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ELECTRONIC COMBAT [16 records]

Record 1 2019-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
  • Weapon Systems (Land Forces)
  • Weapon Systems (Air Forces)
  • Weapon Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

[The] simulators are sufficiently accurate to permit the developers of electronic combat systems to test their devices in a controlled, ground-based environment with great fidelity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
  • Systèmes d'armes (Forces terrestres)
  • Systèmes d'armes (Forces aériennes)
  • Systèmes d'armes (Forces navales)

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Warfare
OBS

electronic combat; EC : designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre électronique
OBS

combat électronique; EC : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Training
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Flight Simulators (Aeroindustry)
CONT

An ACSO/AES Op [air combat systems officer/airborne electronic sensor operator] instructional mission is defined as a flight or simulator session.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Simulateurs de vol (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Pour un OSCA [officier de systèmes de combat aérien] ou un Op DEA [opérateur de détecteurs électroniques aéroportés], une mission d'instruction se définit comme une séance en simulateur ou un vol.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
OBS

According to explanations given by a member of the CF18 Project Office, Department of National Defence, Ottawa, this term refers to a physical area over which air combat simulation takes place. Transceivers and other types of electronic equipment are dispersed at "strategic" locations over the range to ensure communication between the aircraft and a home station and to transmit and record data concerning the simulated mission.

Key term(s)
  • air combat maneuvering range
  • air combat manoeuvering range

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
DEF

A part of a force which is able to conduct operations.

OBS

A force normally includes the following components : manoeuvre, fire support, air defence, electronic warfare, aviation, mobility, counter-mobility and survival, command and control, and combat service support.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
DEF

Partie d'une force pouvant mener des opérations.

OBS

Une force comporte normalement les éléments suivants : manœuvre, appui-feu, défense antiaérienne, guerre électronique, aviation, mobilité, contre-mobilité et survie, commandement et contrôle, et soutien au combat.

OBS

élément de capacité de combat : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
CONT

RBE2/AESA "active electronically scanned array" radar. The Rafale is the first operational... European combat aircraft to use an electronic scanning radar.... Compared to radars with conventional antennas, unprecedented levels of situational awareness are attained with earlier detection and tracking of multiple targets. With its superior beam agility and its enormous computing power, the RBE2 offers outstanding performance that cannot be replicated by mechanical scanning radars.

OBS

RBE2: from the French "radar à balayage électronique 2 plans."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
CONT

Le radar RBE2/AESA à balayage électronique et à antenne active. - Le Rafale est le premier [...] avion de combat européen à utiliser un radar à balayage électronique. [...] Le balayage électronique apporte une perception inégalée de la situation tactique, avec une détection et une poursuite améliorées en environnement multicibles. L’agilité de son faisceau, permise par le balayage électronique, et sa vitesse de calcul rendent le RBE2 [radar à balayage électronique 2 plans] capable de performances et de modes d’utilisation non accessibles aux radars à antenne mécanique.

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • IT Security
CONT

Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation(CASL) seeks to protect Canadians and Canadian businesses by creating a regulatory framework to combat spam and other electronic threats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

La Loi canadienne anti-pourriel (LCAP) vise à protéger les Canadiens et les entreprises canadiennes en créant un cadre réglementaire pour lutter contre les pourriels et les autres menaces électroniques.

Spanish

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Record 8 2008-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Training
  • Electronic Warfare
CONT

There will be three composite squadrons at Comox, British Columbia, and Shearwater, Nova Scotia, for combat support, electronic warfare training and coastal patrol.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
  • Guerre électronique
CONT

Trois escadrons mixtes affectés au soutien au combat, à l'entraînement à la guerre électronique et aux patrouilles côtières seront basés à Comox (Colombie-Britannique) et à Shearwater (Nouvelle-Écosse).

Spanish

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Record 9 2005-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Toys (General)
CONT

Laser Tag is a high tech form of hide and seek. In order to play you must be 48" tall. ... After you are briefed to play, you move into the vesting room. Here you strap on your vest and release your phaser. Prepare to enter the maze and defend yourself and your team. As you enter the maze, lights, sounds, music and fog all help create a heart pounding, adrenaline pumping atmosphere for an awesome gaming experience.

