LCPK sees CTV launch. (Digest).BAE Systems BAE Systems British manufacturer of aircraft, missiles, avionics, naval vessels, and other aerospace and defense products. BAE Systems was formed (1999) from the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) with Marconi Electronic Systems. successfully launched a seven-centimetre laser guided rocket using a unique mid-body, fin-mounted guidance system at the US Army's Yuma Proving Ground The U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground is one of the largest military installations in the world. Situated in southwestern La Paz County and western Yuma County in southwestern Arizona, U.S. in Arizona in late 2002. The rocket, the Controlled Test Vehicle (CTV CTV Canadian Television (Network Limited) ), scored a 'bulls-eye' hit on a small target more than three miles away from its launch point. The flight test, under the US Army's Low Cost Precision Kill programme, verified airframe control and response to guidance commands. During the rocket's flight the CTV underwent a series of complicated pre-programmed manoeuvres that demonstrated its real-time aerodynamic control by the autopilot and inertial in·er·tia n. 1. Physics The tendency of a body to resist acceleration; the tendency of a body at rest to remain at rest or of a body in straight line motion to stay in motion in a straight line unless acted on by an outside force. sensor. |
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