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    CATOBAR ("Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery" or "Catapult Assisted Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery") is a system used for the launch...
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  • Compared to the similarly sized Type 075, the Type 076 is expected to have a CATOBAR system of electromagnetic catapult and arresting gears for operating light...
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    barrier-arrested recovery (CATOBAR): these carriers generally carry the largest, heaviest, and most heavily armed aircraft, although smaller CATOBAR carriers may have...
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    (ex-Colossus class) ASW fixed-wing CATOBAR S-2 and helicopters ARA Veinticinco de Mayo – (ex-Colossus class) ASW fixed-wing CATOBAR S-2 and helicopters Brazilian...
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    aircraft carriers. The carrier fleet currently comprises the (CATOBAR) Nimitz-class and (CATOBAR/ EMALS) Gerald R. Ford-class supercarriers. These carriers...
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    (STOVL) with "catapult-assisted take-off, barrier-arrested recovery" (CATOBAR). Aircraft launch under their own power using a ski-jump to assist take-off...
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    Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR) configuration. However, in 2012, after projected costs of the CATOBAR system rose to around twice the original...
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    J-15D, took its maiden flight in 2018. In 2016, the J-15T prototype with CATOBAR capability began test flight at PLA Navy land-based catapult facilities...
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    carrier-based aircraft, which are categorised by the U.S. Navy as follows: CATOBAR is a system used for the launch and recovery of aircraft from the deck...
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  • size and displacement. An Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) CATOBAR system is also under consideration. Its name Vishal means 'Huge' in Sanskrit...
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    take-off and vertical-landing (STOVL) F-35B, and the carrier-based (CV/CATOBAR) F-35C. The aircraft descends from the Lockheed Martin X-35, which in 2001...
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    configuration for its new carriers, the design could also be reconfigured to a CATOBAR configuration for French requirements. The French variant would have most...
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    101,600 t Nuclear CATOBAR Aircraft carrier 22 July 2017 Nimitz Nimitz (CVN-68) 333 333 m (1,093 ft) 101600 101,600 t Nuclear CATOBAR Aircraft carrier 3...
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    Harrier and the F-35B Lightning II). Some future designs might even support CATOBAR operations for light aircraft and UCAVs via aircraft catapults and arresting...
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    designed carrier, and its first capable of catapult-assisted take-offs (CATOBAR); previous Chinese carriers used ski-jumps (STOBAR). Fujian was built by...
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  • requirements, typically between 2,000 feet (610 m) to 3,500 feet (1,100 m). CATOBAR (catapult assisted takeoff but arrested recovery) is a system used for...
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    be modified for Catapult Assisted Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR) operations. As an interim measure, Navy will procure Rafale M or Boeing...
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  • the worlds navies: Catapult Assisted Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR) Short Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery (STOBAR) Short Take-Off Vertical...
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    1972 and 1978. The Clemenceau-class aircraft carriers are of conventional CATOBAR design. The flight deck is 165.5 m (543 ft) long by 29.5 m (97 ft) wide;...
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    Aviation navale can operate the ASMP-A missile from the Dassault Rafale M (CATOBAR carrier variant). These aircraft are landbased at Landivisiau Naval Air...
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    fuselage, with 181 PGU-47/U APEX rounds. In contrast, the F-35B STOVL and C CATOBAR aircraft mount the GAU-22 in a stealthy external gun pod under the fuselage...
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    vectoring 2D none STOVL none 3D none/3D Takeoff-Landing CTOL CTOL STOVL CATOBAR CTOL CTOL Max speed, Mach 2.25 1.6 1.6 1.6 2.0 2.0 Cruise speed, Mach 1...
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    Fighter 2006 Production 1000+ A-variant CTOL, B-variant V/STOL, C-variant CATOBAR Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel United States UAV Production 20-30 Lockheed...
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    M Similar to Rafale C, but with modifications to allow operations from CATOBAR – equipped aircraft carriers. For carrier operations, the M model has a...
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    essential component of naval aviation, and it is most commonly used on CATOBAR and STOBAR aircraft carriers. Similar systems are also found at land-based...
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  • slur for an Italian-American An optical landing system, as installed on CATOBAR-oriented aircraft carriers A derogatory term for the Japanese military...
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    in Iraq and Afghanistan. The angled flight decks of the carriers use a CATOBAR arrangement to operate aircraft, with steam catapults and arrestor wires...
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    (STOVL) fighter, and a Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR) fighter, each of which has a different unit price and slightly varying...
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    carriers, i.e., the United States Navy and the French Navy, are still using a CATOBAR (Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Recovery) configuration. U.S....
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    groups. Only two nations, the United States and France, presently operate CATOBAR carriers of any size, while Russia, China and India operate sizeable STOBAR...
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