Monday, February 15, 2010

TACAN-TACTICAL AIR NAVIGATION


TACAN is a military system combining the bearing capability of VOR with the distance measuring capability of DME
It is also designed to be transportable so that it can be used in combat areas, hence the name tactical


Principle:
TACAN is based on DME in that it uses the DME antenna and the DME pulse format.
Thus the distance measuring is inherent

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