hyperbolic navigation system
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hyperbolic navigation system
A radio navigation system which enables the position of an aircraft equipped with a suitable receiver to be fixed by two or more intersecting hyperbolic position lines. The system employs either a time difference measurement of pulse transmissions or a phase difference measurement of phase-locked continuous wave transmissions. See also loran.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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Flight navigator system is further divided into sub parts: Radar,
Hyperbolic Navigation System, GNSS, Instrument Landing System, Inertial Navigation System, VOR/DME, Automatic Direction Finder, Doppler Navigation System, Flight Management System and Heads up Display.
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