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Control Data Corporation | many engineers left company leading braindrain ibms highperformance departments.in meantime ibm announced new system model model would fast cdcs .although machine exist sales dropped drastically people waited release mythical model .norris take tactic dubbed fear uncertainty doubt fud lying extensive antitrust lawsuit ... |
Control Data Corporation | time unclear disks would replace magnetic memory drums whether fixed removable disks would become prevalent.spin explored approaches eventually delivered diameter fixed disk smaller multiplatter removable diskpack system.time hard disk business pioneered spin became major product line.cdc month lawsuit ibm cdc announce... |
Control Data Corporation | ns clock cycle offered considerably four times total throughput much speed increase coming extensive use pipelining.the sell well introduced downturn u.s. national economy.complexity led poor reliability.machine totally compatible series required completely different operating system like new oss primitive.project paid... |
Control Data Corporation | dozen computers choice supercomputer centers around world.cray turned design cdc .design included four like processors single smaller case.smaller size shorter signal paths allowed run much higher clock speeds together faster memory provided performance gains.however belonged old school terms physical construction used... |
Control Data Corporation | abundance hotrunning solder joints ensured machines work reliably cray recognized redesign needed.star cyber addition redesign cdc another project called cdc star way led crays former collaborator jim thornton.unlike four computers one box solution speed problem star new design using unit know today vector processor.hi... |
Control Data Corporation | therefore cray left cdc form cray research company .norris remained however staunch supporter cray invested money crays new company.cdc released star designated cyber .turned real world performance considerably worse expected.stars chief designer jim thornton left cdc form network systems corporation.in star placed ser... |
Control Data Corporation | founder william c. norris presided podium press conference announcing new service.publicity key factor making announcement success coordinating event guinness thus establishing star powerful fastest computer published guinness book world records.late duane andrews public relations responsible coordinating event.andrews... |
Control Data Corporation | s. steve adkins data center manager.extremely rare bill norris take podium private individual.also lunch local country club norris signed huge stack certificates attesting record printed star printer paper produced lincoln nebraska plant.paper included halftone photo star .main customers star data center oil companies ... |
Control Data Corporation | notably simulation controlled terminal texas solved oil extraction simulations oil fields kuwait.front page wall street journal news article resulted acquiring new user allischalmers simulation damaged hydroelectric turbine norwegian mountain hydropower plant.a variety systems based basic architecture repackaged differ... |
Control Data Corporation | cdc advanced flexible processor afp also known cyber plus one machine.another design direction cyber project aimed release .machine could run old style programs also completely new bit architecture.concept behind cyber current series users would migrate machines relative ease.design debugging machines went past machine... |
Control Data Corporation | supercomputer market small support handful companies cdc started looking markets.one hard disk drive hdd market.magnetic peripherals inc. later imprimis technology originally joint venture honeywell formed manufacture hdds companies.ciihoneywell bull later purchased percent interest mpi honeywell.sperry became partner ... |
Control Data Corporation | sold oem basis cdc sold mpi product third parties brand name.it became major player hdd market.worldwide leader inch disk drive technology oem marketplace late early especially smd storage module device cmd cartridge module drive plant brynmawr south wales valleys running production.magnetic peripherals division brynma... |
Control Data Corporation | cdc also codeveloped universal advanced technology attachment ata interface compaq western digital aimed lowering cost adding lowperformance drives.cdc founded separate division called rigidyne simi valley california develop .inch drives using technology wren series.marketed cdc swift series among first highperformance... |
Control Data Corporation | commercial credit corporation commercial credit corporation target hostile takeover loews inc. loews acquired nearly ccc intended break acquisition.avoid takeover ccc forged deal cdc lending money purchase control ccc instead computer company came fleet fishing boats chesapeake bay.control data entered unstable period ... |
