taws

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

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2021

The helicopter carrying Bryant and the others lacked a TAWS, a terrain awareness and warning system.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 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

TAWS, a partnership of Montgomery County Public Schools, Montgomery College, University of Maryland Global Campus and Pearson Online, has given these special young people the support they need to reach their goals.

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2019