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An identification system designed for command and control. It enables military and national (civilian air traffic control) interrogation systems to identify aircraft, vehicles or forces as friendly and to determine their bearing and their range from the interrogator.
In a civilian aircraft: a transponder that responds by sending a code identifying itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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An identification system designed for command and control. It enables military and national (civilian air traffic control) interrogation systems to identify aircraft, vehicles or forces as friendly and to determine their bearing and their range from the interrogator.
In a military aircraft: a transponder that responds by sending a similarly coded signal, only when detecting a code indicating the radar is part of the friendly forces' network.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
omatunnuslaite
— identification friend or foe (IFF)
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German:
Freund-Feind-Erkennung
— identification friend or foe (IFF)
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Italian:
identificazione amico o nemico
— identification friend or foe (IFF)