Control Data Corporation | commercial credit renamed citifinancial fullservice network us citifinancial branches renamed onemain financial.ticketron control data acquired ticketron .million cemp investments.ticketron became sole computerized ticketing provider united states.control data increased size investment.ticketron also provided ticketing... |
Control Data Corporation | majority ticketrons assets business exception small antitrust carveout broadways telecharge businessunit bought carlyle group sold following year rival ticketmaster.eta systems winddown sale assets cdc decided fight highperformance niche norris considered company become moribund unable quickly design competitive machin... |
Control Data Corporation | used new cmos chips produced much less heat.effort ended halfhearted attempts sell eta systems.employees eta systems laid remaining ones folded cdc.despite valuable technology cdc still suffered huge losses million attempting reorganize.result sold pathlab laboratory information system m. cdc still making computers dec... |
Control Data Corporation | cdc sold assets vtc chip maker specialized massstorage circuitry closely linked mpi noncomputerrelated assets like ticketron.finally computer hardware service businesses spun control data systems inc. cds.cds bought syntegra subsidiary bt group merged bts global services organization.cdcs energy management division one... |
Control Data Corporation | ceridian continues successful outsourced company focusing human resources.general dynamics acquired computing devices international division ceridian.computing devices headquartered bloomington minnesota defense electronics systems integration business originally control datas government systems division.timeline syste... |
Control Data Corporation | cyber used.peripheral systems group control data corporations peripheral systems group hardware software development unit functioned s.their services including development marketing ibmoriented operating systems software.one peripheral systems groups software products named cupid control datas program unlike data set c... |
Control Data Corporation | film science fiction references mars needs women – cdc used radio communication direct actions military intercept martian spaceships.space odyssey – hal computer cdc computer.series extrapolation cdc series.original release film quite clearly showed cdc logo.colossus forbin project – title sequences film include tape d... |
Control Data Corporation | scene shot lawrence livermore national laboratory.wargames – david jennifer meet jim melvin several control data disk packs visible background.die hard – computer room shot one terrorists contained number working cyber computers mockup eta supercomputer along number peripheral devices provided cdc demonstration service... |
Control Data Corporation | references reading lundstrom david.good men univac.cambridge massachusetts mit press .isbn .misa thomas j. ed.building control data legacy career robert m. price. |
Control Data Corporation | minneapolis charles babbage institute isbn murray charles j. supermen story seymour cray technical wizards behind supercomputer.new york john wiley .isbn .price robert m. eye innovation recognizing possibilities managing creative enterprise.new yale university press isbn xthornton j. e. design computer control data .gl... |
Control Data Corporation | ballinger pub co. may .isbn external links control data corporation records charles babbage institute university minnesota minneapolis cdc records donated ceridian corporation finding guide contains historical timeline product timeline acquisitions list joint venture list.oral history interview william norris discusses... |
Manufacturing resource planning | engineers include robert moe wayne specker dennis grinna tom rowan maurice hutson curt alexander pagelkopf maris bergmanis dolan toth chuck hawley larry krueger mike pavlov dave resnick howard krohn bill bhend kent steiner raymon kort neil r. lincoln.discussion topics include cdc cdc cdc cdc cdc star seymour cray.infor... |
Manufacturing resource planning | mrp ii approach therefore different point solution approach individual systems deployed help company plan control manage specific activity.mrp ii definition fully integrated least fully interfaced.mrp mrpii history evolution material requirements planning mrp manufacturing resource planning mrpii predecessors enterpris... |
Manufacturing resource planning | run mainframes ibm.the vision mrp mrpii centralize integrate business information way would facilitate decision making production line managers increase efficiency production line overall.manufacturers developed systems calculating resource requirements production run based sales forecasts.order calculate raw materials... |
Manufacturing resource planning | information systems would assist managers parts manufacturing process mrpii followed.mrp primarily concerned materials mrpii concerned integration aspects manufacturing process including materials finance human resources.like todays erp systems mrpii designed tell us lot information way centralized database.however har... |
