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HOMING MISSILE [29 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-02-20

English

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

After the incoming target aircraft has approached within attacking distance, the target was handed off to the HIPIR for final tracking. Upon launch of the Hawk missile, the target was illuminated by the HIPIR. The reflected radar signal is the homing signal for the launched missile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-11-28

English

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

The advanced short range air-to-air missile(ASRAAM)... is an imaging infrared homing air-to-air missile... that is designed for close-range combat... The ASRAAM is designed to allow the pilot to fire and then turn away before the opposing aircraft can close for a shot.

OBS

advanced short-range air-to-air missile; ASRAAM: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

OBS

advanced short-range air-to-air missile; ASRAAM: designations extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office in Geneva.

French

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

missile air-air perfectionné à courte portée; MAAPCP : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

missile air-air perfectionné à courte portée; missile air-air évolué à courte portée : désignations tirées 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 4 2022-03-07

English

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

A missile that can travel at hypersonic speeds to counter time-critical threats.

CONT

The Erint is a hypersonic missile with active radar terminal homing and a kinetic energy kill.

French

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

Les missiles hypersoniques constituent des menaces redoutables. Ils se déclinent en plusieurs variantes, stratégiques, tactiques, à charge nucléaire ou conventionnelle. Ils sont un défi pour tous les systèmes de défenses militaires. Ces armes volent entre 10 et 20 fois la vitesse du son, à basse altitude en faisant des zigzags vers leurs cibles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
  • Armas de tecnología avanzada
CONT

Las informaciones afloradas acerca del posible lanzamiento de un misil hipersónico con capacidad nuclear y apto para dar la vuelta a la Tierra antes de golpear su objetivo han desatado una ola global de inquietud e interés por comprender el alcance real de las capacidades chinas y en general el estado de la competición entre potencias en este desestabilizante sector armamentístico.

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Record 5 2015-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

In bistatic radar, the transmitter and receiver are separated. As the receiver is purely passive, it is less susceptible to detection, jamming and anti-radiation missiles. This is also the arrangement used in semi-active radar homing missiles, where the transmitter is ground based and the receiver is in the missile nose.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-09-02

English

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

[A method of homing navigation] in which the missile turning rate is proportional to the rate of change of line of sight between missile and target.

French

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

Suivant une trajectoire de navigation proportionnelle, son autodirecteur semi-actif le guide vers la cible illuminée en permanence par un puissant faisceau électromagnétique provenant du bâtiment porteur.

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

It is perhaps only natural that this vastly superior weapon, which provides not only more range, but inertial mid-course guidance and active radar terminal homing, should be used as the basis for a new medium/long-range surface-to-air missile.

Key term(s)
  • inertial midcourse guidance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Dans la catégorie air-air, le Sparrow est en voie de remplacement (au moins dans l'US Air Force) par le Hughes/Raytheon AIM-120 (Amraam) nettement plus performant: portée accrue, guidage inertiel sur trajectoire et autodirecteur à radar actif en phase terminale.

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-11-01

English

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

The Erint [extended-range interceptor] is a hypersonic missile with active radar terminal homing and a kinetic energy kill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

L'Erint (extended-range interceptor) est un missile hypersonique à guidage terminal à radar actif et charge militaire à énergie cinétique.

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Torpedoes
OBS

homing head : An on-board electromagnetic, optical or acoustic device designed to automatically guide a missile or torpedo to its target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Torpilles
OBS

autodirecteur : Dispositif de bord électromagnétique, optique ou acoustique, servant à guider automatiquement un missile ou une torpille vers l'objectif.

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

It is equipped with the passive infrared homing head derived from Matra's Magic 2 air-to-air missile.

Key term(s)
  • passive infra-red seeker
  • passive infra red seeker
  • passive infra-red homing head
  • passive infra red homing head

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Son autodirecteur infrarouge passif est dérivé de celui du missile air-air Matra Magic 2.

Key term(s)
  • autodirecteur infra rouge passif
  • autodirecteur infra-rouge passif

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A Navy air-to-air missile having infrared homing guidance and a speed of over Mach 2.

