• Thumbnail for Terrain-following radar
    Terrain-following radar (TFR) is a military aerospace technology that allows a very-low-flying aircraft to automatically maintain a relatively constant...
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  • radar Type 726 Radar navigation radar Type 751 Radar navigation radar Type 752 Radar navigation radar Type 753 Radar navigation radar Type 756 Radar navigation...
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  • AN/APQ-116 (category Aircraft radars)
    AN/APQ-116 is one of the most numerous terrain-following radars (TFRs) produced in the world, and with over 500 units built, it was a member of a family...
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  • Thumbnail for General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark
    variable-sweep wings, afterburning turbofan engines, and automated terrain-following radar for low-level, high-speed flight. Its design influenced later variable-sweep...
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    older terms include "contour flying", "ground-hugging", "terrain masking", "flying under the radar" and "hedgehopping". During NOE flight, geographical features...
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    modes and four maritime modes, including ground mapping, terrain-following radar and terrain-avoidance modes. The maximum air-to-surface mode is over...
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    AIRPASS electronics system was later adapted as the basis for a terrain-following radar for navigation and targeting for air-to-ground attacks. This AIRPASS...
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    guns or surface-to-air missiles. A related use of radar altimeter technology is terrain-following radar, which allows fighter bombers to fly at very low...
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  • the ground at very low altitude, employing terrain-following techniques, either with terrain-following radar or with precise navigation system, like GPS...
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    AN/APQ-158 terrain-following radar (TFR), which was a digitized version of the radar used by the A-7. It was further modified to be able to give terrain avoidance...
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