central control


central control

[′sen·trəl kən′trōl] (aerospace engineering) The place, facility, or activity at which the whole action incident to a test launch and flight is coordinated and controlled, from the make-ready at the launch site and on the range, to the end of the rocket flight down-range. (ordnance) Fire control of weapons by a central location, not by the individual gunner; especially used in antiaircraft batteries. (systems engineering) Control exercised over an extensive and complicated system from a single center.