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EXPLUSION TECHNIQUES
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A STUDY IS PROPOSED TO DEFINE AND EVALUATE FEASIBILE JAMMER EXPULSION CONCEPTS FOR THE HOMING PRECURSOR JAMMER (HPJ) SYSTEM, AND TO ASSESS THE IMPLICATIONS OF CANDIDATE EXPULSION CONCEPTS ON JAMMER AEROTHERMODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE AND REQUIREMENTS. CONCEPTS WHICH FEATURE THE SEQUENTIAL EXPULSION/EJECTION OF INDIVIDUAL JAMMERS AXIALLY OUT THE REAR OF THE CARRIER VEHICLE WILL BE EMPHASIZED. RELIABLE CONTROLLABLE EXPULSION TECHNIQUES WHICH ACCOMMODATE VIABLE JAMMER CONFIGURATIONS WILL BE SOUGHT. EXPULSION SUBSYSTEM REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING JAMMER EJECTION VELOCITIES AND FORCES WILL BE ESTABLISHED FOR APPROPRIATE HPJ CARRIED VEHICLE TRAJECTORIES, AND THE EFFECT OF THE EXPULSION PROCESS ON THE CARRIER VEHICLE AND JAMMER AEROTHERMODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE WILL BE ASSESSED.
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