MICA IR seeker

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General
The MICA seeker has been designed to fulfil the specific requirements of modern air to air missiles.It incorporates the latest techno-logies such as focal plane arrays, ASIC’S and real-time digital signal processors.

Functions
• Autonomous acquisition of several air targets in an adaptable field
of regard
• All-aspect attack capability
• Delivery of tracking and guidance orders to the missile auto-pilot
• Immunity to infra-red counter-measures
• Built-in-test
• Reprogrammable software capability

Features

The MICA seeker has the following main features :
• Bispectral infra-red imaging
• Autonomous threat search capability in a very large field of regard
• Lock-on before and after launch in any presentation against fighters
• Super sensitivity through its high resolution imaging capability
• High protection against infra-red countermeasures through the use of dual band infra-red imaging, highly sophisticated image and signal algorithms
• Sophisticated processing package electronics (ASIC’S)
• Cryogenic autonomy resulting from the use of a closed-cycle
cooling machine.

General characteristics

Power requirements
• Power supply : ± 21 V
• Power consumption : 110 W
Overall dimensions
• Length : 625 mm
• Diameter : 160 mm
• Weight : 11 Kg
Interface
• MIL-STD-1553 BUS
Environment
• Temperature range : - 46° C to 71°
• Random vibration : 6.3 g RMS 2000 Hz
Performances
• Activation and cool-down time : less
than 120 s
• Gimbal angles : up to ± 60°
• Angular tracking rate : higher than
30°s-1
• Acquisition range : classified

http://www.sagem-ds.com/pdf/en/D084.pdf.