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electro-optical guidance — The guidance making use of visible contrast patterns of a target or the surrounding area to effect seeker lock on and terminal homing. TV guidance is one form of electro optical guidance. The target image is picked up by the TV camera in the… … Aviation dictionary
Guidance system — A guidance system is a device or group of devices used to navigate a ship, aircraft, missile, rocket, satellite, or other craft. Typically, this refers to a system that navigates without direct or continuous human control. Systems that are… … Wikipedia
Optical Society of America — The Optical Society of America (OSA) is a scientific society dedicated to advancing the study of light optics and photonics in theory and application, by means of worldwide research, scientific publishing, conferences and exhibitions, partnership … Wikipedia
Optical disc drive — A CD/DVD ROM Drive A Blu ray (BD RE DL) writer tray in a Sony Vaio E series laptop … Wikipedia
optical reference point — Any index mark on a canopy or at any other place that provides the pilot with sightline guidance in a vertical or a near vertical landing … Aviation dictionary
Spice (guidance kit) — Rafael Spice Type Guided bomb Place of origin Israel … Wikipedia
Primary Guidance, Navigation and Control System — Das Primary Guidance, Navigation and Control System (PGNCS (ausgesprochen: pings)) war das unabhängige inertiale Navigationssystem der Apollo Raumfahrzeuge. Es ermöglichte den Apollo Raumfahrzeugen die Durchführung ihrer Operationen bei… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Nerve guidance conduit — A nerve guidance conduit (also referred to as an artificial nerve conduit or artificial nerve graft, as opposed to an autograft) is an artificial means of guiding axonal regrowth to facilitate nerve regeneration and is one of several clinical… … Wikipedia
Abort Guidance System — (AGS) was a backup computer system in Apollo Lunar Module. It was completely different computer system than Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) because it was designed by TRW independently from the AGC development. This computer system was intended to … Wikipedia
Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System — is a system at airports having a surveillance infrastructure consisting of a Non Cooperative Surveillance (e.g. SMR, Microwave Sensors, Optical Sensors etc) and Cooperative Surveillance (e.g. Multilateration systems). A SMGCS level 1 and 2 have… … Wikipedia
