AARGM tags target again. (Digest).The US Naval Air Systems Command The Naval Air Systems Command, or NAVAIR, is the part of the United States Navy which provides materiel support for naval aircraft and airborne weapon systems, such as guided missiles. NAVAIR was established in 1966 as the successor to the Navy's Bureau of Naval Weapons (BuWeps). Weapons Division China Lake has completed another test firing of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile guided missile, self-propelled, unmanned space or air vehicle carrying an explosive warhead. Its path can be adjusted during flight, either by automatic self-contained controls or remote human control. (AARGM AARGM Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile ) launched from an F/A-18.The missile successfully identified, tracked and guided toward the simulated air defence radar target Noun 1. radar target - a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface blip, pip radar echo - an electronic signal that has been reflected back to the radar antenna; contains information about the location and distance of the , passing within lethal radius of the warhead and impacting within the specified missile impact zone. The range of specific test objectives accomplished include the demonstration of the missile's interoperability with the aircraft's mission and command launch computers, the effective detection, identification and tracking of the assigned target by the missile's anti-radiation homing subsystem as well as the guidance of the missile to the target via the integrated guidance software. |
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