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

Raptor/Talon

Military; Missile defense

A technology demonstration program to demonstrate critical technologies for an unmanned airborne weapons system providing a boost phase intercept capability.

reconstitute

Military; Missile defense

To restore, during periods of hostile engagements or during peacetime, military forces or elements as closely as possible to a desired state of readiness for combat.

change order

Military; Missile defense

Unilateral written order to a contractor to modify a contractual requirement within the scope of the contract, pursuant to the changes clause contained in the contract.

Talon Shield

Military; Missile defense

An effort using stereo DSP processing to provide ballistic missile burnout vector and impact prediction for interceptor cueing, counterforce tasking, and passive defense.

small optics

Military; Missile defense

Precision mirrors or refractors, less than 1 meter, and related technology, for precise pointing and tracking from/to relatively small vehicles separated by large distances.

item manager

Military; Missile defense

An individual within the organization of an inventory control point or other such organization assigned management responsibilities for one or more specific items of materiel.

assured kill

Military; Missile defense

This option requires defense segments to employ tactics which produce the highest probability of kill consistent with the available number of defensive resources interceptors).