When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Radar beacon - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_beacon

    Principle. When a traditional RACON receives a radar pulse, it responds with a signal which on a radar screen takes the form of a short line of dashes and dots forming a Morse character radiating away from the location of the beacon. Typically, the Morse character starts with a dash – a long, continuous signal.

  3. Track while scan - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_while_scan

    In track-while-scan mode the radar has the ability to acquire and lock/track multiple targets while simultaneously providing a view of the surrounding airspace, which in turn aids the pilot and or operator in maintaining better situational awareness. [1]

  4. Ground proximity warning system - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_proximity_warning...

    The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) defines GPWS as a type of terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS). More advanced systems, introduced in 1996, are known as enhanced ground proximity warning systems (EGPWS), a modern type of TAWS.

  5. Dreyfus model of skill acquisition - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_model_of_skill...

    The Dreyfus model is based on four binary qualities: Recollection (non-situational or situational) Recognition (decomposed or holistic) Decision (analytical or intuitive) Awareness (monitoring or absorbed) The original model included mastery as the last stage.

  6. Traffic collision avoidance system - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_collision...

    A traffic alert and collision avoidance system ( TCAS, pronounced / tiːkæs /; TEE-kas ), is an aircraft collision avoidance system designed to reduce the incidence of mid-air collision (MAC) between aircraft. It monitors the airspace around an aircraft for other aircraft equipped with a corresponding active transponder, independent of air ...

  7. Situation awareness - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situation_awareness

    Situational awareness or situation awareness (SA) is the understanding of an environment, its elements, and how it changes with respect to time or other factors. Situational awareness is important for effective decision making in many environments.

  8. Why I'm a fan of the new JBL Live Beam 3 earbuds - AOL

    www.aol.com/why-im-fan-jbl-live-130500750.html

    You get two modes for awareness, a simple ambient awareness mode that's programmed to a tap of the left bud by default, and a separate "TalkThru" mode you can access in the app or from the case.

  9. KLJ-7 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLJ-7

    The KLJ-7, also referred to as the Type 1478, is an X band airborne fire-control radar (FCR) developed by Nanjing Research Institute of Electronic Technology (NRIET), also known as the China Electronics Technology Company's (CETC's) No. 14 Research Institute.

  10. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35...

    The F-35's mission systems are among the most complex aspects of the aircraft. The avionics and sensor fusion are designed to improve the pilot's situational awareness and command-and-control capabilities and facilitate network-centric warfare.

  11. List of month-long observances - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_month-long_observances

    The following is a list of notable month-long observances, recurrent months that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.