TACAN Insights

What is TACAN?

TACAN (Tactical Air Navigation) is a radio navigation system used by military aircraft. It provides bearing and distance information to a pilot. It's similar to VOR/DME, but is more compact and provides additional features for military use.

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What other technologies are related to TACAN?

TACAN Competitor Technologies

VOR

VOR provides bearing information to aircraft, similar to the bearing component of TACAN, but is ground-based only and does not provide distance. Therefore, VOR can be seen as a competing technology for navigation, albeit less capable than TACAN.

mentioned alongside TACAN in 33% (127) of relevant job posts

TACAN Complementary Technologies

DME

DME provides distance information to aircraft, which is also a component of TACAN. Civil TACAN uses the DME standard. DME is strongly complementary to TACAN as TACAN provides both bearing and distance, and the DME component is used by both.

mentioned alongside TACAN in 16% (99) of relevant job posts