Terrain contour matching, or TERCOM, is a navigation system used primarily by cruise missiles. It uses a contour map of the terrain that is compared with...
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needed to zero out the drift in-flight, and for this need, a radar-based TERCOM system was added. Development was approved in July 1970, and it was given...
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sophisticated TERCOM systems allow the missile to fly a complex route over a full 3D map, instead of flying directly to the target. TERCOM is the typical...
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GPS, combined with a stored map of obstacles and ground elevation data (TERCOM). Land-attack missiles are usually programmed before launch to follow a...
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fitted with any of a variety of navigation systems (Inertial navigation, TERCOM, or satellite navigation). Larger cruise missiles can carry either a conventional...
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features INS with mid-course GPS guidance and better precision due to enhanced TERCOM and target discrimination capabilities. The weapon is networked, where initial...
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land, the missile's guidance system is aided by terrain contour matching (TERCOM). Terminal guidance is provided by the Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation...
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with a combination of inertial navigation and terrain contour matching (TERCOM) enhanced with highly accurate speed updates provided by a Lidar Doppler...
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an onboard target database. NSM is able to navigate by GPS, inertial and TERCOM systems. After being launched into the air by a solid rocket booster which...
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and landing. DSMAC systems are often combined with TERCOM as a terminal guidance system. A TERCOM system considerably increases the accuracy of the guidance...
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combination of inertial navigation systems (INS), terrain contour matching (TERCOM) and GPS satellite guidance. The guidance system reportedly gives the missile...
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Slovak). 2022-11-02. Retrieved 2023-08-08. "Uhrík povolal Slotovho človeka. Terčom je Dankova SNS". Sme (in Slovak). Petit Press a.s. Retrieved 2023-08-08...
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end of the boost phase. Flying at a low level, the missile was guided by TERCOM (terrain contour matching) to the target. This contrasted strongly with...
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2019 Used by Houthis Production history Manufacturer Iran, Houthis Specifications Engine Toloue 10 or 13 type Guidance system TERCOM navigation system...
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Flight altitude Sea skimming Maximum speed high subsonic Guidance system GPS / INS / TERCOM + IIR Launch platform Ship and land-based mobile launchers....
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missile uses inertial guidance with global positioning system (GPS) and TERCOM updates. For terminal guidance, it uses infrared homing (Imaging infrared)...
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range exporting range 290 km (180 mi), actual range 493 km (306 mi) Guidance system Global Positioning System, TERCOM, inertial navigation system (INS)...
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(500 mph; 430 kn; Mach 0.65) Guidance system inertial guidance, topographic (TERCOM/TERPROM), active radar homing and infrared guidance, GPS Launch platform...
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speed Mach 0.9 (310 m/s; 1,000 ft/s) estimated Guidance system GPS, INS, TERCOM Accuracy CEP 1 m (3 ft 3 in) Launch platform F-35, F-16, F/A-18E/F, and...
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nuclear 300 km (160 nmi) 828 km/h (447 kn) Turbofan Air Radar inertial, tERCOM, infrared USSR/Russia Kh-35 (AS-20 KAYAK) 1983 520 kg (1,150 lb) 145 kg...
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(hypersonic) Guidance system Inertial guidance, optical DSMAC (Iskander-M), TERCOM (Iskander-K), use of GPS / GLONASS in addition to the inertial guidance...
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failsafe point, whereafter it would rely on a terrain contour matching (TERCOM) radar system to navigate to preprogrammed targets.[citation needed] The...
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Fall line (topography) Geologic map Marching squares Planform Tensor field TERCOM Courant, Richard, Herbert Robbins, and Ian Stewart. What Is Mathematics...
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missile was test-flown with a newly developed Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM) navigation system. Reportedly, the designation AGM-28C was reserved for...
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precision the exact timing is determined and executed by the computer. TERCOM "The Russian S-70 Okhotnik UCAV Struck Ground Targets With Unguided Bombs...
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term "contrast contour" is sometimes used, but this may be confused with TERCOM systems. Analog television cameras scan an image as a series of horizontal...
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TOW Wire-guided Mach 0.8 BGM-109 Tomahawk Global Positioning System aided TERCOM Mach 0.7 RGM-84 Harpoon Active radar homing Mach 0.7 MGM-140 ATACMS GPS-aided...
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founded and became Director of a smart software solutions company Lanit-Tercom and in 1996 founded and led the Software Engineering Chair of St. Petersburg...
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sight between the target and the designator. Terrain contour matching (TERCOM). Uses a ground scanning radar to "match" topography against digital map...
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General Staff College Joint Staff College (統合幕僚学校, Tōgō Bakuryō Gakkō) JGSDF TERCOM (陸上自衛隊教育訓練研究本部 [ja] Rikujō Jieitai Kyōiku Kunren Kenkyū Honbu) JGSDF Staff...
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