Defense terms starting with O

215 terms

  1. O&M Operations and Maintenance.
  2. O&O Plan Operational & Organizational Plan (Army).
  3. O&S Operations and Support.
  4. O-Level Organizational Level (ILS term).
  5. O/A On or About.
  6. OA (1) Operational Assessment. (2) Operational Availability. (3) Options Assessment (BM/C3 Program term c. 1994-6).
  7. OAA Other Agreements Authority (OSD term).
  8. OAB Outer air battle.
  9. OAC Operating Agency Code.
  10. OAMP Optical Airborne Measurement Program.
  11. OAO OAO Corporation, Greenbelt, MD.
  12. OAR Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Operation Plans Assessment Report.
  13. OAS Organization of American States.
  14. OASA Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army.
  15. OASD Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense.
  16. OASD (C3I) Office of the Assistance Secretary of Defense (C31).
  17. OASP On-Array Advanced Signal Processing.
  18. OB Operating Budget.
  19. OBAN Operating Budget Account Number.
  20. OBDP Onboard Data Processor.
  21. OBE Overtaken By Events.
  22. OBJ Object.
  23. Object Rate (Max) The maximum rate (per second) that a sensor can acquire RVs, decoys, AOs, or fractionated missile/PBV debris. 207
  24. Object-Oriented A software development approach that organizes software as a collection of objects containing both data structure and behavior.
  25. Object-Oriented Analysis The process by which a real-world problem is examined in terms of a collection of objects to understand requirements, without planning the implementation.
  26. Objects in FOV (Max) The maximum number of RVs, decoys, AOs, or fractionated missile/PBV debris that a sensor can acquire at one time.
  27. Obligation An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future…
  28. Obligation Authority (1) A congressional authorization to procure goods and services within a specified amount by appropriation or other authorization.
  29. Obscurant A material (e.g., smoke or chaff) used to conceal an object from observation by a radio or optical sensor.
  30. Observable A measurable target attribute.
  31. OBSV Observation.
  32. OC Operations Center.
  33. OCA Offensive Counter-air.
  34. OCD Operational Concept Document.
  35. OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest.
  36. OCM Overt Countermeasure.
  37. OCONUS Outside CONUS.
  38. OCR Optical Character Reader.
  39. OCS (1) Operational Control System. (2) Ozone Depleting Chemical.
  40. OCU Operators Console Unit (THAAD).
  41. OD Optical Disk (PATRIOT).
  42. OD PA&E Office of the Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation.
  43. ODA Optical Discrimination Algorithms/Architecture.
  44. ODASD Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.
  45. ODCS Office, Deputy Chief of Staff.
  46. ODCSINT Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence.
  47. ODCSOPS Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans (DAHQ term).
  48. ODDI Office of the Director of Defense Information. 208
  49. ODES Operational and Developmental Experiments Simulator.
  50. ODISC4 Office of the Director of Information Systems for C4.
  51. OEC (1) Operational Evaluation Command (US Army term). (2) Other Early Capability.
  52. OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
  53. OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer.
  54. Off the Shelf Procurement of existing system or equipment without an RDT&E program or with minor development to make the system suitable for DoD needs.
  55. Off-the-Shelf Item An existing item, system, or equipment, determined by a material acquisition decision process review ( DoD , Military Component, or subordinate…
  56. Offense/Defense Coordination The coordination of the strategic defense system operations with unified/specified strategic offense commands to achieve overall U.S.
  57. Offensive Counter Air Operation An operation mounted to destroy, disrupt, or limit enemy air power as close to its source as possible.
  58. OFP Operational Flight Program.
  59. OFS Operational Flight Simulation.
  60. OGA Other Government Agencies.
  61. OI Operating Instruction.
  62. OIG see IG
  63. OIPT Overarching Integrated Product (Process) Team.
  64. OIS Orbital Insertion Stage.
  65. OIW Offensive Information Warfare.
  66. OJCS Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  67. OJT On-the-Job Training.
  68. OLA Abbreviation for oligonucleotide ligation assay.
  69. OLC 2 Operational Level Command and Control.
  70. OLE Object Linking and Embedding. A feature in Microsofts Windows which allows each section of a compound document to call up its own editing tools or special…
  71. OLS Operational Line Scan System.
  72. OLSP Operational Logistics Support Plan (Navy term). 209
  73. OM Operating (Operations) Manual.
  74. OMA Office of Military Application (US).
  75. OMB Office of Management and Budget, a branch of The Executive Office of the President -- see OMB for more
  76. OMC Operations and Maintenance Contractor.
  77. OMG Operational Maneuver Group.
  78. OMI Operations Maintenance and Integration.
  79. OMNCS Office of the Manager, National Communications System.
  80. OMSCWG Operational Message Space Command Working Group.
  81. OMT Other Military Targets.
  82. OMU Orbital Maneuvering Unit.
  83. OMV Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle.
  84. ON Optic Needle.
  85. On-Line A unit that is operational, not dormant, but is not participating with on-going functions.
  86. ONI Office of Naval Intelligence.
  87. ONR Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA.
  88. OOD Object-Oriented Design.
  89. OODB Object-Oriented Database.
  90. OOMS On-Orbit Maintenance/Servicing.
  91. OOTW Operations Other Than War.
  92. OP (1) Optical Processing. (2) Orthogonal Polarization.
  93. OP RQ/TEST IPT Operational Requirements and Testing IPT (MEADS Program term).
  94. OPA Optical Parametric Amplification.
  95. OPANAL Name of agency for the prohibition of nuclear weapons in Latin America.
  96. OPCC OBSOLETE. Offut Processing and Correlation Center. (Now Alternate Processing and Correlation Center (APCC).)
  97. OPCOM Operational Command (NATO).
  98. OPCON Operational Control.
  99. OPCW Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
  100. OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. 210