Missile defense

Missile defense

Measures designed to detect, identify, track, and defeat attacking (ballistic) missiles in both strategic and theater tactical roles, during any portion of their flight trajectory (boost, post-boost, midcourse, or terminal) or to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of such attack.

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Missile defense

Ground-Based Interceptor Experiment (GBI-X)

Military; Missile defense

An experiment intended to promote competition in GBI development and infuse advanced technology in its design and manufacture.

drift

Military; Missile defense

In ballistics, a shift in projectile direction due to gyroscopic action that results from gravitational and atmospherically induced torques on the spinning projectile.

stage

Military; Missile defense

An element of the missile or propulsion system that generally separates from the missile at burnout or cut-off. Stages are numbered chronologically in order of burning.

noise

Military; Missile defense

In the most general terms, noise is the undesired part of the process being observed or measured. Its complement, the desired part, is usually referred to as the signal.

Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program (CTEIP)

Military; Missile defense

A DoD program for centrally funding selected test investments proposed by the Services and Defense Agencies (including BMDO).

Argus

Military; Missile defense

An airborne optical platform operated by the Air Force’s Phillips Laboratory. Argus is sometimes used by BMDO to collect flight test signatures, phenomenology, and intercept data.