Defense terms starting with F

262 terms

  1. F 1) Fahrenheit- The standard scale used to measure temperature in the United States.
  2. F/O (1) Fiber Optic. (2) Follow-On.
  3. FA Forecast Area
  4. FA/RD Functional Analysis/Requirements Definition.
  5. FAA Federal Aviation Administration
  6. FAAD Forward Area Air Defense (US Army).
  7. FAAD C2I Forward Area Air Defense Command, Control and Intelligence.
  8. FAADS Forward Area Air Defense System (JCS term).
  9. FAAWC Fleet/Force Anti-Air Warfare Commander.
  10. FAB A product of hydrolysis of an IgG antibody, consisting of the variable region with some of the constant region of a heavy chain, and an entire light chain.
  11. Fac Facility (MILCON term).
  12. FACP Forward Area Control Post (JFACC term).
  13. FACSPMF Federal Agency Computer Security Program Managers Forum.
  14. FAD See: flavin adenine dinucleotide.
  15. FADEC Full-Authority Electronic Controls.
  16. FAFB Falcon AFB, CO.
  17. FAFBR Falcon AFB Regulation
  18. Fairing Structure to protect the payload during ascent phase.
  19. FAIT A fact; an act committed; a deed.
  20. FALCON Fission-Activated Light Concept.
  21. FAM Functional Area Management.
  22. FAMIS Financial Accounting Management Information System.
  23. FAMP Facilities Acquisition Management Plan.
  24. FAMSIM Family of Simulations (USA term).
  25. FAR See Federal Acquisition Regulation.
  26. Far Field The region far from an antenna compared to the dimensions of the antenna and the wavelength of the radiation.
  27. FAS Foreign Agricultural Service
  28. FAST First Action System for Trademarks
  29. Fast-Burn Booster (FBB) A ballistic missile that burns out much more quickly than current versions, possibly before exiting the atmosphere entirely.
  30. FAT (1) First Article Testing. (2) Factory Acceptance Test.
  31. Fault-Tolerance The ability of a processor to maintain mission effectiveness after some subsystems failed.
  32. FAX Short for facsimile. A process of transmitting documents by scanning them to digital, converting to analog, transmitting over phone lines and reversing…
  33. FBB Fast-Burn Booster.
  34. FBIS Foreign Broadcast Information Service (US).
  35. FBM Fleet Ballistic Missile.
  36. FBMS Fleet Ballistic Missile System (USN term).
  37. FBP Forward Based Probe.
  38. FBR Forward-Based Radar (US Army term).
  39. FBS Forward-Based System.
  40. FBXR Forward-Based X-band Radar.
  41. FC A product of hydrolysis of an IgG antibody, consisting of parts of the constant regions of two heavy chains held together by a disulphide bridge, but…
  42. FCA Functional Configuration Audit.
  43. FCC Federal Communications Commission.
  44. FCCM Facilities Capital Cost of Money.
  45. FCN Fully Connected Network.
  46. FCO Field Change Order.
  47. FCRC OBSOLETE. Federal Contract Research Center.
  48. FCS Fire Control Section.
  49. FCT Foreign comparative testing.
  50. FD First Deployment.
  51. FDA An agency in the U.S. federal government whose mission is to protect public health by making sure that food, cosmetics, and nutritional supplements are…
  52. FDC Final Data Capture Once the fee, any correspondence, and/or drawings are matched with the application and all requirements have been met for issuance as a…
  53. FDG Foreign Disclosure Guide.
  54. FDM Common abbreviation for Financial Disclosure Management, the online program to electronically file and manage financial disclosure reports.
  55. FDO Friant Dam Office (Friant, CA).
  56. FDP Flight Demonstration Program.
  57. FDR The parents, brothers, sisters, or children of an individual. Also called first-degree relative .
  58. FDRU Final Design Review Update (MDA PAC term).
  59. FDS (1) Flight Demonstration System. (2) Fault Detection System.
  60. FDSV Flight Demonstration Space Vehicle.
  61. FDT&E See Force Development Test and Experimentation (US Army).
  62. FDX Full Duplex (Telecomm/Computer term).
  63. FEA Federal Enterprise Architecture -- see Federal Enterprise Architecture for more
  64. Feasibility Study A study of the applicability or desirability of any management or procedural system from the standpoint of advantages versus disadvantages in any given…
  65. FEBA Forward Edge of the Battle Area.
  66. FECA Front-End Cost Analysis
  67. FED Federal.
  68. FEDAC Federal Computer Acquisition Center.
  69. FEDCAC Federal Computer Acquisition Center.
  70. Federal Acquisition Regulation The primary regulation for use by federal executive agencies for acquisition of supplies and services with appropriated funds.
  71. FEDSIM Federal System Integration and Management.
  72. FEL Free Electron Laser.
  73. FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency.
  74. Fenced Funding An identified aggregation of resources reviewed, approved, and managed as a distinct entity.
  75. FER Financial Execution Review.
  76. FES Facility Engineering Surveillance Plan.
  77. FET Field Effect Transistor.
  78. FEU Flight Evaluation Unit.
  79. FEWS Follow-on Early Warning System.
  80. FF Fire Finder Radar (US Army. 106
  81. FFBD Functional Flow Block Diagram.
  82. FFCD Full, Final and Complete Disclosure (Treaty negotiation term).
  83. FFD Fraction Failure Detected.
  84. FFH Fast Frequency Hopping.
  85. FFP Firm Fixed Price.
  86. FFRDC Federally Funded Research and Development Center.
  87. FGC Functional Group Code (Navy ILS term).
  88. FGEP Fixed Ground Entry Point.
  89. FH Full Health
  90. FI Fault Isolation.
  91. FI&A Fault Isolation and Analysis.
  92. FIDO Fighter Duty Officer (JFACC term).
  93. Field of View (FOV) The angular measure of the volume of space within which the system can respond to the presence of a target.
  94. Fighting Mirror (FMIR) Part of the GBL System. The low orbit mirror, which receives laser energy and reflects it to the target.
  95. Figure of Merit (FOM) The numerical value assigned to a measure of effectiveness, parameters, or other figure, as a result of an analysis, synthesis, or estimating technique.
  96. FIP Federal Information Processing.
  97. FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology after approval by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant…
  98. FIPSPUBS Federal Information Processing Standards Publication.
  99. Fire Control The control of all operations in connection with the application of fire on a target.
  100. Fire Control System A group of interrelated fire control equipment and/or instruments designed for use with a weapon or group of weapons.