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What does Sextant mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (astronomy) The constellation Sextans.
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On FMS, Sextant is developing, together with Smiths, a new FMS for Airbus aircraft and they have secured two thirds of the orders for new aircraft.
A compass, sextant and charts were the necessary tools for plotting a course.
In the afternoon we hove to and tried to get the boat still enough for Ken to shoot the sun with a sextant.
The parties' main competitors are Rockwell Collins and Sextant, but there are also smaller players such as Litton and Smiths Industries, who do not produce a range of avionics products.
Consequently, Honeywell will have a commercial advantage over Rockwell Collins and Sextant, the only two competitors supplying integrated avionics suites.
Sextant estimates that the flag comes into full view in less than one second.

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