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MISSILE FLIGHT [47 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2024-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
CONT

A quasi-ballistic missile is a category of [short-range ballistic missile] that is largely ballistic but can perform maneuvers in flight or make unexpected changes in direction and range.

Key term(s)
  • quasi ballistic missile
  • semiballistic missile
  • semi ballistic missile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Armes de haute technicité

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Physics
CONT

A missile or space vehicle that enters a planetary atmosphere at hypersonic velocities will dissipate most of its kinetic energy of flight as thermal energy in the gas flowing around the body(usually called the shock layer).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique spatiale
CONT

Une fusée ou un engin spatial qui pénètre dans l'atmosphère d'une planète à des vitesses hypersoniques dissipe la plus grande partie de l'énergie cinétique acquise au cours de son vol sous forme d'énergie thermique contenue dans le gaz qui s'écoule autour de l'engin (ce gaz forme ce qu'on appelle habituellement la couche de l'onde de choc).

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A system which evaluates flight information, correlates it with target data, determines the desired flight path of a missile and communicates the necessary commands to the missile flight control system.

OBS

missile guidance system: designation and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Système qui mesure les données concernant le vol d'un missile, les confronte aux éléments «but», détermine la trajectoire désirée pour le missile et transmet les ordres de vol nécessaires au système de commande des gouvernes.

OBS

système de guidage de missiles : désignation et définition normalisées par l'OTAN.

OBS

système de guidage de missiles : désignation uniformisée par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre et par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
DEF

Sistema que evalúa la información del vuelo en relación con los datos del objetivo, determina la trayectoria deseada y transmite las órdenes necesarias al sistema de control de vuelo del misil, para efectuar correcciones.

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Record 4 2020-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Facilities
  • Range Measurements (Telecommunications)
OBS

Telemetry antennas were used to support very-high-frequency(VHF) and ultra high-frequency(UHF) radio transmissions between a missile in flight and ground control stations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de télécommunications
  • Mesures à distance (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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Record 5 2020-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

The command and control, battle management and communications(C2BMC) system is a software package used by the Missile Defense Agency(MDA) and combatant commands to support and integrate ballistic missile defense systems. C2BMC is responsible for integrating individual BMDS(ballistic missile defense system) components to create a global, networked, and layered missile defense apparatus capable of identifying, tracking, and intercepting ballistic missile threats in all phases of flight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Systèmes d'armes

Spanish

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Record 6 2019-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Air Defence
DEF

A missile designed to acquire, intercept and destroy an enemy strategic/tactical ballistic missile or its re-entry vehicles in flight.

OBS

antiballistic missile; ABM: designations standardized by NATO and officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

OBS

anti-ballistic missile missile; ABM missile: designations extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office in Geneva.

Key term(s)
  • antiballistic missile missile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Défense aérienne
DEF

Missile défensif porteur d'une charge explosive nucléaire ou non, destiné à détruire ou neutraliser un missile balistique adverse.

OBS

missile antimissile balistique; MAMB : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

missile anti-missile balistique : désignation uniformisée par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions.

OBS

missile antimissile balistique; ABM : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

OBS

missile antimissile balistique; missile ABM : désignations reproduites du lexique «Disarmament and Peace Keeping/Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
  • Defensa aérea
CONT

La categoría de los misiles suelo-aire incluye los misiles antimisiles (ABM en la nomenclatura internacional) que, como lo indica su nombre, se destinan a destruir los grandes misiles suelo-suelo (ICBM [misil balístico intercontinental] e IRBM [misil balístico de mediano alcance]) en la zona del espacio extraterrestre (a altitudes de 200 a 300 km) donde alcanzan su máxima elevación.

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Record 7 2019-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A missile launched against a hostile missile in flight.

