Smesta

A system which provides the pilot, or autopilot, of an aircraft with climb or dive signals such that the aircraft will maintain a selected height over flat ground and clear the peaks of undulating ground within the selected height in a vertical plane through the flight vector. This system differs from terrain following in that the aircraft need not descend into a valley to follow the ground contour.

A group of interrelated fire control equipment and/or instruments designed for use with a weapon or group of weapons.

An Army and/or Air Force system providing the ground commander with the means for receiving, processing and forwarding the requests of subordinate ground commanders for air support missions and for the rapid dissemination of information and intelligence.

A series of devices used to stop an aircraft by absorbing its momentum in a routine or emergency landing or aborted take-off.

Rivers, streams, and other inland water features.

A combination of one or more weapons with all related equipment, materials, services, personnel and means of delivery and deployment (if applicable) required for self-sufficiency.

A system in which a failure or malfunction may cause a direct hazard to persons, the environment and/or materiel.

A system that includes all equipment to control automatically the flight of an aircraft or missile to a path or attitude described by references internal or external to the aircraft or missile.