THE MARK-92 MODIFICATION-6 FIRE-CONTROL SYSTEM AND APLS COHERENT RADAR DATA PROGRAM

The Mark 92 Modification 2 and Modification 6 fire control systems pro vide horizon search and fire control track functions on FFG 7 class sh ips. The Applied Physics Laboratory built two coherent radar data coll ectors to aid in test and evaluation of the Mark 92 Modification 6 sys tem. The first was built in 1984 and the second in 1994. Both of the d ata collectors use state-of-the-art technology to meet the high-data-r ate requirements. The Laboratory also developed a data reduction progr am to automate data analysis. The data collectors have been used exten sively, and the data have been of significant value in evaluating and improving the system.