Prediction Methodology contains updated versions of nine chapters from the first edition and chapters on drag prediction, component build-up methods, Euler methods and Navier-Stokes solvers. Special attention is paid to nonlinear flow phenomena and unconventional airframe shapes. Eight colour plates and more than 540 figures are included.

The U.S. Air Force Tactical Missiles, 1949-1969, The Pioneers offers the rich, fascinating history of the first surface-to-surface tactical missiles of the U.S. Air Force, the winged, nuclear-capable Matador and Mace missiles, and their units and personnel in West Germany, Taiwan, Korea, Okinawa and the United States. The U.S. Air Force Tactical Missiles, 1949-1969, The Pioneers ties that unique era and those of other tactical missiles together in a remarkably broad, deep and valuable perspective that also includes the World War II German V-1 and reaches back all the way to the first flight in the United States in 1916 of an aircraft not controlled by a pilot.

This is the first textbook offered for tactical missile design. It is oriented toward the needs of aerospace engineering students, missile engineers, and missile program managers. It is intended to provide a basis for including tactical missile design as part of the aerospace engineering curriculum, providing new graduates with the knowledge they will need in their careers. The author's decades of experience in the development of tactical missiles and their technologies is presented in an integrated handbook method for missile design. It uses simple closed-form analytical expressions that are physics-based to provide insight into the primary driving parameters. The text also provides example calculations of rocket-powered and ramjet-powered baseline missiles, typical values of missile parameters, examples of the characteristics of current operational missiles, discussion of the enabling subsystems and technologies of tactical missiles, and the current/projected state of the art of tactical missiles. Included with the text is a CD-ROM containing electronic versions of the figures; 15 videos showing examples of loading missiles, pilot actions, flight trajectories, countermeasures, etc.; and configuration sizing methods.

This lecture provides a general review of tactical missile aerodynamic considerations. The different aspects considered are: the general aerodynamics design with some problems encountered on existing and future missiles, the specificities of tactical missile aerodynamics and a survey of the most important semi-empirical and numerical methods. The semi-empirical methods have led to the development of a large variety of practical tools which are not expensive in computer time and are routinely used by the project engineers, but they are restricted to conventional missile and global aerodynamics. The numerical methods, much more recent, which consist of solving the Navier-Stokes equations, the Euler equations, the full potential equation and the linearized case, a list of various codes is provided with their actual capabilities.