Manufacturing resource planning | goal mrpii provide consistent data members manufacturing process product moves production line.paperbased information systems nonintegrated computer systems provide paper disk outputs result many information errors including missing data redundant data numerical errors result incorrectly keyed system incorrect calculat... |
Manufacturing resource planning | mrp mrpii systems draw master production schedule breakdown specific plans product line.mrp allows coordination raw materials purchasing mrpii facilitates development detailed production schedule accounts machine labor capacity scheduling production runs according arrival materials.mrpii output final labor machine sche... |
Control (2004 film) | better production plans could obtained optimization powerful mathematical programming models usually integer programming models.acknowledge use heuristics like prescribed mrp mrp ii necessary past due lack computational power solve complex optimization models mitigated extent recent improvements computers.see also refe... |
Control (2004 film) | twice oliver fakes relaxed lull guards scientists false sense ease whereupon attempts escape.first asks smoke second talks dr. copeland.over time medicine psychological counseling appear lower sociopathology measured physiologically emotionally oliver undergoes phase two procedure reintroduced society false identity ch... |
Control (2004 film) | simultaneously oliver also sought russian mafia seek revenge upon oliver killing nephew mafia boss.though oliver makes progress establishing new life getting job keeping anger violence check developing relationship female coworker teresa past comes haunt captured victims brother kills one olivers pharmaceutical supervi... |
Automatic generation control | cops arrive stop squad killing dr. copeland.the film ends dr. copeland counselor youth center.cast ray liotta lee ray oliverwillem dafoe dr. michael copelandmichelle rodriguez teresastephen rea dr. arlo pennerpolly walker barbara copelandkathleen robertson eden rosstim dekay bill caputomark pickard gary caputoglenn wra... |
Automatic generation control | automatic systems many units system participate regulation reducing wear single units controls improving overall system efficiency stability economy.where grid tie interconnections adjacent control areas automatic generation control helps maintain power interchanges tie lines scheduled levels.computerbased control syst... |
Automatic generation control | however leads decrease stored kinetic energy turbine generators.since mechanical power turbines correlates delivered electrical power turbine generators decrease angular velocity directly proportional decrease frequency synchronous generators.purpose turbinegovernor control tgc maintain desired system frequency adjusti... |
Automatic generation control | loadfrequency control operates response time seconds keep system frequency stable.economic dispatch goal economic dispatch minimize total operating costs area determining real power output generating unit meet given load.generating units different costs produce unit electrical energy incur different costs losses transm... |
Control Center (iOS) | see also optimal power flow referencesgives ios devices direct access important settings device swiping finger bottom display swipe top right corner iphone x newer ipad models starting ios ipados.similar sbsettings tweak ios jailbreaking.control center also added macs macos big sur released november .usage control cent... |
Control Center (iOS) | flashlight feature available iphone ipod touch ipad pro.beginning ios .night shift toggle became available control center iphone ipod touch ipad models apple chip later.other functions offered ability turn bluetooth disturb lock screens orientation play pause skip song see playing connect airplayenabled devices quickly... |
Control Center (iOS) | design part remained aside small occasional changes.due intense resources needed create blurred effect iphone ipad ipad feature translucent background instead feature grey background slight transparency without blur.ios control center morphed cardlike design white background separated three separate cards accessible sw... |
Control Center (iOS) | control center customizable via settings app allows wider range settings features shown including cellular service low power mode shortcut notes app.ios brought new additions control center.disturb updated allow touching long pressing icon access menu preset durations disturb session.in ios ipados control center receiv... |
Ship gun fire-control system | references external links control center applecontrol center wayback machine archived novemberus ships destroyers larger destroyer escorts except brooke class degs later designated ffgs escort carriers employed gun firecontrol systems inch mm larger guns battleships iowa class.beginning ships built warship guns largely... |
