Sentences with phrase «of radar systems»

He analyzes and repairs the various components of the radar systems - pulse generator, transmitter, duplexer, etc..

The radar repair technician evaluates the performance of the radar systems and analyzes the areas of inefficiencies or failures.

The P - 3 Orion, based at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, will carry IceBridge's most comprehensive instrument suite: a scanning laser altimeter that measures surface elevation, three types of radar systems to study ice layers and the bedrock underneath the ice sheet, a high - resolution camera to create color maps of polar ice, and infrared cameras to measure surface temperatures of sea and land ice.

The trouble is that there have been so few successes in converting military production lines into civilian ones that when the former designers and builders of radar systems saw the opportunity they grabbed it — all of them, at the same time and without any coordination, says Cooper.

«We're hoping that national companies that want to be part of the building of these radar systems and this air traffic control system, will know that you should set up a business in central New York to be in the hub of where this activity is taking place,» Mahoney said.

Not exact matches

The placement of the defensive weapons also comes on the heels of China's recent South China Sea installation of military jamming equipment, which disrupts communications and radar systems.

The recent deployment of the Terminal High - Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) missile system in South Korea angered China, who fears the system's powerful radar could look deep into the country and threaten its security, says the South China Morning Post.

It can function as a bunker in a nuclear attack, has the ability to repel airborne missiles and its electronic defense system can gridlock the radar of enemies.

While «both the A-10 and Su - 25 carry radar warning receivers, neither is equipped with missile approach warning systems capable of providing reliable detection and tracking of incoming heat - seeking missiles such as MANPADS and have to rely on flares and defensive maneuvring to avoid being hit even if the pilot does manage to detect a hostile launch,» Bronk said.

A Virginia - based defense firm known as Artis, developer of the Iron Curtain APS system, uses two independent sensors, radar and optical, along with high - speed computing and counter munitions to detect and intercept approaching fire, according to multiple reports.

It apparently can't track the B - 1 in flight because of its outdated radar and air - defense systems, according to NK News.

It's difficult to see how Uber's retrofitted roof kit consisting of 20 cameras, seven lidar systems, radar sensors, and GPS would cost less than $ 10,000.

Chris Urmson, director of the Google self - driving car program, asked the FCC on January 26 to renew an experimental authority license that allows it to test radio transmitters in the 76 GHz range — likely used by the radar system on its cars.

The company is manufacturing the entire suite of sensors on its self - driving cars, which includes the vision system, radars, and light detection and ranging radar known as LiDAR.

The original mission of the EC - 130H was SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses): the Compass Call were to jam the enemy's IADS (Integrated Air Defense Systems) and to prevent interceptors from talking with the radar controllers on the ground (or aboard an Airborne Early Warning aircraft).

Ted Toth, vice-president of a factory in Pennsauken, New Jersey, that makes parts for satellite, radar and GPS systems, says he has four available jobs that pay from $ 20 to $ 32 an hour.

In September, he held a press conference with reporters on a Sunday to talk about the latest version of Autopilot, which uses a radar system that he claims could have prevented Brown's accident, which may have been caused when the Autopilot system failed to detect the tractor trailer because of its high ground clearance.

Hahad: The security community has not finished studying these exploits, and I suspect that as detailed analysis emerges, so will the discovery of existing compromised systems that were previously operating under the radar.

The most significant change is that the system will shift to using radar instead of cameras as its primary sensor.

Iron Dome commanders fire only when radar systems and computer projections of rocket trajectories show threats to populated areas.

In the latest report regarding the issue, Musk revealed through Twitter that the company is looking to add improvements to the radar system of Tesla Motors vehicles in a bid to improve the Autopilot feature.

The U.S. media somehow neglect to mention that the U.S. Government is spending hundreds of billions of dollars abroad not only in the Near East for direct combat, but to build enormous military bases to encircle the rest of the world, to install radar systems, guided missile systems and other forms of military coercion, including the color revolutions that have been funded and are still being funded all around the former Soviet Union.

Using a combination of radar mounted behind the car's front grille, and digital cameras located under the rear - view mirror, the system first alerts drivers when it detects pedestrians.

The documents show that Cruz was very much on the radar screen of mental health professionals and the Broward County school system, yet very little appears to have been done other than these evaluations.

The issue has mostly flown under the radar, mostly because of the complexity of Canada's tariff system, which serves to hide these tax increases from consumers.

