Model-based engineering for laser weapons systems

Malcolm Panthaki; Steve Coy

doi:10.1117/12.899356

23 September 2011 Model-based engineering for laser weapons systems

Malcolm Panthaki, Steve Coy

Proceedings Volume 8127, Optical Modeling and Performance Predictions V; 81270A (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.899356
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Comet Performance Engineering Workspace is an environment that enables integrated, multidisciplinary modeling and design/simulation process automation. One of the many multi-disciplinary applications of the Comet Workspace is for the integrated Structural, Thermal, Optical Performance (STOP) analysis of complex, multi-disciplinary space systems containing Electro-Optical (EO) sensors such as those which are designed and developed by and for NASA and the Department of Defense. The Comet^TM software is currently able to integrate performance simulation data and processes from a wide range of 3-D CAD and analysis software programs including CODE V^TM from Optical Research Associates and SigFit^TM from Sigmadyne Inc. which are used to simulate the optics performance of EO sensor systems in space-borne applications. Over the past year, Comet Solutions has been working with MZA Associates of Albuquerque, NM, under a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratories. This funded effort is a "risk reduction effort", to help determine whether the combination of Comet and WaveTrain^TM, a wave optics systems engineering analysis environment developed and maintained by MZA Associates and used by the Air Force Research Laboratory, will result in an effective Model-Based Engineering (MBE) environment for the analysis and design of laser weapons systems. This paper will review the results of this effort and future steps.

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Malcolm Panthaki and Steve Coy "Model-based engineering for laser weapons systems", Proc. SPIE 8127, Optical Modeling and Performance Predictions V, 81270A (23 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.899356

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