Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com 3.1.25. Electromaqnetic interference (EMI). Any electromagnetic disturbance, whether intentional or not, that interrupts, obstructs, or otherwise degrades or limits the effective performance of electronic or electrical equipment. 3.1.26. Ernplovment. The use of a store for the purpose and in the manner for which it was designed, such as releasing a bomb, launching a missile, firing a gun, or dispensing a submunition. 3.1.27. &. The operation of a gun, gun pod, or similar weapon, so as to cause a bullet or projectile to leave through the barrel. 3.1.28. Fire control.
Fire control includes any hardware and software that is necessary to safely and effectively manage, aim, launchlfireldispense and conduct post- launch control of munitions. Fire control usuallv involves the fire control com~uter or weapons processor, stores management system, sighting and designation subsystems, interfacing sensors, aircraft data bus, fire control data links, boresight equipment, cockpit displays, symbol generator and control panels/switches. General guidance on fire control systems can be found in MIL-HDBK-799. 3.1.29. Fire control timeline. The end-to-end fire control response time from target selection to weapon launch.
The time starts when the crew selects a target being tracked to the time the munition leaves the aircraft. The timeline includes target tracking time, computation time for fire control solution generation, weapon arming, aligning the aircraft or weapon to the target, trigger pull and munition launch time. 3.1.30. Fliqht clearance/clearance recommendation. Typically associated with the Air Force and Navy. An authorization for flight, after appropriate engineering analysis has been made, that an aircraft-store combination would not pose an unacceptable risk for a specific, limited, purpose such as Development, Test and Evaluation (DT&E) or Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E).
The flight clearance will specify flight limits and remarks for operation for the loading configuration required on a specific aircraft, or group of aircraft, and will remain valid only for a specified finite period of time for a specific user or group of users. This term is equivalent to the Army term AWR. 3.1.31. Free fliqht (of a store). The movement or motion of a store, either powered or unpowered, through the air after separation from an aircraft. 3.1.32. G-iump. The change in normal load factor that results from store release, due to the combined effects of ejection force, dynamic response, and instantaneous aircraft gross weight decrease. 3.1.33. Hanqfire or huns store.
Any store that does not separate from the aircraft or launcher when actuated for employment or jettison.