identification friend or foe

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identification friend or foe

noun

  1. uncountable In a civilian aircraft: a transponder that responds by sending a code identifying itself.
  2. uncountable In a military aircraft: a transponder that responds by sending a similarly coded signal, only when detecting a code indicating the radar is part of the friendly forces' network.

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noun identification friend or foe (IFF)

DeutschFreund-Feind-Erkennung
Italianoidentificazione amico o nemico

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@misc{identification_friend_or_foe_2026,
  title = {identification friend or foe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/identification%20friend%20or%20foe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}