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Aviation

Dealing with vehicles or machines used in flight or propulsion through the air.

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RNAV SID

Aviation; Air traffic control

An IFR ATC departure procedure coded in an aircraft FMS database and published in graphic and textual form for use by aircraft that are appropriately equipped and authorized.

SSR

Aviation; Air traffic control

Abbreviation for: secondary surveillance radar

STAR

Aviation; Air traffic control

Abbreviation for: standard terminal arrival

RNAV STAR

Aviation; Air traffic control

An IFR ATC arrival procedure coded in an aircraft FMS database and published in graphic and textual form for use by aircraft that are appropriately equipped and authorized.

North Warning System (NWS)

Aviation; Air traffic control

A system that provides airspace surveillance and command and control capability for air defence identification over the northern approaches to the continent. It consists of 15 ...

North American Datum 1983 (NAD83)

Aviation; Air traffic control

The geodetic co-ordinate reference system used in Canada and the U.S. that allows the user to mathematically describe (in degrees of latitude and longitude) any position on the ...

North Atlantic organized track system (NAT OTS)

Aviation; Air traffic control

A variable track structure developed daily by appropriate Oceanic Area Control Centres (Gander (West) or Shanwick (East)) to create a series of minimum time tracks across the ...