OBS

anti-missile missile; AMM: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

OBS

anti-missile missile; AMM: designations extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
OBS

missile antimissile; MAM : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

missile antimissile; missile AM : désignations tirées du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Key term(s)
  • missile anti-missiles

Spanish

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Record 8 2019-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

The propulsion section consists of a launch motor and a dual-thrust flight motor. The launch motor ejects the missile from the launch tube.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

L'augmentation en 2015 est associée à la récupération des moteurs de lancement et de vol des missiles Eryx.

Spanish

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Record 9 2019-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Astronautics
CONT

Aerospace systems engineers work primarily in two areas of employment : astronautical, which deals with spacecraft, rocket propulsion systems, and other space-related matters; and aeronautical, or terrestrial aircraft, ranging from small airplanes to large jets, fighter planes, missile guidance systems, and other Earth-bound flight operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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Record 10 2019-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Control Systems (Electronic Instrumentation)
CONT

It was not possible to store data for an entire flight, so smaller segments were stored and used to periodically update a conventional navigation system in what was called a TERCOM-Aided Inertial Navigation System(TAINS). In TAINS, the inertial guidance system navigated the missile from one [terrain contour matching(TERCOM) ] checkpoint to the next, with the computer updating the inertial guidance system and correcting the missile's course.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Systèmes cybernétiques de contrôle et de commande

Spanish

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Record 11 2017-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

CSAR. Microgravity Sciences provided researchers and scientists from Canadian industry and universities with low-cost, high-quality microgravity flight opportunities aboard the Canadian Space Agency Rocket(CSAR), a Black Brandt rocket developed by Bristol Aerospace Ltd. The first rocket, CSAR-1, was launched in March 1992 and carried five experiments; CSAR-2 was launched in December 1994 and also carried five experiments. Both launches took place at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. The Canadian experiments onboard, subjected to six minutes of high-quality microgravity conditions, were designed to advance our understanding of the processes and behaviours of materials, which may lead Canada to improving product manufacturing on Earth and enhancing the development of erosion-resistant materials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

CSAR. Le groupe des sciences en microgravité offre aux scientifiques qui œuvrent dans les milieux industriels et universitaires canadiens des occasions de vol en microgravité de qualité à des coûts relativement faibles à bord de la fusée d'expérimentation de l'Agence spatiale canadienne CSAR (pour Canadian Space Agency Rocket). Il s'agit d'une fusée de type Black Brant mise au point par la société Bristol Aerospace Ltd. Première de sa série, la fusée CSAR-1 a été lancée en octobre 1992 avec cinq expériences à son bord. CSAR-2 a été lancée en décembre 1994, transportant elle aussi cinq expériences. Les deux lancements ont eu lieu à partir du White Sands Missile Range, à White Sands au Nouveau-Mexique. Les expériences canadiennes, qui ont été soumises à des conditions de microgravité de grande qualité pendant six minutes, avaient pour but d'aider les chercheurs à mieux comprendre les comportements des matériaux et les procédés connexes et ainsi permettre au Canada d'améliorer les procédés de fabrication terrestre et de contribuer au développement de matériaux résistants à l'érosion.

Spanish

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Record 12 2016-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Helicopters (Military)
DEF

A system that includes all equipment to control automatically the flight of an aircraft or missile to a path or attitude described by references internal or external to the aircraft or missile.

OBS

automatic flight control system; AFCS: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

automatic flight control system; AFCS: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces and by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Hélicoptères (Militaire)
DEF

Système comprenant tout ce qui est nécessaire au contrôle automatique du vol d'un aéronef ou d'un engin sur une trajectoire fixée ou vers une position définie par des points particuliers situés à l'intérieur ou à l'extérieur de l'aéronef ou engin.

OBS

commandes automatiques de vol; CADV : terme, abréviation et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

commandes automatiques de vol; AFCS; système de vol automatique : termes et abréviation uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

OBS

commandes automatiques de vol; CADV : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes et par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Circuitos de las aeronaves
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
  • Helicópteros (Militar)
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Record 13 2014-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Maneuvering of Ships
DEF

The rotation of an aircraft, ship or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane.

