<title>Specialized cockpit displays, symbology, and control mechanization for air vehicle weapons aiming and employment</title>

Abstract

Throughout the history of aviation, air vehicles have been developed for military applications in a number of roles, especially the use of weapons to attack targets on the ground and in the air. The complex dynamics of weapons aiming and employment from air vehicles has driven the design of a wide variety of specialized software and operator interfaces. The task of weapons employment in an air vehicle is particularly challenging when the target is itself an air vehicle. This paper examines specialized implementations in cockpit display symbology for weapons employment ofmodern air-to-air missiles.