Defense terms starting with G

167 terms

  1. GN&C Guidance, Navigation, and Control.
  2. GNC&P Guidance, Navigation, Control and Propulsion.
  3. GND Ground
  4. GOCO Government Owned, Contractor Operated.
  5. GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite- Satellites orbiting at 22,370 miles above the Earth's surface with the same rotational velocity as the…
  6. GOI Government of Israel.
  7. GOJ Government of Japan.
  8. GOSG General Officer Steering Group.
  9. GOSIP Government Open Systems Interconnect Profile (CALS term).
  10. GOSP Government Open System Protocol (CALS term).
  11. GOTS Government Off-the-Shelf.
  12. Government Furnished Property Property in the possession of, or directly acquired by, the Government and subsequently made available to the contractor. (See FAR 45.101.)
  13. Government Verification Management Plan (GVMP) A management document that provides the overall framework for BMDS verification.
  14. Govt Government.
  15. GP Group.
  16. GPALS Global Protection Against Limited Strikes.
  17. GPC Global Protection Center.
  18. GPMD General Manager Program Management Directive.
  19. GPO Government Printing Office (US).
  20. GPP General Purpose Processor.
  21. GPS An acronym for Global Positioning System. A network of satellites which provide extremely accurate position and time information.
  22. GPSIU GPS Interface Unit.
  23. GPU Guidance Processor Unit (US Army term).
  24. Graceful Degradation A condition in which a system continues to operate, providing service in a degraded mode rather than failing completely or catastrophically.
  25. GRASER Gamma-Ray Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. (See Gamma- Ray Laser.)
  26. GRC General Research Corporation.
  27. Green Code Interface Software.
  28. Ground Entry Point (GEP) OBSOLETE. GEPs provide the communications interfaces between the SDS space orbital/sub-orbital elements and the C 2 E. See IFICS.
  29. Ground Mobile Regional Operations Center (GMROC) Transportable ground segment of the Regional Operations Center.
  30. Ground Zero The point on the surface of the earth at, or vertically below or above, the center of a planned or actual nuclear detonation.
  31. Ground-Based Defense The ground-based sensor and weapon systems of BMD.
  32. Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) A kinetic energy exoatmospheric interceptor with long flyout range to provide, where possible, a multiple engagement capability for defense of the U.S.
  33. Ground-Based Interceptor Experiment (GBI-X) Designed to infuse advanced technology and promote competitive environment for GBI.
  34. Ground-Based Radar (GBR) A task-able, modular, multi-function, phased-array radar that provides surveillance, tracking and engagement planning data in post-boost, midcourse, and…
  35. Ground-Based Radar Terminal (GBRT) The sensor for the NMD system. An X-band, ground-based, phased array radar capable of detecting, tracking, and providing discrimination information to a…
  36. Ground-based Surveillance and Tracking System (GSTS) A fast-response rocket-launched sensor, which can support the SDS midcourse sensor suite by employing multiple Long Wavelength Infrared (LWIR) wavebands…
  37. GS Goldshire
  38. GSA General Services Administration, an agency of the U. S. government.
  39. GSDC Ground Station Demonstration Lab.
  40. GSE Abbreviation for government sponsored enterprisesa collection of financial services corporations formed by the United States Congress to reduce interest…
  41. GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.
  42. GSII Government Services Information Infrastructure.
  43. GSM Ground Station Module.
  44. GSO Geo-stationary Orbit.
  45. GSR Ground Station Radar.
  46. GSSP Generally-accepted Systems Security Principles.
  47. GSTS OBSOLETE. A fast-response, rocket-launched, Long Wavelength Infrared (LWIR) and visible waveband sensor, which would have enhanced the information…
  48. GSTS (F) GSTS Farm.
  49. GTA Ground Test Accelerator.
  50. GTACS Ground Theater Air Control System.
  51. GTE GTE Corporation.
  52. GTF Guided Test Flights.
  53. GTM Global Track Manager.
  54. GTN General Technical Note.
  55. GTR Greater
  56. GTSF Guidance Test and Simulation Facility (PATRIOT), Huntsville, AL.
  57. GTV Guided Test Vehicle.
  58. GUI Graphic User Interface. 123
  59. Guidance (1) Direction, altitude control, and navigation (where appropriate) of sensors or interceptor vehicles.
  60. Guidance Enhanced Missile (GEM) A companion program to PATRIOT PAC-2, which includes enhancements to the radar to increase intercept range and performance.
  61. Guidance System (Missile) A system, which evaluates flight information, correlates it with target data, determines the desired flight path of the missile, and communicates the…
  62. Guided Missile An unmanned vehicle moving above the surface of the earth, whose trajectory or flight path is capable of being altered by an external or internal…
  63. GVSC Generic VHSIC (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit) Spaceborne Computer.
  64. GWAPS Gulf War Air Power Survey, 1994 [a DoD -sponsored survey].
  65. Gwd Giga watt-days.
  66. GWEN Ground Wave Emergency Network.
  67. GZ Ground Zero. 124