Definition
ARPA acquires targets manually or automatically, tracks them over successive scans and computes each target's true course and speed, closest point of approach and time to it, presenting the result as a vector and a data box. Vectors may be shown relative, for assessing risk of collision, or true, for identifying what a target is actually doing. A tracked solution needs about three minutes to become reliable and degrades after any manoeuvre.
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