TERPROM
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TERPROM is a military navigation Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) employed on aircraft and missiles, which uses stored digital elevation data combined with navigation system and radar altimeter inputs to compute the location of an aircraft or missile above the surface of the earth. It is also used as a warning system to prevent aircraft from flying too close to the ground.
TERPROM was initially conceived in 1977 within the Bristol based Guided Weapons New Projects Office of British Aerospace as part of a MoD funded contract to advise the Government on the development options and applications of tactical cruise missiles.
TERPROM (R) utilises Terrain Reference Navigation to provide aircraft with a Predictive Ground Collision Avoidance System (PGCAS)as well as Obstruction Warning and Cueing (OWC)
TERPROM is produced by Atlantic Inertial Systems, Plymouth UK, formerly a subsidiary of BAE Systems
. Acquired in Dec 2009 by Goodrich Corporation.
TERPROM is operational on the following aircraft:
TERPROM was initially conceived in 1977 within the Bristol based Guided Weapons New Projects Office of British Aerospace as part of a MoD funded contract to advise the Government on the development options and applications of tactical cruise missiles.
TERPROM (R) utilises Terrain Reference Navigation to provide aircraft with a Predictive Ground Collision Avoidance System (PGCAS)as well as Obstruction Warning and Cueing (OWC)
TERPROM is produced by Atlantic Inertial Systems, Plymouth UK, formerly a subsidiary of BAE Systems
BAE Systems
BAE Systems plc is a British multinational defence, security and aerospace company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, that has global interests, particularly in North America through its subsidiary BAE Systems Inc. BAE is among the world's largest military contractors; in 2009 it was the...
. Acquired in Dec 2009 by Goodrich Corporation.
TERPROM is operational on the following aircraft:
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