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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independent verification and validation (IV&V)

Military; Missile defense

Verification and validation performed by a contractor or Government agency that is not responsible for developing the product or performing the activity being evaluated. IV&V is an activity that is ...

ballistic missile early warning system (BMEWS)

Military; Missile defense

Provides tactical warning of ballistic missile attacks, and is part of Spacetrack system. A two-faced phased array radar located at Thule AB, Greenland; three detection radars and one tracking radar ...

Air Force Ground/Global Weather Center (AFGWC)

Military; Missile defense

AFGWC provides Air Force and Army with global information and products relating to past, present, and future states of the aerospace environment. Weather data is provided to the Weather Support Unit ...

system generated electromagnetic pulse (SGEMP)

Military; Missile defense

Transient electromagnetic radiation caused by the photoelectron emission of the surface of an object subjected to a pulse of photon energy. Although local fields close to the object surface may reach ...

producibility, engineering, and planning (PEP)

Military; Missile defense

Applies to production engineering tasks to ensure a smooth engineering transition from development into production. PEP, a systems and planning engineering approach, assures that an item can be ...

planning, programming, budgeting system (PPBS)

Military; Missile defense

The primary resource allocation process of DoD. One of three major decision-making support systems for defense acquisition. It is a formal, systematic structure for making decisions on policy, ...