Interceptor may refer to:

Vehicles

Interceptor aircraft An interceptor aircraft, or simply interceptor, is a type of fighter aircraft designed specifically for the defensive interception role against an attacking enemy aircraft, particularly bombers and reconnaissance aircraft. Aircraft that are ...

(or simply "interceptor"), a type of point defense fighter aircraft designed specifically to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft *

Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor The Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor (colloquially referred to as the CVPI, P71, or P7B) is a four-door, body-on-frame sedan that was manufactured by Ford from 1992 to 2011. It is the police car version of the Ford Crown Victoria, and w ...

, a police car * Ford Interceptor, a 2007 concept car built on a stretched version of the Ford D2C platform * Interceptor 400, a civilian aircraft marque *

USCG Long Range Interceptor The Long Range Interceptor (LRI) is an 11-meter (35 feet) high speed launch vessel designed to be deployed from United States Coast Guard cutters via a rear launching ramp. The Long Range Interceptor is an aluminum boat, powered by Ultrajet brand ...

, a fast small watercraft * Jensen Interceptor, an automobile marque * Honda Interceptor, a motorcycle * Royal Enfield Interceptor, a motorcycle

Plumbing and civil engineering

* Interceptor drain, a type of French drain often used in storm sewer systems * Interceptor sewer, in urban sewerage systems, a large pipe transporting sewage from local trunk sewers to a sewage treatment plant *

Grease interceptor A grease trap (also known as grease interceptor, grease recovery device, grease capsule and grease converter) is a plumbing device (a type of trap) designed to intercept most greases and solids before they enter a wastewater disposal system. Co ...

, another term for a grease trap

Popular culture

Film and television

* '' The Interceptor'', a British drama series on BBC One * ''Interceptor'' (TV series), a British television game show that ran during 1989 * ''Interceptor'' (film), a 2022 film starring Elsa Pataky and Luke Bracey * " Angel Interceptor", a 1977 aircraft piloted by the Angels in the original ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'' and the Falcon Interceptor as piloted by the Angels in ''Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet'' * A type of near-Earth spacecraft in UFO (TV series)#SHADO equipment * "

Pursuit Special The Pursuit Special, also referred to as the Last of the V8 Interceptors, is the iconic black GT Falcon muscle car featuring a distinctive supercharger driven by the title character Mad Max during much of the ''Mad Max'' franchise, where it app ...

" (AKA "V8 Interceptor"), an iconic muscle car in the ''Mad Max'' franchise * Turbo Interceptor, fictional car in the 1986 film ''The Wraith'', ''Interceptor'' also being the German title of the film * HMS ''Interceptor'', a Royal Navy warship from the 2003 film '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl''

Video games

* In computer gaming, spaceships with a similar purpose to interceptor aircraft or spacecraft, such as ... ** TIE Interceptor * '' Interceptor'', a 1976 video game by Taito * ''

F/A-18 Interceptor ''F/A-18 Interceptor'' is a combat flight simulator developed by Intellisoft and published by Electronic Arts for the Amiga in 1988. The player mainly flies the F/A-18 Hornet, but the F-16 Fighting Falcon is also available for aerobatics, free fli ...

'', a 1988 Amiga game by Electronic Arts * '' X-COM: Interceptor'', a 1998 flight-sim/tactical strategy game from the X-COM series

Other

Interceptor Body Armor The Interceptor Multi-Threat Body Armor System (IBA) is a bullet-resistant body armor system that was used by the United States Armed Forces during the 2000s, with some limited usage into the mid-2010s. IBA and its design replaced the older stan ...

, an advanced form of combat protection currently fielded by the United States military *

Interceptor Corporation Interceptor Corporation was a US firm founded in Norman, Oklahoma to develop and market a turboprop-powered version of the Meyers 200, known as the Interceptor 400. In the early 1970s, the market was not yet ready for a turboprop-powered single- ...

Interceptor missile Interceptor may refer to: Vehicles * Interceptor aircraft (or simply "interceptor"), a type of point defense fighter aircraft designed specifically to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft * Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, a police car * ...

, a type of defensive missile used against other missiles in flight *

Interceptor pattern In the field of software development, an interceptor pattern is a software design pattern that is used when software systems or frameworks want to offer a way to change, or augment, their usual processing cycle. For example, a (simplified) typical ...

used in software design, and in aspect-oriented programming *

Interceptor Micros Interceptor Micros, also known as Interceptor Software and later as Interceptor Group, was a British developer/publisher of video games for various 8-bit and 16-bit computer systems popular in Western Europe during the eighties and early ninet ...

, a former Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum video game developer *

Milbemycin oxime Milbemycin oxime, sold under the brand name Interceptor among others, is a veterinary medication from the group of milbemycins, used as a broad spectrum antiparasitic. It is active against worms (anthelmintic) and mites (miticide). Mechanism of ...