OBS

yaw: term and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

yaw: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Manœuvre des navires
DEF

Rotation d'un aéronef ou d'un navire [ou d'un missile] autour de son axe de lacet (axe vertical passant par son centre de gravité).

OBS

Elle a pour effet de changer l'orientation de l'axe longitudinal.

OBS

lacet : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

lacet : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI) et par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance et Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Maniobras de las aeronaves
  • Misiles y cohetes
  • Maniobras de los buques
DEF

Movimiento de control de una aeronave alrededor de su eje vertical.

OBS

guiñada: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 14 2012-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Flights (Air Transport)
OBS

flight path : The line connecting the successive positions occupied, or to be occupied, by an aircraft, missile or space vehicle as it moves through air or space.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Vols (Transport aérien)
OBS

trajectoire de vol réelle : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) – Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
  • Vuelos (Transporte aéreo)
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Record 15 2012-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A guidance system wherein data transmitted to the missile from an outside source causes the missile to traverse a directed flight path.

OBS

command guidance: term standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Système de guidage dans lequel les données transmises au missile par une source extérieure amènent celui-ci à infléchir une trajectoire de vol préétablie.

OBS

guidage télécommandé : terme normalisé par l'OTAN et uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie de l'artillerie antiaérienne.

OBS

téléguidage : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
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Record 16 2012-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
DEF

The flight path of a projectile, missile, rocket or satellite.

OBS

ISO distinguishes between spatial trajectory, path and trajectory (temporal path).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
DEF

Ligne courbe décrite dans l'espace par un astre ou par un engin spatial.

OBS

L'allongement de la trajectoire est déterminé par la vitesse du corps qui la décrit.

Spanish

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Record 17 2011-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

The ground-based portion of a missile guidance system necessary to provide guidance during missile flight.

OBS

guidance station equipment: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Partie «sol» de l'équipement utilisée pour le guidage d'un missile au cours de son vol.

OBS

équipement de guidage au sol : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de armas
  • Misiles y cohetes
DEF

Parte del sistema de dirección de proyectiles, basada en tierra, necesaria para guiar al proyectil durante su vuelo.

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Record 18 2011-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A missile which uses aerodynamic forces to maintain its flight path.

OBS

aerodynamic missile: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Missile utilisant des forces aérodynamiques pour maintenir sa trajectoire de vol.

OBS

missile aérodynamique : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN; terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
DEF

Proyectil que utiliza las fuerzas aerodinámicas para mantener su trayectoria, y que generalmente dispone de un sistema de guiado.

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Record 19 2010-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Spacecraft
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
DEF

A constellation of sensor satellites under development by the Air Force which, within the context of NMD [National Missile Defense], would acquire and track ballistic missiles throughout their flight and provide the first estimate of their trajectory to the BMC2 system [Battle Management, Command and Control system].

OBS

SBIRS operational requirements include four mission areas of missile warning, missile defense, technical intelligence, and battlespace characterization.

OBS

Spaced-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) will replace the current Defense Support Program (DSP) and will be a consolidated, cost-effective, flexible system designed to meet U.S. infrared (IR) space-based surveillance and warning needs through the next two or three decades.

Key term(s)
  • space based infrared system
  • Space based IR System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
OBS

Système infrarouge basé dans l'espace : traduction non officielle donnée à titre d'information seulement.

Spanish

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Record 20 2010-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Operations (Air Forces)
OBS

The integrating hardware, software, and organizational structure which will allow the various elements of National Missile Defense to work together as a system and permit the Commander in Chief of the North American Air Defense/United States Space Command(CINCNORAD/CINCSPACE) to control the operations of the integrated NMD system. The two most significant components of the BMC3 system are a Battle Management, Command and Control(BMC2) element that will track targets, plan engagements, and direct and monitor the various facets of a missile defense battle; and an In-flight Interceptor Communications System(IFICS) to link the communications between the BM/C2 and the exoatmospheric kill vehicle(KV) during the latter's flight toward its target.

