The World-Wide Navigational Warning Service (WWNWS) is a radio system set up by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) which provides hazard...
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NAVAREA (category Navigation)
"Worldwide Navigational Warnings Service - Guidance Document" which is related to NAVAREAs. World-Wide Navigational Warning Service – Global radio warning system...
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location-indication navigational systems, outputting the location of the receiver as latitude and longitude. Hyperbolic systems were introduced during World War II...
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collision warning radar AN/APN-128 development of AN/APN-97 navigational radar by Teledyne for C-130 AN/APN-129 improved AN/APN-128 Doppler navigational radar...
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direct routing FMS-generated navigational information that used a different naming convention from that published in navigational charts The Civil Aeronautics's...
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display (HUD), navigational forward-looking IR system NAVFLIR and the Damocles targeting pod. The aircraft carries missile approach warning sensor (MAWS)...
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Beacon (redirect from Navigational beacon)
telegraphy. Beacons help guide navigators to their destinations. Types of navigational beacons include radar reflectors, radio beacons, sonic and visual signals...
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bridge personnel; Improved navigational safety by reducing the administrative workload; Improve confidence in the use of navigational equipment; Enhance the...
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began service in 1928. Radiobeacons are still in use today, although most have recently been decommissioned as improved electronic navigational aids have...
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developed for the Soviet Navy and currently in service in Russia, China, and India in the naval airborne early warning and control role. As with all Kamov helicopters...
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approach warning system (MAW) is part of the avionics package on some military aircraft. A sensor detects attacking missiles. Its automatic warning cues the...
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Hydrographic office (redirect from Hydrographic service)
the publication of nautical charts. In many countries, various navigation-related services are now concentrated in large governmental organizations, sometimes...
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Avionics (section Navigation)
greatly simplifying navigation. Modern weather systems also include wind shear and turbulence detection and terrain and traffic warning systems. In‑plane...
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Battle of the Beams (redirect from Knickebein (navigation))
the Second World War when bombers of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) used a number of increasingly accurate systems of radio navigation for night bombing...
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Global Positioning System (redirect from Precise Positioning Service)
1960. It used a constellation of five satellites and could provide a navigational fix approximately once per hour. In 1967, the U.S. Navy developed the...
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radio navigational warning service, the collection and analysis of hydrographic and navigational information required for the official navigational charts...
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most widely used tank in the world and has seen service in over 50 countries. It has also served as the platform for a wide variety of specialty armoured...
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The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) is an air navigation aid developed by the Federal Aviation Administration to augment the Global Positioning System...
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Instrument flight rules (section Navigation)
reference to the ground, a means of navigation other than looking outside the window is required. A number of navigational aids are available to pilots, including...
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Water safety (section Lifeboat service)
towing operations to assist mariners in distress and prevent navigational hazards. The World Health Organization has reported that drowning is the third...
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(VASI) – Visual flight rules (VFR) – VNE – VOR VHF omni-range (type of navigational beacon) – Visual meteorological conditions – Vortex generator War emergency...
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Aviation obstruction lighting (redirect from Aircraft warning lamps)
a distribution system which carries high voltages and wide-range AC current. The ideal warning light must be able to power itself while clamped to a single...
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2025 U.S.–Houthi ceasefire (category Pages using military navigation subgroups without wide style)
ending the March–May 2025 United States attacks in Yemen, as well as the wider US–UK airstrikes on Yemen since the beginning of the Red Sea crisis. The...
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South Carolina was put under a tropical storm warning, and Governor Henry McMaster issued a state-wide state of emergency declaration. Congaree National...
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New Cyrano IVM3 radar, SAGEM inertial navigation system, and head-up display. Equipped with a Sherloc radar warning receiver, and an ALE-40 chaff/flare...
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United States Armed Forces (redirect from United States Armed Services)
to support world-wide operations. Provide rapid global mobility to employ and sustain organic air and space forces and other military service and U. S....
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start in 1942 but service trials showed problems and deployment stopped. Replaced by the FuG 16. Completed units rebuilt as BS 15 navigation radio beacons...
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warning but no directional information. The BTL developed a 500-MHz (0.6-m) fire-control radar designated FA (later, Mark 1). A few went into service...
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Automobile Club (RSAC) erected their own, idiosyncratic warning boards and direction signs on a wide scale. Under the Motor Car Act 1903 four national signs...
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Nimitz-class aircraft carrier (section Service history)
nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the United States Navy. The lead ship of the class is named after World War II United States Pacific Fleet...
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