Defense terms starting with S

703 terms

  1. Source Selection Evaluation Board A group of military and/or government civilian personnel, representing functional and technical disciplines.
  2. Source Selection Plan (SSP) A formal written document, which sets forth the source selection organization and management chain for a specific acquisition.
  3. SOW Statement of Work.
  4. SP (1) Security Personnel. (2) Self propelled. (3) Signal Processing.
  5. SP-100 Space Power-100 kW.
  6. SP/CR Software Problem/Change Request.
  7. SPACC Space Command Center.
  8. Space and Missile Tracking System (SMTS) Space-based satellite sensors for surveillance, tracking, and discrimination of enemy objects during post-boost and midcourse phases.
  9. Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) SBIRS will be a consolidated system that will meet United States infrared space surveillance needs through the next 2-3 decades.
  10. Space Command Center (SPACC) A USSPACECOM center located on Peterson AFB, CO, in Building 147(1). It is the primary command facility for USSPACECOM providing USCINCSPACE with the…
  11. Space Control Operations Operations that provide freedom of action in space for friendly forces while, when directed, denying it to an enemy; includes the broad aspects of…
  12. Space Defense The defensive aspect of space control operations which includes all active or passive measures planned or taken to defeat attacks against friendly space…
  13. Space Defense Operations Center (SPADOC) A center in CMAFB responsible for monitoring and reporting of ASAT attacks on Blue satellites, negating designated satellites, and reconstituting and…
  14. Space Detection and Tracking System (SPADATS) A network of space surveillance sensors operated by the U.S. Air Force. 272
  15. Space Environment Forecast Center (SEFC) Center at Peterson AFB, CO that supplies terrestrial and solar weather to the CMAFB Weather Support Unit (WSU) and designated USSPACECOM units.
  16. Space Forecast Center (SFC) Center at Falcon AFB, CO that supplies solar and space environmental warnings, analyses, and forecasts to USSPACECOM, NORAD, and DoD customers.
  17. Space Mines Devices that can track and follow a target in orbit, with the capability of exploding on command or by pre-program to destroy the target.
  18. Space Object Identification (SOI) Use of radar, imaging, and other collection resources to determine size, shape, ephemeris, and identity of space objects.
  19. Space Power Generation and control of electrical energy in space, from various originating sources (e.g., nuclear, chemical, solar).
  20. Space Support Operations Operations required to ensure that space control and support of terrestrial forces are maintained.
  21. Space Surveillance (SPASUR) An operational space surveillance system with the mission to detect and determine the orbital elements of all man-made objects in orbit of the earth.
  22. Space Surveillance Center (SSC) A center in CMAFB responsible for maintaining the satellite catalog, laser clearinghouse, collision and RFI avoidance, and Tracking and Impact Prediction…
  23. Space Transportation System (STS) A national asset that provides routine access to space for both civil and defense users.
  24. Space-Based Architecture Study (SBAS) A 1989 study to review the space-based elements of the Phase I SDS architecture, with emphasis on Space-Based Interceptor (SBI), Brilliant Pebbles (BP)…
  25. Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) OBSOLETE. A distributed set of low earth orbit satellites that may provide launch detection and booster tracking, and that serve as kinetic or kinetic…
  26. Space-Based Sensor A system that provides global above-the-horizon surveillance to detect and track PBVs, object clusters (RVs and penaids ), and resolved midcourse objects…
  27. Space-Based Surveillance and Tracking System (SSTS) OBSOLETE. A satellite-borne electro-optic tracking and surveillance system in medium earth orbit.
  28. Spacetrack USSPACECOM global system of radar, optical, and radiometric sensors linked to a computation and analysis center in the Space Surveillance Center.
  29. SPADATS Space Detection and Tracking System.
  30. SPADCCS Space Defense Command and Control System.
  31. SPADOC Space Defense Operations Center. (U.S. anti-satellite mission control).
  32. SPADTS Space Detection and Tracking System.
  33. SPAR Abbreviation for single primer amplification reaction.
  34. SPARTA SPARTA , Inc., Laguna Hills, CA.
  35. Spartan Nuclear-armed, long-range mid-course interceptor used in SAFEGUARD/Sentinel systems.
  36. SPAS Space Power Architecture Study.
  37. SPASUR See Space Surveillance.
  38. SPAWAR Naval Space and Warfare Commend.
  39. SPC Storm Prediction Center
  40. SPE Senior Procurement Executive.
  41. SPEAR Space Power Experiments Aboard Rocket.
  42. SPEC Specification.
  43. Special Data Commands Special, non-routine commands distributed for surveillance battle management, and fire control.
