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•  Avionics

  Avionics is a portmanteau of "aviation electronics". It comprises electronic systems for use on aircraft, artificial satellites and spacecraft, comprising communications, navigation and the display and management of multiple systems. It also includes the hundreds of systems that are fitted to aircraft to meet individual roles; these can be as simple as a search light for a police helicopter or as complicated as the tactical system for an Airborne Early Warning platform.

  

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•  Global Positioning System

  The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a U.S. space-based global navigation satellite system. It provides reliable positioning, navigation, and timing services to worldwide users on a continuous basis in all weather, day and night, anywhere on or near the Earth which has an unobstructed view of four or more GPS satellites. GPS is made up of three segments: Space, Control and User.

  

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•  Inertial navigation system

  An Inertial Navigation System (INS) is a navigation aid that uses a computer, motion sensors and rotation sensors to continuously calculate via dead reckoning the position, orientation, and velocity (direction and speed of movement) of a moving object without the need for external references. It is used on vehicles such as ships, aircraft, submarines, guided missiles, and spacecraft.

  

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•  Honeywell

  Honeywell (legally Honeywell International Inc. ) is a major conglomerate company that produces a variety of consumer products, engineering services, and aerospace systems for a wide variety of customers, from private consumers to major corporations and governments. Honeywell is a Fortune 500 company with a workforce of approximately 128,000, of which approximately 58,000 are employed in the United States. The company is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey.

  

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•  Avionics software

  Avionics software is embedded software with legally-mandated safety and reliability concerns used in avionics. The main difference between avionic software and conventional embedded software is that the development process is required by law and is optimized for safety. Interestingly, some claim that the process described below is only slightly slower and more costly (perhaps 15 percent) than the normal ad-hoc processes used for commercial software.

  

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•  Heading indicator

  The heading indicator (Directional Gyro or DG) is a flight instrument used in an aircraft to inform the pilot of their heading. It is sometimes referred to by its older name, the directional gyro, or (UK usage) direction indicator or DI.

  

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•  Attitude indicator

  An attitude indicator (AI), gyro horizon or artificial horizon, is an instrument used in an aircraft to inform the pilot of the orientation of the aircraft relative to earth. It indicates pitch (fore and aft tilt) and bank or roll (side to side tilt) and is a primary instrument for flight in instrument meteorological conditions. Attitude indicators also have significant application under visual flight rules, though some light aircraft do not have them installed.

  

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•  Non-directional beacon

  

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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 craft and missiles are sometimes also called by this term. The autopilot of an aircraft is sometimes referred to as "George."

  

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•  Operational display system

  Operational Display Systems refers to systems used for tracking the status of multiple objects in avionics. Operational Displays Systems are usually being developed by large countries' civil aviation authorities, with inputs from technology companies and air traffic controllers associations. Air traffic control systems gradually evolved from the old sweeping radar to modern computer-driven systems showing maps, weather info, airplane routes and digitized radar tracks on an ergonomic console.

  

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•  Robert Delaunay

  Robert Delaunay (12 April 1885, Paris – 25 October 1941) was a French artist who used Orphism, which is similar to abstract art, abstraction and cubism in his work. Delaunay concentrated on Orphism, while his later works were more abstract, reminiscent of Paul Klee. His key influence related to bold use of colour, and a clear love of experimentation of both depth and tone. While he was a child, Delaunay's parents divorced, and he was raised by his uncle, in La Ronchère.

  

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•  Juan Carlos Valerón

  Juan Carlos Valerón Santana is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for Deportivo de La Coruña, as an attacking midfielder. Valerón is known for his technical abilities, especially passing skills and ball control. He also had many injuries during his professional career.

  

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•  3263 Bligh

  3263 Bligh (1932 CN) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on February 5, 1932 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.

  

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•  Convolution (music)

  

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•  Casimir Pierre Périer

  

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