A modern German Air Force IRIS-T infrared homing air-to-air missile Movement of the seeker head of the IRIS-T. Infrared homing is a passive weapon guidance system which uses the infrared (IR) light emission from a target to track and follow it seamlessly. [1]

The advanced sensor technology in BAE Systems’ next-generation infrared seeker helps protect the U.S. and allies from ballistic missile attacks as a key part of the THAAD missile defense system program.

An IR seeker works by using a sensor to search for IR radiation emitted and reflected by potential targets. Early seekers were ‘hot-spot trackers’ (typically focusing on jet exhausts). However, the present generation of imaging IR seekers uses an array to build an IR image of the target.

The Compact I²R Seeker product is a precision guidance solution giving even small caliber weapons the capability to detect and track targets using high-performance uncooled infrared imagery and wide-angle sightline steering and stabilization in …

Infrared homing refers to a passive missile guidance system which uses the emission from a target of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared part of the spectrum to track and follow it. Missiles which use infrared seeking are often referred …

The image infrared (IIR) seeker is a guidance device that uses infrared detectors to continuously identify, capture and track the radiation energy of the target to achieve automatic homing.

recently developed model of a spin-scanning infrared seeker increases the accuracy of signal processing evaluations and seeker performance predictions compared with previous models. The simulation includes the effects of targets and backgrounds, seeker scanning and detector signals, gyroscope dynamics, signal processing, and

For more than 35 years, BAE Systems has provided high-performance missile seeker technology for ballistic missile defense. We continue to advance our technology, leveraging our proven history and incorporating new applications, such as multicolor focal plane array technology.

a review of the state-of-the-art in passive IR seeker programs within government and industry. These results indicate that most passive IR operational and state-of-the-art seeker systems operate on some method of spatial frequency filtering of the collected target/clutter and power contained within the filtered frequency components. Some develop-

In order to develop an efective jamming code, it is necessary to understand the operation of missile seekers and the important parameters to consider for successful jamming. Spin-scan and con-scan reticle seekers are the most widely used reticle-based seekers in missiles.