Defense terms starting with R

246 terms

  1. R 2 (1) Recovery and Reconstitution. (2) Reporting Responsibility.
  2. R 2 P 2 Rapid-Retargeting/Precision Pointing (simulator).
  3. R 3 Rotary Reciprocating Refrigerator.
  4. R i Inherent Reliability.
  5. R m Mission Reliability (ILS term).
  6. R&A Reliability and Availability.
  7. R&D Research and Development.
  8. R-T Real Time.
  9. R/ASR Review as Required.
  10. R/W Read/Write.
  11. R3 Rotary Reciprocating Refrigerator.
  12. RAA Risk Approval Authority.
  13. RAAF Royal Australian Air Force.
  14. RACE A distinguishable group of organisms of a particular species. Criteria for distinctness can be one or a combination of geographic, ecological…
  15. RAD Radiation Absorbed Dose. The basic unit of an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation.
  16. Rad Hard Radiation Hardened.
  17. radar Acronym for RAdio Detection And Ranging; a radio device or system for locating an object by means of ultrahigh-frequency radio waves reflected from the…
  18. Radar Beacon A receiver-transmitter combination which sends out a coded signal when triggered by the proper type of pulse, enabling determination of range and bearing…
  19. Radar Cross Section (RCS) Area of an object as scanned by radar; measured in square meters.
  20. Radar Netting The linking of several radars to a single center to provide integrated target information.
  21. RADC (1) Region Air Defense Commander. (2) OBSOLETE. Rome Air Development Center. (Now called Rome Laboratory.)
  22. RADEC Radiation Detection Capability.
  23. RADHAZ (1) Electromagnetic Radiation Hazard. (2) Hazards form electromagnetic radiation.
  24. Radiant Exposure The total amount of thermal radiation energy received per unit area of exposed surface; it is usually expressed in calories per square centimeter. 242
  25. Radiation (RAY-dee-AY-shun) Energy released in the form of particle or electromagnetic waves.
  26. Radiation Hardening Protection of a particular system, subsystem, or component from functional damage due to the effects of nuclear (or other) radiation by shielding the…
  27. RADIC System Rapidly Deployable Integrated Command and Control System.
  28. RADINT Radar Intelligence.
  29. Radio Blackout (RBO) The complete disruption of radio (or radar) signal over large areas caused by the ionization accompanying a high altitude nuclear explosion, especially…
  30. Radioactive (or Nuclear) Cloud An all-inclusive term for the volume of hot gases, smoke, dust, and other particulate matter from the nuclear weapon itself and from its environment, that…
  31. Radioactivity The spontaneous decay of disintegration of an unstable atomic nucleus accompanied by the emission of radiation.
  32. RADOT Recording Automatic Digital Optical Tracker.
  33. RAG Red-Amber-Green (MDA/POC assessment term).
  34. Rail Gun (RG) A weapon using metallic rails and electromagnetic energy to fire hypervelocity projectiles.
  35. RAM Random Access Memory - the hardware inside a computer that retains memory on a short-term basis and stores information while the user utilizes the…
  36. RAMA (1) Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability. (2) Random Access Memory. (3) Radar Absorption Material.
  37. RAMOS (1) Russian-American Observation Satellite. (2) Reliability, availability, maintainability, operations, and support.
  38. RAMS Resource Management Accounting System.
  39. Random Defense Engagement of RVs uniformly without any reference to type or destination. This implies taking the best shot possible in terms of increasing probability to…
  40. Range Resolution The ability of the radar to distinguish two targets along the same radial but at different ranges. it is approximately ½ the pulse length.
  41. RAP Remote Access Panel. 243
  42. RAPIER Rapid Emergency Relocation Team.
  43. RAPTOR A bird of prey such as a falcon, hawk, or eagle.
  44. RAPTOR/TALON A technology demonstration program to demonstrate critical technologies for an unmanned airborne weapons system providing a boost phase intercept…
  45. RARSAT Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite.
  46. RAS (1) Requirements Allocation Sheet. (2) Remote Access Set.
  47. RASA Remote Command Safety System.
  48. Rationalization Any action that increases the effectiveness of allied forces through more efficient or effective use of defense resources committed to the alliance.
