WordNet
target acquisition system
n. a shipboard system for the detection and identification and location of a target with enough detail to permit effective weapon employment
Usage examples of "target acquisition system".
They cruised right across Corran's crosshairs and his target acquisition system gave him a hard lock fast, since he'd closed to point-blank range faster than the Imps expected.
Better yet, their minds have a dogmatic either/or target acquisition system that tags everything surface or airborne before it fires on it.