Validation of the Realistic Air Defense Engagement System (RADES)

This report describes the Realistic Air Defense Engagement System (RADES) and research performed to assess its validity. RADES is an air defense simulator consisting of subscale aircraft, an aircraft position/location system, air defense weapon systems, and an electronic interface that connects the...

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Main Authors: Drewfs, Paul R, Barber, Andrew V, Johnson, David M, Frederickson, Edward W
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ACCURACY
AIR DEFENSE
AIRCRAFT
Antiaircraft Defense Systems
CHAPARRAL MISSILES
COMMUNICATION AND RADIO SYSTEMS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CREWS
DATA ACQUISITION
ELECTRONICS
FLIGHT PATHS
FORWARD AREA AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS
GUIDED MISSILES
HUMANS
IDENTIFICATION
INTERFACES
KILL PROBABILITIES
LIMITATIONS
MISS DISTANCE
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
POSITION(LOCATION)
PREDICTIONS
RADES(REALISTIC AIR DEFENSE ENGAGEMENT SYSTEMS)
REACTION TIME
SCALE MODELS
SHORT RANGE(DISTANCE)
SIMULATION
SIMULATORS
STINGER MISSILES
SURFACE TO AIR MISSILES
Surface-launched Guided Missiles
TEAMS(PERSONNEL)
THEORY
VALIDATION
WEAPON SYSTEMS
WEAPONS
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Summary:This report describes the Realistic Air Defense Engagement System (RADES) and research performed to assess its validity. RADES is an air defense simulator consisting of subscale aircraft, an aircraft position/location system, air defense weapon systems, and an electronic interface that connects the weapon to a data collection and communication system. Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD) crews are brought to the RADES range; the weapon is connected to the interface, and the crew is given an operations order, alerted, and cued to the azimuth of the incoming aircraft. Data are automatically collected from the weapon and crew while they engage the RADES aircraft. Data were collected from four Chaparral crews and six Stinger teams during the spring of 1984. Data included times and ranges for critical engagement events, as well as aircraft identification accuracies and kill or miss data. Data from these tests were analyzed and compared both to theoretical predictions derived from a computer model that took as input known physical limitations of weapons, human reaction times, and the flight path of the aircraft and to performance data obtained in earlier full- scale studies reported in the air defense literature. In both cases the data obtained from RADES were consistent with the criteria established for empirical validity. Keywords: Forward area air defense, Air defense short range(distance), Chaparral missiles, Stinger missiles, Surface to air missiles.