Defense terms starting with S

703 terms

  1. SIPRI Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sweden).
  2. SIPRNET (1) Secret Internet Protocol Router Network. (2) Secure Information Protocol Net.
  3. SIPT (1) System Integrated Product Team. (2) Services Integrated Product Team.
  4. SIR a published statutory invention registration contains the specification and drawings of a regularly filed nonprovisional application for a patent without…
  5. SIRE Male animal chosen for breeding.
  6. SIRMR Senior Information Resources Management Representative.
  7. SIRRM Standardized Infrared Radiation Model.
  8. SIRST System Shipboard Infrared Search and Track System (USN term).
  9. SIS Special Compartmented Information Isolation Segment.
  10. SISS Subcommittee on Information Systems Security.
  11. SIT System Integration Test.
  12. SITREP Situation Report.
  13. Situation Assessment The determination of the extent to which observed event(s) constitute a threat (e.g., isolated event, mass attack, etc.
  14. SIWS School of Information Warfare and Strategy.
  15. Six Year Defense Program (SYDP) The official DoD document, which summarizes forces and resources associated with programs approved by SECDEF.
  16. Size of Threat Corridor ( LxWxAltitude ) A volume of space in which a particular group of RVs would occupy, defined by launch location and designated target area.
  17. SKKP (Former) Soviet system of outer space monitoring.
  18. Skunkworks A separate program management operation established to operate outside the normal process, either to expedite development or because of high security…
  19. SL Sea Level
  20. SLAM Standoff Land Attack Missile.
  21. SLAM-ER Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response (USN term).
  22. SLAR Side Looking Airborne Radar.
  23. SLAT Supersonic Low Altitude Target [missile]. 267
  24. Slave A remote system or terminal whose functions are controlled by a central "master" system.
  25. SLBD Sea Lite Beam Director.
  26. SLBM Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile.
  27. SLC Space Launch Complex.
  28. SLCM Sea-Launched Cruise Missile.
  29. SLD Solid
  30. Slew Time The time needed for a weapon/sensor/antenna to move from point to point.
  31. SLIP Motion occurring along a fault plane.
  32. SLKT Survivability, Lethality, and Key Technology.
  33. SLOC Sea Line of Communication.
  34. SLRX System Life-cycle Risk Expert.
  35. SLS See Shoot-Look-Shoot.
  36. SLT 1. Slight (as in "slight chance") 2. Sleet
  37. SLV (1) Space Launched Vehicle. (2) Satellite Launch Vehicle.
  38. SM service mark
  39. SM&R Source, Maintenance and Recoverability (ILS term).
  40. SM-2 Standard Missile-2. (U.S. Navy)
  41. SM-3 Standard Missile-3.
  42. SM-ALC Sacramento Air Logistics Center (USAF term).
  43. Small Optics Precision mirrors or refractors, less than 1 meter, and related technology, for precise pointing and tracking from/to relatively small vehicles separated…
  44. Smart Checklist Destroy, disrupt, damage or destroy BMC3 tool for BMD warfighters .
  45. Smart Munitions Munitions that think for themselves and have the self-contained ability to search, detect, acquire and engage targets.
  46. SMAT Satellite and Missile Analysis Tool.
  47. SMATH Space Materials Advanced Technology for Hardness.
  48. SMC Space and Missile System Center.
  49. SMCo Standard Missile Company. 268
  50. SMCS Standard Monitoring and Control System (for US naval ships) (see ICS).
  51. SMD (1) Strategic Missile Defense. (2) OBSOLETE. Navy Sea-Based Midcourse Defense. See AEGIS BMD.
  52. SME (1) Single Management Element. (2) Subject Matter Expert.
  53. SMERFS Statistical Modeling and Estimation of Reliability Functions for Software.
  54. SMES Super Conducting Magnetic Energy Storage.
  55. SMMW Submillimeter Wave.
  56. SMP Soviet Military Power (US DoD publication).
  57. SMR Code Source, Maintenance, and Recoverability Code (ILS term).
  58. SMS Standard Mobile Segment.
  59. SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (computer term).
  60. SMTS Space and Missile Tracking System (formerly called Brilliant Eyes).
  61. SNC System Network Controller.
  62. SNDM Secretary of the Navy Decision Memorandum.
  63. SNDV Strategic Nuclear Delivery Vehicle.
  64. SNF Strategic Nuclear Forces.
  65. SNI San Nicholas Island. Part of the PMTC.
  66. SNIE Special National Intelligence Element.
  67. SNIPE OBSOLETE. SDI System Network Processor Engine.
  68. SNL Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM.
  69. SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio
  70. SNRC Soreq [Israeli] Nuclear Research Center.
  71. SOA (1) State-of-the-Art. (2) Speed of Advance.
  72. SOC Statement of Capability (Contracting term).
  73. SOCOM Special Operations Command.
  74. SOCS Subcommittee on Computer Security.
  75. SODD System and Operations Document.
  76. SODO Senior Offense/Defense Simulator.
  77. SODSIM Strategic Offense/ Defense Simulator.
  78. SOF (1) See Strategic Offense Forces. (2) Special Operations Forces. 269
  79. SOFA Status of Forces Agreement.
  80. Software Architecture The implementation of solutions to the problems in the domain. It becomes a model for constructing applications and mapping requirements from the domain…
  81. Software Development Cycle (1) The period of time that begins with the decision to develop a software product and ends when the product is delivered.
  82. Software Documentation Technical data or information, including computer listings and printouts, in human-readable form, that describe or specify the design or details, explain…
  83. software engineering (1) A discipline whose objectives are to define, create, and apply a welldefined methodology that addresses a software life cycle of planning…
  84. Software Life Cycle The period of time that begins when a software product is conceived and ends when the software is no longer available for use.
  85. Software Support The sum of all activities that take place to ensure that implemented and fielded software continues to fully support the operational mission of the system.
  86. Software Test Environment A set of automated tools, firmware devices, and hardware necessary to test software.
  87. SOI The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) has been developed to monitor the Southern Oscillation using the difference between sea level pressures at Darwin…
  88. SOIF See System Operation and Integration Functions.
  89. SOJ Stand-Off Jammer. 270
  90. Soldier-Machine Interface Considerations through system analysis and psychophysiology of equipment designs and operational concepts, to ensure they are compatible with capabilities…
  91. Sole Source Acquisition A contract for the purchase of supplies or services that is entered into a proposal to be entered into by an agency after soliciting and negotiating only…
  92. SOM System Object Model.
  93. SONET Synchronous Optical Network.
  94. SOO Science and Operations Officer
  95. SOP See Standard Operating Procedure.
  96. SORTIELOT Sortie Allotment message (JFACC term).
  97. SORTS Status of Resources and Training System.
  98. SOS Silicon-on-Sapphire.
  99. SOSUS Sound Surveillance System (USN term).
  100. Source Selection Authority The official designated to direct the source selection process, approve the selection plan, select the source(s), and announce contract award.