"This report is a summary of the activities conducted under Task 9A, Development of Missile Control System, of the Sparrow XAAM-N-2 Pilotless Aircraft development program. ... In the study program of Task 1 the various aspects of the short-range, air-to-air missile were investigated and the basic decisions and selections of systems were made. This included the tactical use of the weapon, performance specifications, the selection of the missile configuration, the selection of the method of guidance, and the selection and general outlining of the missile control system. The development of the missile control system has proceeded from the conclusions determined in the study program. ...This report describes the development of the system and its individual components as accomplished from the basic requirements. In the design of the ... missiles these developments will form the basis from which their control systems will be designed."--Page 1.

At head of title: Sparrow XAAM-N-2 pilotless aircraft At foot of title: Prepared for Bureau of Aeronautics, U.S. Navy, on contract NOa(s) 8633 "Sperry Gyroscope Company, division of the Sperry Corporation, Great Neck, N.Y."--Title page.

Introduction --Basic design considerations -- Introduction -- Roll control -- Beam-rider control -- Control system operation -- Arrangement of components -- Antenna and detector -- Antenna -- Detectors -- Guidance receiver -- Introduction -- Operating characteristics -- Video amplifier -- Modulation control stage -- Demodulator -- Noise considerations -- Tests -- Packaging -- Gyroscopic reference system -- Introduction -- Arrangements -- Pickoffs -- Accuracy -- Rotor drive system -- Summary -- Control amplififer -- Introduction -- Internal data transmission system -- Guidance data system -- Stabilization data system -- Electrical mixing of roll and pitch signals -- Servo amplifier -- Dither oscillator -- Wing actuator unit -- Introduction -- Torque and power requirements -- Electro-hydraulic control valve -- Basic parameters -- Servo response characteristics -- Present design --- Future developments -- Power supply -- General -- Specifications -- Description -- Summary -- Appendix A Detector sensitivity as a function of video-amplifier bandwidth -- Appendix B Guidance receiver test equipment.