Key term(s)
  • Battle Management, Command, Control and Communication
  • Battle Management/Command, Control and Communications
  • Battle Management/Command, Control and Communication

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
OBS

Gestion de l'engagement, commandement, contrôle et communication : traduction non officielle donnée à titre d'information seulement.

Key term(s)
  • Gestion de l'engagement, commandement, contrôle et communication

Spanish

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Record 21 2008-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

If targets are to be engaged at a distance, then the time of flight affords the enemy time to detect the missile launch and return fire, either destroying the vehicle or breaking the operator's target lock, thus wasting the missile.

Key term(s)
  • target lock on

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

S'il faut prendre des objectifs à une certaine distance, la durée de trajet donne à l'ennemi le temps de détecter le lancement du missile et de riposter et de détruire le véhicule ou rompre le verrouillage sur la cible, ce qui cause la perte du missile.

Key term(s)
  • verrouillage sur l'objectif
  • accrochage de la cible

Spanish

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Record 22 2007-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
  • Spacecraft
DEF

That part of the ballistic missile flight path that begins at launch and lasts from 80 seconds up to five minules.

CONT

We can distinguish 2 phases of flight; the boost phase [and] the coast phase. The boost phase itself is divided in 3 steps; the ejection of the launcher, the "water boost" phase [and] the "gas boost" phase.

OBS

boost phase: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

La phase de propulsion dure environ 5 minutes depuis le départ du missile jusqu'à une altitude avoisinant 200 km.

OBS

phase de propulsion : terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 23 2007-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
  • Armour
CONT

... accurately point and fire the laser with sufficient energy to destroy the missile while it is still in the highly vulnerable boost phase of flight...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Armes de haute technicité
  • Arme blindée

Spanish

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Record 24 2006-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A solid fuel rocket motor with two nozzles protruding through the body of the missile at 3-degree angles.

OBS

During this time, it provides all the momentum necessary for the full flight of the missile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 25 2006-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

The target seeker receives and interprets the radar energy reflected from the target. Then it produces signals that are sent to the flight control section to direct the missile to intercept the target or come within lethal range of it.

Key term(s)
  • flight-control section

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 26 2004-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
CONT

The Missile Defense Agency today awarded Lockheed Martin a $40 million design and risk reduction contract as the next phase of the advanced technology concept demonstration to deliver a high altitude airship(HAA) prototype in 2006. The prototype airship will be about 500 feet long, 160 feet in diameter and have a volume of 5. 2 million cubic feet, about 25 times larger than the blimps seen at athletic events. The prototype HAA that Lockheed Martin will develop include sustained operations for one month at 65, 000 feet while providing 10 kilowatts of power to a 4, 000-pound payload. Additionally, the HAA prototype will demonstrate station-keeping and autonomous flight control capabilities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
CONT

[...] Lockheed Martin] remportait contre son rival Boeing une compétition pour la seconde phase d'études d'un dirigeable stratosphérique. [...] un propotype de 152 m de long, 49 m de diamètre [...] et un volume de 141 000 m³: 25 fois la taille de ceux que l'on voit lors des manifestations sportives, [selon] Lockheed Martin. Ce prototype devra fonctionner à 20 km d'altitude durant un mois, tout en fournissant une puissance de 10 kW à une charge utile de 2 t.

Spanish

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Record 27 2004-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
CONT

Once deployed, SBIRS-High will be able to detect an enemy missile just after it has been launched; track the missile as it progresses along its flight path; figure out the exact moment at which the missile deploys its nuclear, chemical, or biological warhead; and provide reliable data to defence systems(air, land, sea, or space) for their attack on the incoming warhead.

