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AWACS Mil. (orig. U.S.).|ˈeɪwæks|
Also Awacs.
[Acronym, f. the initial letters of Airborne Warning and Control System.]
An airborne long-range radar system for detecting other aircraft, including low-flying ones, and controlling weapons directed against them.
1966Electronics 8 Aug. 47/1 Two companies received the go-ahead to proceed with the next study phase on the airborne warning and control system (Awacs). 1970Sci. News 7 Feb. 149/1 Joining Safeguard on the upswing are such projects as the AWACS (Airborne Warning Alert Command System), a flying radar station to warn of a missile attack. 1977R.A.F. News 30 Mar. 11/3 A British contribution to a Nato AWACS force..will be very costly. 1977New Yorker 10 Oct. 167/1 One project the President was devoting his attention to was..the proposed sale of an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) to Iran. 1986Daily Tel. 16 Dec. 28/1 The Labour Government chose Nimrod in preference to AWACS in March 1977. |