Conceptual Design of a Flare Deception Tester for Infrared Seekers

It is not so easy to do evaluation tests for countermeasures against real threats that are flying in a real speed and altitude. The causes of the threats are not always accesible and if we want to make a test, it will be costly. Moreover, it is very dangerous to destroy and explode a target in the field tests. Thus, countermeasures proceedings, design and manufacturing of infrared seeker testers have been considered as a serious topic. One of the main countermeasures activities against infrared missiles is usually throw a flare (false target) by aerial targets being tracked. In this paper, laboratorial simulation of flare deception countermeasures has been accompolished on current tester and design and manufacturing of a complementary tester for infrared seekers has been proposed. A comparison is also made between the current tester and the proposed tester based on their conceptual designs. The proposed tester presents a more accurate and perfect simulation for deception countermeasures and provide a performance evaluation for infrared seekers in various conditions. Study and analysis of the simulation results can not only promote deception countermeasures but also will improve the performance of infrared seekers.