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encrypted data – Data, that before transmitted or received by a communication line, are
encoded or decoded, respectively by specific equipment. 158
encrypted voice – see encrypted data.
fighter aircraft – Aircraft equipped for combat aircraft in the air and destroy
attack surface targets. 159
frequency hopping – Unpredictable continual and rapid changes of frequency of radar or
other military electronics to defeat hostile ECM. 160
Inertial Navigation System – A self-contained navigation system using inertial
detectors, which automatically provides vehicle position, heading, and velocity. Also
called INS. 161
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance — An activity that synchronizes and
integrates the planning and operation of sensors, assets, and processing, exploitation, and
dissemination systems in direct support of current and future operations. 162
maritime patrol aircraft – Aircraft for the systematic investigation or non-maritime area
of interest in order to detect, locate, identify, track, neutralize or destroy targets at sea. 163
NAVAID. Any facility used in, available for use in, or designated for use in aid of air
navigation, including landing areas, lights, any apparatus or equipment for disseminating
weather information, for signaling, for radio direction finding, or for radio or other
electronic communication, and any other structure or mechanism having a similar
purpose for guiding or controlling flight in the air or the landing or takeoff of aircraft. 164
reconnaissance – a mission undertaken to obtain, by visual observation or other
detection methods, information about the activities and resources of an enemy or
adversary, or to secure data concerning the meteorological, hydrographic, or geographic
characteristics of a particular area. 165
158
Ministério da Defesa, MD 35-G01 Glossário das Forças Armadas, 72.
159
Ibid., 22.
160
Gunston, The Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary, 253.
161
The U.S. Department of Defense, The Dictionary of Military Terms, 227.
162
Ibid., 237.
163
Ibid., 22.
164
The Federal Aviation Administration, 8200.1-C United States Standard Flight Inspection Manual, A1-
20.
165
The U.S. Department of Defense, The Dictionary of Military Terms, 393.
135