratory, he is an international lecturer on missiles and the author of over eighty publications, including the AIAA textbook Tactical Missile Design. Contact this instructor (please mention course name in the subject line) What You Will Learn: Key drivers in the missile design process. Critical trade-offs, methods and technologies in subsystems, aerodynamics, propulsion, and structure sizing. Launch platform-missile integration. Robustness, lethality, accuracy, observables, survivability, reliability, and cost considerations. Development process for missile systems and missile technologies. From this course you will gain an understanding of missile design, missile technologies, launch platform integration, missile system measures of merit, and the missile system/technologies development process. Course Outline: Introduction/Key Drivers in Tactical Missile Design Conceptual design process. Examples of missile missions/types. Examples of processes to establish mission requirements. Benefits of a baseline missile. Attendees vote on course material emphasis. Aerodynamic Considerations in Tactical Missile Design Missile diameter trade-off. Nose fineness trade-off. Lifting body maneuverability. Shapes for low observables. Wing sizing trade-offs. Surface geometry alternatives. Stability and control alternatives. Maneuver law alternatives. Propulsion Considerations in Tactical Missile Design Propulsion system alternatives. Material temperature limitations. Maximizing turbojet, ramjet, and rocket thrust and specific impulse. Inlet trade-offs. Fuel and propellant trade-offs. Propellant grain cross section trade-offs. Solid rocket thrust magnitude control. Motor case and nozzle material selection. Weight Considerations in Tactical Missile Design Benefits of a light weight missile. Missile weight prediction from overall dimensions. Factors of safety requirements. Airframe manufacturing processes. Airframe material and insulation alternatives. Dome material alternatives. Power supply and flight control actuator alternatives. Measures of Merit and Launch Platform Integration Achieving robustness in adverse weather. Seeker, data link, and sensor alternatives. Optimum flight Mach number and altitude. Examples of counter-countermeasures. Target size and target hardness drivers for warhead requirements. Blast and kinetic energy lethality. Benefit of guidance accuracy for lethality. Target heading error, maneuver, and glint drivers for missile maneuverability. Carriage observables reduction. Alternative approaches for survivability. Insensitive munitions. Enhanced reliability. Cost drivers for development, production, and logistics. Designing within launch platform constraints. Shipping, storage, carriage, launch, and separation requirements. Development Process Design validation/technology development process. New missile follow-on programs. Development tests and facilities. Flight test envelope validation. Examples of state-of-the-art advancement. Enabling technologies. Summary References and Bibliography Follow-on Communication Appendices. Example of a request for proposal, nomenclature, acronyms, conversion factors, syllabus. Tuition: Tuition for this one-day course is $700 per person. Please call us at 410-956-8805 or send email to ati@ATIcourses.com. Register Now Without Obligation