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TARGET DRONE [9 records]

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Record 1 2025-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
  • Applications of Automation
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Drone attacks can be conducted by [unmanned combat aerial vehicles] dropping bombs, firing a missile, or crashing into a target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
CONT

The job of an unarmed drone could be to scout, collect, and analyze information from the field to then transmit to other armed drones, whose job is to destroy the target, so they know where best to detonate or strike. Generally, these systems will be integrated with artificial intelligence as well as tools such as GPS [global positioning system], sensors and radars, and cameras.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
CONT

A target tug is an aircraft which tows a drone or otherwise unmanned target, for the purposes of gun or missile target practice. Target tugs are often conversions of transport and utility aircraft, as well as obsolescent combat types. Target Tugs, such as [the] de Havilland Vampire are often painted in high visibility colors to differentiate themselves from the targets they tow.

Key term(s)
  • target-towing aircraft
  • target tug aircraft
  • target-tug
  • target tower

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
DEF

Avion remorquant des objets, ou cibles, sur lesquels des avions ou des canons anti-aériens tirent pour s'entraîner.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Military Training
  • Target Acquisition
CONT

The Firebee was the most widely used jet target drone in the world... Remotely controlled, Firebees are used as realistic "flying bull' s-eyes" that simulate enemy jet aircraft to challenge the missile-firing skills of jet pilots and ground crews.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
  • Acquisition d'objectif

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Military Training
  • Target Acquisition
OBS

target drone : term(s) extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
  • Acquisition d'objectif
Key term(s)
  • drone cible

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Military Training
  • Target Acquisition
DEF

A flying target whose trajectory may be altered remotely.

CONT

An unmanned, remote-controlled target drone(BMQ-74E) was used to fly a hostile-attack pattern simulating an enemy missile attack on Stennis.

Key term(s)
  • remote controlled target drone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
  • Acquisition d'objectif
DEF

Cible volante dont la trajectoire peut être modifiée à distance.

OBS

drone-cible téléguidé : 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 7 2006-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
CONT

The radar [of the Navy Global Hawk drone] features... a moving target acquisition mode that refines the position and velocity of vessels detected by the radar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif

Spanish

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Record 8 1987-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

Beech Aircraft will supply 15 model 1904 supersonic rocket-powered target drones to the French Air Force.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Beech Aircraft livrera à l'armée de l'air française 15 engins-cible supersoniques type 1904.

Spanish

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