Transponder/Related Articles

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Air traffic control [r]: Add brief definition or description
Aviation safety [r]: Add brief definition or description
Identification-friend-or-foe [r]: Add brief definition or description
Safety of Life at Sea [r]: International convention defining safety requirements for ships ^[e]
Navigation [r]: Techniques for determining one's own position, a feasible course to be taken to a desired new position, and journeying on that course ^[e]
Radar [r]: Acronym for "radio detection and ranging"; a system used to locate a distant object by transmission of radio waves and reception of their reflection. ^[e]

Automatic identification system [r]: A system, aboard ships and boats, that combines marine radio transmitters and receivers, Global Navigation Satellite System receivers, and computer control into a self-organizing, mobile network in which vessels are inform nearby traffic, potential collision hazards, and navigational information ^[e]
Vessel traffic services [r]: An equivalent of air traffic control for ships, especially in busy ports and waterways. It combines transponder-based tracking with the automatic identification systems with human controllers who have sitational awareness of a given area of maritime traffic ^[e]
Search and rescue transponder [r]: A device used by personnel in need of rescue, which assists in the final part of the search by interacting with search radar and guiding the rescuers to the victim ^[e]
TACAN [r]: Add brief definition or description

Federal Aviation Administration [r]: The U.S. government agency responsible for the safe operation of civil aviation and air traffic control, but not for security of aircraft ^[e]
Fratricide [r]: The killing of one's brother, but in a military context, the killing of one's own forces ("friendly fire"). ^[e]
International Civil Aviation Organization [r]: Add brief definition or description
International Maritime Organization [r]: The United Nations agency responsible for avoiding pollution from ships, and implementing the Safety of Life at Sea convention ^[e]
Radio [r]: Transmission and reception of information, which can be voice, data or imagery over electromagnetic radiation in free space (i.e., wireless). The information is modulated onto a carrier wave ^[e]
Search and rescue [r]: The location of those in distress from natural, accidental, or hostile causes; on-scene medical stabilization and extrication; evacuation to treatment or other safe facilities ^[e]
United States Coast Guard [r]: A uniformed service of the United States, with diverse maritime safety, search and rescue, law enforcement, and military responsibilities ^[e]