Ship gun fire-control system | history analogue fire control systems naval fire control resembles groundbased guns sharp distinction direct indirect fire.possible control several sametype guns single platform simultaneously firing guns target moving.though ship rolls pitches slower rate tank gyroscopic stabilization extremely desirable.naval gun fir... |
Ship gun fire-control system | fire control officer ranged salvos transmitted elevations angles individual guns.coordinated gunfire formation ships single target focus battleship fleet operations.officer flagship would signal target information ships formation.necessary exploit tactical advantage one fleet succeeded crossing enemy fleet difficulty d... |
Ship gun fire-control system | early computers people using numerical tables.predreadnought director system royal navy proposal salvo firing single fire control director hand yet implemented .royal navy considered russia potential adversary great game sent commander walter hugh thring navy gunnery division early example dumaresq japan russojapanese ... |
Ship gun fire-control system | asahis chief gunnery officer hiroharu kato later commander combined fleet experimented first director system fire control using speaking tube voicepipe telephone communication spotters high mast position bridge performed range deflection calculations position inch mm gun turrets forward astern.with semisynchronized sal... |
Ship gun fire-control system | heart analogue computer designed commander later admiral sir frederic charles dreyer calculated range rate rate change range due relative motion firing target ships.dreyer table improved served interwar period point superseded new reconstructed ships admiralty fire control table.the use directorcontrolled firing togeth... |
Ship gun fire-control system | analogue computed fire control unmeasured uncontrollable ballistic factors like high altitude temperature humidity barometric pressure wind direction velocity required final adjustment observation fall shot.visual range measurement target shell splashes difficult prior availability radar.british favoured coincidence ra... |
Ship gun fire-control system | experience contributed computing rangekeepers becoming standard issue.the us navys first deployment rangekeeper uss texas .limitations technology time initial rangekeepers crude.example world war rangekeepers would generate necessary angles automatically sailors manually follow directions rangekeepers.task called point... |
Ship gun fire-control system | mark mark computers contained approximately servomechanisms mostly position servos minimize torque load computing mechanisms.radar world war ii long service life rangekeepers updated often technology advanced world war ii critical part integrated fire control system.incorporation radar fire control system early world w... |
Ship gun fire-control system | measurements converted fire control table bearings elevations guns fire on.turrets gunlayers adjusted elevation guns match indicator elevation transmitted fire control table—a turret layer bearing.guns target centrally fired.the aichi clock company first produced type shagekiban low angle analog computer .us navy range... |
Ship gun fire-control system | newer japanese systems type hoiban shagekiban yamato class date eliminated sokutekiban still relied seven operators.in contrast us radar aided system japanese relied averaging optical rangefinders lacked gyros sense horizon required manual handling followups sokutekiban shagekiban hoiban well guns themselves.could play... |
Ship gun fire-control system | eventually aid hundreds carrier based aircraft battered center force turned back could finished survivors lightly armed task force screening escorts escort carriers taffy .earlier battle surigao strait established clear superiority us radarassisted systems night.the rangekeepers target position prediction characteristi... |
Ship gun fire-control system | direction turn unimportant long predicted enemy system.since aim next salvo depends observation position speed time previous salvo hits optimal time change direction.practical rangekeepers assume targets moving straightline path constant speed keep complexity acceptable limits.sonar rangekeeper built include target cir... |
Ship gun fire-control system | classes iowa south dakota battleships could lob shells visual horizon darkness smoke weather.american systems common many contemporary major navies gyroscopic stable vertical elements could keep solution target even maneuvers.start world war ii british german american warships could shoot maneuver using sophisticated a... |
Ship gun fire-control system | british royal navy systems dreyer tablearthur pollens argo clockadmiralty fire control table – shacs – aa system fuze keeping clock – simplified hacs aa system destroyers pompom director – pioneered use gyroscopic tachymetric firecontrol short range weapons – gyro rate unit – pioneered use gyroscopic tachymetric fireco... |
