Defense

Defense terms

1. .adm (1) Also see Acquisition Decision Memorandum (2) Advanced Development Model.
2. A Spec System Specification.
3. A&T Acquisition and Technology.
4. A-D (1) Analog to Digital. (2) Arm/Disarm.
5. A/BPI Ascent/Boost-Phase Interceptor.
6. A/C Aircraft
7. A/N Army/Navy
8. A/P Active/Passive
9. AA Attack Assessment.
10. AAA (1) Antiaircraft Artillery. (2) Assign Alternate Area. (3) AEGIS Acquisition Agent.
11. AAAW Air-launched Anti- Armour Weapon (UK RAF term)
12. AABCP Advanced Airborne Command Post.
13. AABNCP Advanced Airborne National Command Post.
14. AACC Airborne Alternate Command Center.
15. AACT Airborne Atmospheric Compensation and Tracking [Program]
16. AADC Area Air Defense Commander.
17. AADCOM Army Air Defense Commander.
18. AAE Army Acquisition Executive.
19. AAED Advanced Airborne Expendable Decoy
20. AAFCE Allied Air Forces Central Europe.
21. AAM annual arithmetic mean.
22. AAR alkali-aggregate reaction.
23. AASERT Augmentation Award for Science and Engineering Research Training.
24. AASP Advanced Airborne Sensor Platform.
25. AAT Architecture Analysis Tool.
26. AAT-PP Architecture Analysis Tool Post Processor.
27. AAW Anti-Air Warfare.
28. AAWC Anti-Air Warfare Commander.
29. AB Abbreviation for antibody.
30. Abacus Distribute real-time multi-element test environment for HWIL.
31. ABCCC Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center. (US C-130 aircraft) 2
32. ABCS (1) Army Battlefield Command and Control Center. (US C-130 aircraft) (2) Airborne Communications Command and Control Platform (JFACC term)
33. ABCT ASARC/BMDARC Coordination Team
34. ABE Army Background Experiment (flew aboard the LACE spacecraft).
35. ABIS Advanced Battlespace Information System
36. ABL (1) Airborne Laser. (2) Aircraft Based Laser. (3) Armored Box Launcher.
37. Ablative Shield A shield made of material that vaporizes when heated, absorbing thermal energy and protecting the shielded object from heat damage.
38. Ablative Shock A mechanical shock wave at the surface of an object exposed to intense pulsed electromagnetic radiation.
39. ABM activity based management - a management methodology that combines ABC with business process analysis techniques to run, improve and measure performance…
40. ABM Treaty Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972, signed and ratified by the (former) Soviet Union and the United States, limiting deployment on each side to one…
41. ABM-X-3 A terminal Soviet anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defense system using transportable phased-array radars and both long and short-range, high acceleration…
42. ABMDA OBSOLETE. Advanced Ballistic Missile Defense Agency.
43. ABNCP Airborne National Command Post.
44. ABO Agent of Biological Origin (NBC term).
45. ABT About
46. ACA (1) Airspace Control Authority. (2) Associate Contracting Agreement (Contracting term).
47. ACAP Advanced Capabilities.
48. ACAT Acquisition Category (DD 5000 term).
49. ACAT I Acquisition Category One
50. ACBA Airborne Communications Bus Architecture (USAF term).
51. ACC (1) Air Combat Command (USAF), Langley AFB, VA. (2) Air Component Commander. (3) Area Coordination Center. 3
52. Accidental Launch An unintended launch which occurs without deliberate national design as a direct result of a random event, such as mechanical failure, a simple human…
53. ACCS Automated Command and Control System (USN AN/TSQ-73)
54. ACCT Application of Common Characteristics and Testability (ISA CECOM term).
55. ACDA Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (US).
56. ACDS Advanced Combat Direction System (USN term)
57. ACDT Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration.
58. ACE See definition for access control entry (ACE)
59. ACEC area of critical environmental concern.
60. ACEIT Automated Cost Estimating Integrated tool.
61. ACES Automated Coastal Engineering System.
62. ACETEF Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility (USAF).
63. ACIM Availability Centered Inventory Model.
64. ACIS 1. Arms Control Impact Statement. 2. Automated Control of Industrial Systems
65. ACL See definition for access control list (ACL)
66. ACM Air Combat Maneuvering.
67. ACMREQ Airspace Control Means Request (JFACC term).
68. ACO (1) Administrative Contracting Officer. (1) Airspace Control Order (JFACC term)
69. ACOM Atlantic Command.
70. AcoS Army Chief of Staff
71. ACP Abbreviation for acyl carrier protein.
72. ACQ Acquisition.
73. Acquire (1) When applied to acquisition radars, to detect the presence and location of a target in sufficient detail to permit identification.
74. Acquisition (ACQ) (1) (Sensor) The results of processing sensor measurements to produce object reports of interest to the system.
75. Acquisition Categories Categories established to facilitate decentralized decision making and execution and compliance with statutorily imposed requirements.
76. Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM) A memorandum signed by the milestone decision authority that documents decisions made and the exit criteria established as the result of a milestone…
77. Acquisition Field of View (FOV) The instantaneous volume viewed by the interceptors sensor during the process of searching its assigned volume.
78. Acquisition Life Cycle Five phases, each preceded by a milestone or other decision point, during which a system goes through research, development, test and evaluation, and…
79. Acquisition Logistics Process of systematically identifying and assessing logistics alternatives, analyzing and resolving logistics deficiencies, and managing integrated…
80. Acquisition Management Management of all or any of the activities within the broad spectrum of acquisition.
81. Acquisition Plan A formal written document reflecting the specific actions necessary to execute the approach established in the approved acquisition strategy and guiding…
82. Acquisition Planning The process by which the efforts of all personnel responsible for an acquisition are coordinated and integrated through a comprehensive plan for…
83. Acquisition Program A directed, funded effort that is designed to provide a new or improved materiel capability in response to a validated need.
84. Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) Acquisition program baselines embody the cost, schedule, and performance objectives for the program.
85. Acquisition Radar Radar that searches a spatial volume and identifies potential targets from the background and non-hostile objects.
86. Acquisition Risk The chance that some element of an acquisition program produces an unintended result with an adverse effect on system effectiveness, suitability, cost, or…
87. Acquisition Strategy A business and technical management approach designed to achieve program objectives within the resource constraints imposed.
88. Acquisition Strategy Report Describes the acquisition approach to include streamlining, sources, competition, and contract types throughout the period from the beginning of Phase I…
89. Acquisition Streamlining Any effort that results in more efficient and effective use of resources to develop or produce quality systems.
90. Acquisition, Tracking and Pointing (ATP) The process of acquiring within a given field of view a target (or targets) and maintaining a precision track of the same while enabling the pointing of a…
91. Acquisition/ Reacquisition Time The time required to establish or reestablish lock on the received signal. This includes carrier, symbol, frame, code, and crypto synchronization.
92. ACRF Advanced Computer Research Facility.
93. ACRN Account Code Reporting Number.
94. ACS (1) Airspace Control System. (2) Attitude Control System. (3) AEGIS Combat System. (4) Assistant Chief of Staff. 6
95. ACSI Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence.
96. ACSIS AEGIS Combat System Interface Simulation.
97. ACSN Advance Change/Study Notice
98. ACTD Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration.
99. ACTE Analytical Communications Test Environment ATD.
100. ACTEX Advanced Controls Technology Experiment.