TCAS Demystified – How Collision Avoidance Works Without GPS

TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) illustration showing a commercial aircraft detecting nearby traffic, with Traffic Advisory and Resolution Advisory zones and a cockpit TCAS display.

Aircraft Surveillance In Part 1 of our surveillance series, we looked into why classic Mode S transport aircraft do not broadcast their own GPS coordinates, and how ground networks rely on multilateration (MLAT) to figure out where they are. That brings up a natural question for avionics engineers, technicians, and flight crews alike: If an […]

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