A tactical air navigation system, commonly referred to by the acronym TACAN, is a navigation system initially designed for naval aircraft to acquire moving...
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Augmentation System (WAAS) is an air navigation aid developed by the Federal Aviation Administration to augment the Global Positioning System (GPS), with...
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Non-directional beacon (redirect from Radio navigation beacon)
low-frequency radio range, VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and tactical air navigation system (TACAN). NDB signals follow the curvature of the Earth, so they...
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operations were assisted by the distinctive new "Cake Stand" tactical air navigation system. Baku was used for trials of the Yak-141 Freestyle supersonic...
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wireless, and jam-resistant digital information system currently providing Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN), Link-16, and J-Voice to airborne, ground...
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VHF omnidirectional range (category Aeronautical navigation systems)
radio-based navigational aid for aircraft pilots consisting of a co-located VHF omnidirectional range and a tactical air navigation system (TACAN) beacon...
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An inertial navigation system (INS; also inertial guidance system, inertial instrument) is a navigation device that uses motion sensors (accelerometers)...
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probe was also fitted. Other optional equipment included a tactical air navigation system (TACAN) receiver and a drogue parachute, the latter of which...
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MIRADOR electro-optical observation and fire control system and LINK 11/16 tactical data link system. On 2 July 2015 ORP Ślązak was christened during official...
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existing systems must be in doubt. Local area augmentation system (LAAS) Tactical air navigation system (TACAN) Transponder landing system (TLS) ICAO...
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A United States Air Force Tactical Air Control Party, commonly abbreviated TACP, is an individual or team of United States Air Force Special Warfare Airmen...
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range/Tactical air navigation system (VORTAC) (Navaid: LFV) and radar site, part of the Joint Surveillance System (JSS), designated by NORAD as Eastern Air...
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Mount Erebus disaster (redirect from Air New Zealand Flight TE 901)
briefing, compared the coordinates of the McMurdo tactical air navigation system (TACAN) navigation beacon (about 5 km or 3 mi east of McMurdo NDB), and...
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program offices: PMA-207: Tactical Airlift Program PMA-261: H-53 Helicopters Program PMA-264: Air Anti-Submarine Warfare Systems Program PMA-271: Airborne...
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effort to better direct air strikes, the U. S. Air Force installed four tactical air navigation systems in Laos to guide U. S. air strikes. One of these...
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Iowa-class battleship (section Anti-air battery)
the AN/SPS-67 search radar. The new mast also incorporates a Tactical Air Navigation System (TACAN) antenna. The aft mast was changed to be placed in front...
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guidance system, flight instruments, ultra high frequency communications, and tactical air navigation system and instrument landing system receivers...
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The Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) is an L band Distributed Time Division Multiple Access (DTDMA) network radio system used by the...
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Ferranti Blue Vixen all-weather airborne radar BAE Systems AD2770 Tactical Air Navigation System Thales MADGE Microwave Airborne Digital Guidance Equipment...
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(UNICORN) NORA-50 integration mast and Tactical Air Navigation System (TACAN), the former of which has tactical data antennas contained in its bar-shaped...
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furnished with an Instrument Landing System (ILS), radar altimeter, UHF/VHF radio sets, Tactical Air Navigation system (TACAN) and a ground data link. Other...
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creating an icy runway under a 500-foot cloud ceiling. Dow's tactical air navigation system glide slope function was temporarily disabled after the first...
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(VOR) and tactical air navigation system (TACAN) avionics systems; a long range navigation system (LORAN-C); an inertial navigation system (INS); radar...
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information manual : (TC AIM). Transport Canada. OCLC 1083332661. "CNS/ATM Systems" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. "FAR/AIM Series". Aviation...
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including a Pave Penny laser seeker, an Inertial navigation system (INS), a Tactical air navigation system (TACAN), fore & aft Radar warning receivers (RWR)...
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has a bar-shaped dome that houses the antennas for tactical data link, Tactical Air Navigation System (TACAN), and communications. According to the Acquisition...
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Eurocontrol (redirect from European organisation for the safety of air navigation)
of Air Navigation, commonly known as Eurocontrol (stylised EUROCONTROL), is an international organisation working to achieve safe and seamless air traffic...
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Aircrew (redirect from Tactical crew)
radio navigation aids were not originally available. As sophisticated electronic air navigation aids and universal space-based GPS navigation systems came...
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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter (section U.S. Air Force)
AN/ASG-14T1 ranging radar, tactical air navigation system (TACAN), and an AN/ARC-34 UHF radio. The AN/ASG-14 fire control system used a 24-inch (610 mm)...
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Iroquois-class destroyer (section Systems and sensors)
the Hollandse Signaal Mk 22 Weapon Control System for its missiles, and a tactical air navigation system (TACAN). The CCS 280 by Litton, which was a...
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