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

closely spaced objects (CSO)

Military; Missile defense

Entire or partial object clusters that cannot be resolved to individual objects due to their close proximity and/or exceeding the sensor resolution capability due to the range or the lack of suitable ...

baseline cost estimate (BCE)

Military; Missile defense

A detailed estimate of acquisition and ownership costs normally required for high level decisions. This estimate is performed early in the program and serves as the basepoint for all subsequent ...

configuration identification

Military; Missile defense

One of the Configuration Management tasks which requires that, for every change that is made to an Automated Data Processing (ADP) system, the design and requirements of the changed version of the ...

multi-year procurement (MYP)

Military; Missile defense

A procurement of more units than the current year requirement. The total purchase is divided into segments which are annually budgeted and funded; however, the contractor is protected from ...

budget estimate submit (BES)

Military; Missile defense

The service submissions to OSD showing budget requirements for inclusion in the DoD budget. Every other autumn (even years) for two-year budget, every autumn of odd years for amendment to second year ...

National Test Facility (NTF)

Military; Missile defense

A large, modeling, simulation and test facility located on Falcon AFB in Colorado which serves as the central control, coordinating, and computing center for the NTB and as the primary integration ...

fluence

Military; Missile defense

The product (or integral) of particle (neutron or photon) flux and time, expressed in units of particles per square centimeter. The absorbed dose of radiation (in rads) is related to the fluence. (It ...