Defense terms starting with M

419 terms

  1. M (1) Model. (2) Million. (3) Mega.
  2. M&LC Missile and Launch Control.
  3. M&S (1) Materials and Structures. (2) Modeling and Simulation.
  4. M-T-M Model Test Model.
  5. M/LWIR Medium/Long Wavelength Infrared.
  6. M/P Manpower/Personnel.
  7. MAA Mission Area Analysis.
  8. MAAG Military Assistance Advisory Group.
  9. MAB Abbreviation for monoclonal antibody.
  10. MAC (1) OBSOLETE. Military Airlift Command. See AMC. (2) Maintenance Allocation Chart.
  11. MACCK Multi-Application Command and Control Kit (GD term for IVIS follow-on).
  12. MACCS Marine Corps Air Command and Control System.
  13. MACOM Major Army Command.
  14. MAD (1) Mission Area Deficiency. (2) Mutually Assured Destruction.
  15. MADCAP Mosaic Array Data Compression and Analysis Program.
  16. MADS Modified Air Defense System.
  17. MAE Medium Altitude Endurance.
  18. MAGTF Marine Air-Ground Task Force.
  19. Main Beam The primary directional EMR emitted from radar transmitters.
  20. Maintainer An individual responsible for retaining the major defense system in or restoring it to a specified condition.
  21. Maintenance Concept/Plan A description of maintenance considerations and constraints for system/equipment under development.
  22. Maintenance Operations The corrective and preventive maintenance operations that do not require a deployment decision; it includes correction and subsequent validation testing…
  23. Maintenance Planning The process conducted to evolve and establish maintenance concepts and requirements for the lifetime of a material system; one of the principal elements…
  24. MAIS Mobile Automated Instrumentation Suite (USA term).
  25. MAISRC Major Automated Information System Review Council
  26. MAJCOM Major Command (USAF).
  27. Major Automated Information System Review Council (MAISRC) The Senior DoD information management acquisition review board chaired by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communication, and…
  28. Major Defense Acquisition Program An acquisition program that is not a highly sensitive classified program (as determined by the Secretary of Defense) and that is: 1.
  29. Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) An acquisition program that is not a highly sensitive classified program (as determined by the Secretary of Defense) and that is: 1.
  30. Major Modification A modification that in and of itself meets the criteria of acquisition category I or II or is designated as such by the milestone decision authority.
  31. Major System A combination of elements that will function together to produce the capabilities required to fulfill a mission need, including hardware, equipment…
  32. MAM Maintenance Assist Modules.
  33. MAMDT Mean Active Maintenance Downtime (ILS term). 175
  34. Mandatory Access Control A means of restricting access to objects based on the sensitivity (as represented by a label) of the information contained in the objects and the formal…
  35. Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle (MARV) A reentry vehicle capable of performing preplanned flight maneuvers during the reentry phase.
  36. MANPER Manpower and Personnel ILS term).
  37. Manpower Authorizations The billets in the manpower requirements structure that are planned to be filled.
  38. Manpower Estimate Report (MER) An estimate of the number of personnel who will operate, maintain, support, and train for the acquisition upon full operational deployment.
  39. Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Safety (MPTS) The human dimension of the complete defense weapon system. The term MPTS also encompasses the concepts and disciplines of human factors engineering and…
  40. Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Safety (MPTS) Profiles A description of human dimensions and constraints involving a major system throughout the system life cycle.
  41. MANPRINT Manpower and Personnel Integration (US Army).
  42. MANTECH Manufacturing Technology.
  43. Manufacturing (or Production) Engineering Pre-production planning and operation analysis applied to specific product designs.