Israeli defense companies will lose a market that is set to make massive procurements in the coming years, including state - of - the - art radars, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), electronic warfare systems, and missile interceptors such as Israel's Iron Dome and Magic Wand.

According to Druker, production of the entire system, comprising the batteries and interceptors, Elta's radar, and mPrest's command and control system, is in the hands of less than 100 people.

The US will shortly release hundreds of millions of dollars more for the procurement of more batteries, more interceptor rockets, and more radar systems to track incoming Grad missiles fired against Israel's home front by terrorist organizations in Gaza.

In 2007, the success of Israeli Air Force's Operation Orchard against a Syrian nuclear installation was largely attributed to effectiveness of the Israeli Electronic Warfare platforms that supported the air strike and made the Syrian radars blind: some sources believe that Operation Orchard saw the baptism of fire of the Suter airborne network system against Syrian radar systems.

I think of guys like Pigrome who were not even on Maryland's radar before Bell came on board and probably chose to come here based on the system that Walt Bell sold to him.

As an essential member of the Army's weapons maintenance team, the PATRIOT system repairer is primarily responsible for performing field level maintenance on the PATRIOT system, a combat missile system that features a phased array radar set and control station.

The 14E is responsible for operating and maintaining the five major parts of the Patriot Fire Control system: Radar Set, Engagement Control Station, Electronic Power Plant, Antenna Mast Group, and Battle Command Post.

The source for the quote meant to serve as a character witness for Latimer may be the family dog walker but presenting her to readers as the family dog walker without mentioning she is a reporter for the Rye Record and former employee of Craig is like doing a story about serial killers and presenting Dennis Radar as an alarm system installer without mentioning he is the BTK Killer.

The system, called WatchStander, uses radar mounted on either side of a ship to scan the surrounding water for small objects that look like they are moving to intercept.

A new roadside radar system could fix that by keeping track of large animals and warning drivers when it would be wise to slow down.

Space Fence, a new $ 6 - billion radar system that the U.S. Air Force is planning, could dramatically increase the number of orbital objects under surveillance after it comes online around 2017.

A multibillion - dollar radar system should vastly increase the amount of orbital debris under surveillance, but actually removing any debris will be a monumental challenge

Traction control helps prevent skidding; crash - avoidance systems fling radar waves in every direction, looking for approaching vehicles; the Lexus LS series even features a windshield - mounted camera that monitors the lane markings in front of you and gently nudges you back into your lane, via electric motors that assist your steering, if you drift.

Not all urban areas have or will have radars close enough to observe the bottom 5,000 feet of highly active weather systems when tornadoes pose the greatest threat.

Gradually being deployed worldwide, ADS - B improves upon the radar - based systems that air traffic controllers and pilots rely on to find out the location and velocity of aircraft in their vicinity.

The surveillance and tracking systems, which made use of Sideways - Looking Airborne Radar and infra - red and ultraviolet sensors, could only detect oil on the surface.

The radar warning system, known as Frontiers, uses a radar network to scan the skies for rainfall and to make predictions of rain up to six hours ahead.

The Deep Space Network, managed by JPL, is an international network of antennas that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions and radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the solar system and the universe.

All of these systems involve multiple sensors, such as radars and cameras, tracking what's going on around the car.

And instead of hitching planes to an umbilical cord of radar - based navigation aids, the satellite system will open routes around the globe, enabling planes to take more direct paths.

An inability to handle misty driving conditions has been one of the chief obstacles to the development of autonomous vehicular navigation systems that use visible light, which are preferable to radar - based systems for their high resolution and ability to read road signs and track lane markers.

A small group of meteorologists headquartered in Norman, Oklahoma, had for decades employed ingenious means: instrumented probes, weather balloons, and small radar systems.

When bats echolocate, they emit rapid - fire, high - frequency clicks (usually out of range of human hearing), then swivel their ears like radar dishes to catch the echoes, a system sensitive enough to detect objects as thin as a human hair and tiny, night - flying insects.

«People used to laugh at me because radars are supposed to be fancy, sophisticated systems with lots of good engineering, and there I was Velcroing and duct - taping things together,» he says.

The new results, published in AIP Advances, from AIP Publishing, could also lead to skyrmion - based devices such as microwave nano - oscillators, used in a range of applications including wireless communication, imaging systems, radar and GPS.