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MULTIROLE AIRCRAFT [6 records]

Record 1 2021-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Operations (Air Forces)
CONT

A multirole combat aircraft(MRCA) is a combat aircraft intended to perform different roles in combat. A multirole fighter is a multirole combat aircraft which is, at the same time, also a fighter aircraft; in other words, an aircraft whose various roles include, among others, the role of air-to-air combat.

OBS

multirole combat aircraft; MRCA : designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

OBS

multi-role combat aircraft ; MRCA: designations extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
OBS

aéronef de combat multirôle; ACMR : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

aéronef de combat multirôle; ACMR : 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 2 2017-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Air Forces
DEF

[An aircraft] designed for different roles such as tactical support, transport, or attack.

Key term(s)
  • multi-role aircraft

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Forces aériennes
DEF

Aéronef conçu pour effectuer plusieurs types de missions, avec ou sans changement de configuration.

OBS

aéronef polyvalent : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 20 septembre 2016.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-10-21

English

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

The RBE2(radar à balayage électronique 2 plans) is a multirole radar developed during the 90s for the French Dassault Rafale combat aircraft. The RBE2 uses a passive electronically scanned array(PESA).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
CONT

Le radar RBE2 (radar à balayage électronique 2 plans) est un radar multifonctions développé en France à partir des années 1990 [...] pour équiper l'avion de combat Dassault Rafale.

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Program Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Air Materiel Maintenance
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter(JSF) program involves the development, production and sustainment of a stealthy, multirole fighter aircraft. Globally, the F-35 JSF is the largest fighter aircraft program... Canada is one of nine countries in the F-35 JSF program, along with the U. S., UK, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, Norway, Denmark and Australia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes (Forces armées)
  • Maintenance du matériel de l'air
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

[Ce programme] englobe la conception, la production et l'entretien d'un chasseur furtif polyvalent. Le programme d'ACI est le programme d'avions de combat le plus important au monde [...] Le Canada est l'un des neuf pays partenaires du programme d'ACI, aux côtés des États-Unis, du Royaume-Uni, de l’Italie, des Pays Bas, de la Turquie, de la Norvège, du Danemark et de l'Australie.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industries - General
  • Production Management
CONT

The term [hardware] is often used in regard to the stage of development, as in the passage of a device or component from the design stage into the hardware stage as the finished object.

CONT

However, the only such aircraft so far to have reached the hardware stage is Sweden's multirole AS39 Gripen, which also has the distinction of being the first of Western Europe's new composite-built canard delta fighters to enter service.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries - Généralités
  • Gestion de la production
CONT

Cette ligne de 400 m de long a permis de passer du stade matières premières au stade produit fini en attente de livraison et de transformation.

CONT

Mais dans cette categorie, le JAS39 Gripen suedois polyvalent est le seul projet qui soit arrivé au stade produit fini.

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Weapon Systems (Air Forces)
  • Aircraft Systems
CONT

As a stop-gap, the company has a very useful interim multirole combat aircraft in the form of the Mirage 2000-5, which is derived from the French Air Force Mirage 2000DA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Systèmes d'armes (Forces aériennes)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
CONT

L'avionneur francais est egalement en mesure d'offrir à court terme un autre chasseur polyvalent très attractif, le Mirage 2000-5 dérivé du Mirage 2000DA de l'Armée de l'air française.

Spanish

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