Distance measuring equipment (DME) is a particular type of radar that’s used for aviation. Planes use it to know how far or close they are to the runway or other obstacles like mountains.

But planes often use VOR to determine a bearing to a known point and DME — distance measuring equipment — to measure the distance to that point. DME operates around 1000 MHz and is little more ...

DME stands for “Distance Measuring Equipment,” an instrument that’s part of the radio navigation suite of many aircraft. DME measures the line-of-sight distance of a plane to a ground ...

Counting CAA’s 231 Omni-DME installations at U.S. airports and beacon stations, and the sets installed by many private aircraft owners, the new systems have cost an estimated $200 million.

Thales is gearing up for its first deliveries of the DME 500, the French group’s fifth-generation distance measuring equipment (DME), which is compatible with existing onboard receivers.

[Avionics Today 04-14-2016] Cobham AvComm’s Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) test option for the ATC-5000NG NextGen Transponder Test Set is now ready for delivery on new test set orders. With ...

Antenna Experts Launches Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) Antenna In India. Date. 2022-11-08 03:06:30 ...

Leonardo’s U.S. Subsidiary, Selex ES Inc., Awarded a Contract for FAA’s Distance Measuring Equipment System. Share. ... (FAA) to continue to build USA’s Distance Measuring Equipment (DME).

1) Is there a standard altitude requirement for retracting and extending the landing gear during approach and landing, or is it primarily dependent on a certain DME (distance measuring equipment)?

HVVi Semiconductors, Inc. announced the company's first products for airborne Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) applications operating in the 1025 to 1150 MHz frequency band. Based on the high ...

Rohde & Schwarz has addressed the need for remote testing of aeronautical radio navigation systems with its SMA100A analogue signal generator which can be used to generate and analyse distance ...