Defense terms starting with R

246 terms

  1. Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) Reliability and maintainability design parameters are key factors in the design of affordable and supportable systems.
  2. Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) Those requirements imposed on acquisition systems to ensure they are operationally ready for use when needed, will successfully perform assigned…
  3. REM Roentgen Equivalent Man.
  4. Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) An unmanned vehicle capable of being controlled from a distant location through a communication link. It is normally designed to be recoverable.
  5. REP Represent/Representative
  6. Repairability The probability that a failed system will be restored to operable condition within a specified active repair time.
  7. Repeater- Jammer A receiver transmitter device that amplifies, multiplies and retransmits the signals received, for purposes of deception or jamming.
  8. Report Back Information returned from system elements that verify that directions have been received and carried out.
  9. Reprogrammable Time Time required to re-target an alert missile.
  10. Reprogramming The transfer of funds between program element and line items within an appropriation for purposes other than those contemplated at the time of…
  11. Request for Proposal (RFP) A solicitation used in negotiated acquisition to communicate government requirements to prospective contractors and to solicit proposals. 247
  12. Request for Quotation A solicitation used in negotiated acquisition to communicate government requirements to prospective contractors and to solicit a quotation.
  13. Required Operational Capability (ROC) OBSOLETE. A document stating need and specific operational capability. Replaced by the Operational Requirements Document (Army, USMC).
  14. Required Operational Characteristics System parameters that are primary indicators of the systems capability to be employed to perform the required mission functions, and to be supported.
  15. Required Technical Characteristics Quantitative system performance parameters, approved by the DoD Component, that are selected as primary indicators of technical achievement of engineering…
  16. Requirements Analysis An analysis to determine and document the need for resources to perform the agencys mission.
  17. Requirements Document A document that sets forth the requirements for a system or system component; for example, a software configuration item.
  18. Res A thing; the subject matter.
  19. RESA Research, Evaluation, and Systems Analysis simulation facility (USN), San Diego, CA.
  20. Rescission The cancellation, or “tearing-up,” of a contract. Some consumer loans (home mortgages) feature a 3-day right of rescission during which the borrower…
  21. Research and Development Costs Those program costs primarily associated with R&D efforts including the development of a new or improved capability to the point where it is ready for use.
  22. Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) Activities for the development of a new system that include basic and exploratory research, advanced and engineering development, development and…
  23. Resident Space Object (RSO) The Cheyenne Mountain Complex maintains object, which is currently on-orbit and whose element set parameters. 248
  24. RESOL Resolution.
  25. Resolution See DPI.
  26. Response Plan Selection The continual comparison of the nature of the observed threat with the defense system capabilities and selects the best way to attack the threat in…
  27. Responsive Threat The threat after taking into account modernization and countermeasures introduced to offset the capabilities of the SDS.
  28. Restitution Act of restoring anything to its rightful owner; the act of restoring someone to an economic position he enjoyed before he suffered a loss.
  29. Retrofit Action Action taken to modify in-service equipment.
  30. Retrograde Orbit An orbit having inclination of 0 to 90 degrees (See Prograde Orbit).
  31. Reverse Engineering The process of analyzing a system to identify its intricacies and their interrelationships, and create depictions of the system in another form or at a…
