military aircraft

collocation in English

meaningsofmilitaryandaircraft

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military
adjective
uk
/ˈmɪl.ɪ.tər.i/us
/ˈmɪl.ə.ter.i/
relating to or belonging to the ...
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aircraft
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeə.krɑːft/us
/ˈer.kræft/
any vehicle, with or without an engine, that can fly, such as a plane ...
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(Definition ofmilitaryandaircraftfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The initial aim was to develop real-time aids to helpmilitaryaircraftpilots make decisions using incomplete and confusing data from many sources.
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The breakdown of a robot in an area inaccessible to humans can obviously be costly, and similar considerations apply tomilitaryaircraft, ships and vehicles.
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Design-to-order - specialised civil andmilitaryaircraftand engines that require the manufacturer to design and develop a product from existing technology or knowledge.
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It is not possible, twelve months after the date in question, to state precisely wheremilitaryaircraftactivity was being carried out.
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I have explained that it is not our practice to give precise costs for either development or production programmes in respect ofmilitaryaircraft.
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We havemilitaryaircrafttoday flying at those speeds.
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Militaryaircraftare not required to file flight plans other than if transmitting through civil controlled airspace.
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What preparation is being made for carrying such equipment bymilitaryaircraft?
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Short-term adjustments in the programme have been made to take account of changes in themilitaryaircraftprogramme.
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Debates about the use of words, whether "punitive" or anything else, will not stopmilitaryaircraftcrossing national frontiers.
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They were all convertedmilitaryaircraft; they all had a very low pay-load arid their maintenance system was scattered over a wide and difficult area.
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Quite apart from the manufacture of civil andmilitaryaircraft, we must have an active and live, virile aircraft industry.
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Expenditure on the production ofmilitaryaircraftis running at the rate of some £200 million a year.
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There was no risk to the safety of any civil ormilitaryaircraftduring this period.
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Up to now, 80 per cent, of their business has come frommilitaryaircraft.
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If we needmilitaryaircraft, we want them for the defence of the country, or at any rate for the security of the country.
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We do not wantmilitaryaircraftmerely for the sake of providing people with work.
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I believe that many of ourmilitaryaircraftare far too sophisticated to attract potential buyers among the smaller non-aircraft producing countries.
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We are sponsoring the development of mufflers for current and projectedmilitaryaircraft.
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I made the assumption about civil aircraft because of the word "operator," but about 15 types ofmilitaryaircraftwere sent overseas.
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