Electro-optically guided weaponries, which include infrared (IR)-guided and laserguided weapons, are the most widely used

precision strike weapons on a variety of military platforms. Non-imaging types of infrared (IR)-guided missiles make use of IR emission corresponding to the thermal signatures of the exhaust and the mainframe of the target aircraft to home on it.To ensure 100% hit accuracy for these weapons, it is Imperative that these are tested comprehensively at regular intervals. IR-guided missiles of the 1970s and 1980s used single colour IR seekers that respond to 35mm band of the IR signatures of the target aircraft. State-of-the-art IR-guided missiles use two colour seekers that employ both 35- and 812-mm bands to offer improved false alarm rejection and greater immunity to deception by flashes. This study presents a new design concept that can be used to build a test system capable of carrying out comprehensive characterisation of IR-guided missiles employing nonimaging type single colour IR seekers. The study contains, a brief outline on the requirements of comprehensive characterisation and then discusses the proposed design concept along with its implementation in experimental hardware. The experimental hardware is evaluated by measuring different performance parameters.