Stability Analysis, Testing and Realization of a Floating Target

Targets are imperative for validation of any weapon system. Targets in the form of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Ground models in stationary and moving platforms are generally used to simulate various (Radio Frequency) RF and (Infrared) IR environments for gunnery training. This paper presents design and development of a passive RF target for evaluation of various weapon systems and elaborates design methodology of a stable buoy with structure for mounting user payload which is deployed in sea for sea state five.