TACAN

Japanese: TACAN - たかん
TACAN

Abbreviation for tactical air navigation system. Radio navigation aid that provides azimuth and distance information from ground stations to aircraft in flight. Also called tactical navigation system or ultra-high frequency omnidirectional distance measuring device. This system was developed for military use and uses UHF radio waves transmitted in a pulsed format. Civilian aircraft that do not have a TACAN receiver cannot obtain azimuth information from this system, but distance information can be obtained from DME (distance measuring equipment), which has almost the same functions. For civilian aircraft, azimuth information can be obtained from VOR (Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Radio Beacon), so there are now many facilities that have VOR and TACAN stations that can be used for both civilian and military purposes, and these facilities are called VORTAC. VORTAC has an effective range of 40 nautical miles (about 72 kilometers) and ground stations are installed at key points along the air route.

[Kyoki Aoki and Shinichiro Nakamura]

[Reference] | DME | VOR

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

tactical air navigation systemの略称。航行中の航空機に、地上局からの方位と距離の情報を提供する無線航法援助施設。戦術航法システム、極超短波全方向方位距離測定装置ともいう。このシステムは軍事用に開発されたもので、電波はUHF帯の周波数を使用しており、パルス方式で送信する。TACAN受信機を搭載していない民間機では、このシステムによって方位情報を得ることはできないが、距離情報は、機能がほとんど共通であるDME(距離測定装置)によって得ることができる。民間機では方位情報はVOR(超短波全方向式無線標識施設)で得られるので、現在ではVOR局とTACAN局を併設した民間用と軍用どちらにも使用できる施設が多くなっており、両者を併設した施設をVORTAC(ボルタック)といっている。VORTACの有効範囲は40海里(マイル)(約72キロメートル)で、航空路の要所に地上局が設置されている。

[青木享起・仲村宸一郎]

[参照項目] | DME | VOR

出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例

<<:  Taccola, M.di J. (English spelling) TaccolaMdiJ

>>:  Täby (English spelling)

Recommend

Pros Romaious; The Letter to the Romans

One of Paul's letters in the New Testament. Al...

Scale foil - Urokohaku

…The color of the fabric changes depending on the...

Callithrix

…The word marmoset is said to come from an old Fr...

Country Gentleman - Inakashinshi

〘 noun 〙 A country gentleman. A man who pretends t...

Kadota

〘Noun〙 A rice field near a gate. A rice field in f...

Respiratory tract secretions

...The main components of airway secretions are s...

Siam

…Official name: Kingdom of ThailandPrathet Thai∥K...

Bastian - Adolf Bastian

German ethnologist. Known as the father of ethnol...

Gobiesocidae

…A general term for fish in the Gobiesocidae fami...

Akagoro - Akagoro

...The body is pale pink or crimson red, with fiv...

Musashi Seven Party

Small and medium-sized samurai groups were distri...

Funaoka [town] - Funaoka

A former town in Yazu District, eastern Tottori Pr...

Paddle - Kai

A boat propulsion device. There are two types of ...

Israel ben Eliezer

...The term derives from the Hebrew word hasid (p...

Safety breaker - Anzenbureika

...A type of wiring circuit breaker used to prote...