Ship gun fire-control system | remains active service type duke class.replaced type destroyers ultra electronics series electrooptical gun control system.us navy analogue gun fire control systems gfcs mark gfcs mark gfcs powerdriven fire control director less advanced mark .mark gfcs used mark rangekeeper analog firecontrol computer.entire rangekeep... |
Ship gun fire-control system | could compute firing solutions targets moving knots knots dive.installations started late destroyers cruisers aircraft carriers two mark directors mounted fore aft island.firecontrol radar initially aimed sight.directors enclosed mark firecontrol radar added roof director others mark radar added open director.mark larg... |
Ship gun fire-control system | less range lowflying aircraft large surface ships within yards.radar targets could seen hit accurately night weather.mark systems used tachymetric target motion prediction.usn never considered mark satisfactory system wartime production problems added weight space requirements mark precluded phasing mark although super... |
Ship gun fire-control system | however final recognition seriousness deficiency initiation replacement plans delayed decks space difficulty mentioned connection mark replacement.furthermore priorities replacements older less effective director systems crowded wartime production program responsible fact mark service lengthened cessation hostilities.d... |
Ship gun fire-control system | bagleyclassca.benhamclassca.heavy cruisers new orleansclasslaunched ca.secondary batterywichita secondary batterylight cruisers brooklynclasslaunched ca.secondary batteries mark gfcs according us navy bureau ordinancewhile defects prohibitive mark remained production fairly late world war ii bureau started development ... |
Ship gun fire-control system | objective weight reduction met since resulting director system actually weighed pounds kg equipment slated replace gun director mark emerged program possessed virtues compensated extra weight.though gun orders provided mark supplied greater reliability gave generally improved performance inch cm gun batteries whether u... |
Ship gun fire-control system | end equipment run modifications—almost twice total number directors type fleet december .procurement ultimately totalled units representing investment well .destroyers cruisers battleships carriers many auxiliaries used directors individual installations varying one aboard destroyers four battleship.development gun dir... |
Ship gun fire-control system | closein ranges accuracy directors fell sharply even intermediate ranges left much desired.weight size equipments militated rapid movement making difficult shift one target another.their efficiency thus inverse proportion proximity danger.the computer completed ford mark computer .rate information height changes enabled... |
Ship gun fire-control system | mark director function mark director resembles turret ears rather guns track present position target bearing elevation range.optical sights rectangular windows hatches front optical rangefinder tubes ears sticking side later models fire control radar antennas.rectangular antenna mark fc radar parabolic antenna left ora... |
Ship gun fire-control system | battleship director protected ⁄ inches mm armor weighs tons.mark director aboard uss joseph p. kennedy jr. protected onehalf inch mm armor plate weighs tons.stabilizing signals stable element kept optical sight telescopes rangefinder radar antenna free effects deck tilt.signal kept rangefinders axis horizontal called c... |
Ship gun fire-control system | although train amplidyne rated several kilowatts maximum output input signal came pair l audio beam tetrode vacuum tubes valves u.k.. plotting room battleships secondary battery plotting rooms waterline inside armor belt.contained four complete sets fire control equipment needed aim shoot four targets.set included mark... |
Ship gun fire-control system | distinctive name firecontrol equipment room took root persisted even plotters.ford mark fire control computer mark fire control computer electromechanical analog ballistic computer.originally designated mark design modifications extensive enough change mark a. mark appeared post world war ii may incorporated technology... |
Ship gun fire-control system | .m. even though built extensive use aluminum alloy framework including thick internal mechanism support plates computing mechanisms mostly made aluminum alloy weighed much car pounds kg star shell computer mark adding another pounds kg.used volts ac hz single phase typically amperes even less.worstcase fault conditions... |
Ship gun fire-control system | function main batterys mark rangekeeper used mark gfcs except targets mark deal also moved elevation—and much faster.surface target secondary batterys fire control problem main batterys type inputs outputs.major difference two computers ballistics calculations.amount gun elevation needed project inch mm shell nautical ... |
