Journal of Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics

46, 4, pp. 909-916, Warsaw 2008

On a method of target detection and tracking used in air defence

Jan W. Osiecki, Konrad Stefański
The work discusses a new approach to the control of motion of the gyroscope axle with an in-built optical system responsible for detection and tracking of aerial targets emitting infrared radiation. The method, which has been presented by the authors at numerous conferences on the subject, requires using phase trajectories of control errors.
Keywords: gyroscope; scanning; phase trajectories