High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft. AAMs are typically powered by one or more rocket motors, usually solid fuelled but sometimes liquid fuelled. Ramjet engines, as used on the MBDA Meteor (currently in development), are emerging as propulsion that will enable future medium-range missiles to maintain higher average speed across their engagement envelope.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! An airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS) is an aircraft system that operates independently of ground-based equipment and air traffic control in warning pilots of the presence of other aircraft that may present a threat of collision. If the risk of collision is imminent, the system indicates a manoeuvre that will reduce the risk of collision. ACAS standards and recommended practices are mainly defined in annex 10, volume IV, of the Convention on International Civil Aviation.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! An aircraft catapult is a device used to launch aircraft from ships—in particular aircraft carriers—as a form of assisted take off. It consists of a track built into the flight deck, below which is a large piston or shuttle that is attached through the track to the nose gear of the aircraft, or in some cases a wire rope called a catapult bridle is attached to the aircraft and the catapult shuttle.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) is a digital datalink system for transmission of short, relatively simple messages between aircraft and ground stations via radio or satellite. The protocol, which was designed by ARINC to replace their VHF voice service and deployed in 1978, uses telex formats. SITA later augmented their worldwide ground data network by adding radio stations to provide ACARS service. Over the next 20 years, ACARS will be superseded by the Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (ATN) protocol for Air Traffic Control communications and by the Internet Protocol for airline communications.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! There were aircraft losses during the Vietnam War. Hundreds of U.S. fixed-wing aircraft were lost to ground fire of antiaircraft artillery (AAA), surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), and fighter interceptors (MiG)s. The great majority of U.S. combat losses in all areas of Southeast Asia were to AAA. The Royal Australian Air Force also flew combat and airlift missions in South Vietnam, as did the Republic of Vietnam. Among fixed-wing aircraft, more F-4 Phantoms were lost than any other type in service with any nation.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Aircrew Badge, commonly known as Wings, is a qualification badge of the United States military that is awarded by all five branches of armed services to personnel who serve as crew members on board military aircraft. The badge is intended to recognize the training and qualifications required by aircrew of military aircraft. In order to qualify as an aircrew member and receive the Aircrew Badge, such personnel typically undergo advanced training in aircraft in-flight support roles.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The AirPort Utility, formerly known as the AirPort Admin Utility, is a utility that allows users to configure an AirPort Wi-Fi Base Station to create a wireless network and manage a USB device (e.g., printer, external hard drive) attached to the AirPort device. It is pre-installed in Mac OS X and was later made available for download for Microsoft Windows operating systems.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Airsoft guns are replica firearms used in airsoft that fire plastic pellets by way of compressed gas or electric and/or spring-driven pistons. These guns are designed to be non-lethal and to provide realistic replicas.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Airsoft pellets are spherical projectiles used in Airsoft gun models. Typically made of plastic, they usually range in size from 5.93 to 5.98 mm in diameter, though select models use 8 mm or 3 mm pellets. Although sometimes called BBs, they are not the same as the 4.5 mm projectiles fired by BB guns.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Alviq is an American icebreaking anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) owned by Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO). The $200 million vessel was built in 2012 by North American Shipbuilding in Larose, Louisiana and LaShip in Houma, Louisiana. She has been chartered by Royal Dutch Shell to support oil exploration and drilling in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska. The primary task of the vessel is towing and laying anchors for drilling rigs, but she is also equipped for oil spill response.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Ak 5 (sometimes AK5) is the Swedish version of the FN FNC assault rifle with certain modifications, mostly to adapt the weapon to the Swedish climate. The Ak 5 is the service rifle of the Swedish Armed Forces. Ak 5 is an abbreviation of automatkarbin 5 (literal translation "automatic carbine 5", "automatic carbine" being a Swedish term for assault rifle). The Ak 5 replaced the Ak 4 (licensed G3 copy) in Swedish service.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The AK-107 is a Russian 5.45 mm assault rifle developed from the AK-100-series. It features a "balanced" operating system, similar to that used in the AEK-971. In this case, the designation AK does not indicate Avtomat Kalashnikova but Alexandrov/Kalashnikov. The revised designation indicates the incorporation of a new gas system, designed by Youriy Alexandrov, for Kalashnikov-pattern rifles.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The AK-630 is a Soviet fully automatic naval close-in weapon system based on a six-barreled 30 mm Gatling gun. In "630", "6" means 6 barrels and "30" means 30 mm. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and directed by radar and television detection and tracking. The system`s primary purpose is defense against anti-ship missiles and other precision guided weapons. However it can also be employed against fixed or rotary wing aircraft, ships and other small craft, coastal targets, and floating mines. The AK-630 was one of the first ever CIWS systems: when it was developed, there were no Phalanx, DARDO or Goalkeeper systems; however, the long development time of the AK-630 partially...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Ghost TR01 is a compact semi-automatic pistol designed by Ucyildiz Arms (Akdal Arms) of Turkey. It was designed as a pistol for security and law enforcement personnel rather than the military market. The TR01 is very much like the Glock 17 and shares very many similarities. The Turkish armed forces prefer to use the Yavuz 16 which has recently passed military trials and is in service with a few regiments. The TR01 was introduced in 1990 and continues to be produced.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Akiko is a custom chip used in the Amiga CD32 games console and forms part of the AGA chipset used in that system. Akiko is responsible for implementing system glue logic, some of the control logic for the CD32`s CD-ROM controller, and controlling the serial (`AUX`) port .
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The AKM (Russian: Автомат Калашникова Модернизированный; Avtomat Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy or "Kalashnikov modernized automatic rifle") is a 7.62mm assault rifle designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is an upgraded version of the AK-47 rifle and was developed in the 1950s.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Akrafena (Akan swords) is an Akan sword that is originally meant for Akan warfare purposes, and have assumed certain Akan political and ritual functions. They carry Akan Adinkra symbols that evoke specific messages. The Akan sword has three parts: a blade, usually made of some metal or iron; the hilt (made of wood carving or metal); and the sheath, usually made of animal hide. The blade may have a sharp cutting edge. It often has incised lines or Akan symbolic designs on it. Some Akan swords have double blades (afenata) or triple blades (mfenasa). The hilt is usually made of wood or metal, and may be wrapped with gold leaf with various Akan symbols worked onto it. The hilt itself may be carved...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Alan Wake`s American Nightmare is a third-person shooter psychological horror video game, developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Microsoft Studios. The game is a downloadable follow-up to its predecessor, Alan Wake, but is not a sequel. The game is an Xbox Live Arcade title and was released 22 February 2012. A PC version was released on 22 May 2012.