navigation acronyms, abbreviations and definitions - International ...

FSINS FOG-based strapdown inerial navigation system
FSIX Flight Safety Information Exchange (ICAO)
FSK frequency-shift keying
FSS fixed satellite services
FSS frequency-selective surface (for rf selection in nav/com systems)
FST fuzzy set theory
FTA fault tree analysis
FTA Federal Transit Administration (US)
FTA Freight Transport Association (UK)
FTD flight training device
FTE flight technical error
FTK freight tonne kilometres (measures civil air actual freight traffic)
FTL Flight Time Limitations (for aircrew - CAP 371 & EU OPS define)
FTP File Transfer Protocol (Internet)
FU smoke (met)
FUA flexible use of airspace
FVD floating vehicle data (from road vehicle gathering info)
FWT fixed wireless terminal (eg for WiFi)
FY Fengyun metsat system (China)
FZ freezing (met)
G giga (SI unit multiplier of 10 9 )
G-band NATO radar band 4-6 GHz = 7.5-5 cm
G-STAR GPS Spacial Temporal Anti-jam Receiver
G/S groundspeed
G1, G2 GLONASS carrier frequencies/bands
Frequencies (MHz) are 1,591-1,610 (G1) and 1,240-1,256 (G2).
G3 (or GPS+) GPS, GLONASS and Galileo
GA general aviation
Executive and company aircraft; private and flying club aircraft;
gliders, sport aviation and airships/balloons; aerial work.
GA ground antenna
GAAC General Aviation Awareness Council (UK)
GAARDIAN GNSS Availability, Accuracy, Reliability anD Integrity Assessment for
Timing and Navigation. Chronos Technology, U of Bath, GLAs, BT,
OS, NPL, Imperial Coll London.
GaAs gallium arsenide
GACC General Aviation Consultative Committee (CAA)
GACF Ground Assets Control Facility (Galileo)
GAD General Aviation Department (CAA SRG)
GADEROS Galileo Demonstrator for Railway Operation System (ERTMS)
GAFLEX Galileo Flight Experiment (Germany-Russia industrial team)
Trial of Galileo signal structure on a GLONASS-M in late 2002.
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