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TARGET TRACKING SYSTEM [19 records]

Record 1 2022-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Air Defence
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

In air defence, a notification of a target’s direction, range and tentative identification.

OBS

A cue decreases the required reaction time of air defence systems by permitting the gun or missile tracking system to be set on the bearing to the target.

OBS

cue: designation and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Défense aérienne
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
DEF

Dans le contexte de la défense aérienne, notification de la direction, de la distance et de l'identification provisoire de la cible.

OBS

La désignation approximative des cibles diminue le temps de réaction nécessaire des systèmes de défense aérienne en permettant d'orienter le système de poursuite des pièces ou des missiles sur le gisement de la cible.

OBS

désignation approximative des cibles : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Space Weapons
DEF

A high performance electro optical stabilized gimbal system integrated with video tracker which facilitates battlefield surveillance, target acquisition and auto tracking during day as well as night on a static and dynamic platform.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Armes orbitales

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
  • Naval Forces
DEF

A compact, lightweight electro-optical tracking system(EOTS) designed for precision target tracking within the naval environment.

OBS

The system provides training, elevation and range data to a fire control or command system for target indication and weapon control purposes, and can be used as a remote observation and tracking sensor for navigation and surveillance purposes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
  • Forces navales

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
CONT

[The] automatic target tracker(ATT) is one... improvement in main [the] battle tank... ATT performs normalized area correlation algorithm on real time video and computes the deviation of target with respect to bore-sight(tracking window) and sends error signal to the main sight system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
CONT

The repeater, which consists of an amplifier and a programmable delay line, amplifies and delays the intercepted signal. By transmitting this signal back to the radar and gradually increasing the delay, the range gate in the radar tracking system can be captured and pulled away from the target echo, thereby producing range deception. This technique is usually referred to as range gate pull off(RGPO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
CONT

Le répétiteur, qui consiste en un amplificateur et en une ligne à retard programmable, amplifie et retarde le signal intercepté. La retransmission de ce signal au radar et l'augmentation graduelle du retard permettent la capture de la porte en distance du radar didactique et son déplacement par rapport à l'écho de la cible, ce qui produit une déception en distance. Cette technique est généralement appelée déréglage des portes de distance ou vol de la fenêtre de télémétrie (RGPO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Sonar and Underwater Detection (Military)
CONT

This family of FLIR [forward-looking infra-red] pods also exists in the form of the HP-Nite Eagle, giving increased stand-off range, and the low-cost LC-Nite Eagle, with laser and autotracker facilities deleted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Sonar et détection sous-marine (Militaire)
CONT

Dans la même famille, on trouve aussi la nacelle HP-Nite Eagle d'observation à distance de sécurité et le modèle simplifié LC-Nite Eagle, sans laser et sans système de poursuite automatique.

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Target Acquisition
DEF

The state of a tracking system or target acquisition system which is continuously and automatically tracking a target, using one or more parameters.

OBS

lock-on: term and definition standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • lock on

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Acquisition d'objectif
DEF

État d'un système de poursuite ou d'acquisition d'objectifs qui poursuit continuellement et automatiquement un objectif en utilisant un ou plusieurs paramètres.

OBS

verrouillage : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Target Acquisition
  • Electronic Warfare
DEF

A target tracking system which uses light as an illuminating signal and generally presents continuous visual display.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Guerre électronique

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Target Acquisition
CONT

The Target Acquisition System(TAS) Mk 23 is a detection, tracking, identification, threat evaluation, and weapon assignment system...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Acquisition d'objectif
CONT

Le système d'acquisition d'objectifs [du Roland M3D] comprend un radar des infrarouges et des caméras de vision [ainsi qu'un] radar de surveillance multi-bandes 3D.

Spanish

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Record 10 2006-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
CONT

The sensor suite of the target acquisition and tracking system includes a flir [forward looking infrared] unit, television camera, laser range-finder and laser designator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif

Spanish

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Record 11 2006-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
CONT

An automatic target acquisition and tracking system has been developed for a focal plane away seeker.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 12 2003-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

For missions requiring full three-axis attitude control, the SSTL [Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. ] Microsatellite can be equipped with a zero-bias reaction-wheel attitude control system fed by a single SSTL Astrolabe star camera for attitude determination. This system can attain pointing accuracy of 1 arc-minute in all axes. It can be designed for astronomical pointing, Sun pointing, or Earth pointing with slewing and target tracking.

Key term(s)
  • three axis control

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
CONT

The 10 meter diameter dish antenna system has a variable focus feed horn system which can provide a wide beam for target detection, and a narrow beam for tracking(other similar radars have scan rates in excess of 10° per second).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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Record 14 2000-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tracked Vehicles (Military)
  • Naval Mines
CONT

It would be wildly incorrect to say that all the products are much of a muchness but most retrofit fire control systems will contain a laser rangefinder, a target tracking system which can compute and indicate future target tracks and positions, and a central fire control computer capable of accepting ammunition type, meteorological and similar data from sensors located around the user vehicle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules chenillés (Militaire)
  • Mines marines
CONT

La plupart des conduites de tir offertes en rattrapage comportent à peu près toutes les mêmes éléments : télémètre à laser, système de poursuite de l'objectif capable de calculer et d'indiquer les positions et les routes futures du but, et calculateur central de conduite de tir intégrant différents paramètres tels que caractéristiques de la munition, vent, température et autres données recueillies par les capteurs externes.

Spanish

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Record 15 1998-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

The GTE Sylvania Precision Automated Tracking System(PATS) is a mobile laser tracking and ranging system which gathers, records and displays space-position information on a wide variety of vehicles and targets in real time, with great accuracy. Self-contained in a mobile van, PATS requires a maximum of two operators. It measures azimuth, elevation and range automatically by transmitting a laser pulse to a target and measuring the angle of return and the roundtrip time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 16 1993-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
CONT

Tracking tasks focus on motor activities as distinct from perceptual or cognitive activities to perform the task the subject aligns a marker with a target. The marker may be the subject's own finger or, more usually, a cursor or pointer operated using a control such as a joystick, handwheel or keyboard. The target may be a series of lights which illuminate in random order, or a moving line on a screen. Tracking tasks are often visual by may be auditory or tactile. Every tracking task is jointly controlled by the subject and the system and, whatever the configuration, data is gathered on the speed and accuracy of the subject's responses to changes in the status of the target. Tracking tasks are characterized in three ways : 1. pursuit vs compensatory tracking, 2. system-paced vs subject-paced tracking, 3. step vs continuous input tracking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
OBS

Tâche de poursuite mobile. L'observateur se trouve devant 2 indicateurs mobiles, correspondant respectivement à une entrée et à une sortie; il essaye de maintenir la coïncidence des deux indicateurs.

Spanish

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Record 17 1989-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

A transportable, self-contained metric instrumentation system that performs the same function as several Single Target Tracking Radars(STTRs) ;it simultaneously tracks up to 10 test targets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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Record 18 1986-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
  • Weapon Systems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
  • Systèmes d'armes

Spanish

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Record 19 1986-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Weapon Systems
  • Missiles and Rockets
OBS

A traditional exoatmospheric system, using the Dog House and Cat House phased-array radars for long-range acquisition. The system might also use the Hen House early warning radars for long-range acquisition. Target and interceptor tracking is performed by mechanically steered dish antennas. The exoatmospheric interceptor, the Galosh, carries a large nuclear warhead.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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