Definitions beginning with M

MISSI - permalink - collapse

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Multilevel Information Systems Security Initiative.
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Browse Related Terms: CISS, DISSP, DNSIX, ELINFOSEC, ICCITS, ISOO, ISS, ISSA, ISSC, ISSM, ISSO, NSIE, SCI, SCIF, Security Policy Model, SIMS, SIPRNET, SISS

Missile Defense National Team, Battle Management, Command and Control, and Communications (MDNTB) - permalink - collapse

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The component of the MDNT led by MDA/BC that is focused on Battle Management, Command and Control, and Communications (BM/C2/C). The MDNTB industry contribution is composed of a single team of major defense contractors (Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin [Team Lead], Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and TRW). This industry team is referred to as the MDNTB (I) and is a unique sub-group of personnel from the industry companies that provides a confidential consolidation of experience in the development, integration, and production of missile defense systems.
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Browse Related Terms: ASMDC, DEFSMAC, ESMC, JS&MDWC, LMMA, MDBIC, MDDC, MDSC, MDSTC, Missile Defense National Team, Battle Management, Command and Control, and Communications (MDNTB), SMC

Missile Defense National Team (MDNT) - permalink - collapse

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A collaborative enterprise of the missile defense community that is focused on executing a single program of research and development work to develop a Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). It is comprised of personnel from Government, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs), Scientific, Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) providers and major industry contractors.
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Browse Related Terms: AEDC, CSEDS, EAD/D, EDM, EDP, EMD, Engineering Development, Engineering Development Model, Engineering Development Model Enhanced Target Delivery System (ETDS), EPD, Phase One Engineering Team (POET), SEDD

Missile Defense National Team, Systems Engineering & Integration (MDNTS) - permalink - collapse

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The component of the MDNT led by MDA/SE that is focused on Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I). The MDNTS industry contribution is composed of a single team of major defense contractors (Boeing [Team Lead], General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and TRW). This industry team is referred to as the MDNTS (I) and is a unique sub-group of personnel from the industry companies that provides a confidential consolidation of experience in the development, integration, and production of missile defense systems.
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Browse Related Terms: CPIPT, CWIPT, IIPT, IPD, IPPD, IPT, Missile Defense National Team, Systems Engineering & Integration (MDNTS), NMD IIPT, OIPT, Pat, PIPT, SEIPT, SIIPT, SIPT, Systems Engineering, WIPT

Missile Defense Warning Condition - permalink - collapse

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A situation of peril declared by the competent military commander, that a ballistic missile attack is probable (Missile Defense Warning Yellow), imminent or in progress (Missile Defense Warning Red), or improbable (Missile Defense Warning White).
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Browse Related Terms: AEGIS BMD, Ballistic Missile Defense Battery, Battle Plan, Defended area coverage Defended Asset List (DAL), Engagement, Hostile Environment, Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment (ITW/AA), Missile Warning Center (MWC), National Warning Center (NWC), Preconditions for Defense (PD)

Missile Destruct - permalink - collapse

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Intentional destruction of a missile or similar vehicle for safety or other reasons.
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Browse Related Terms: ALARM, booster, Command Destruct Signal, Sustainer, System Posture

Missile Guidance System - permalink - collapse

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A system that evaluates flight information, correlates it with target data, determines the desired flight path of a missile, and communicates the necessary commands to the missile flight control system. 185
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Browse Related Terms: Guidance System (Missile), M&LC, MCTR, MMS-CP, MTCR, Preset Guidance

Missile Intercept Zone - permalink - collapse

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That geographical division of the destruction area where surface-to-air missiles have primary responsibility for destruction of airborne objects.
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Browse Related Terms: AAM, AIM, Air Surveillance, Antiair Warfare, Counterforce

Missile Release Line - permalink - collapse

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The line at which an attacking aircraft could launch an air-to-surface missile against a specific target.
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Browse Related Terms: ADSAM, AGM-65, ASM, ASMP, FSAF, JASSAM, SAM, SAM-D, SAMP/T, SCUD, SS, SSM, Standard Missile, TASM

