traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS), pronounced /ˈtiːkæs/ TEE-kas), also known as an Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS), is an aircraft...
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A collision avoidance system (CAS), also known as a pre-crash system, forward collision warning system (FCW), or collision mitigation system, is an advanced...
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An airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS, usually pronounced as ay-kas) operates independently of ground-based equipment and air traffic control in...
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The Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) enhances safety by mitigating controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accidents. The Auto-GCAS...
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steering or both). Collision avoidance by braking is appropriate at low vehicle speeds (e.g. below 50 km/h (31 mph)), while collision avoidance by steering may...
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and the lack of collision-avoidance systems. Although a rare occurrence in general due to the vastness of open space available, collisions often happen near...
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portable collision avoidance system (PCAS) is a proprietary aircraft collision avoidance system similar in function to traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS)...
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In transportation, collision avoidance is the maintenance of systems and practices designed to prevent vehicles (such as aircraft, motor vehicles, ships...
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Drives, Kernex Microsystems and HBL Power Systems. Initially it was known by the name Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS). Kavach was adopted by Ministry...
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The Obstacle Collision Avoidance System (OCAS) is designed to alert pilots if their aircraft is in immediate danger of flying into an obstacle. OCAS uses...
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Spacecraft collision avoidance is the implementation and study of processes minimizing the chance of orbiting spacecraft inadvertently colliding with...
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Fly-by-wire control systems Santa Barbara Airlines Flight 518 South African Airways Flight 228 TERPROM Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) TWA Flight...
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with an airborne collision avoidance system. This set a worldwide precedent for mandatory use of traffic collision avoidance system. As of 2021[update]...
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abbreviations Airborne collision avoidance system Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) Digital fly-by-wire Ground proximity warning system / enhanced GPWS Runway...
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notable systems, which employ voice warnings, and which are found in most commercial and military aircraft: TCAS (traffic collision avoidance system) and...
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collision avoidance system (TCAS) on board.: 110 On 24 February 2004, Peter Nielsen, the air traffic controller on duty at the time of the collision...
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Avionics (section Collision-avoidance systems)
and collision avoidance system (TCAS), which can detect the location of nearby aircraft, and provide instructions for avoiding a midair collision. Smaller...
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North Atlantic Tracks (redirect from North Atlantic Organised Track System)
approximately ten minutes apart. With the introduction of the traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS), aircraft traveling along these tracks can monitor the...
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Fiat Panda (section Collision avoidance system)
Fiat's City Brake Control low-speed crash avoidance system is available as optional on the Panda. The system works by readying and if necessary automatically...
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seven or eight years of problems with the ACD system, RDSO, Lucknow drafted the Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) specifications with amendments. In...
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previous detected instances. Both aircraft were equipped with TCAS collision avoidance system, and the CEIBA 737's unit was subsequently analysed and found...
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lack of traffic collision-avoidance systems. Although a rare occurrence in general due to the vastness of open space available, collisions often happen near...
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defective since 5:50 IST. The trains were not equipped with Kavach, a collision avoidance system designed by Indian Railways. Preliminary investigation revealed...
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surroundings and be willing to take control of it if necessary. Collision avoidance system (pre-crash system) uses small radar detectors, typically placed near the...
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Emergency brake assist (redirect from Brake assist system)
which is a collision avoidance system, which may initiate braking on its own if the onboard computer detects an imminent collision. Many drivers are not...
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System offers general aviation aircraft a low-cost alerting capability to prevent aircraft collisions. The more advanced Airborne Collision Avoidance...
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Personal carbon trading Polytechnics Central Admissions System Portable Collision Avoidance System Postgraduate Certificate in Antarctic Studies at University...
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eCall, a European initiative that assists motorists in the case of a collision. The in-vehicle eCall is generated either manually by the vehicle occupants...
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Blind spot monitor (redirect from Blind Spot Information System)
Advanced driver-assistance systems Automatic parking Automotive safety Backup collision Backup camera Collision avoidance system Dry steering Experimental...
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ground collision avoidance equations and modified visual and aural cues to develop an automated ground collision avoidance (auto-GCAS) system. The system enabled...
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