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  2. Radar beacon - Wikipedia

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    Radar beacon (short: racon) is – according to article 1.103 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR) [1] – defined as "A transmitter-receiver associated with a fixed navigational mark which, when triggered by a radar, automatically returns a distinctive signal which can appear on the display of the ...

  3. Track while scan - Wikipedia

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    In track-while-scan mode the radar has the ability to acquire and lock/track multiple targets while simultaneously providing a view of the surrounding airspace, which in turn aids the pilot and or operator in maintaining better situational awareness.

  4. Rayon - Wikipedia

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    Rayon, also called viscose [1] and commercialised in some countries as sabra silk or cactus silk, [2] is a semi-synthetic fiber, [3] made from natural sources of regenerated cellulose, such as wood and related agricultural products. [4] It has the same molecular structure as cellulose.

  5. Aviation transponder interrogation modes - Wikipedia

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    The aviation transponder interrogation modes are the standard formats of pulsed sequences from an interrogating Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) or similar Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system. The reply format is usually referred to as a "code" from a transponder, which is used to determine detailed information from a ...

  6. DEFCON - Wikipedia

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    DEFCON. The defense readiness condition ( DEFCON) is an alert state used by the United States Armed Forces. [1] [2] For security reasons, the US military does not announce a DEFCON level to the public. [1] The DEFCON system was developed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and unified and specified combatant commands. [3]

  7. Woman or machine? New robots look creepily human - AOL

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    By YURI KAGEYAMA TOKYO (AP) -- The new robot guides at a Tokyo museum look so eerily human and speak so smoothly they almost outdo people - almost. Japanese robotics expert Hiroshi Ishiguro, an ...

  8. KLJ-7 - Wikipedia

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    Situational Awareness Mode (SAM) Air Combat Mode (ACM)(with five sub-modes) Real Beam Map (RBM) Doppler Beam Sharpening (DBS) Ground Moving Target Indication/Ground Moving Target Track (GMTI/GMTT) Air to Ground Ranging (AGR) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Sea Single Target Track (SSTT) Beacon (BCN) Specifications. Data from: JF-17 official website

  9. Situation awareness - Wikipedia

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    Situational awareness or situation awareness (SA) is the understanding of an environment, its elements, and how it changes with respect to time or other factors. Situational awareness is important for effective decision making in many environments.

  10. Terrain awareness and warning system - Wikipedia

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    In aviation, a terrain awareness and warning system ( TAWS) is generally an on-board system aimed at preventing unintentional impacts with the ground, termed "controlled flight into terrain" accidents, or CFIT. [1] The specific systems currently in use are the ground proximity warning system (GPWS) and the enhanced ground proximity warning ...

  11. Modal analysis - Wikipedia

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    Modal analysis is the study of the dynamic properties of systems in the frequency domain. It consists of mechanically exciting a studied component in such a way to target the modeshapes of the structure, and recording the vibration data with a network of sensors. Examples would include measuring the vibration of a car's body when it is attached ...