radar tracking
Monitoring via echoes
Radar tracking is the use of radar systems to monitor and follow the movement of objects—aircraft, ships, vehicles, weather systems, or missiles.
The radar continuously updates position data, allowing operators to plot trajectories and predict future locations: Air traffic control relies on radar tracking to maintain safe separation between flights.
Military applications include tracking incoming threats and guiding weapons systems.
- air traffic controlManaging aircraft separation and movement
- target acquisitionLocating and identifying an objective
- lock onAcquire and track automatically
- moving targetObject in motion pursued
- weather monitoringTracking atmospheric conditions
trajectory · electromagnetic waves · maritime navigation · collision avoidance · early warning system · radio frequency · transceiver · search and rescue · signal-to-noise ratio · airspace · frequency modulation · missile defense · missile · blind spot · contact · aircraft · ping · blip
- trackingtracker, GPS, trace, RFID, follow
- Asteroid DefenseNEO, planetary defense, threat detection, collision course, early warning
- Air Trafficair traffic control, ATC, controller, airspace, tower control
- guidance systemsgyroscope, accelerometer, GPS guidance, magnetometer, flight computer
- Point Defenseanti-missile, missile defense, Iron Dome, rapid fire, Gatling gun
- naval gamesBattleship, fleet command, sea battle, naval warfare, depth charges
radar trackingvisual observation
Gathering data by looking
visual tracking · optical tracking · satellite imagery · thermal imaging
radar trackingpassive sonar
Sound detection without emission
radio silence · signals intelligence · electronic eavesdropping
radar trackinggoing dark
Becoming unreachable intentionally
stealth technology · flying under the radar · stealth · jamming · radar jamming