Avionics
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Avionics are the electronic systems used on aircraft. Avionic systems include communications, navigation, the display and management of multiple systems, and the hundreds of systems that are fitted to
Radar and other avionics in the nose of a Cessna Citation I/SP
F-105 Thunderchief with avionics laid out
The Airbus A380 glass cockpit featuring pull-out keyboards and two wide computer screens on the sides for pilots
An airborne early warning and control system is an airborne radar early warning system designed to detect aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles and other incoming projectiles at long ranges, as well as
Avionics
…aircraft to perform individual functions. These can be as simple as a searchlight for a police helicopter or as complicated as the tactical system for an airborne early warning platform. The term "avionics" was coined in 1949 by Philip J. Klass, senior editor at Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine as a portmanteau of…
A Royal Air Force Boeing E-3 Sentry over North Yorkshire
Wellington Ic "Air Controlled Interception" showing rotating radar antenna
AEW radome on a torpedo bomber, c. 1946
Lockheed EC-121, one of the first AEW aircraft