Ultrahigh-Frequency Tactical Air Navigation

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• TACAN — An ultrahigh frequency electronic air navigation system, able to provide continuous bearing and slant range to a selected station. The term is derived from tactical air navigation …   Military dictionary

• TACAN — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: tactical air navigation Date: 1955 a system of navigation that uses ultrahigh frequency signals to determine the distance and bearing of an aircraft from a transmitting station …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• radar — /ray dahr/, n. 1. Electronics. a device for determining the presence and location of an object by measuring the time for the echo of a radio wave to return from it and the direction from which it returns. 2. a means or sense of awareness or… …   Universalium

• warning system — ▪ military technology Introduction       in military science, any method used to detect the situation or intention of an enemy so that warning can be given.       Because military tactics from time immemorial have stressed the value of surprise… …   Universalium