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1navigation — navigational, adj. /nav i gay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of navigating. 2. the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, or guided missile. [1520 30; < L navigation (s. of navigatio) a voyage.… …
2Signals intelligence in modern history — This article is a subset article of the article Signals intelligence, which addresses the unifying conceptual and technical factors and common technologies in this intelligence discipline. This article deals with signals intelligence in the… …
3Reginald Fessenden — Infobox Celebrity name = Reginald Fessenden caption = The Father of Radio Broadcasting birth date = birth date|1866|10|6|mf=y birth place = East Bolton, Quebec, Canada death date = death date and age|1932|7|22|1866|10|6|mf=y death place = Bermuda …
4PMI Colleges Bohol — The Philippine Maritime Institute or PMI Colleges Bohol is a private, non sectarian, co educational institution of higher learning in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines. It offers marine courses such as Marine Transportation, Marine Engineering… …
5Distress radiobeacon — PLB redirects here. For other uses, see PLB (disambiguation). Emergency position indicating radio beacons or EPIRBs Distress radio beacons, also known as emergency beacons, ELT or EPIRB, are tracking transmitters which aid in the detection and… …
6USS America (ID-3006) — was a troop transport for the United States Navy during World War I. She was launched in 1905 as SS Amerika by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the Hamburg America Line of Germany. As a passenger liner, she sailed primarily between Hamburg and… …
7History of radar — The history of radar starts with experiments by Heinrich Hertz in the late 19th century that showed that radio waves were reflected by metallic objects. This possibility was suggested in James Clerk Maxwell s seminal work on electromagnetism.… …
8Military equipment of Turkey — The military equipment of Turkey includes a wide array of arms, artilleries, large surface vessels, cannons, armored vehicles, mortars, unmanned vehicles and many different equipments. Contents 1 Historical development 1.1 General 1.2 1923 1950 …
9Bearing (navigation) — This article is about the navigational term. For other uses, see Bearing. A standard Brunton Geo compass, used commonly by geologists and surveyors to obtain a bearing in the field. In marine navigation, a bearing is the direction one object is… …
10MQ-8 Fire Scout — infobox Aircraft name = MQ 8 Fire Scout caption = An RQ 8A Fire Scout takes off at the Webster Field Annex of Naval Air Station Patuxent River in 2005. type = UAV manufacturer = Northrop Grumman designer = first flight = introduction = retired =… …
