Background
Zarchan, Paul was born on October 12, 1944 in New York City. Son of Louis and Minnie (Schneiderman) Zarchan.
(This edition features five new chapters on aerospace issu...)
This edition features five new chapters on aerospace issues as the multiple target or aimpoint shift problem and the challenges posed by spiraling targets and flight control design fundamentals. Based on the author's "Fundamentals of Tactical and Strategic Missile Guidance" continuing education course, the text examines weaving and spiraling targets, including the helical trajectory flown by the SCUD missiles during the Persian Gulf War. The author provides strategies for improved interceptor performance, and demonstrates valuable problem-solving methods and other practical techniques not typically taught in graduate programmes.
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(This edition features five new chapters on aerospace issu...)
This edition features five new chapters on aerospace issues as the multiple target or aimpoint shift problem and the challenges posed by spiraling targets and flight control design fundamentals. Based on the author's "Fundamentals of Tactical and Strategic Missile Guidance" continuing education course, the text examines weaving and spiraling targets, including the helical trajectory flown by the SCUD missiles during the Persian Gulf War. The author provides strategies for improved interceptor performance, and demonstrates valuable problem-solving methods and other practical techniques not typically taught in graduate programmes.
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(This best-selling title provides an in-depth look into ta...)
This best-selling title provides an in-depth look into tactical and strategic missile guidance, considering proven guidance methods from various points of view. The sixth edition includes six new chapters on topics related to improving missile guidance system performance and understanding key design concepts and tradeoffs. In addition, the original FORTRAN source code has now been converted into the widely used MATLAB programming language. The book aims to lay the foundation for meeting today's new challenges facing guidance engineers. In this latest edition, the new chapters feature: two new applications of the method of adjoints for mixed continuous-discrete systems, and a new guidance law that can be used to shape the interceptor trajectory against a stationary target. Also considered is both the problem of finding the minimum achievable miss distance of a radar homing missile and exploring practical techniques that can be used to achieve the minimum possible miss. It includes: an introduction of the differential game guidance law with bounded controls and a demonstration of its performance improvements over conventional guidance laws under challenging conditions; techniques for graphically presenting strategic information on successful intercepts of an impulsive ballistic target being pursued by an impulsive interceptor; and an examination of two filtering options for the boost-phase intercept of a strategic target. It offers a look into some of the guidance and control issues involved in enabling an air-launched interceptor carrying a highly maneuverable kinetic kill vehicle to perform an exoatmospheric intercept of a boosting threat target that is capable of traveling many thousands of kilometers. With numerous new examples and easy-to-understand graphs and explanations, "Tactical and Strategic Missile Guidance" is an indispensable guide for both the expert and the novice.
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Zarchan, Paul was born on October 12, 1944 in New York City. Son of Louis and Minnie (Schneiderman) Zarchan.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, City College of New York, 1966. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 1967.
Senior engineer, Raytheon Company, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1967-1973; principal engineer, Raytheon Company, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1975-1985; research engineer, Israel Ministry Defense, Haifa, 1973-1975; staff engineer, Christian Science Draper Laboratory Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1985.
(This edition features five new chapters on aerospace issu...)
(This edition features five new chapters on aerospace issu...)
(This edition features five new chapters on aerospace issu...)
(This best-selling title provides an in-depth look into ta...)
(The fourth edition of this best-selling book has three ne...)
Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate, guidance control technical committee 1984-1986, publication committee since 1988).
Married Maxine Ina Sands, August 27, 1967. Children: Adina, Ari, Ronit.