Ship gun fire-control system | converging computer fed aidedtracking generated range bearing elevation gun director.target remained straightline course constant speed case aircraft constant rate change altitude rate climb predictions became accurate computation gave correct values gun lead angles fuze setting.concisely targets movement vector didnt ... |
Ship gun fire-control system | mark computer attempted coordinate conversion part rectangularto polar converter didnt work well desired sometimes trying make target speed negative.part design changes defined mark rethinking best use special coordinate converters coordinate converter vector solver eliminated.the stable element contemporary terminolog... |
Ship gun fire-control system | outputs mark gun bearing elevation except fuze time added.fuze time needed ideal directly hitting fast moving aircraft projectile impractical.fuze time set shell hoped would explode near enough target destroy shock wave shrapnel.towards end world war ii invention vt proximity fuze eliminated need use fuze time calculat... |
Ship gun fire-control system | digital fire control computers introduced service mids.central aiming gun director minor complication guns often far enough away director require parallax correction aim correctly.mark gfcs mark sent parallax data gun mounts mount scale factor polarity set inside train bearing power drive servo receiverregulator contro... |
Ship gun fire-control system | special machine tools machined face cam grooves accurately duplicated ballistic cams.generally speaking computers well designed built rugged almost troublefree frequent tests included entering values via handcranks reading results dials time motor stopped.static tests.dynamic tests done similarly used gentle manual acc... |
Ship gun fire-control system | stable element function mark stable element pictured fire control system function mark stable vertical main battery system.vertical seeking gyroscope vertical gyro todays terms supplies system stable direction rolling pitching ship.surface mode replaces directors elevation signal.also surface mode firing keys.it based ... |
Ship gun fire-control system | opposite sides housing two small tanks partially filled mercury connected capillary tube.mercury flows lower tank slowly several seconds tubes restriction.gyros spin axis vertical added weight lower tank would pull housing gyro housings rotation.rotational speed rate mercury flow combine put heavier tank best position ... |
Ship gun fire-control system | gyros drift low enough matter short periods time ship resumes typical cruising erecting system corrects error.the earths rotation fast enough need correcting.small adjustable weight threaded rod latitude scale makes gyro precess earths equivalent angular rate given latitude.weight scale frame mounted shaft synchro torq... |
Ship gun fire-control system | inlaid surface grooves two coils essentially like two figure shaped like letter mirror image forming circle diametral crossover.one coil displaced degrees.bowl called umbrella centered exciter coil either coils output represents offset.voltage phasedetected amplified drive two dc servo motors position umbrella line coi... |
Ship gun fire-control system | mark director radar antenna.tizard mission united states provided usn crucial data uk royal navy radar technology firecontrol radar systems.september first rectangular mark firecontrol radar antenna mounted mark director became common feature usn directors mid .soon aircraft flew faster c increase speed accuracy mark r... |
Ship gun fire-control system | finally circular spg antenna mounted top.deployment destroyers per vessel total rebuilt mahanclass uss downes dd uss cassin dd simsclass launched ca.bensonclass gleavesclass fletcherclass allen m. sumnerclass ca.gearingclass ca.light cruisers total clevelandclasslaunched ca. |
Ship gun fire-control system | per vessel totalone mk removed oklahoma city clg conversion worcesterclassca.per vessel totalheavy cruisers total baltimoreclassca.per vessel total oregon cityclassca.per vessel total des moinesclassca.per vessel total alaskaclass large cruisers ca. |
Ship gun fire-control system | per vessel totalaircraft carriers totalsaratoga xmk refitted may battleships total iowaclasslaunched ca.per vessel mark gfcs mark gun fire control system gfcs controlled large main battery guns iowaclass battleships.radar systems used mark gfcs far advanced primitive radar sets used japanese world war ii.major componen... |
Ship gun fire-control system | plotting rooms isolated protect battle damage propagating one other.director forward mark director pictured situated top fire control tower.director equipped optical sights optical mark rangefinder long thin boxes sticking side mark fire control radar antenna rectangular shape sitting top.purpose director track targets... |
Ship gun fire-control system | fire control radar preferred method.present position target called lineofsight los continuously sent plotting room synchro motors.using radars display determine spots director optical spotting station.plotting room forward main battery plotting room located waterline inside armored belt.housed forward systems mark rang... |
