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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Spacecraft collision avoidance is the implementation and study of processes minimizing the chance of orbiting spacecraft inadvertently colliding with...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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System offers general aviation aircraft a low-cost alerting capability to prevent aircraft collisions. The more advanced Airborne Collision Avoidance...
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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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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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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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Personal carbon trading Polytechnics Central Admissions System Portable Collision Avoidance System Postgraduate Certificate in Antarctic Studies at University...
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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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Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 (redirect from 2006 Brazil Mid-air Collision)
collision avoidance system (TCAS) was not activated, while the NTSB determined that both flight crews acted properly and were placed on a collision course...
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