Defense terms starting with D

327 terms

  1. D Dust
  2. D Spec Process specification.
  3. D Star Measure of infrared sensor sensitivity.
  4. D&D Design and Development
  5. D&T Detection and Tracking.
  6. D-A Digital-to-Analog
  7. D-IFOG Depolarized- Interferometric Fiber Optic Gyro.
  8. D-Level Depot Level (ILS term).
  9. D/V Demonstration and Validation.
  10. D2 Projective (interceptor) in the Hyper-Velocity Gun program.
  11. DA (1) Department of the Army. (2) Department of Administration. (3) Decision Analysis. (4) Developing Agency/Activity. (5) Data Administrator.
  12. DAA Designated Approval Authority (DD 5000 term).
  13. DAASAT Direct Ascent Anti-Satellite.
  14. DAB (Full term: single domain antibody ). Antibodies with only one (instead of two) protein chain derived from only one of the two domains of the normal…
  15. DAC (1) Days After Contract [Award]. (2) Department of the Army Civilian. (3) Directed Attack Characterization. (4) Deploy ACCS Component.
  16. DACS Divert and Attitude Control System.
  17. DAD Defense Acquisition Deskbook .
  18. DADS Distributed Air Defense Study (1993).
  19. DAE Defense Acquisition Executive.
  20. DAES Defense Acquisition Executive Summary.
  21. DAGGR Depressed Altitude Guided Gun Round.
  22. DAHQ Department of the Army Headquarters.
  23. DAI Damage Assessment Indicator (targets).
  24. DAL Defended Asset List. 72
  25. DAMA Demand Assigned Multiple Access.
  26. DANASAT Direct Ascent Nuclear Anti-Satellite.
  27. DAPR Directors Annual Program Review (SDIO term)
  28. DARO Defense Aeronautical Reconnaissance Office (OSD).
  29. DARP Defense Aeronautical Reconnaissance Program.
  30. DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. See ARPA.
  31. DART OBSOLETE. Defense Acquisition Review Team.
  32. DASA German Aerospace. Member of the MEADS Program Team.
  33. DASC Deep Air Support Center (JFACC term).
  34. DASD OBSOLETE. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.
  35. DASD (C3) Deputy /Assistant Secretary of Defense (C3).
  36. DASO Demonstration and Shakedown Operation.
  37. Data Integrity The state that exists when computerized data is the same as that in the source documents and has not been exposed to accidental or malicious alteration or…
  38. Datalink (1) The means of connecting one location to another for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data.
  39. DAU Defense Acquisition University, Ft. Belvoir, VA.
  40. DAVID Development of Advanced Very long wavelength Infrared Detector (USAF Phillips Lab term).
  41. DAWS Defense Automated Warning System.
  42. Dazzling The temporary blinding of a sensor by overloading it with an intense signal of electromagnetic radiation (e.g., from a laser or a nuclear explosion).
  43. DB Bata Base
  44. DBME Database Management Environment (Computer term).
  45. DBMS Database Management System.
  46. DBOF Defense Business Operations Fund.
  47. DBS Direct Broadcast Satellite. 73
  48. DBSM Database System Management.
  49. DC See Direct current
  50. DC-X Delta Clipper Experiment.
  51. DCA (1) Defensive Counter Air. (2) OBSOLETE. Defense Communications Agency. (Now known as Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)).
  52. DCAA Defense Contract Audit Agency.
  53. DCAS Defense Contract Administrative Services.
  54. DCCO Defense Commercial Communications Office (of DISA).
  55. DCDS Distributed Computer Design/Development System.
  56. DCE (1) Data Communications Equipment ( TelComm /Computer term). (2) Distributed Computer Environment.
  57. DCEC Defense Communications Electronics Command.
  58. DCI (1) Director of Central Intelligence. (2) Dual Channel Interchange.
  59. DCINC Deputy Commander-in-Chief.
  60. DCM Defensive Counter Measures.
  61. DCMC Defense Contract Management Command
  62. DCN Document Change Notice.
  63. DCO Director of Combat Operations (JFACC term).
  64. DCP (Data Collection Platform) In hydrologic terms, an electronic device that connects to a river or rainfall gage that records data from the gage and at…
  65. DCPG Digital Clock Pulse Generator.
  66. DCS Deputy Chief of Staff.
  67. DCSOPS Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans (Army).
  68. DCT Digital Communications Terminal
  69. DCTN Defense Commercial Telecommunications Network.
  70. DD Direct Damage. This is a spell that does all of its damage in one hit rather than spreading its damage over time.
  71. DDCI Deputy Director of Central Intelligence.
  72. DDDR&E Deputy Director, Defense Research and Engineering.
  73. DDEL Dwight David Eisenhower Library, Abilene, KN (army term).
  74. DDG USN guided missile destroyer. 74
  75. DDL Disclosure authority letter.
  76. DDN Defense Data Network.
  77. DDR&E Director, Defense Research and Engineering.
  78. DDS A rare disorder that causes kidney failure before age 3, abnormal development of the sexual organs, and, in most cases, Wilms tumor (a type of kidney…
  79. De Buff - A negative spell cast on a unit that makes it less powerful. An example of a "de-buff" is Slow.
  80. DEBRA Debris, Radiance Model.
  81. Decentralized Control In air defense, the normal mode whereby a higher echelon monitors unit actions, making direct target assignments to units only when necessary to ensure…
  82. Decentralized Execution The distributed and integrated implementation of USCINCSPACE direction by the BMD forces. (AFSPACECOM)
  83. Decommissionin g The removal or the rendering useless of obsolete or no longer needed components of the BMD system from service.
  84. Decommissioning The process of removing a power plant, apparatus, equipment, building, or facility from operation.
  85. Decrement A directed funding level reduction for an acquisition program.
  86. DED Data Element Definition (Computer term).
  87. Dedicated Mode of Operation (ADP Security) A mode of operation where all users of the AIS possess the required personnel security clearance or authorization, formal access approval (if required)…
  88. Deep Space (DS) The region of outer space at altitudes greater than 3,000 nautical miles (about 5,600 kilometers) above the earths surface.
  89. DEF (1) Defense. (2) Demilitarization Enterprise Fund.
  90. DEFCON Defense Readiness Conditions.
  91. Defended area coverage Defended Asset List (DAL) The geographical region that the BMDS can protect from ballistic missile attacks with a specified level of probability of negation.
  92. Defended Asset List (DAL) A ranked listing of facilities, forces, and national political items that require protection from attack or hostile surveillance.
  93. Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) The senior DoD acquisition review board chaired by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition.
  94. Defense Acquisition Board Committee Advisory review groups subordinate to the Defense Acquisition Board. The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition determines the number of Committees.
  95. Defense Acquisition Executive (DAE) The principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense on all matters pertaining to the Department of Defense Acquisition System.
  96. Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES) The DAEs principal mechanism for tracking programs between milestone reviews. Includes programs subject to the Selected Acquisition Report (SAR), and any…
  97. Defense Employment Option (DEO) Engagement strategy provided to USSPACECOM component forces to achieve specific military objectives against a ballistic missile attack.
  98. Defense Enterprise Program (DEP) An Acquisition program designed to streamline the acquisition process by waiver of selected regulatory requirements.
  99. Defense In-Depth Locating mutually supportive defense positions in such a manner as to absorb and progressively weaken an attack, prevent initial observations of the…
  100. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Satellites designed to meet unique military requirements for weather information.