Key term(s)
  • Space Based Infrared System-High
  • Space-Based Infrared System High
  • Space Based Infrared System High

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
CONT

Les satellites SBIRS High seront chargés de la détection des tirs de missiles et de la poursuite transhorizon et devront fournir aux systèmes de commandement et de contrôle les premières estimations de trajectoire.

Spanish

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Record 28 2004-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Flights (Air Transport)
DEF

A visible cloud streak, usually brilliantly white in colour, which trails behind a missile or other vehicle in flight under certain conditions. [Definition standardized by NATO. ]

DEF

A trail of water droplets or ice particles produced by an aircraft engine exhaust when the humidifying effect of the water vapour exceeds the opposed heating effect of the exhaust.

OBS

contrail: term standardized by the British Standards Institution (BSI).

OBS

condensation trail: term standardized by NATO.

OBS

These terms are not to be confused with distrail, exhaust trail, or aerodynamic trail.

OBS

condensation trail; contrail: terms officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Key term(s)
  • adiabatic trail

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Vols (Transport aérien)
DEF

Bande nuageuse visible, habituellement brillante et de couleur blanche, qui se forme, sous certaines conditions, à l'arrière d'un missile ou autre véhicule en vol.

OBS

traînée de condensation : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

Il ne faut pas confondre la traînée de condensation avec les traînées de dissipation, d'échappement ou de détente.

OBS

traînée de condensation : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes et par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Key term(s)
  • traînée de condensation adiabatique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Vuelos (Transporte aéreo)
DEF

Traza blanquecina que deja un reactor cuando la humedad y la temperatura a gran altura provocan su formación.

OBS

estela de condensación: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

Key term(s)
  • estela adiabática
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Record 29 2003-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

The original TOW missile had a diameter of 5 inches and a range of 3000 meters. Considerable improvements have been made to the missile since 1970. The improved TOW(ITOW missile) was delivered in 1982. This missile has a 5-inch diameter warhead, and includes an extended probe for greater standoff and penetration. An enhanced flight motor was included in the ITOW, increasing the missile's range to 3750 meters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 30 2003-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

The data is processed and displayed for use by both external range customers, such as the missile manufacturer, and internal customers, such as missile flight safety.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

[...] développement du missile air-air Météor par MBDA, le missilier européen [...]

OBS

Les lettres MBD désignent la société Matra Bae Dynamics, qui a fusionné avec une division d'Alenia Marconi Systems pour former une société qui portera le nom de MBDA.

Spanish

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Record 31 2002-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Military (General)
OBS

The Goodyear Aircraft Corporation developed ATRAN(Automatic Terrain Recognition And Navigation), a radar map-matching system) in which the return from a radar scanning antenna was matched with a series of "maps" carried on board the missile which corrected the flight path if it deviated from the film map. The company began lab tests in March 1948, flight tests in October of that year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Militaire (Généralités)
Key term(s)
  • Reconnaissance du terrain et navigation automatiques

Spanish

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Record 32 2002-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Control Systems (Electronic Instrumentation)
  • Space Centres
CONT

One of the famous stories at Camp Happiness was about the blast deflectors at the Cape Canaveral launch pad. Apparently, the first time a bird was launched, the fin mounted ARW-59 Command Guidance(Range Safety) antennae blew off and down into the tunnel. The debris blew out the tube and up into the overhead power lines, causing loss of power at the entire complex, particularly the Range Safety Officer's Console. While the missile was last seen disappearing into the cloud cover headed down range, a piece of the honeycomb wing washed up on the Florida beach not long after, proving the "Fail Safe" backup system had destructed the bird in flight.

Key term(s)
  • safety officer console

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes cybernétiques de contrôle et de commande
  • Centres spatiaux
Key term(s)
  • pupitre responsable de sauvegarde

Spanish

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Record 33 2002-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Sea Operations (Military)
DEF

A cruise missile capable of being launched from a submerged or surfaced submarine or from a surface ship.