  32. REVIC Revised Enhanced Version of Intermediate COCOMO (Computer term).
  33. Revisit Interval The time that elapses between successive observations of an object from a single sensor.
  34. REX/TTG Receiver Exciter/Test Target Generator.
  35. RF Abbreviation for replicative form.
  36. RFFEL Radio Frequency Linac .
  37. RFI (1) Request for Issue. (2) Request for Information. (3) Radio Frequency Interference.
  38. RFL Radio Frequency Linac .
  39. RFLINAC Radio Frequency Linear Accelerator.
  40. RFOG Resonant Fiber Optic Gyro.
  41. RFP Request for Proposal.
  42. RFQ Radio Frequency Quadrupole (Accelerator).
  43. RG (1) Rail Gun. (2) Review Group.
  44. RGB Red, Green, Blue (Video Engineering term).
  45. RH Abbreviation for recombinant human.
  46. RH Electronics Radiation Hardened Electronics.
  47. RHD Radiation Hardened Electronics. 249
  48. RHETT II (1) Russian Half Effect Thruster Technology Program. (2) Russian Hall Electric Thruster Test.
  49. RIA Abbreviation for radioimmunoassay.
  50. RIBIT Reverse Illuminated Blocked Impurity Transducer.
  51. RICBM Retro Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.
  52. RIIA Royal Institute of International Affairs (UK).
  53. RIL Repair Items List (ILS term).
  54. RINT Unintentional Radiation Intelligence.
  55. RIS Radar Instruction Set Computer.
  56. RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computers.
  57. RISCAE RISC Ada Environment.
  58. Risk Approval Authority (RAA) An individual designated by the Director, MDA who makes risk acceptance decisions.
  59. risk assessment a scientifically based process consisting of the following steps: i) hazard identification; ii) hazard characterization; iii) exposure assessment; and iv)…
  60. RISTA Reconnaissance, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition.
  61. RIU Range Interface Unit.
  62. RIVET JOINT Name of USAF Reconnaissance project.
  63. RIW Reliability Incentive Warranty.
  64. RL Rome Laboratory, Griffiss Business and Technology Park, NY. (Formerly called Rome Air Development Center.)
  65. RLA Repair of Level Analysis (ILS term).
  66. RLG Ring Laser Gyro.
  67. RLRIU Routing Logic Radio Interface Unit (PATRIOT).
  68. RLRIU-U Routing Logic Radio Interface Unit Upgrade (USA term).
  69. RM Radioman (USN term). 250
  70. RMA (1) Reliability, Maintainability and Availability (see RAM) (ILS term). (2) Revolution in Military Affairs (OSD term).
  71. RMCET Resource Management Concurrent Engineering Team.
  72. RME (1) Relay Mirror Experiment (a satellite launched February 1990 and which reentered the atmosphere in May 1993). (2) Remote Multiplexer Encoder.
  73. RMI Republic of the Marshall Islands.
  74. RMO Reflectivity.
  75. RMP Risk Management Plan.
  76. RMS (1) Remote Manipulator System. (2) Root Mean Square.
  77. RNAS REL NAV Analytic Simulator (JTIDS term).
  78. RNLAF Royal Netherlands Air Force.
  79. RNLN Royal Netherlands Navy.
  80. ROB Remote Operating Base.
  81. ROBS Rapid Optical Beam Steering (system).
  82. Robust Used in describing a system; indicates its ability to endure and perform its mission against a responsive threat.
  83. Robustness (1) The ability to produce correct results despite input errors. (2) The existence of coordinated, multiple capabilities that perform the same broad…
  84. ROC (1) Regional Operations Center. (2) Required Operational Capability.
  85. ROCC Regional Operations Control Center.
  86. ROD A graduated staff used in determining the difference in elevation between two points.
  87. ROE Fish eggs
  88. ROF Rate of Fire
  89. ROI Return on Investment.
  90. ROK Republic of Korea.
  91. ROM Read Only Memory - the hardware in a computer that that can be read but not written to.
  92. ROOM Real-time Object-Oriented Methodology.
  93. RORSAT Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite.
  94. ROV Remotely Operated Vehicle. 251
  95. ROW Rest-of-World.
  96. RP Role Playing; Role Player; Role Play. To act, behave and talk in a way as though you are the character you are controlling.
  97. RP&C Resource Planning and Coordination.
  98. RPAC Resource Performance Analysis Center.
  99. RPIE Real Property Installed Equipment.
  100. RPM Short for revolutions per minute, the measurement of the engine's crankshaft.