taws

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Such large turbine helicopters are not required to have a terrain awareness warning system, known as TAWS, to alert a pilot if they are about to fly into rising topography.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2021

The devices, known as TAWS, cost upward of $35,000 per helicopter and require training and maintenance.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2021

Bryant’s helicopter did not have a device called the Terrain Awareness and Warning System, known as TAWS, that signals when an aircraft is in danger of hitting ground.

From Washington Times • Feb. 7, 2020

The agency currently requires terrain warning systems, or TAWS, only for helicopter air ambulance operations.

From Reuters • Feb. 5, 2020

He found it at TAWS, which designed his class schedule around his career goals and work schedule, instead of forcing him to arrange his life around the traditional 10-month, five-days-a-week, six-hours-a-day, on-site high school schedule.

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2019