  44. Special Programs Center National center for threat modeling and production. Located in the National Test Facility at Falcon AFB, CO.
  45. Special Test Equipment (STE) Single or multipurpose integrated test units engineered, designed, fabricated, or modified to accomplish special purpose testing.
  46. specification a written description of the invention and the manner and process of making and using the same -- see MPEP 608.01 for more
  47. Specification Language A language, often a machine- processable combination of natural and formal language, used to specify the requirements, design, behavior, or other…
  48. Specified Command A command that has a broad continuing mission and that is established and so designated by the President through the Secretary of Defense with the advice…
  49. Speckled Trout C-135C airplane with ACBA equipment.
  50. SPEED System Planning, Engineering, and Evaluation Device.
  51. SPF A scale for rating the level of sunburn protection in sunscreen products. The higher the SPF, the more sunburn protection it gives.
  52. SPFE Special Projects Flight Experiments.
  53. SPICE Space Integrated Controls Experiment.
  54. SPIMS Strategic Program Information Management System (SDIO/MDA term). 274
  55. SPINE The bones, muscles, tendons, and other tissues that reach from the base of the skull to the tailbone.
  56. SPINS Special Instructions (JFACC term).
  57. Spiral Development An iterative process for developing a defined set of capabilities within one increment.
  58. SPIRE Space Performance in Radiation Environments.
  59. SPIRIT As opposed to a ghost (see above), a spirit is normally the soul of the deceased that has crossed over, and exists in a spiritual or metaphysical plane.
  60. SPM Software Programmers Manual.
  61. SPO See System Program Office. (Air Force)
  62. SPOCK Security Proof of Concept Keystone.
  63. SPOD Seaport of Debarkation.
  64. SPOE Seaport of Embarkation.
  65. Spoofing Some market analysts maintain that the increased volatility in stock markets may be the result of an illegal practice known as spoofing, or phantom bids.
  66. SPOT Systeme Probatoire dObservation de la Terre - French observation satellite
  67. SPP System Performance Parameters.
  68. SPR (1) Secretarial Program Review (AF). (2) Secretarial Performance Review (OSD). (3) Sponsors Program Review (Navy).
  69. Sprint Nuclear-armed, short-range interceptor used in SAFEGUARD/Sentinel systems.
  70. SPRM Solid Propellant Rocket Motor.
  71. SPRN (Former) Soviet system for missile attack warning.
  72. SPS Severe Weather Potential Statement
  73. SPT Support.
  74. SPY-1 AEGIS radar.
  75. SQA Software Quality Assurance.
  76. SQL Structured Query Language (Computer term).
  77. sqrt Square foot.
  78. SR AFSPC Regulation.
  79. SRA System Requirements Analysis. 275
  80. SRAM Short-Range Attack Missile.
  81. SRB Solid Rocket Booster.
  82. SRBM See Short Range Ballistic Missile.
  83. SRD Systems Requirement Document.
  84. SREMP Source Region Electromagnetic Pulse.
  85. SRF (Surf Zone Forecast) - A National Weather Service routine or event driven forecast product geared toward non-boating marine users issued for an area…
  86. SRHIT OBSOLETE. Small Radar Homing Intercept Technology. Predecessor program to Flexible Lightweight Agile Guided Experiment (FLAGE).
  87. SRIM Short-Range Intercept Missile.
  88. SRINF Short Range Intermediate Nuclear Force.
  89. SRL (1) Site Readiness Level. (2) System Readiness Level. (3) Super Radiant Laser.
  90. SRM Service Reference Model - also known as a Service Component Reference Model -- a business and performance-driven, functional framework that classifies…
  91. SRMP Sounding Rocket Measurement Program.
  92. SRMSC Stanley R. Mickelsen SAFEGUARD Complex site.
  93. SRMU Solid Rocket Motor Upgrade.
  94. SRO System Readiness Objective.
  95. SRR System Requirements Review.
  96. SRS A type of radionuclide scan used to find carcinoid and other types of tumors. Radioactive octreotide, a drug similar to somatostatin, is injected into a…
  97. SRT Strategic Red Team.
  98. SRTBM Short range theater ballistic missile.
  99. SRU Shop Replaceable Unit.
  100. SRV Single Reentry Vehicle.