Sperry Marine — is a division of Northrop Grumman. The company manufactures many types of marine equipment such as marine radars, gyrocompasses, and navigation equipment. Sperry Marine was formed in 1997 from three well known brand names in the marine industry… … Wikipedia
navigation — navigational, adj. /nav i gay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of navigating. 2. the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, or guided missile. [1520 30; < L navigation (s. of navigatio) a voyage.… … Universalium
Gyroscope — A gyroscope is a device for measuring or maintaining orientation, based on the principles of angular momentum [ [http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/Gyroscope/ Gyroscope] by Sándor Kabai, The Wolfram Demonstrations Project.] [… … Wikipedia
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M-84 — This article is about the Yugoslav tank. For other uses, see M84 . Infobox Weapon name= M 84 caption= Serbian Army M 84 MBT origin= YUG type= Main battle tank is vehicle=yes service= 1985 – present used by=SRB KUW HRV BIH SLO wars= Gulf war… … Wikipedia
gyroscope — gyroscopic /juy reuh skop ik/, adj. gyroscopically, adv. /juy reuh skohp /, n. an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute… … Universalium
Timeline of historic inventions — The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly important or significant technological inventions. Note: Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several inventors around the same… … Wikipedia
Attitude dynamics and control — The attitude of a body is its orientation as perceived in a certain frame of reference; providing a vector along which a spacecraft is pointing is a description of its attitude. Dynamics is the term for the modeling of changing conditions, due to … Wikipedia
MGM-31 Pershing — Pershing was a family of solid fueled two stage medium range ballistic missiles designed and built by Martin Marietta to replace the Redstone missile as the United States Army s primary theater level weapon. The Pershing systems lasted over 30… … Wikipedia
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Autopilot — An autopilot is a mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being. Most people understand an autopilot to refer specifically to aircraft, but self steering gear for ships, boats, space… … Wikipedia