Missile Warning Center (MWC) - permalink - collapse

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Located in CMAFB, the MWC is operated by USSPACECOM to fulfill ballistic missile TW/AA responsibilities of USCINCSPACE to external users to whom there are commitments. The MWC manages the ballistic missile sensors and reporting system in support of timely, accurate, and unambiguous warning of missile attack worldwide. MWC personnel, in coordination with other centers, validate and confirm report events. The Launch Correlation Unit (LCU) of the MWC ensures all domestic and cooperative launches are coordinated and reported so that they are not construed as hostile in accordance with the Agreement on Measures to Reduce the Risk of Outbreak of Nuclear War between the US and USSR.
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Browse Related Terms: AEGIS BMD, Ballistic Missile Defense Battery, Battle Plan, Defended area coverage Defended Asset List (DAL), Engagement, Hostile Environment, Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment (ITW/AA), Missile Defense Warning Condition, National Warning Center (NWC), Preconditions for Defense (PD)

Missing payment - permalink - collapse

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A payment that has been made but not credited to the appropriate account.
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Browse Related Terms: Billing date, Debt collector, Debtor, Deferred payment, Guarantor, Late charge, Minimum payment, Payment due date, Pre-payment

Mission - permalink - collapse

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(1) The task, together with the purpose, which clearly indicates the action to be taken and the reason therefore. (2) In common usage, especially when applied to lower military units, a duty assigned to an individual or unit; a task. (3) Missions are statements of the objective to be accomplished for a given situation. Missions will describe the situation and will include who, what, when, where, why, and how the BMD system will perform. They contain employment direction and procedures to BMD forces for a given situation to achieve specific defense objectives. (USSPACECOM)
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Browse Related Terms: Decentralized Control, GPSIU, ICU, NIU, RIU, RLRIU, Rules of Engagement (ROE), TIU

Mission Area - permalink - collapse

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A segment of the defense mission as established by the Secretary of Defense. Each DoD component has a mission area (i.e. Navy - sea control) for which it must equip its forces.
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Browse Related Terms: Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN), ECDs, MCE, MCTE, MLCP, Tactical Control

Mission Area Analysis (MAA) - permalink - collapse

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Continuous analysis of assigned mission responsibilities in the several mission areas to identify deficiencies in the current and projected capabilities to meet essential mission needs, and to identify opportunities for the enhancement of capability through more effective systems and less costly methods.
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Browse Related Terms: CORM, Critical Information, Full Mission Capable, MAA, Mission Capable (MC), Mission Element, Mission Reliability, MNS, MOPP, MUS, NMC, Partial Mission Capable

mission bit stream - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Telecommunications

Synonym payload.
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Browse Related Terms: bit-stream transmission, digital crossconnect system (DCS), digital multiplexer, digital transmission group, digroup, fractional T1, highway, multistreaming technology, time-division multiplexing (TDM), trunk group multiplexer (TGM)

Mission Capable (MC) - permalink - collapse

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Material condition of an aircraft indicating it can perform at least one and potentially all of its designated missions. Mission capable is further defined as the sum of full mission capable and partial mission capable. Also called MC.
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Browse Related Terms: CORM, Critical Information, Full Mission Capable, MAA, Mission Area Analysis (MAA), Mission Element, Mission Reliability, MNS, MOPP, MUS, NMC, Partial Mission Capable

Mission Critical - permalink - collapse

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Any telecommunications or information system that is defined as a national security system (Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 - FISMA) or processes any information the loss, misuse, disclosure, or unauthorized access to or modification of, would have a debilitating impact on the mission of an agency.
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Browse Related Terms: Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Information Security Officer, Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996, Crypto Officer, FISMA, Information System Security Officer (ISSO), Senior Agency Information Security Officer

mission critical application - permalink - collapse

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Hardware, software, processes and support services that must meet the uptime requirements of an organization. Examples of mission critical application that must be able to survive regional disasters include financial trading services, e-business operations, 911 phone service, and patient record databases.
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Browse Related Terms: application restart, Business Recovery Service, failback, mission critical solution