Small ZLG® triax technology

1996 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1-9

  Martin, Graham J ^a   Gillespie, Steven C ^a   Volk, Charles H ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYROSCOPES; RANDOM PROCESSES; RING LASERS;

COATING TECHNOLOGIES; FIBER OPTICS SYSTEMS; GUIDANCE AND CONTROL; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION OUTPUT; PRECISION POINTING; TARGET DISCRIMINATION; THREE-AXIS SYSTEMS;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84893988664     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-3710     Document Type: Conference Paper

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