Meaning of situational awareness | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The perception and comprehension of one’s environment as a whole, including peripheral or less obvious cues, maintained as an ongoing process of monitoring, interpreting, and anticipating developments, especially in contexts requiring safety or rapid decision-making.
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2. The ability to perceive and comprehend one’s surroundings and to anticipate potential changes, regarded as a skill that can be developed, particularly in occupations involving danger or high responsibility.
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Examples

“Colonel Ron Van Der Weert, the PA project director at Wright Patterson Air Force⟳ Base⟳, calls the electronic helper "a special executive secretary", and believes that the intelligent machine will substantially reduce⟳ combat fatalities, 80 per cent of which result⟳ from a pilot's lack of "situational awareness".”

“Infa-red, thermal-imaging sighting systems; thermal binoculars; strategic satellite communication links; tactical communication networks and an organic electronic situational awareness package.”

CEFR level