CONT

The U. S. SLCM [sea-launched cruise missile] under development is sized for launch from standard submarine torpedo tubes... The SLCM is to be developed in both strategic and tactical variants, the former being able to carry a nuclear warhead about 1500 nm. The latter will be designed to be launched from surface ships as well as submarines, primarily as a non-nuclear anti-ship missile with a range of up to several hundred miles. The SLCM will have a low cruise altitude flight profile and will have a high accuracy. The Soviet Union currently has SLCMs of a shorter range deployed on both nuclear-and diesel-powered submarines and surface ships.

OBS

sea-launched cruise missile; SLCM; Slickum: terms and abbreviation extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Key term(s)
  • sea launched cruise missile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
OBS

missile de croisière à lanceur naval : Le terme lanceur relève davantage de l'astronautique que de l'armement et ne nous paraît pas juste, bien que cet équivalent soit utilisé à l'OTAN.

OBS

missile de croisière tiré à partir de la mer; missile de croisière à lanceur maritime; missile de croisière lancé par mer : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 34 2002-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

The guidance applied to a missile between termination of the launching phase and the start of the terminal phase of flight.

OBS

midcourse guidance: term and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

midcourse guidance: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Guidage appliqué à un missile entre le moment où se termine sa phase de lancement et le moment où commence la phase terminale de sa trajectoire.

OBS

guidage en vol : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

guidage à mi-parcours; guidage en vol : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
DEF

Guía que se aplica a un misil, entre el final de la fase de lanzamiento y el comienzo de la fase terminal del vuelo.

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Record 35 2001-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
  • Marine and River Navigation Aids
DEF

A system which evaluates flight information, correlates it with target data, determines the desired flight path of the missile and communicates the necessary commands to the missile flight control system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
  • Aides à la navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Système qui mesure les données concernant le vol d'un missile, les confronte aux éléments «but», détermine la trajectoire désirée pour le missile et transmet les ordres de vol nécessaires au système de commande des gouvernes.

Spanish

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Record 36 2001-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
DEF

A linear accelerometer using a single-degree-of-freedom gyro having a pendulosity along the spin axis that is servo-driven about the input axis at a rate that balances the torque induced by sensed acceleration along the input axis. The angle through which the servoed axis rotates is proportional to the integral of the sensed acceleration.

CONT

The intercontinental ballistic missiles(ICBM) and submarine-launched ballistic missiles(SLBM) developed over the past 50 years have employed successive generations of increasingly accurate inertial guidance systems. The comparatively short time of guided flight and high acceleration levels characteristic of the ballistic missile application place a premium on accelerometer performance to achieve desired weapon system accuracy. To date, the accelerometer design of choice for strategic missiles has been the Pendulous Integrating Gyroscopic Accelerometer(PIGA) instrument, an accelerometer whose origins trace back to the German V2 rocket, and has been refined through several generations of development to achieve unsurpassed performance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation

Spanish

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Record 37 2001-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
CONT

BAE Systems has delivered the first production Directional Infra Red Countermeasures(DIRCM) anti-missile protection turret. The system is being fitted to transport aircraft and helicopters in service with American and British armed forces and will protect the aircraft from infra red heat-seeking missiles by jamming the seeker... DIRCM is a revolutionary protection system, which is designed to detect the launch of a heat-seeking missile, determine if it is a threat and track its flight, before defeating its seeker head with an emission of infra red energy. The missile loses its lock on the target and very quickly veers off its course and is destroyed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
CONT

Essayé sur AH-64A. Si le Guitar-350 affiche de hautes performances, c'est qu'il a été conçu dès le départ dans l'optique de le compléter d'une tourelle de type DIRCM. L'élément actif de cette tourelle stabilisée est une lampe à arc dont les séquences de fonctionnement sont pilotées par un calculateur de technique de brouillage dans le but de saturer les autodirecteurs des missiles attaquants et de les dévier de leur trajectoire.[...] le meilleur emplacement de cette tourelle se situait au sommet de l'hélicoptère, juste derrière le rotor principal, pour avoir le minimum d'angles morts vis-à-vis de missiles qui attaquent en principe par l'arrière.

