PERSONAL LOCATOR BEACON


Meaning of PERSONAL LOCATOR BEACON in English

(*) An emergency radio locator beacon with a two-way speech facility carried by crew members, either on their person or in their survival equipment, and capable of providing homing signals to assist search and rescue operations. Also called PLB. See also crash locator beacon; emergency locator beacon.

DOD English dictionary of military terms.      Английский словарь военных терминов DOD.