OBS

When launched from an airplane, the missile seeks and hits an enemy bomber or fighter target by homing on the heat emitted by the target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Missile tactique air-air bénéficiant d'un autodirecteur infrarouge capable de détecter la source chaude émise par l'avion adverse.

Spanish

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Record 12 2003-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
Key term(s)
  • missile auto-guidé

Spanish

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Record 13 2002-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 14 2002-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A system of homing distance wherein the receiver in the missile utilizes radiations from the target which has been illuminated by an outside source.

OBS

semi-active homing guidance: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Méthode de guidage dans laquelle le récepteur incorporé au missile utilise les radiations émises par l'objectif éclairé par une source extérieure.

OBS

guidage semi-actif : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

guidage semi-actif : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des Munitions.

Spanish

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

Sistema de guía en el que el receptor del misil utiliza radiaciones que provienen del blanco que ha sido iluminado por una fuente exterior.

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Record 15 2002-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A system of homing guidance wherein the receiver in the missile utilizes radiation from the target.

OBS

passive homing guidance: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Méthode de guidage dans laquelle le récepteur incorporé au missile utilise les radiations émises par l'objectif.

OBS

guidage passif : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

guidage passif : terme uniformisé 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 de guía en el que el receptor en el misil utiliza radiación procedente del blanco.

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Record 16 2001-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
OBS

Homing : A method by which a missile or rocket automatically locates and directs itself toward the target using infrared, radar or electro-optical guidance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes

Spanish

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Record 17 2000-08-16

English

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

... when the search radar has located the target it can be "locked-on", feeding information to an on-board computer which provides steering information. When the enemy is within missile firing range, the homing of the missile also "locks-on", and the pilot is then instructed to fire his weapons.

French

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

L'ordinateur de bord assiste le pilote en combat, que ce soit pour le tir au canon ou pour le lancement de missiles air-air et air-sol. Il est capable de choisir la trajectoire la plus favorable pour conduire l'avion jusqu'à l'interception et de commander le tir [...]

Spanish

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Record 18 1992-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 19 1989-11-06

English

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

The first major contract for a D-HUD system has been for the US Air Force LANTIRN(Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infra-Red for Night) programme, which is to provide the F-16 and A-10 aircraft with a night and below-the-weather capability by the addition of two pods carrying a forward-looking infra-red sensor, together with automatic target recognition, automatic handover equipment for the infra-red homing Maverick missile, automatic laser tracker and target designator and a terrain-following/navigation radar from Texas Instruments.

Key term(s)
  • terrain-following radar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
CONT

Le premier contrat important signé pour un système D-HUD s'applique au programme LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infra-Red for Night). Ce système est conçu pour donner aux F-16 et A-10 une capacité nuit/tout-temps grâce à l'emport de deux nacelles renfermant une caméra thermique (FLIR), divers équipements pour la détection, l'acquisition et la poursuite automatique des cibles et le transfert des données à l'autodirecteur IR du missile Maverick, ainsi qu'un radar de suivi de terrain/navigation de Texas Instruments.

Spanish

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Record 20 1989-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Interference
  • Remote Sensing
OBS

That piece of equipment is a part of the infra-red homing head used for the Japanese TAN SAM surface-to-air missile system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perturbations radio
  • Télédétection

Spanish

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Record 21 1987-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 22 1987-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 23 1985-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 24 1985-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 25 1984-10-22

English

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

an agile missile, the small homing interceptor, is guided by the on-board radar and steered by a band of more than 100 small solid-rocket motors that girdle the body forward of the center of gravity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
  • Missiles et roquettes
Key term(s)
  • intercepteur à tête chercheuse

Spanish

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Record 26 1984-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 27 1982-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

The LSI TACAN Guidance Augmentation System was the first [Lear Siegler] Astronics [Division] drone autopilot with homing capability, enabling the Drone to simulate a variety of incoming anti-ship missile threats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Le système d'augmentation de guidage LSI TACAN a été le premier pilote automatique pour engin téléguidé d'Astronics à offrir un guidage radio vers une station émettrice, permettant à des engins téléguidés de simuler une grande variété d'attaques par missiles anti-navires.

Spanish

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Record 28 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

(Viggen).

Spanish

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Record 29 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
OBS

... in missile homing head

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

[...] dans la tête chercheuse du missile.

Spanish

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