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airborne early warning
Definição1
Use of aircraft to lift powerful search radar to greatest possible height to extend line-of-sight coverage (very approximately, LOS radius in statute miles is square root of 1.5 times observer’s height in feet). Modern AEW can give a PPI covering 170,000 sq miles, throughout which two low-level aircraft in close formation can be individually distinguished against ground clutter.
Fonte1
GUNSTON, Bill. The Cambridge aerospace dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2004. vii, 740 p. (Cambridge aerospace series.)
Nota Adicional1
Acronym in English: AEW.
Subárea
Military Aviation
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