Sentence examples for homing system from inspiring English sources

These were replaced in the late 1960s by the Standard semiactive radar homing system.

A variety of guidance systems are employed: the widely used Sparrow system of the United States employs a radar homing system for guidance; the much-used U.S. Sidewinder is guided to the target by the target's heat emission.

These included the SA-10 Grumble, a Mach-6 mobile system with a 60-mile range deployed in both strategic and tactical versions; the SA-11 Gadfly, a Mach-3 semiactive radar homing system with a range of 17 miles; the SA-12 Gladiator, a track-mobile replacement of Ganef; the SA-13 Gopher, a replacement for Gaskin; and the SA-14, a shoulder-fired Grail replacement.

In a more limited sense, however, the key idea in the overall systems concept was probably the decision to use a command-guidance system, as opposed, for example, to a homing system.

On the other hand, adequate accuracy from the ground-tracking system becomes increasingly difficult in a command system as the range is increased, whereas a homing system is not so limited.

The scanner features a novel homing system that enables the wheel to be removed from the scanner, used on a grinding machine and then re-mounted and re-homed so that the same location on the wheel surface can be repeatedly measured and monitored.

His doctoral work on the problems of control and guidance of high-speed aircraft proved valuable in the development of automatic flight control, automatic tracking equipment, homing systems for guided missiles, and intercontinental ballistic missile control systems.

There is general agreement that birds have 'compasses', even two, a sun compass and a magnetic compass,,,, and that these compasses are necessary components of various considered homing systems.

Many passive homing systems required target identification and lock-on by a human operator prior to launch.

In addition to the traditional high explosive, the various new missiles were provided with guidance and homing systems and carried new and powerful warheads such as cluster bomblets and fuel-air explosive.

Among the most advanced passive homing systems were optically tracking munitions that could "see" a visual or infrared image in much the same way as the human eye does, memorize it by means of computer logic, and home onto it.