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ILS

American  
Aeronautics.
  1. instrument landing system.


ILS British  

abbreviation

  1. instrument landing system

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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However, this button does not work at the airport without ILS but the pilot either did not know it or forgot about it.

From Economist Nov. 23, 2012

Figure 3: Differences in expression and regulation. a, Mean gene expression distance between human and chimpanzee as a function of the proportion of ILS sites per gene.

From Nature Mar. 7, 2012

American start-ups like SpaceX -- brainchild of PayPal founder Elon Musk -- aim to poach business from Ariane and ILS using the Falcon rocket series, but are still in a test phase.

From Reuters Oct. 18, 2011

These lack the strict vertical guidance of an ILS, and your decision point is slightly higher, and slightly farther out, than it would be with an ILS.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2011

This week, AT&T announced it's partnering with four companies that specialize in M2M application development: Axeda, ILS, Sierra Wireless and SensorLogic.

From Inc Feb. 15, 2011

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