multi-role combat aircraft | MRCA [Abbr.]

multi-role combat aircraft | MRCA [Abbr.]

NATO EF 2000 and Tornado Development, Production & Logistics Management Agency [ NETMA | NATO Multi-Role Combat Aircraft Development and Production Management Agency | NATO European Fighter Aircraft Development, Production and Logistic Management Agency ]

multi-role combat aircraft [ MRCA | multirole combat aircraft ]

NATO Multi-Role Combat Aircraft Management Agency [ NAMMA | NATO Multi-Role Combat Aircraft Development and Production Management Organization ]

fighter aircraft [ combat aircraft | combat plane | fighter plane ]

future combat aircraft

european fighter aircraft | EFA

light combat aircraft | LCA

If brought to completion as planned, the US Joint Strike Fighter is expected to be the single most important programme for shaping the combat aircraft industry over the coming years and could constrain the possibility of developing new European products in this market segment.

* Exported US-built warplanes which are to be equipped with non-US Electronic Warfare Systems must have the equipment installed by the US contractor, which must also supply certain key components.

(54) E.g. beryllium is used in missiles, fighter jets, helicopters and satellites (because it is six times lighter and stronger than steel).

7. Notes with concern that Russia has bolstered its air and naval defences in the Black Sea Basin considerably, deploying new naval defence (anti-ship) missiles (with a range of 600 km, able to reach the Bosphorus) and ensuring that Russian fighter planes control about three quarters of the Black Sea Basin airspace (by practically tripling the number of airports in Crimea); notes, in this regard, that Russia has bolstered its capabilities in both strategic and tactical terms: strategically, long-range bombers, capable of carrying cruise missiles, and reconnaissance aviation operating close to the western shores of the Black Sea, have th ...[+++]e potential to penetrate deep into Central Europe; tactically, two naval infantry brigades – potentially supported by Mistral-type helicopter carriers – pose a significant potential landing threat; welcomes France's decision to reconsider the delivery of the Mistral amphibious assault ships to Russia and salutes France's negotiations to unequivocally and finally cancel this deal;