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==History== [[Image:Pictogram TACAN.svg|thumb|upright=0.6|TACAN symbol on [[aeronautical chart]]s]] The TACAN navigation system is an evolution of [[radio]] [[transponder]] navigation systems that date back to the British [[Oboe (navigation)|Oboe system]] of [[World War II]]. In the United States, many companies were involved with the development of TACAN for military aircraft. Hoffman Laboratories Div. of the [[H. Leslie (Les) Hoffman|Hoffman Electronics Corp.–Military Products Division]]<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/missilesrockets5195unse#page/126/mode/2up ''Missiles and Rockets''], July 20, 1959, v. 5, no. 30, p. 127.</ref> (now NavCom Defense Electronics)<ref>http://www.navcom.com/ NavCom Defense Electronics</ref> was a leader in developing the present TACAN system in the US starting in the late 1950s.
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