Mode S

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Mode S [′mōd ′es]

(navigation)

An augmentation of the Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System in which each aircraft is equipped with a transponder that replies when interrogated with a discrete identity code. Also known as ADSEL (in Britain); discrete address beacon system or DABS (in the United States).

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