- Industry: Government
- Number of terms: 8785
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- Company Profile:
Department of the Government of Canada responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities (TIC) portfolio. Transport Canada is based in Ottawa, Ontario
A military radar sensor system composed of a transmitter, antenna and associated communications that can detect and track targets at all azimuths, ranges and elevations. It is used for tactical warning and attack assessment, and for command and control of fighters in the conduct of air sovereignty missions.
Industry:Aviation
The service provided by the altitude reservation East (Gander) and the altitude reservation West (Edmonton) in co-ordination with area control centres (ACC) in providing reserved altitude for specified air operations in controlled airspace, and in providing information concerning these reservations and military activity areas in controlled and uncontrolled airspace.
Industry:Aviation
Central co-ordinating agencies of the NAV CANADA altitude reservation service for eastern Canada.
Industry:Aviation
Central co-ordinating agencies of the NAV CANADA altitude reservation service for western Canada.
Industry:Aviation
A service provided by an FSS that gives meteorological information through the process of selecting, interpreting, elaborating and adapting relevant charts, reports and documents to support the safe, regular and efficient conduct of aviation operations.
Industry:Aviation
The provision of information necessary for the safety, regularity and efficiency of domestic and international air navigation.
Industry:Aviation
A service provided by an FSS that gives factual weather information obtained from actual weather reports, official weather forecasts and approved graphic or weather chart products. It does not involve the interpretation of this information.
Industry:Aviation
A service provided by area control centres (ACC) for the collection, processing and dissemination of aircraft movement information for use by air defence units.
Industry:Aviation
(1) ICAO: Air traffic control service for arriving or departing controlled flights.
(2) U.S.: ATC service provided by an approach control facility for arriving and departing VFR/IFR aircraft and, on occasion, en route aircraft. At some airports not served by an approach control facility, the air route traffic control centre (ARTCC) provides limited approach control service.
Industry:Aviation
A mobile service between aeronautical stations and aircraft stations, or between aircraft stations, in which survival craft stations may participate; emergency position-indicating radio beacon stations may also participate in this service on designated distress and emergency frequencies.
Note: Frequencies allocated by Industry Canada to this service may have the identifier (R) or (OR) to indicate which frequency is to be used: on air route (R) or off-route (OR).
Industry:Aviation
