- Industry: Government; Military
- Number of terms: 79318
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The facilities, equipment, communications, procedures, and personnel essential to a commander for planning, directing, and controlling operations of assigned forces pursuant to the missions assigned.
Industry:Military
The thickness of a given material which will absorb half the gamma radiation incident upon it. This thickness is inversely proportional to its density and also depends on the energy of the gamma rays.
Industry:Military
Battle Management data files including: battle management message file, object file, track file, discrimination file, engagement file, kill assessment file, and battle management health and status file.
Industry:Military
A ground-based interceptor designed to intercept and destroy RVs in the terminal phase of flight. It may also be assigned to intercept and destroy enemy PBVs and RVs in the midcourse phase. (USSPACECOM)
Industry:Military
A multilateral treaty signed and ratified by both the United States and the (former) Soviet Union. Article IV of the Outer Space Treaty forbids basing nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction in space.
Industry:Military
1. For a single sensor this is the probability that an object will be detected when no object is present. 2. For discrimination, this is the probability that an object which is not a threatening object will be identified as one.
Industry:Military
A test of predetermined critical items to verify their operational characteristics prior to assembly into subsystems. Waivers to this requirement, such as using the end item acceptance tests, are not recommended as a production expediency.
Industry:Military
A selected subset of the system’s technical metrics tracked in Technical Performance Measurement. Critical technical parameters are identified from risk analyses and contract specification or incentivization, and are designed by management.
Industry:Military
The National Test Center, located at Ft. Irwin, CA. A large maneuver area that serves as the Army’s primary testing center for Army maneuver forces. Friendly forces are pitted against “enemy” forces to validate proposed procedures and doctrine.
Industry:Military
A weapon using a non-explosive projectile moving at very high speed to destroy a target on impact. The projectile may include homing sensors and on-board rockets to improve its accuracy, or it may follow a preset trajectory (as with a shell launched from a gun).
Industry:Military
