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traffic alert and collision avoidance system

comun., industr. Warn- und Kollisionsverhinderungssystem
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Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System
abrev. TCAS system (MichaelBurov)
abrev., avia. TCAS (MichaelBurov)
transp., abrev. TCAS
traffic alert and collision avoidance system
avia., canad. A type of airborne collision avoidance system ACAS based on a family of airborne equipment that functions independently of the ground-based ATC system to detect potential conflicting aircraft that are equipped with secondary surveillance radar SSR transponders. There are three different versions: TCAS I provides traffic advisories; TCAS II provides traffic advisories and vertical resolution advisories RA; and TCAS IV, when developed, will provide traffic advisories and vertical and horizontal RAs.