Defense terms starting with B

247 terms

  1. BEST budget estimate system tools.
  2. BET Best Estimate Trajectory.
  3. BFAC Blue Forces Analysis Center.
  4. BFTT Battle Force Tactical Training.
  5. BG Battleground
  6. BGM Battle Group Manager.
  7. BGSE Bus Ground Support System (USAF term).
  8. BGV Boost Glide Vehicle.
  9. BI (1) Background Investigation. (2) Briefing to Industry.
  10. BIB Blocked Impurity Band.
  11. BIC Battlefield Integration Center. 33
  12. BID The bid is the price a market maker or broker is willing to pay for a security, such as a stock or bond, at a particular time.
  13. BIDS Biological Integrated Detection System.
  14. Biennial Budget The FY86 DoD Authorization Act required the submission of two-year budgets for the Department of Defense beginning with FY88/89.
  15. Big Crow A suite of aircraft, helicopters, ground vans, and electronic equipment, which is used to emulate an electronic warfare environment for testing, weapon…
  16. BIM Ballistic Intercept Missile.
  17. Biological Weapon An item of material, which projects, disperses, or disseminates a biological agent including arthropod vectors.
  18. BIOS Basic Input/Output System.
  19. BIPS Billion Instructions Per Second.
  20. Birth-to-Death Tracking (BDT) The tracking of space objects (e.g., satellites, reentry vehicles, or decoys that simulate these) from the time they are deployed from a booster or…
  21. Bistatic Radar A radar system that has transmitters and receivers stationed at two geographically separate locations; a special case of multi-static radar.
  22. Bit A bit ( B inary dig IT ) is the smallest unit of computer data. A bit consists of either 0 or 1. There are eight bits in a byte.
  23. Bit Transfer Rate The number of bits transferred per unit time, usually expressed in bits per second (bps).
  24. BITE When a fish takes or touches a bait so that the fisherman feels it.
  25. Black Body A hypothetical object that absorbs all of the radiation that strikes it; also emits radiation at a maximum rate for its given temperature.
  26. Blackout The disconnection of the source of electricity from all the electrical loads in a certain geographical area brought about by an emergency forced outage or…
  27. BLADES BMD Long Wavelength Infrared Advanced Exo -atmospheric Sensor.
  28. BLADT Blast, Dust, Thermal Effects Model.
  29. Blast Effect Destruction of or damage to structures and personnel by the force of an explosion on or above the surface of the ground.
  30. Blast Wave A sharply defined wave of increased pressure rapidly propagated through a surrounding medium from a center of detonation or similar disturbance.
  31. BLCCE BMDO Life Cycle Cost Estimate.
  32. BLK Block (system production lot)
  33. Blk IVA Navy Standard Missile Block IV-A.
  34. block A repetition/replication of the Early, Mid and Late Seral Treatment plots and a Control plot. See Repetition/replication.
  35. Block Check Character (BCC) The result of a transmission verification algorithm accumulated over a transmission block, and normally appended at the end, e.g., CRC, LRC.
  36. Block Enhancement Plan (BEP) The BEP documents Ballistic Missile Defense System technology development objectives and defines the steps necessary to achieve those objectives.
  37. Block Manager The individual selected to exercise management over a development Block. BMDS Block management includes decision points at which activities will be…
