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Boresight may
refer to:
Antenna boresight, the
optical axis of a
directional antenna Boresight (firearm),
adjustments made...
- engineering, the
antenna boresight is the axis of
maximum gain (maximum
radiated power) of a
directional antenna. For most
antennas the
boresight is the axis of...
-
Boresighting is a
method of
visually pre-aligning a
firearm barrel's bore axis with the target, in
order to more
easily zero the
gunsight (optical or iron...
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missile with a sensitive,
cryogenic cooled s****er with a
substantial "off-
boresight" capability: the s****er can
detect targets up to 40° off the missile's...
- lit fields).
Boresight –
Aircraft HUD
components are very
accurately aligned with the aircraft's
three axes – a
process called boresighting – so that displa****...
-
where the pilot's head faces,
unrestricted by the HUD,
using high-off-
boresight missiles like the AIM-9X. The F-16A/B was
originally equipped with the...
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Project Boresight was a
United States program that
built radio-location
systems to find the
position of
Russian submarines that were
using burst communications...
- wide
beamwidths are
usually chosen, even
though they have
lower antenna boresight gain. In addition, the
antennas are
required to
cover a wide band of frequencies...
- GPS-enhanced IMU, an
expanded no-escape envelope,
improved HOBS (high off-
boresight) capability, and a max
speed of Mach 4. The AIM-120D is a
joint USAF/USN...
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aircraft is
pointing elsewhere by
cuing missile s****ers at high
angles off-
boresight. Each
helmet costs $400,000. The HMDS
weighs more than
traditional helmets...