  49. RB Reentry Body.
  50. RBECS Revised Battlefield Electronic CEOI System (US Army-sponsored).
  51. RBO Radio Blackout.
  52. RC/CC Responsibility Center/Cost Center.
  53. RCF Radar Correlation Function.
  54. RCM (1) Reliability Centered Maintenance. (2) Requirements Correlation Matrix (AF). (3) Resource Consumption Model.
  55. RCR Rate Capability Review (USA term).
  56. RCS Radar Cross-Section.
  57. RCSR Radar Cross-Section Reduction.
  58. RCSS Range Command Safety System.
  59. RCU (1) Rate Changes Unit. (2) Remote Control Unit. (3) Reactor Control Unit.
  60. RCVR Receiver.
  61. RD Readiness Demonstrator (SBL Program term).
  62. RDA Research, Development and Acquisition.
  63. RDBMS Relational Database Management System (Computer term).
  64. RDC Research and Development Contract.
  65. RDD Requirements Driven Design. 244
  66. RDD-100 Requirements Driven Development
  67. RDG ridge
  68. RDS Radius
  69. RDT&E Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation.
  70. RDT&E Program Categories The five divisions the comprise Major Force Program 06 (R&D) in the FYDP. They are: • 6.1 Basic Research • 6.2 Exploratory Development • 6.
  71. RE reexamination
  72. Re Targeting The ability of the system to recomputed the direction of sensors and/or weapons to intercept a target that was missed on the first attempt, or that was…
  73. REACT Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting.
  74. Reaction Decoy A decoy deployed only upon warning or suspicion of imminent attack.
  75. Readiness Postures A specific status defining the relative responsiveness of BMD assets and personnel to perform a USSPACECOM BMD mission.
  76. Real Time When an event is reported as it happens - such as a quick jump in a stock's price or the constantly changing numbers on a market index - you are getting…
  77. Real Time (R-T) 1. Pertaining to the timelines of data or information which have been delayed only by the time required for electronic communication.
  78. Real World Data Data derived from physical experimentation concerning phenomenology associated with technical functioning of SDS, particularly regarding target…
  79. Real World Data Collection The provision, to SEIC users, of access to real world data, in fashion timely and otherwise suitable to meet users needs (e.g.
  80. REC Radio-Electronic Combat.
  81. RECCE Reconnaissance.
  82. Reclama A formal appeal to the service comptroller of SECDEFs tentative budget decision on the service budget estimates. 245
  83. RECON Reconnaissance.
  84. Reconciliation The process of analyzing two related records and, if differences exist between them, finding the cause and bringing the two records into agreement.
  85. Reconstitute To restore, during periods of hostile engagements or during peacetime, military forces or elements as closely as possible to a desired state of readiness…
  86. Red/Blue Exchange A process to identify and define potential countermeasures that would degrade aspects of ballistic missile defense.
  87. REDCAP Real-time Electromagnetic Digitally Controlled Analyzer and Processor (USAF term).
  88. Redout The degradation of infrared sensor resolution due to high-altitude nuclear bursts.
  89. Redundancy The inclusion of duplicate or alternate system elements to improve operational reliability by ensuring continued operation in the event that a primary…
  90. Reengineering The process of examining, altering, and re-implementing an existing computer system to reconstitute it in a new form.
  91. Reentry The return of objects originally launched from earth, into the atmosphere.
  92. Reentry Angle Elevation angle of velocity vector relative to local horizontal plane when reentering object reaches 92km.
  93. Reentry Phase That portion of the trajectory of a ballistic missile or space vehicle where there is a significant interaction of the vehicle and the earths atmosphere.
  94. Reentry Vehicle (RV) (1) Reentry vehicles are objects containing nuclear warheads. They are released from the last stage of a booster rocket or from a post-boost vehicle early…
  95. Regional Defense System (RDS) That portion of the SDS that provides defense for a specific geographic region, such as the European Theater.
  96. Regional Operations Center (ROC) A group of fixed and/or mobile centers with OPCON over allocated ground based sensors and weapons. 246
  97. Regional Operations Control Center (ROCC) The command function for CONUS, Canadian and Alaska NORAD Regions, referred to as regions.
  98. Regrade To determine that certain classified information requires, in the interests of national security, a higher or lower degree of protection against…
  99. REL NAV Relative Navigation (JTIDS term).
  100. Relay Mirror Part of a ground-based laser system.