: a plastic housing sheltering the antenna assembly of a radar set especially on an airplane
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It is equipped with a helipad and a radome, which typically encases an antenna.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Threat level: China at the end of last year unveiled three novel aircraft, including a fighter and an airborne early-warning and control plane with hallmark radome.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
An airborne early-warning and control plane with hallmark radome, based on the Y-20 airlifter.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
The collision damaged the plane's radome and forced one of its engines to shut down.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
The global radome market is estimated to be worth almost USD $3 billion.
—Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
This radome probably bothered the purists more than any other.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
In rainstorms, the radome leaked.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
There was nothing remotely orblike about this radome.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Threat level: China at the end of last year unveiled three novel aircraft, including a fighter and an airborne early-warning and control plane with hallmark radome.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
An airborne early-warning and control plane with hallmark radome, based on the Y-20 airlifter.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
The collision damaged the plane's radome and forced one of its engines to shut down.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
The global radome market is estimated to be worth almost USD $3 billion.
—Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
This radome probably bothered the purists more than any other.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
In rainstorms, the radome leaked.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
There was nothing remotely orblike about this radome.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
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“Radome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radome. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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