  38. Blue Forces Those forces used in a friendly role during exercises.
  39. Blue Light Stand alone network development program
  40. BM (1) Battle Management. (2) Ballistic Missile.
  41. BM ATD Battle Management Advanced Technology Demonstration 35
  42. BM/C 3 Battle Management/Command, Control, and Communications. See also CC/SOIF.
  43. BM/C 3 I Battle Management/Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence.
  44. BM/C 3 WG BM/C 3 Working Group.
  45. BM/C 4 I Battle Management/ Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence.
  46. BMAAT Battle Management Architecture Analysis Tool.
  47. BMC Battle Management Center.
  48. BMC3 TEx BMC3 Test Exerciser.
  49. BMD A measure of the amount of minerals (mostly calcium and phosphorous) contained in a certain volume of bone.
  50. BMD Element Program Manager (PM) A highly qualified individual responsible for day-to-day management and execution of a BMD element program consistent with PM authorities and…
  51. BMD Event Assessment An evaluation of information that determines the potential or actual nature and objectives of an attack for the purpose of providing information for…
  52. BMD Event Validation The human evaluation of whether an observed event is real or false. It is a statement of validity of a warning event determined by a human analysis of…
  53. BMDA Ballistic Missile Defense Act.
  54. BMDAC Ballistic Missile Defense Advisory Committee.
  55. BMDAE Ballistic Missile Defense Acquisition Executive.
  56. BMDARC Ballistic Missile Defense Acquisition Review Council.
  57. BMDATC OBSOLETE. Ballistic Missile Defense Advanced Technology Center, Huntsville, AL.
  58. BMDCC Ballistic Missile Defense Command/Control Center.
  59. BMDM Ballistic Missile Defense Monitor.
  60. BMDN Ballistic Missile Defense Network. Encompasses the mission-oriented local area and wide area networks, facilities, hardware, software, network control and…
  61. BMDO OBSOLETE. See Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.
  62. BMDOC OBSOLETE. See Ballistic Missile Defense Operations Center.
  63. BMDOICA OBSOLETE. See BMDO Independent Cost Assessment.
  64. BMDP Ballistic Missile Defense Program.
  65. BMDSCOM OBSOLETE. Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Command (now USASSDC).
  66. BMDSSC OBSOLETE. Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Command. Changed to USASSDC and, as of October 1, 1997, changed to USASMDC, Huntsville, AL.
  67. BMEWS See Ballistic Missile Early Warning System.
  68. BMIC Battle Management Integration Center.
  69. BMO OBSOLETE. Ballistic Missile Office (AF).
  70. BMP A Windows file format for storing bit map images.
  71. BMT Ballistic Missile Threat.
  72. BN Blowing Sand
  73. BN HQ Battalion Headquarters (USA/USMC term).
  74. BN OC Battalion Operations Center
  75. BNL Brookhaven National Laboratory.
  76. BOA (1) Battlefield Ordnance Awareness. (2) Basic Operating Agreement.
  77. BOD Abbreviation for biological oxygen demand.
  78. BOE Basis of Estimate.
  79. BOIP Basis of Issue Plans.
  80. BOM U.S. Bureau of Mines.
  81. Boost Defense Segment (BDS) The portion of the BMDS that defeats ballistic missiles in the period of flight prior to the termination of powered flight.
  82. Boost Phase The first phase of a ballistic missile trajectory during which it is being powered by its engines.
  83. Boost Segment Defense The first phase of a ballistic missile trajectory during which it is being powered by its engines.
  84. Boost Surveillance and Tracking System (BSTS) OBSOLETE. An Air Force sensor system in high earth orbit used for early warning, tracking of ballistic missiles, and attack assessment.
  85. Booster In medicine, refers to a vaccination given after a previous vaccination. A booster helps maintain or increase a protective immune response.
  86. Booster Inventory Total force inventory. 37
  87. BORRG Ballistic Missile Operational Requirements Review Group.
  88. BOS Battlefield Operating System
  89. BOSS Background Optical Suppression Sensor.
  90. Bottom-Up Review (BUR) A comprehensive review, initiated in March 1993, of the nations defense strategy, force structure, modernization, infrastructure, and foundations.
  91. BP See Base pair.
  92. BPAC Budget Program Activity Code.
  93. BPBM Boost Phase Battle Management.
  94. BPHIT OBSOLETE. Brilliant Pebbles Hover Interceptor Test.
  95. BPI (1) Boost Phase Intercept. (2) Boost Phase Interceptor.
  96. BPI/E Boost Phase Intercept/ Exoatmospheric Intercept
  97. BPL Boost Phase Leakage.
  98. BPM Business Program Manager (Acquisition management term).
  99. BPPBS Biennial Planning, Programming and Budget System.
  100. BPS bits per second.