Defense terms starting with V

52 terms

  1. V Volt.
  2. V&H Vulnerability and Hardening.
  3. V&V Abbreviation for volume per volume. The relative proportion of each liquid in a mixture.
  4. V/STOL Vertical Short Takeoff and Landing [aircraft].
  5. VAFB Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA.
  6. Validation is the process of performing a set of experiments that establish the efficacy and reliability of a technique or procedure or modification thereof.
  7. VAMOSC Visibility and Management of O&S Costs.
  8. VAR Visitor Access Request.
  9. Variability The manner in which the probability of damage to a specific target decreases with the distance from ground zero; or, in damage assessment, a mathematical…
  10. VBO Vertical Burn-Out (velocity).
  11. VCC Voice Communications Circuit.
  12. VCJCS Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  13. VCRM Verification Cross Reference Matrix.
  14. VCS Voice Communications System.
  15. VDC Volts Direct Current.
  16. VDD Version Description Document.
  17. VDU Visual Display Unit.
  18. VE Value Engineering.
  19. VECP Value Engineering Change Proposal.
  20. Verification To confirm the truth or correctness of something. Vitreous humor – The ocular fluid (from within the eye) that is often used as a sample for testing in…
  21. VESA Video Electronics Standards Association.
  22. VFR Visual Flight Rules
  23. VGA Video Graphics Array (Telecomm/Computer term).
  24. VHF Very High Frequency.
  25. VHSIC Very High Speed Integrated Circuit. 317
  26. VIDS Vehicle Integrated Defense Software (USA term).
  27. VIGILANTE Viewing Image/Gimbaled Instrumentation Lab-Analog Neural Three-D Experiment. VIGILANTE involves building a small computer (ANTE) offering 1/12 Operation…
  28. VIM Vibration Isolation Module.
  29. VINSON Encrypted Ultra High Frequency Communications System.
  30. VIS 1. Visible satellite imagery 2. Visibile or Visibility
  31. VIS/UV Visible/Ultraviolet.
  32. Visibility Range (or Visibility) The horizontal distance (in kilometers or miles) at which a large dark object can just be seen against the horizons sky in daylight.
  33. Visible Electro- Optics Technologies/techniques employed by optical sensors in the visible portion of the wavelength spectrum.
  34. VLAR Vertical Launch and Recovery (UAV JPO term).
  35. VLF Very Low Frequency.
  36. VLOS Vertical Line of Sight.
  37. VLS Vertical Launch System.
  38. VLSI Very Large Scale Integration.
  39. VLSIC VLSI Circuits.
  40. VLWIR Very Long Wavelength Infrared.
  41. VME Versa Modular European [standards].
  42. VMF Variable Message Format (Telecomm term).
  43. VOX Voice Actuation.
  44. VRI Vanguard Research, Inc., Fairfax, VA.
  45. VTC Video Teleconference.
  46. VTOL Vertical Takeoff and Landing [aircraft].
  47. VTOL-UAV Vertical Takeoff and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
  48. VUE Visible Light/Ultraviolet Experiment. 318
  49. Vulcan UK bomber.
  50. VV&A Verification, Validation, and Accreditation.
  51. VVER Pressurized water type nuclear power reactor.
  52. VVIRF Verification and Validation Information Request Form. 319