Key term(s)
  • tourelle DIRCM

Spanish

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Record 38 2000-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
DEF

The flight path of a ballistic missile fired at an angle to the ground significantly lower than standard launches. Such shots have short flight times and are invisible to line-of-sight radars longer than attacks along conventional arcs.

OBS

Term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
DEF

Trajectoire d'un missile balistique lancé avec un angle de tir sensiblement plus faible.

OBS

Termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 39 1990-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
OBS

flight test : A test by means of actual or attempted flight to see how an aircraft, spacecraft, space-air flying vehicle, or missile flies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne

Spanish

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Record 40 1987-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Space Weapons
OBS

Exoatmospheric flight of the missile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Armes orbitales

Spanish

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Record 41 1987-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

During the simulated flight of the missile, the apparatus compares the sighting errors with maximum permissible errors worked out according to the size of the target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Pendant le vol fictif du missile, l'appareil compare les écarts de visée avec les écarts maximaux admissibles dont la valeur est réglée en fonction de la taille de la cible utilisée.

Spanish

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Record 42 1987-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

... the target must be illuminated during the entire missile flight time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

(...) le seul inconvénient (...) serait d'exiger une éclairage laser de l'objectif pendant toute la durée de vol du missile.

Spanish

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Record 43 1985-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
CONT

And smart hit-to-kill weapons that could destroy ballistic missile in any phase of its flight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales

Spanish

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Record 44 1985-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Board Games
DEF

A short missile that has a weighted pointed shaft at one end and feathers for stability in flight at the other and that is thrown at a dart board in the game of darts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux sur plateaux
DEF

Petit projectile empenné, muni d'une pointe, qui se lance à la main contre une cible.

OBS

(...) le jeu des fléchettes n'est qu'une adaptation moderne de celui des dards [qui] était en usage dès le XVII e siècle.

Spanish

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Record 45 1982-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

The initial phase of the contract covers design, development and flight test of a Programmable Signal Processor(PSP) and Dual Mode Transmitter(DMT). This will provide the [F-16's] APG-66 [fire control radar] with new air-to-air capability to utilize more effectively the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile(AMRAAM), as well as enhance Electronic Counter-Countermeasures(ECCM) and air-to-surface aspects of the radar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

La première phase des travaux couvre la conception, le développement et les essais en vol d'un processeur de signaux programmable (...) et d'un émetteur double mode (...)

Spanish

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Record 46 1981-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

The McDonnell IFFC [Integrated Flight/Fire Control] system, installed in the 57th F-15B two-seater(not the Strike Eagle), uses an Atlis 2 tracker pod in the forward left missile trough and an additional coupler/interface unit similar to the GE 701A 64, 000-word computer from the F-18.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Chez McDonnell Douglas, le système IFFC installé sur le biplace F-15B No 57 de série (qui n'est pas le Strike Eagle) comporte une nacelle de poursuite Atlis 2 montée dans la saignée avant gauche de fuselage (emplacement d'un missile), et un interface-relais supplémentaire analogue au calculateur GE 701A de 64 000 mots emprunté au F-18.

Spanish

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Record 47 1981-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Engineering (Military)
  • Military (General)
  • Weapon Systems
OBS

The entire process by which target intelligence information received by the guided missile is used to effect proper flight control to cause timely direction changes for effective target interception.

OBS

Term(s) officialized by the Department of National Defence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie construction (Militaire)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
  • Systèmes d'armes
OBS

Ensemble du procédé par lequel les renseignements sur l'objectif reçus par le missile sont utilisés par le dispositif de contrôle du vol pour effectuer les changements de direction opportuns qui permettent une interception efficace de la cible.

Spanish

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