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AEROSPACE

TACAN 551Tactical Air Navigation System

LOW POWER TACAN IDEAL FOR GROUND, NAVAL AND MOBILE SOLUTIONS More than 350 operational references worldwide Low power 1kW TACAN adapted to ground, naval and mobile solutions with a 100NM coverage Extremely high system reliability thanks to full redundancy and low repair time Simple maintenance and low life cycle costs Fully solid-state microprocessor controlled dual beacon equipment Supporting civil air navigation with its integrated Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) functionality

SAFETY

• Highest accuracy and stability through the closed loop control of reply delay

• High reliability: - Mean Time Between Failures of over 8,000 hours- Mean Time To Repair of less than 30 min

EASE OF MAINTENANCE

• Quick LRU fault identification with the automatic BITE and diagnostics function

• Programmed routine checks automatically performed• Automatic data recording and transmission• Remote control, monitoring

and maintenance operations available via a standard PC

TACAN 551Tactical Air Navigation System

AEROSPACE

CHARACTERISTICSOPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS

• 1kW TACAN providing a reliable signal in ground applications, for mobile systems and naval solutions

• Operative range of over 100 NM

KEY FEATURES

• Dual monitoring system• Output power superior to 1kWp • High capacity system managing over 200 aircraft

interrogators simultaneously• High versatility:

- Compact single 19” cabinet- Operation in demand mode, DME-only mode or reduced power mode

- Easily interfaced with Thales’s high performance ELTA 200 antenna and the 454 antenna for naval and mobile applications, as well as all types of TACAN antennas

- Easy collocation with all types of VOR equipment- Fixed, mobile and naval applications

• Fully compliant with STANAG 5034, MIL-STD-291C as well as ICAO Annex 10 and EUROCAE Ed 57

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LIGHTWEIGHT, ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED

TACAN ANTENNA 454

HIGH PERFORMANCE, ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED

TACAN ANTENNA ELTA

AUSTRALIAThales Australia LimitedThe Thales Australia Centre WTC Northbank Wharf Melbourne, VIC 3005 Tel. +61 (0)3 8630 4000

GERMANYThales Electronic Systems GmbHLilienthalstrasse 2 70825 Korntal-Münichingen Tel. +49 (0)7 11 86 03 20

UNITED KINGDOMThales ATM LimitedMinerva building, Manor Royal Crawley, West Sussex RH10 9HA Tel. +44 208 391 – 6277

FRANCEThales Air Systems SAS3, avenue Charles Lindbergh BP 20351 94628 Rungis cedex Tel. +33 (0)1 79 61 40 00

ITALYThales Italia S.p.A.Via E. Mattei, No.1 20064 Gorgonzola (MI) Tel. +39 02 950 951

USAThales ATM10950 El Monte Street, Suite 110 Overland Park, KS 66211 Tel. +1 913 422 2600