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

source selection plan (SSP)

Military; Missile defense

A formal written document which sets forth the source selection organization and management chain for a specific acquisition. It provides a guide for evaluators on how to conduct the evaluation, it ...

development test II (DT II)

Military; Missile defense

A series of tests, normally during EMD, which provide the technical data necessary to assess whether the system is ready for low-rate initial or full production. It measures the technical performance ...

army materiel command (AMC)

Military; Missile defense

Performs the assigned materiel functions of the Department of the Army, including research and development; product improvement; human factors engineering; test and evaluation; procurement and ...

operational control (OPCON)

Military; Missile defense

Transferable command authority that may be exercised by commanders at any echelon at or below the level of combatant command. Operational control is inherent in Combatant Command (command authority) ...