Defense terms starting with D

327 terms

  1. Defense Planning and Resources Board (DPRB) A board, chaired by the Deputy Secretary of Defense, established to facilitate decision making during all phases of the planning, programming, and…
  2. Defense Planning Guidance (DPG) Document issued by SECDEF to DoD components providing strategic framework for developing the Service POMs.
  3. Defense Priority and Allocation System (DPAS) The implementation of a statutory requirement where contracts in support of national defense must be accepted and performed on a priority basis over all…
  4. Defense Readiness Conditions (DEFCON) A uniform system of progressive alert postures for use between the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commanders of unified and specified…
  5. Defense Satellite (DSAT) Weapon A device that is intended to defend satellites by destroying attacking ASAT weapons.
  6. Defense Satellite Communications Systems (DSCS) Advanced communications satellites in synchronous orbit around the earth. Provides high-capacity, super high-frequency (SHF) secure voice and data links…
  7. Defense Support Program (DSP) A system of satellites in geo-stationary orbits, fixed and mobile ground processing stations, one multi-purpose facility, and a ground communications…
  8. Defense Suppression Temporary or transient degradation of the performance of a defensive system below the level needed to fulfill its mission objectives, by an opposing force.
  9. Defense Tier The arranging of a defensive system to correlate with the phases of a ballistic missile trajectory; i.e., boost, post-boost, midcourse, and terminal.
  10. Defensive Counter Measures (DCM) Actions taken to eliminate an ASAT attack.
  11. Defensive Technologies Study Team (DTST) A committee, generally known as the Fletcher Panel after its Chairman, appointed by (former) President Reagan to investigate the technologies of potential…
  12. DEFSMAC Defense Special Missiles and Astronautics Center, Ft. Meade, MD.
  13. DEIS Defense Enterprise Integration Services (ex-DTIS).
  14. DEL Delivery.
  15. Delivery Error The inaccuracy associated with a given weapon system resulting in a dispersion of shots about the aiming point. See also Circular Error Probable. 77
  16. Delta-V A numerical index of the maneuverability of a satellite or rocket. It is the maximum change in velocity, which a spacecraft could achieve in the absence…
  17. Dem/Val OBSOLETE. Demonstration and Validation (DD 5000 term).
  18. Demise Altitude Altitude at which object of interest (decoy, chaff, etc.) no longer performs its desired function (matching RV characteristics, screening RV, etc.)
  19. DEMO Demonstration.
  20. Demonstration and Validation (Dem/Val) The acquisition phase when major program characteristics and product designs are refined through extensive study and analysis, hardware development, test…
  21. Denial Measure An action to hinder or deny the enemy the use of space, personnel, or facilities.
  22. DEO Defense Employment Option.
  23. Department of Defense Acquisition System A single uniform system whereby all equipment, facilities, and services are planned, designed, developed, acquired, maintained, and disposed of within the…
  24. deployment (1) The placement of force elements in battle positions to obtain a higher state of readiness.
  25. Deployment Planning (1) The development and maintenance of plans required to initially deploy, maintain, and evolve the operational system in accordance with schedules and…
  26. Deployment Testing The testing and/or simulation of system assets in the physical and operational environment in which they are expected to perform.
  27. DepOpsDep Service Deputy Operations Deputies. 78
  28. Depressed Trajectory Trajectory with an apogee below that of the minimum-energy trajectory.
  29. DEPSCoR Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.
  30. DEPSECDEF Deputy Secretary of Defense.
  31. DepSecState Deputy Secretary of State.
  32. DERA Defense Evaluation and Research Agency. Consolidated research and development resources of the U.K. Ministry Defence .
  33. Derivative Classification A determination that information is in substance the same as information currently classified and the application of the same classification marking.
  34. DES A synthetic form of the hormone estrogen that was prescribed to pregnant women between about 1940 and 1971 because it was thought to prevent miscarriages.
  35. DESC Defense Electronics Supply Center (DLA term).
  36. DeSecState Deputy Secretary of State.
  37. Design Constraints Boundary conditions within which the developer must remain while allocating performance requirements and/or synthesizing system elements.
  38. Design Parameters Qualitative, quantitative, physical, and functional value characteristics that are inputs to the design process, for use in design tradeoffs, risk…
  39. Design Phase A period of time in the software life cycle during which the designs for architecture, software components, interfaces, and data are created, documented…
  40. Design-to-Cost (DTC) Goal Management concept wherein rigorous cost goals are established during development, and the control of systems costs (acquisition, operating, and support)…
  41. Det Detachment.
  42. DETEC Defense Technology Evaluation Code.
  43. Detector A passive IR, visible, UV detector turns photons into an electrical signal. The IFOV of the detector is its solid angular sub-tense.
