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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
source selection authority
Military; Missile defense
The official designated to direct the source selection process, approve the selection plan, select the source(s), and announce contract award.
real world data collection
Military; Missile defense
The provision, to SEIC users, of access to real world data, in fashion timely and otherwise suitable to meet users’ needs (e.g. for validation of a test bed).
technology executing agent
Military; Missile defense
The Service or agency (DoD or non-DoD) that has been delegated management responsibility for a particular critical supporting technology by BMDO or Executing Agent.
mean time to repair (MTTR)
Military; Missile defense
The total elapsed time for corrective maintenance divided by the total number of corrective maintenance actions during a given period of time. A basic measure of maintainability.
launch point determination
Military; Missile defense
With computer methods, uses missile track observation to estimate the point on the earth’s surface from which the missile was launched, expressed in terms of circular error probable.
control and reporting post
Military; Missile defense
An element of the US Air Force tactical air control system, subordinate to the control and reporting center, that provides radar control and surveillance within its area of responsibility.
pulse repetition frequency
Military; Missile defense
In radar, the number of pulses the occur each second. Not to be confused with transmission frequency which is determined by the rate at which cycles are repeated within the transmitted pulse.
