Tactical air navigation system
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tactical-air-navigation-system-171-5767453
title:
Tactical air navigation system
text:
A tactical air navigation system, commonly referred to by the acronym TACAN, is a navigation system initially designed for naval aircraft to acquire moving landing platforms and later expanded for use by other military aircraft. It provides the user with bearing and distance to a ground or ship-borne station. It is from an end-user perspective a more accurate version of the VOR/DME system that provides bearing and range information for civil aviation. The DME portion of the TACAN system is avail
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Military navigation system
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_air_navigation_system
date created:
2004-11-02T18:25:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T07:07:47Z
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