Defense terms starting with A

525 terms

  1. Active (abbrev. ACTV). In solar-terrestrial terms, solar activity levels with at least one geophysical event or several larger radio events (10cm) per day (Class…
  2. Active Air Defense Direct defensive actions taken to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action.
  3. Active Communications Security Threat Threats to an electronic system posed by a capability to disrupt communications or to seize control or deny positive control of electronic systems to…
  4. Active Defense (1) The employment of limited offensive action and counterattacks to deny a contested area or position to the enemy. Also Passive Defense.
  5. Active Defense (TBMD) Active defense protects against theater missiles by destroying them in flight. Engagement capability is required throughout all phases of the missiles…
  6. Active Homing Guidance Guidance system in which both the source for illuminating the target, and the receiver for detecting the illuminating energy reflected from the target is…
  7. Active Sensor One that illuminates a target, producing return secondary radiation, which is then detected to track and/or identify the target. An example is radar.
  8. ACTS Action Correspondence Tracking System.
  9. ACUS Army Common User System.
  10. ACVC Ada Compiler Validation Capability
  11. ACW Anti-Carrier Warfare
  12. ACWP Actual Cost of Work Performed.
  13. AD (1) Air Defense. (2) Active Defense. (3) Aerospace Defense 7
  14. Ad Int Advanced Interceptor (MDA/POC term).
  15. AD TOC Air Defense Tactical Operations Center.
  16. AD/C 3 I Air Defense/Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence.
  17. AD/C3I Air Defense/Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence.
  18. Ada Name of a higher order computer programming code.
  19. AdaMAT Ada Automated, static code, analysis tool.
  20. ADAPT Advanced DEW Active Precision Tracker.
  21. Adaptive Defense (Also Adaptive Preferential Defense) Adaptive defense is defense that is responsive to an actual attack in that it takes advantage of the structure or…
  22. Adaptive Flexible Defense (AFD) The ability to select and prioritize in near-real time what critical civilian and military assets and functions to defend and to efficiently employ…
  23. Adaptive Optics (ADOPT) Optical systems, which can be modified (e.g., by controlling the shape of a mirror) to compensate for distortions.
  24. Adaptive Preferential Defense Adaptive Defense.
  25. ADATOC Air Defense Artillery Tactical Operations Center (US Army brigade).
  26. ADC Analog to Digital converter. Converts analog data to a digital format.
  27. ADCATT Air Defense CATT (US Army term).
  28. ADCC Air Defense Control Center.
  29. ADCOM OBSOLETE. (U.S.) Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson AFB, CO.
  30. ADCP (1) Air Defense Communications Platform. (2) Air Defense Command Post.
  31. Add An extra monster has joined an existing battle.
  32. ADDA Air Defense Decision Aid.
  33. ADDS Aviation Digital Data Service
  34. ADI acceptable daily intake.
  35. ADIZ Air Defense Identification Zone. 8
  36. ADLT Advanced Discriminating LADAR Technology.
  37. Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) The government contracting officer located at a contract administrative office that is assigned the responsibility for administration of Government…
  38. ADMS Accessibility Data Management System.
  39. ADOC Aerospace Defense Operations Center.
  40. ADOCC Air Defense Operations Control Center.
  41. ADOP Advanced Distributed Onboard Processor.
  42. ADOPT See Adaptive Optics.
  43. ADP Abbreviation for adenosine diphosphate.
  44. ADPE Automated Data Processing Equipment.
  45. ADR alternative dispute resolution.
  46. ADRG ARC Digital Raster Graphics.
  47. ADS Application Data Sheet
  48. ADSAM Air-Directed Surface-to-Air Missile.
  49. ADSG Air Defense Sub Group.
  50. ADSI Air Force Defense Systems Integrator.
  51. ADT average daily traffic.
  52. ADTOC Air Defense Tactical Operations Center.
  53. ADUSD Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense.
  54. Advance Funding Budget authority provided in an appropriation act that allows funds to be committed to a specific purpose (obligated) and spent during this fiscal year…
  55. Advance Procurement Authority provided in an appropriations act to obligate and disburse from the succeeding years appropriation.
  56. Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) An integrating effort to assemble and demonstrate a significant new military capability, based upon maturing advanced technology(s) in a real-time…
  57. Advanced Launch System (ALS) OBSOLETE. This proposed system was to be a heavy launch vehicle and appropriate ground support facilities, which may have supported SDIO, USAF, Navy and…
  58. Advanced Technology Demonstration The actual demonstration of an advanced state-of-the-art system under conditions likely to exist when in operation.
  59. Advanced Technology Demonstration Adversary Capability Document The actual demonstration of an advanced state-of-the-art system under conditions likely to exist when in operation.
  60. ADWC Air Defense Warfare Center.
  61. ADX Air Defense Exercise.
  62. AE Area Effect
  63. AEC Atomic Energy Commission (US)
  64. AEDC Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold AFB, TN.
  65. AEG General Electric Corporation of Germany.
  66. AEGIS The Navy's advanced, fast reaction, high firepower, shipboard anti-air warfare area defense system (Note: Aegis is the Greek word for "shield").
  67. AEGIS BMD Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (Aegis BMD) Project is an element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System, and is being developed to provide a rapidly…
  68. AEGIS C&D AEGIS Command and Decision.
  69. AEGIS CRC AEGIS Control and Reporting Center.
  70. Aerospace Defense (AD) (1) All defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft, missiles, and space vehicles after they leave the Earths surface, or to nullify…
  71. Aerospace Defense Operations Center (ADOC) Existing center in Cheyenne Mountain AFB (CMAFB), which controls the Air Defense of North America mission. 10
  72. Aerostats Ship- or ground-moored balloon supporting a radar antenna.
  73. Aerothermal Kill A kill in which the thermal shielding of the target RV is damaged by the defensive system. The RV is subsequently destroyed during reentry.
  74. AES Army [Tactical Command and Control System] Ex
  75. AEW Airborne Early Warning.
  76. AEWR Airborne Early Warning Radar
  77. AF acre-feet.
  78. AF SATCOM Air Force Satellite Communications [System].
  79. AF/IN Air Force Intelligence
  80. AF/SC Deputy Chief of Staff for Command, Control, Communications, and Computers, United States Air Force.
  81. AF/TAA Air Force Executive Agent for Theater Air Defense
  82. AFAC Air Force Advisory Committee.
  83. AFAE Air Force Acquisition Executive.
  84. AFAM Air Force Acquisition Model
  85. AFAS Advanced Field Artillery System.
  86. AFATDS (1) Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System. (2) Army Field Artillery Target Direction System
  87. AFC 2 S Air Force Command and Control System.
  88. AFC2S Air Force Command and Control System
  89. AFCC Air Force Component Commander.
  90. AFCCC Air Force Component Command Center.
  91. AFCENT Allied Forces Central Europe (NATO).
  92. AFCS Automatic Flight Control System.
  93. AFCSC Air Force Cryptological Support Center .
  94. AFD Area Forecast Discussion - This National Weather Service product is intended to provide a well-reasoned discussion of the meteorological thinking which…
  95. AFDSOC Air Force Defense System Operations Center.
  96. AFF Arming, Fusing and Firing.
  97. AFFTC Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, CA.
  98. AFGWC Air Force Ground/Global Weather Center.
  99. AFID Anti-Fratricide Identification Device.
  100. AFIWC Air Force Information Warfare Center.