A FANS Glossary
ADS: Automatic Dependent Surveillance (also known as ADS-A). A satcom link between the aircraft's FMS and an ATC ground-based computer in which the aircraft's GPS-calculated position is automatically transmitted on a pre-selected periodic basis, providing controllers with a computer-generated...
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