  44. Manufacturing Operations, Development, and Integration Laboratory (MODIL) An SDS-peculiar integration mechanism to link product technology development concurrently with manufacturing process and control development for a…
  45. Manufacturing Technology (MANTECH) Manufacturing technology refers to any action which has as its objective the timely establishment or improvement of the manufacturing processes…
  46. MAOC Modular Air Operations Center (JFACC term).
  47. MAOPR Minimum Acceptable Operational Performance Requirements.
  48. MAP 1. verb: to determine the relative positions of loci (genes or DNA sequences) on a chromosome.
  49. MAR Monthly Assessment Report (BMDO/POC term).
  50. MARCO Marine Corps.
  51. Marine Air Command and Control System A US Marine Corps tactical air command and control system that provides the tactical air commander with the means to command, coordinate, and control all…
  52. Mark/Markup Line by line review and approval/disapproval/modification of the defense budget by congressional committees.
  53. MARS Machine Assisted Reference Section
  54. MARSYSCOM US Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, VA
  55. MARV Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle.
  56. MARVIS Mid-Apogee Reentry Vehicle Intercept System.
  57. MAS Abbreviation for marker-assisted selection.
  58. MASINT Measurement and Signature Intelligence.
  59. MASPAR Massive Parallel Processors (TMD-GBR).
  60. Mass Raid Many Red ballistic missiles launched toward CONUS from several launch areas. A mass ASAT raid consists of several ASATs attacking Blue satellites.
  61. MAST Measurement and Simulation Technology-formerly Synthetic Scene Generation Model (SSGM).
  62. Matching Ballistic Reentry Vehicle (MBRV) Four reentry vehicle designs (MBRV 1-4) developed to serve as threat representative theater targets.
  63. Matching Target Reentry Vehicle (MTRV) Threat representative reentry vehicle developed for GMD Program by Sandia Labs. Planned for use on IFT 9-14.
  64. Material Fielding Plan Plan to ensure smooth transition of system from developer to user.
  65. Materials Science The science of developing/altering and applying materials to obtain a resultant molecular structure with desirable physical properties and performance…
  66. MATHSFA Manufacturing and Testing of LWIR Hardened Seeker FPA Assemblies. 177
  67. Matra BAE Dynamics European missile manufacturer formed in 1996 from British Aerospace Dynamics and Matra of France.
  68. MATT Mutli -mission Advanced Tactical Terminal.
  69. MATT Radio UHF radio receiver for TRAP, TOPS, and TIBS.
  70. MATTR Mid And Terminal Tiers Review.
  71. MAX Maximum
  72. Maximum Attrition Maximum attrition is employed in a target-rich environment to destroy the maximum number of RVs, regardless of the type, by using all available or…
  73. MB Millibar
  74. MBA Multi-Beam Antenna.
  75. MBE Molecular Beam Epitaxy .
  76. MBFR Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction.
  77. Mbps Megabits per second.
  78. MBRV Maneuvering Ballistic Reentry Vehicle.
  79. MC (1) Mission Control. (2) See Midcourse phase. (3) Mission Capable (ILS term). (4) Military Committee.
  80. MCA Micro Channel Architecture ( TelComm /Computer term).
  81. MCAS Marine Corps Air Station.
  82. MCASS MTACCS Common Application Support Software.
  83. MCBM Midcourse Battle Manager.
  84. MCC Mesoscale Convective Complex. A large MCS, generally round or oval-shaped, which normally reaches peak intensity at night.
  85. MCCC Mobile Consolidated Command Center.
  86. MCCDC Marine Corps Combat Development Center.
  87. MCCR Mission Critical Computer Resources.
  88. MCE Mission Control Element.
  89. MCG Midcourse Guidance.
  90. MCI Midcourse Interceptor.
  91. MCLOR Marine Corps LORA Model (USMC ILS term).
  92. MCM Multi-Chip Module. 178
  93. MCOTEA Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation [Command].
  94. MCP (1) Materiel Change Package (US Army term). (2) Military Construction Program.
  95. MCPDM Marine Corps Program Decision Making.
  96. MCRDAC Marine Corps Research, Development & Acquisition Command.
  97. MCS Abbreviation for multiple cloning site. See: polylinker.
  98. MCSS (1) Midcourse Surveillance System. (2) Military Communications Satellite System.
  99. MCT Mercury Cadmium Telluride (cf. HgCdTe ).
  100. MCTE Mission, Course of Action, Task, and Element Control Directives.