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  • 1Electronically scanned array — An electronically scanned array (ESA), or a phased array, offers many advantages over mechanically scanned antennas such as instantaneous beam scanning, the availability of multiple concurrent agile beams and concurrently operating radar modes.… …

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  • 2Radio-frequency identification — (RFID) is a technology that uses radio waves to transfer data from an electronic tag, called RFID tag or label, attached to an object, through a reader for the purpose of identifying and tracking the object. Some RFID tags can be read from… …

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  • 3Extremely high frequency — Frequency range 30 to 300 GHz ITU Radio Band Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 …

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  • 4Active Electronically Scanned Array — An Electronically Scanned Array (AESA), also known as active phased array radar is a type of radar whose transmitter and receiver functions are composed of numerous small transmit/receive (T/R) modules. AESA radars feature short to instantaneous… …

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  • 5Tor missile system — Infobox Weapon name= 9K330 Tor NATO reporting name: SA 15 Gauntlet caption= 9K330 TLAR origin= flagcountry|Soviet Union type= Tracked SAM system is ranged= is bladed= is explosive= is artillery= is vehicle=yes is missile= is UK=yes service=… …

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  • 6SCANFAR — The Hughes SCANFAR system was the first deployed United States Navy phased array radar system installed on the USS Long Beach and USS Enterprise . It consisted of two search radars, the AN/SPS 32 and the AN/SPS 33. In 1982, the system was removed …

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  • 7Weather radar — in Norman, Oklahoma with rainshaft …

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  • 8Phased array — This article is about general theory and electromagnetic phased array. For the ultrasonic and medical imaging application, see phased array ultrasonics. In wave theory, a phased array is a group of antennas in which the relative phases of the… …

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  • 9radar — /ray dahr/, n. 1. Electronics. a device for determining the presence and location of an object by measuring the time for the echo of a radio wave to return from it and the direction from which it returns. 2. a means or sense of awareness or… …

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  • 10History of radar — The history of radar starts with experiments by Heinrich Hertz in the late 19th century that showed that radio waves were reflected by metallic objects. This possibility was suggested in James Clerk Maxwell s seminal work on electromagnetism.… …

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