  44. DEV ENV Development Environment.
  45. Development Test (DT) Test conducted by the development test organization to achieve specified test objectives. It may be a complete test, a subtest, or a phase of a test.
  46. Development Test and Evaluation (DT&E) Test and evaluation conducted to measure progress, usually of component/subsystems, and the proofing of manufacturing processes and controls and to assist…
  47. Development Test I (DT I) A series of tests conducted during the demonstration and validation phase. Components, subsystems, or the total (or full) system are examined to determine…
  48. Development Test II (DT II) A series of tests, normally during EMD, which provide the technical data necessary to assess whether the system is ready for low-rate initial or full…
  49. Development Test III (DT III) Tests conducted during production.
  50. Deviation Criteria Limits established beyond which a Program Manager may not trade-off cost, schedule, or performance without authorization from the milestone decision…
  51. Devolution of Command Minimal essential operational capability to perform C2 provided in an orderly and timely fashion to a duly authorized successor.
  52. Dew Moisture in the air that condenses on solid surfaces when the air is saturated with water vapor.
  53. DEW/D Directed Energy Weapon/Discrimination.
  54. DEWG, O Directed Energy Weapon Ground, Orbital
  55. DEWL Directed Energy Weapon, Laser (thermal or impulse).
  56. DEWP On a buoy report, the dewpoint temperature taken at the same height as the air temperature measurement.
  57. DF 2 Deuterium Fluoride.
  58. DF-KBS Data Fusion Knowledge Based System.
  59. DFAR Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation
  60. DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement. 80
  61. DFAS Defense Financing and Accounting Service.
  62. DG OBSOLETE. Defense Guidance. See Defense Planning Guidance.
  63. DGA Director General of Armaments (France).
  64. DGP Defense Group on Proliferation.
  65. DI durability index.
  66. DIA Defense Intelligence Agency.
  67. DIAC Defense Intelligence Analysis Center.
  68. DIAM Defense Intelligence Agency Manual
  69. Diameter The length of a straight line that extends from one edge of a tumor or other object, through its center and to the opposite edge.
  70. DICE Digital Integrated Combat Evaluator.
  71. DID defense in depth - multiple layers of security to provide added protection to IT resources
  72. Diffraction The spreading out of electromagnetic radiation as it leaves an aperture. The angle of spread, which cannot be eliminated by focusing, is proportional to…
  73. Digital Processing The most familiar type of computing, in which problems are solved through the mathematical manipulation of streams of bits.
  74. DII Defense Information Infrastructure
  75. DIOD Direct In-Dial Out-Dial.
  76. Dip The angle that a planar geologic surface, for example, a fault, is inclined from the horizontal.
  77. DIPS Dynamic Isotope Power System (which provides up to 10 kW of power).
  78. DIR 1. Direction 2. On a buoy report, the ten-minute average wind direction measurements in degrees clockwise from true North.
  79. Direct Air Support Center A subordinate operational component of a tactical air control system designed for control and direction of close air support and other tactical air…
  80. Direct Cost Any cost that is specifically identified with a particular final cost objective.
  81. Direct Labor Labor specifically identified with a particular final cost objective. Manufacturing direct labor includes fabrication, assembly, inspection and test for…
  82. Directed Energy (DE) 1. Energy in the form of atomic particles, pellets, or focused electromagnetic beams that can be sent long distances at, or nearly at, the speed of light.
  83. Directed Energy Device A system using directed energy primarily for a purpose other than as a weapon. Directed energy devices may produce effects that could allow the device to…
  84. Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) A system using directed energy primarily as a direct means to damage or destroy enemy equipment, facilities, and personnel.
  85. DIRLAUTH Direct Liaison Authorized.
  86. DIRNSA Director, National Security Agency.
  87. DIS (1) Distributed Interactive Simulation. (2) Defense Investigative Service.
  88. DISA Defense Information Systems Agency, Washington, DC. (Formerly known as Defense Communications Agency).
  89. DISCO Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office
  90. DISCOM Division Support Command (US Army term).
  91. Discretionary Judgment The authority given USCINCSPACE or his duly authorized representative to perform actions not covered by the ROE.
  92. DISCRIM Discrimination
  93. DISN Defense Information System Network (DISA term).
  94. DISSP Defense-wide Information Systems Security Program.
  95. DISUM Daily Intelligence Summary (JFACC term).
  96. DITDS Defense Intelligence Threat Data System.
  97. DITP Discriminating Interceptor Technology Program. The objective of DITP is the development of advanced interceptor seekers to counter advanced threats.
  98. DIVARTY Division Artillery (US Army term).
  99. DIW Defensive Information Warfare.
  100. DLA Defense Logistics Agency, Alexandria, VA.