Homing may refer to:

Guidance

Guidance system A guidance system is a virtual or physical device, or a group of devices implementing a controlling the movement of a ship, aircraft, missile, rocket, satellite, or any other moving object. Guidance is the process of calculating the changes in pos ...

, a device or group of devices used to navigate a ship, aircraft, missile, rocket, satellite, or other craft **

Homing (missile guidance) Missile guidance refers to a variety of methods of guiding a missile or a guided bomb to its intended target. The missile's target accuracy is a critical factor for its effectiveness. Guidance systems improve missile accuracy by improving its ...

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Infrared homing Infrared homing is a Missile guidance#Passive homing, passive weapon guidance system which uses the infrared (IR) light emission from a target to track and follow it seamlessly. Missiles which use infrared seeking are often referred to as "he ...

, a passive missile guidance system which uses the emission from a target of infrared electromagnetic radiation ***

Semi-active radar homing Semi-active radar homing (SARH) is a common type of missile guidance system, perhaps the most common type for longer-range air-to-air and surface-to-air missile systems. The name refers to the fact that the missile itself is only a passive dete ...

, a common type of missile guidance system for longer-range air-to-air and surface-to-air missile systems ***

Active radar homing Active radar homing (ARH) is a missile guidance method in which a missile contains a radar transceiver (in contrast to semi-active radar homing, which uses only a passive radar, receiver) and the electronics necessary for it to find and track it ...

, a missile guidance method in which a guided missile uses a radar transceiver to find and track its target autonomously ***

Homing torpedo A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target. Historically, such ...

, "fire and forget" torpedoes can use passive or active guidance *

Acoustic homing Acoustic homing is the process in which a system uses the sound or acoustic signals of a target or destination to guide a moving object. There are two types of acoustic homing: passive acoustic homing and active acoustic homing. Objects using pass ...

, a system which uses sound to guide a moving object *

Homing (biology) Homing is the inherent ability of an animal to navigate towards an original location (geography), location through unfamiliar areas. This location may be a home territory or a breeding spot. Uses Homing abilities can be used to find the way back ...

, the inherent ability of an animal to navigate towards an original location through unfamiliar areas **

Homing pigeon The homing pigeon is a variety of domestic pigeon (''Columba livia domestica''), selectively bred for its ability to find its way home over extremely long distances. Because of this skill, homing pigeons were used to carry messages, a practice ...

, a variety of domestic pigeon bred to find its way home over extremely long distances *

Homing beacon An emergency locator beacon is a radio beacon, a portable battery powered radio transmitter, used to locate airplanes, vessels, and persons in distress and in need of immediate rescue. Various types of emergency locator beacons are carried by air ...

, sometimes homer, a beacon that transmits a signal to be homed on

Other uses

Homing (hematopoietic) Homing is the phenomenon whereby cells migrate to the organ of their origin. By homing, transplanted hematopoietic cells are able to travel to and engraft (establish residence) in the bone marrow. Various chemokines and receptors are involved in ...

, a process of cellular migration *

Homing (horse) Homing (foaled 1975) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Although he never won at Group One race, he established himself as the leading horse in Europe over one mile in 1978. His early form was moderate, but in the autumn of his three- ...

, a racehorse * Homing (mechanical), moving a mechanical system to a reference position * Multiple homing, two types of telephone connections of a terminal facility

Guidance

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