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6,416 terms

Defense terms

  1. CDO Contingency Deployment Option.
  2. CDP Contingency Deployment Planning.
  3. CDR Abbreviation for complementarity-determining regions.
  4. CDRL Contract Data Requirements List.
  5. CDS Congressional Descriptive Summary.
  6. CDSSI Common Data Sharing System Infrastructure.
  7. CDT&E Contractor Development Test and Evaluation.
  8. CDV Concept Definition Vehicle.
  9. CE (1) Concurrent Engineering. (2) Communications Enhancements (PATRIOT). (3) Corps of Engineers/Civil Engineers. (4) Current Estimate.
  10. CE&T Common Environments & Tools
  11. CE/D Concept Exploration/Definition Phase.
  12. Cease Engagement In air defense, a fire control order used to direct units to stop the firing sequence against a designated target.
  13. Cease Fire A command given to refrain from firing on, but to continue to track objects. Missiles already in flight will be permitted to continue to intercept.
  14. CEATM Cost Effectiveness At The Margin.
  15. CEC Cooperative Engagement Capability.
  16. CECOM U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command, Ft. Monmouth, NJ.
  17. CED Concept Exploration and Development.
  18. CEEM Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation Model.
  19. CELSA Cost Estimate Logistics Support Analysis. [Methodology for estimating logistics support costs].
  20. CELV Complementary Expendable Launch Vehicle.
  21. CEM Civil Emergency Message. A message issued by the National Weather Service in coordination with Federal, state or local government to warn the general…
  22. CENTAF [US] Central Command Air Force.
  23. CENTAG Central Army Group (NATO). 47
  24. CENTCOM [US] Central Command
  25. Centralized Command Operational concept which specifies that critical C2 is collected and key C2 decisions are performed at a central location by USCINCSPACE, or his…
  26. Centralized Control The control mode whereby a higher echelon makes direct target assignments to fire units. (USSPACECOM)
  27. Centralized Management The concept of using a single, designated management authority. It includes system management, program/project management, and product management.
  28. CEO Chief Executive Officer
  29. CEOI Communications Electronics Operating Instructions.
  30. CEP (1) Circular Error Probable. (2) Consolidated Evaluation Process.
  31. CEQ See Council on Environmental Quality
  32. CERES Center for Research Support, NTF, Falcon AFB, CO.
  33. CERT Computer Emergency Response Team.
  34. Certification Certification means the approval by a certifying official that a labor condition application is complete and does not contain obvious inaccuracies.
  35. CES (1) Cost Element Structure. (2) Civil Engineering Squadron.
  36. CEST CINC Exercise Support Team (BM/C3 warfighter exercise term).
  37. CET Concurrent Engineering Team.
  38. CETEC Corps of Engineers Topographic Engineering Center, Location???
  39. CEU Cooling Equipment Unit.
  40. CEWG Civil Engineering Working Group.
  41. CFA Center for Architecture (JIEO term).
  42. CFAA Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
  43. CFC See Consumption of fixed capital (CFC)
  44. CFE (1) Conventional Forces Europe. (2) Contractor Furnished Equipment. (3) Center for Engineering (JIEO term).
  45. CFEL Contractor Furnished Equipment List.
  46. CFI Contractor Furnished Information
  47. CFI&I Center for Integration and Interoperability (JIEO term). 48
  48. CFO Chief Financial Officer
  49. CFP Cold Front Passage
  50. CFR Code of Federal Regulations -- see MORE INFO
  51. CFS core financial system
  52. CFSR Contractor Funds Status Report.
  53. CG Cloud-to-Ground Lightning
  54. CGA Color Graphics Adapter (Telecomm/Computer term).
  55. CGS (1) Common Ground Station (Part of Joint STARS). (2) Continental Ground Station.
  56. Chaff (1) Radar confusion reflectors, which consist of thin, narrow metallic strips of various lengths and frequency responses, used to create false echoes for…
  57. Chaff Puff Volume of space containing a relatively high density of chaff.
  58. Chairmans Program Assessment (CPA) Summarizes the views of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, on the balance and capabilities of the Program Objective Memorandum (POM) force and the…
  59. CHAMP Composite High Altitude Maneuvering PBV
  60. Change of Operational Control (CHOP) The date and time at which the responsibility for operational control of a force or unit passes from one operational control authority to another.
  61. Change Order Unilateral written order to a contractor to modify a contractual requirement within the scope of the contract, pursuant to the changes clause contained in…
  62. Characterization Description of the essential properties of an organism or system.
  63. CHARM Composite High Altitude Radiation Model.
  64. Checkpoint Event or point in time during the program before which decision criteria must be met.
  65. Chemical Agent A chemical substance which is intended for use in military operations to kill, seriously injure, or incapacitate personnel through its physiological…
  66. Chemical Laser A laser in which chemical action is used to produce the laser energy.
  67. Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Base (CMAFB) CMAFB provides the primary facilities for the command, operations, and processing centers which support the correlation and assessment functions of the…
  68. CHIPS Woody material cut into short, thin wafers. Chips are used as a raw material for pulping and fiberboard or as biomass fuel.
  69. CHOP (1) Countermeasures Hands-On Program. Also known as the MDA Countermeasures Skunkworks . (2) Change of Operational Control.
  70. CHS Common Hardware and Software.
  71. CI Cirrus clouds- High-level clouds (16,000 feet or higher), composed of ice crystals and appearing in the form of white, delicate filaments or white or…
  72. CI (n) Capability Increment (Number), e.g., CI-2, (NMD BMC3 term).
  73. CIA Central Intelligence Agency (US).
  74. CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Capability.
  75. CIC (1) NORAD/USSPACECOM Combined Intelligence Center. (2) Combat Information Center. (U.S. Navy). (3) Content Indicator Code.
  76. CIDR Configuration Item Design Review.
  77. CIDS (1) Control, Instrumentation and Diagnostic Systems (2) Critical Item Development Specification.
  78. CIDSE Consolidated Integrated Development support Environment.
  79. CIEL Certification and INFOSEC Engineering Laboratory.
  80. CIF CINC Initiative Fund.
  81. CIFMS Center for Integrated Mission support (JIEO term).
  82. CIL Critical Items List.
  83. CIM Computer-Integrated Manufacturing.
  84. CINC (1) Commander-in-Chief, used when referring to the President of the United States.
  85. CINC Decision Set A group of decisions available to control forces, including determining operational state, DEFCON, hostile intent, authorizing engagement, selecting…
  86. CINCNORAD Commander-in-Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command.
  87. CINCSAC Commander-in-Chief, US Strategic Air Command (Now see CINCSTRAT).
  88. CINCSTRAT Commander-in-Chief, US Strategic Command.
  89. CIOTE Commanders Integrated Open System Technology Evaluator.
  90. Cipher System A cryptographic system in which cryptography is applied to plain text elements of equal length.
  91. Ciphertext Unintelligible text or signals produced through the use of cipher systems.
  92. CIPT Cost As an Independent Variable (CAIV) IPT.
  93. Circular Error Probable (CEP) An indicator of the delivery accuracy of a weapon system, used as a factor in determining probable damage to a target.
  94. CIRIS Completely Integrated Reference Instrumentation System
  95. CIRRIS Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrumentation for Shuttle.
  96. CIS The CIS is the National Cancer Institute's link to the public, interpreting and explaining research findings in a clear and understandable manner, and…
  97. CISF Centralized Integration Support Facility.
  98. CISS Center for Information Systems Security (JIEO term).
  99. CITE Common Integrated Tactics Execution (USAF term).
  100. CITIS Contractor Integrated Technical Information Service.

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