ground environment


ground environment

[′grau̇nd in¦vī·ərn·mənt] (engineering) Environment that surrounds and affects a system or piece of equipment that operates on the ground. System or part of a system, as of a guidance system, that functions on the ground; the aggregate of equipment, conditions, facilities, and personnel that go to make up a system, or part of a system, functioning on the ground. (ordnance) In air defense, the portion of the air defense system that provides for the detection, surveillance, and control of airborne objects; normally these are ground-based facilities, but also include overwater facilities, such as picket vessels, and airborne early warning and control aircraft.

ground environment

i. The environment that surrounds and affects a system or piece of equipment while it operates on the ground.
ii. That system or part of a system, such as of a guidance system, that functions on the ground. The aggregate of equipment, conditions, facilities, and personnel that go into making up a system, or part of a system, that functions on the ground, such as in an air defense ground environment.