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PROPELLANT ACTUATED DEVICE [1 record]

Record 1 2017-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Military Equipment
DEF

A rocket powered device releasing controlled propellant energy to perform a work function.

OBS

This device provides propulsion for acceleration/deceleration, stabilization, divergence or deployment.

OBS

propellant actuated device; propellant activated device; PAD: terms and abbreviation officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel, the Ammunition and Explosives Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Matériel militaire
OBS

dispositif actionné par un agent propulsif; DAP; PAD : terme et abréviations uniformisés par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées et par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense.

OBS

dispositif actionné par propergol; DAP; PAD : terme et abréviations uniformisés par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie des explosifs et munitions.

Spanish

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