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Airborne aircraft carrier
An airborne aircraft carrier, also called a flying aircraft carrier, is a large aircraft that carries, launches, and recovers smaller parasite aircraft in flight, from USS Akron to DARPA's Gremlins.
Airborne Collision Avoidance System X
Airborne Collision Avoidance System X (ACAS X) is a family of collision avoidance systems for aircraft, developed to succeed TCAS II with optimized lookup-table logic.
Airborne early warning and control
Airborne early warning and control (AEW&C), often called AWACS, is the military mission of flying radar and command crews aboard aircraft to detect distant targets and direct fighters.
Airborne electromagnetic survey
An airborne electromagnetic survey is a geophysical method in which aircraft carry or tow electromagnetic transmitters and receivers to map ground conductivity, first tested in Canada in 1948.
Airborne forces
Airborne forces, also called airborne troops, are military units trained to enter combat by parachute, glider, or aircraft landing, seizing objectives behind enemy lines before reinforcement by air.
Airborne fraction
The airborne fraction is the fraction of human CO2 emissions remaining in the atmosphere rather than absorbed by land and ocean sinks, averaging about 44 percent since 1959.
Airborne laser scanning
Airborne laser scanning (ALS) is a remote sensing method in which an aircraft-mounted lidar measures ground and vegetation distances to produce 3D point clouds and terrain models.
Airborne mine countermeasures
Airborne mine countermeasures (AMCM) is the use of aircraft, chiefly helicopters towing minesweeping gear, to find and clear naval mines while staying above the minefield.
Airborne Mine Countermeasures Weapon Systems Training School
The Airborne Mine Countermeasures Weapon Systems Training School was the United States Navy's school at Naval Station Norfolk for training MH-53E Sea Dragon aircrews in mine countermeasures.
Airborne Public Safety Association
The Airborne Public Safety Association (APSA), founded in 1968 as the Airborne Law Enforcement Association, supports safe public safety aviation and is headquartered in Frederick, Maryland.
Airborne snow observatory
The Airborne Snow Observatory (ASO) is a NASA airborne system pairing scanning lidar with an imaging spectrometer to map mountain snow depth and snow water equivalent, first flown in 2013.
Airborne weather radar
Airborne weather radar is an aircraft-mounted radar that detects precipitation and other hazardous weather ahead of the plane, displaying it so the flight crew can plan a route around storms.
Airborne wind energy
Airborne wind energy (AWE), also known as kite power or high-altitude wind energy, uses tethered kites, aircraft, or aerostats to generate electricity from winds far above the reach of tower-mounted turbines.
Airbourne (band)
Airbourne, an Australian hard rock band formed in 2001, is known for its straightforward, high-energy style in the Aussie pub rock tradition, led by brothers Joel and Ryan O'Keeffe.
Airbus
Airbus, formally Airbus SE, is a European aerospace corporation headquartered in Toulouse, France, founded in 1970, that makes commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense systems, and space equipment alongside Boeing.
Airbus A220
The Airbus A220, formerly the Bombardier C Series, is a family of narrow-body airliners built at Mirabel, Quebec, seating 100 to 160 passengers on routes up to 3,600 nautical miles.
Airbus A300
The Airbus A300 is a twin-engine widebody airliner by Airbus, the world's first twin-aisle twinjet, which first flew in 1972 and entered service in 1974.
Airbus A310
The Airbus A310 is a twin-engine wide-body airliner developed by Airbus as a shorter-fuselage, longer-range derivative of the A300, entering service with Lufthansa and Swissair in 1983.
Airbus A318
The Airbus A318 is the smallest member of the Airbus A320 family, a shortened single-aisle airliner for roughly 100 to 107 passengers that entered commercial service in July 2003.
Airbus A319
The Airbus A319 is a shortened-fuselage, twin-engine airliner in the A320 family, seating up to 160 passengers, sharing a common type rating with its siblings, and in service since 1996.
Airbus A320 family
The Airbus A320 family is a series of narrow-body twin-engine jet airliners built by Airbus, first delivered in 1988 as the first commercial aircraft with digital fly-by-wire controls.
Airbus A320neo family
The Airbus A320neo family is a series of re-engined narrow-body Airbus airliners, comprising the A319neo, A320neo, A321neo, and A321XLR, with new engines and Sharklets, in service since 2016.
Airbus A321
The Airbus A321 is the longest-fuselage member of the A320 family of narrow-body twinjet airliners, seating 170 to 220, with long-range A321LR and A321XLR variants.
Airbus A321neo
The Airbus A321neo is the largest-fuselage member of Airbus's A320neo family, a re-engined A321 single-aisle airliner seating 180 to 220, first delivered to Virgin America in 2017.
Airbus A330
The Airbus A330 is a twin-engine, twin-aisle widebody airliner produced by Airbus since 1993, with more than 1,600 delivered in passenger, freighter, and tanker versions.
Airbus A330 MRTT
The Airbus A330 MRTT (KC-30, Voyager) is a military aerial refueling and transport aircraft derived from the Airbus A330-200, serving ten operators outside the United States.
Airbus A330neo
The Airbus A330neo is a re-engined and aerodynamically updated version of the Airbus A330 wide-body twinjet, launched in 2014 in two passenger variants, the A330-900 and A330-800.
Airbus A340
The Airbus A340 is a four-engine, long-range wide-body airliner developed by Airbus alongside the twin-engine A330. First flown in 1991, it entered service in 1993, and 377 were built before production ended in 2011.
Airbus A350
The Airbus A350, or A350 XWB, is a family of long-range wide-body twin-engine jetliners built by Airbus, seating 300 to 410 passengers with the first delivery in 2014.
Airbus A380
The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, four-engine wide-body airliner by Airbus, the largest passenger aircraft ever built; 251 were delivered before production ended in 2021.