When you place the cursor on a target and press Acquire, what happens next?

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When you place the cursor on a target and press Acquire, what happens next?

When you place the cursor on a target and press Acquire, the ARPA system immediately locks onto that target, establishing a tracked target. This command activates the target track so you can monitor its motion and see relative data such as course, speed, CPA, TCPA, and vector as the track updates. The action is a direct initiation of tracking on the selected target, not a shutdown or an ignored input, and it doesn’t require waiting for multiple radar sweeps before locking on the chosen target.

When you place the cursor on a target and press Acquire, the ARPA system immediately locks onto that target, establishing a tracked target. This command activates the target track so you can monitor its motion and see relative data such as course, speed, CPA, TCPA, and vector as the track updates. The action is a direct initiation of tracking on the selected target, not a shutdown or an ignored input, and it doesn’t require waiting for multiple radar sweeps before locking on the chosen target.

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