The Word Storage Relay (WSR)

Author

West, Pat

Author_Institution

29825 8th Place, South, Federal Way, WA, USA

Volume

11

Issue

8

fYear

1996

fDate

8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

29

Lastpage

33

Abstract

One of the more complex systems developed during the cold war was the BOMARC missile system developed by Boeing and the University of Michigan. The BO in the acronym stands for Boeing and the MARC Stands for Michigan Aeronautical Research Center. Boeing built two versions of the BOMARC, the first one designated “IM99A” and the second “IM99B”. The “A” version used a liquid propellant boost system with a range of about 250 miles and the “B” used a solid propellant for boost and had a range of at least 400 miles. The BOMARC was a pilotless aircraft vehicle, developed and deployed to counter the Soviet massed bomber threat

Keywords

aerospace propulsion; military systems; missile control; reed relays; relay control; A version; B version; BOMARC missile; Boeing; IM99A; IM99B; Michigan Aeronautical Research Center; Soviet massed bomber threat; University of Michigan; Word Storage Relay; cold war; liquid propellant boost system; military equipment; pilotless aircraft vehicle; solid propellant; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Azimuth; Control systems; Digital control; Meteorological radar; Missiles; Propulsion; Relays; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.533753

Filename

533753