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electronically agile radar
1. An airborne radar in which the beam from phased array antennae changes form and direction according to electronic velocities or speeds.
2. An airborne radar that uses a phased-array antenna which changes radar-beam forms and beam positions at electronic speeds.

When combined with digital processing of the radar returns, it can simultaneously provide such functions as beacon-locating, forward-looking mapping, navigation updating, terrain avoidance, and terrain-following in manned strategic bombers and other aircraft.

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