Ship gun fire-control system | automatically receiving information director los fc radar range ships gyrocompass true ships course ships pitometer log ships speed stable vertical ships deck tilt sensed level crosslevel ships anemometer relative wind speed direction.also surface action started fts made manual inputs average initial velocity projectil... |
Ship gun fire-control system | result turrets bearing elevation orders lof.surface action range deflection spots target altitude zero gun fire support manually entered.the mark stable vertical vertical seeking gyroscope function tell rest system whichwayisup rolling pitching ship.also held batterys firing keys.the mark fc radar supplied present targ... |
Ship gun fire-control system | demonstrated november battleship uss washington engaged imperial japanese navy battlecruiser kirishima range yards night.engagement left kirishima flames ultimately scuttled crew.gave united states navy major advantage world war ii japanese develop radar automated fire control level us navy significant disadvantage.the... |
Ship gun fire-control system | corrected bearing order turret rounds fired salvo converged point.the fire control switchboard configured battery.gunnery officer could mix match three turrets two gfcss.could turrets controlled forward system controlled aft system split battery shoot two targets.the assistant gunnery officers fire control technicians ... |
Ship gun fire-control system | employed almost every major warship u.s. uk fleet world war ii .effective ships large destroyer escorts larger coupled electrichydraulic drives greater speed mark director pictured improved accuracy bofors mm gun became fearsome adversary accounting roughly half japanese aircraft shot october february .mark gfcs gfcs i... |
Ship gun fire-control system | dual ballistic system.means capable simultaneously producing gun orders two different gun types e.g.cal cal target.mark radar capable automatic tracking bearing elevation range accurate optical tracking.whole system could controlled decks plotting room without director manned. |
Ship gun fire-control system | allowed rapid target acquisition target first detected designated ships airsearch radar yet visible deck.target solution time less seconds mark radar lock on.designed toward end world war ii apparently response japanese kamikaze aircraft attacks.conceived ivan getting mentioned near end oral history linkage computer de... |
Ship gun fire-control system | system manned crew four.left side director cockpit control officer stood behind sitting director operator also called director pointer.decks plot mark radar console radar operator radar tracker sat.directors movement bearing unlimited sliprings pedestal.mark gun director cable connection hull occasionally unwound. |
Ship gun fire-control system | fig.e web page shows director considerable detail.the explanatory drawings system show works wildly different physical appearance actual internal mechanisms perhaps intentionally so.however omits significant description mechanism linkage computer.chapter excellent detailed reference explains much systems design quite i... |
Ship gun fire-control system | increased new jerseys antiaircraft capability mark system could track shoot faster planes.mark gfcs mark introduced twin qf inch naval gun mk xvi mk.twin cal guns.gfcs consists anspg radar tracker mark gun sight.mark gfcs introduced early mark upgrade mark effective air surface targets. |
Ship gun fire-control system | combined manned topside director conical scan acquisition tracking radar analog computer compute ballistics solutions gyro stabilization unit.the gun director mounted large yoke whole director stabilized crosslevel yokes pivot axis.axis vertical plane included line sight.at least computer mark hybrid electronicelectrom... |
Ship gun fire-control system | sections pulled moved fore aft heavy counterbalanced.typically ship rolls much larger angle pitches.mark probably cams ballistics information appears difficult obtain.mechanical connections major sections via shafts extreme rear couplings permitting disconnection without attention probably relief springs aid reengageme... |
Ship gun fire-control system | digital upgrade available service s. digital upgrade evolved use arleigh burkeclass destroyers.the anspg united states navy gun firecontrol radar used conjunction mark gun firecontrol system.used caliber mark gun system aboard belknapclass cruisers mitscherclass destroyers forrest shermanclass destroyers farragutclass ... |
Ship gun fire-control system | mark enter service nuclearpowered missile cruiser commissioned february subsequently installed us cruisers amphibious assault ships.last us ship receive system uss port royal commissioned july .the mark aegisclass ships controls ships caliber mark gun mounts engage two targets time.also uses remote optical sighting sys... |
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