Glossary term
PAR4 (pulse acquisition radar)
TERM SUMMARY
PAR4 is a NATO abbreviation for pulse acquisition radar. NATO's glossary of acronyms and abbreviations (AAP-15) gives the French equivalent as radar d'acquisition à impulsions.
- Why it matters
- PAR4 stands for pulse acquisition radar . It is an abbreviation listed in the NATO Glossary of NATO Acronyms and Abbreviations , publication AAP-15, which gives the French equivalent as radar d'acquisition à impulsions...
- Category
- Canadian government procurement terminology
- Reference role
- This term page is designed to be linkable, crawlable, and easy to quote or summarize.
PAR4 stands for pulse acquisition radar. It is an abbreviation listed in the NATO Glossary of NATO Acronyms and Abbreviations, publication AAP-15, which gives the French equivalent as radar d'acquisition à impulsions.
The glossary entry carries the organization code [NASG], which refers to the NATO Air Standardization Group. The cited edition of AAP-15 is dated 27 February 2013. You can read the entry in the NATO glossary archived by NATO Archives.
What the NATO glossary says about PAR4
The glossary treats PAR4 as a fixed abbreviation with a single expansion: pulse acquisition radar. The French line, radar d'acquisition à impulsions, appears beside it, as the glossary is published in both of NATO's official languages. The entry is a terminology record. It tells a reader what the letters stand for and which NATO body the term is attached to.
- Expansion: pulse acquisition radar
- French equivalent: radar d'acquisition à impulsions
- Source publication: AAP-15, Glossary of NATO Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Edition date: 27 February 2013
- Organization code: [NASG], the NATO Air Standardization Group
PAR4 is not PAR3
The same glossary lists PAR3 as precision approach radar. The two abbreviations differ by one digit, but they name different things. A reader who sees "PAR" followed by a number in a specification, a requirements list or a technical annex should read the number as part of the abbreviation and match it to the glossary entry.
- PAR3: precision approach radar
- PAR4: pulse acquisition radar
Where NATO terminology is maintained
AAP-15 is one place to confirm NATO abbreviations. NATO also runs NATOTerm, which it describes as its official terminology database for non-classified military and NATO-relevant terminology. The NATOTerm home page is the starting point for that database. The PAR4 expansion on this page comes from the AAP-15 glossary entry.
Canadian government pages on radar cover different subjects. Environment and Climate Change Canada publishes an overview of weather radar, and the Canadian Coast Guard publishes material on radio aids to marine navigation. Neither is a source for the meaning of PAR4, and neither should be used to interpret it.
What PAR4 means for a supplier bidding on Canadian public contracts
PAR4 is defined by NATO, so a bid team that meets the abbreviation in a document should start with the AAP-15 entry: pulse acquisition radar. Use that expansion when you check requirements, write compliance matrices or label technical content in a proposal.
- Confirm that the tender document, or any NATO reference it cites, uses PAR4 in the same sense as the glossary.
- Do not substitute PAR3 (precision approach radar) for PAR4, or the reverse.
- Where a solicitation supplies its own definitions section, follow it and raise any mismatch with the contracting authority through the stated question process.
- Keep the English and French forms consistent if your bid is bilingual.
This page does not link PAR4 to a particular Canadian buyer, program or contract vehicle. It confirms what the abbreviation means and where NATO records it.