CONT

Laser game... is an interactive combat game played in a real environment full of snares and obstacles.... The players are equipped with electronic fire-arms and electronic vests. This equipment communicates all the time with the computer, evaluates the game and sends the updated results to the displays on players weapons. When the game is over every player receives his own game protocol with his results.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)
CONT

Un super labyrinthe où l'aventure vous attend. "Zappez" vos adversaires et tentez d'atteindre la base ennemie. Le jeu laser est une activité non violente basée sur la stratégie et la précision.

Spanish

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Record 10 2001-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Electronic Warfare
CONT

With weapons comprising two quadruple Harpoon missile launchers, a 76 mm Oto Melara gun and twin 35 mm Oerlikon gun, these well-equipped vessels have the Signaal Tacticos combat data system, Oerlikon-Contraves fire control, Liod optronic director, SRBOC-super rapid blooming offboard chaff launchers and Racal Cutlass electronic support and countermeasures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Guerre électronique
CONT

Ils sont par ailleurs équipés d'un ensemble d'information de combat Signaal Tacticos, d'un poste optronique Liod, d'un lance-leurres SRBOC et du système de CME/CCME Racal Cutlass.

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

With weapons comprising two quadruple Harpoon missile launchers, a 76 mm Oto Melara gun and twin 35 mm Oerlikon gun, these well-equipped vessels have the Signaal Tacticos combat data system, Oerlikon-Contraves fire control, Liod optronic director, SRBOC-super rapid blooming offboard chaff launchers and Racal Cutlass electronic support and countermeasures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
CONT

Ils sont armés de deux rampes quadruples lance-missiles Harpoon, d'un canon de 76 mm Oto Melara et d'un affût double de 35 mm Oerlikon avec conduite de tir Oerlikon-Contraves.

Spanish

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Record 12 2001-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
CONT

There will be three composite squadrons at Comox, British Columbia and Shearwater, Nova Scotia for combat support, electronic warfare training and coastal patrol.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
CONT

Trois escadrons mixtes affectés au soutien au combat, à l'entraînement à la guerre électronique et aux patrouilles côtières seront basés à Comox (Colombie-Britannique) et à Shearwater (Nouvelle-Écosse).

Spanish

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Record 13 2000-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • Intelligence (Military)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
CONT

First and foremost among these is the need for a Command and Control Subordinate System(CCS2). This will be essential for the control of tactical operations and covers five functional areas : manoeuvre, fire support, air defense, intelligence/electronic warfare, and combat service.... CCS2 in the year 2000 will require rapid information gathering, analysis, decision-making and "shotgun" dissemination in near-real time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires

Spanish

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Record 14 1996-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Propulsion of Water-Craft
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

With weapons comprising two quadruple Harpoon missile launchers, a 76 mm Oto Melara gun and twin 35 mm Oerlikon gun, these well-equipped vessels have the Signaal Tacticos combat data system, Oerlikon-Contraves fire control, Liod optronic director, SRBOC(super rapid blooming offboard chaff-launchers) and Racal Cutlass electronic support and countermeasures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Propulsion des bateaux
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
CONT

Ils sont par ailleurs équipés d'un ensemble d'information de combat Signaal Tacticos, d'un poste optronique Liod, d'un lance-leurres SRBOC et du système de CME/CCME Racal Cutlass.

Spanish

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Record 15 1996-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Propulsion of Water-Craft
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

With weapons comprising two quadruple Harpoon missile launchers, a 76 mm Oto Melara gun and twin 35 mm Oerlikon gun, these well-equipped vessels have the Signaal Tacticos combat data system, Oerlikon-Contraves fire control, Liod optronic director, SRBOC-super rapid blooming offboard chaff launchers and Racal Cutlass electronic support and countermeasures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Propulsion des bateaux
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
CONT

Ils sont par ailleurs équipés d'un ensemble d'information de combat Signaal Tacticos, d'un poste optronique Liod, d'un lance-leurres SRBOC et du système de CME/CCME Racal Cutlass.

Spanish

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Record 16 1988-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Weapons
DEF

A combat zone where either or both combatants have the capability to use conventional, nuclear, chemical, or electronic warfare weapons singly or in any combination to achieve a military objective.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes CBRNE

Spanish

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