Combat Systems Engineering and Technologies

Numerate Consultants target market is the defence industry and we focus on the delivery of technical support to combat systems for maritime, land, air and littoral domains and personnel. Our combat systems engineering capability is based on knowledge of military doctrine, equipment, operating environments and the leverage available from existing and emerging technologies.

Our capabilities allow us to lead or assist across the lifecycle phases in delivery of Concept Studies, Requirements, Analysis, Modelling, Systems Engineering, Design & Development, Software, Safety, Verification and Technical Documentation.

The combat systems expertise of our consultants and associates lies in the following areas (hyperlinks):

Weapon Systems
Propulsion
Aerodynamics
Navigation
Guidance and Control
Fuzes
Warheads

Combat Systems Integration

Integration of weapon system into fighting platform

Weapon Systems

Direct and indirect fire: rockets, artillery guns & ammunition, mortar tubes and ammunition
Guided Weapons: missiles, UAVs

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Propulsion

Solid and liquid motor, turbojet, ramjet and scramjet propulsion
Combustion, reactive flows and jet plumes
Modelling propulsion system performance

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Aerodynamics

External aerodynamics of projectiles

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Navigation

Inertial navigation algorithms using gyro, accelerometer, GPS, Terrain Reference and altimeter data
Techniques: state estimation and Kalman filter design

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Guidance and Control

Autopilot design
Homing Guidance including guidance laws, intercept optimisation
Command and Midcourse Guidance, including trajectory shaping
Active and passive single and multi-sensor target tracking using discrimination, association, goal-orientation techniques
Data fusion for multi-seekers and command and control

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Fuzes

Impact
Proximity
Time
Altimetric

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Warheads

KE, fragmentation and blast warheads
Energetic materials
Conceptual warhead design
Modeling warhead performance against various target materials
Lethality and vulnerability estimation models

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