What is the purpose of the Acquire control on ARPA?

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What is the purpose of the Acquire control on ARPA?

Acquire control starts tracking a target after you place the cursor on it. When you point the cursor at a target and activate Acquire, ARPA assigns a track to that target and begins updating its motion data—range, bearing, speed, and course—while also generating predictions like the closest point of approach. This turns a static radar echo into a dynamically tracked target that ARPA can continuously plot and monitor. It’s not used to erase targets, adjust radar range, or change display brightness, which are handled by other controls.

Acquire control starts tracking a target after you place the cursor on it. When you point the cursor at a target and activate Acquire, ARPA assigns a track to that target and begins updating its motion data—range, bearing, speed, and course—while also generating predictions like the closest point of approach. This turns a static radar echo into a dynamically tracked target that ARPA can continuously plot and monitor. It’s not used to erase targets, adjust radar range, or change display brightness, which are handled by other controls.

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