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TRAFFIC ALERT AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM (TCAS).
TRAFFIC ALERT AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM (TCAS)
- An airborne collision avoidance system based on radar beacon signals which operates independent of ground‐based equipment. TCAS‐I generates traffic advisories only. TCAS‐II generates traffic advisories, and resolution (collision avoidance) advisories in the vertical plane.
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