: a plastic housing sheltering the antenna assembly of a radar set especially on an airplane
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The aircraft, known as ATHENA (Army Theater-level High-altitude Expeditionary Next Airborne), is a Global 6500 business jet equipped with a radome and a signals intelligence sensor suite.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 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
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
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 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
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
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“Radome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radome. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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