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6,416 terms

Defense terms

  1. FDP Flight Demonstration Program.
  2. FDR The parents, brothers, sisters, or children of an individual. Also called first-degree relative .
  3. FDRU Final Design Review Update (MDA PAC term).
  4. FDS (1) Flight Demonstration System. (2) Fault Detection System.
  5. FDSV Flight Demonstration Space Vehicle.
  6. FDT&E See Force Development Test and Experimentation (US Army).
  7. FDX Full Duplex (Telecomm/Computer term).
  8. FEA Federal Enterprise Architecture -- see Federal Enterprise Architecture for more
  9. Feasibility Study A study of the applicability or desirability of any management or procedural system from the standpoint of advantages versus disadvantages in any given…
  10. FEBA Forward Edge of the Battle Area.
  11. FECA Front-End Cost Analysis
  12. FED Federal.
  13. FEDAC Federal Computer Acquisition Center.
  14. FEDCAC Federal Computer Acquisition Center.
  15. Federal Acquisition Regulation The primary regulation for use by federal executive agencies for acquisition of supplies and services with appropriated funds.
  16. FEDSIM Federal System Integration and Management.
  17. FEL Free Electron Laser.
  18. FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency.
  19. Fenced Funding An identified aggregation of resources reviewed, approved, and managed as a distinct entity.
  20. FER Financial Execution Review.
  21. FES Facility Engineering Surveillance Plan.
  22. FET Field Effect Transistor.
  23. FEU Flight Evaluation Unit.
  24. FEWS Follow-on Early Warning System.
  25. FF Fire Finder Radar (US Army. 106
  26. FFBD Functional Flow Block Diagram.
  27. FFCD Full, Final and Complete Disclosure (Treaty negotiation term).
  28. FFD Fraction Failure Detected.
  29. FFH Fast Frequency Hopping.
  30. FFP Firm Fixed Price.
  31. FFRDC Federally Funded Research and Development Center.
  32. FGC Functional Group Code (Navy ILS term).
  33. FGEP Fixed Ground Entry Point.
  34. FH Full Health
  35. FI Fault Isolation.
  36. FI&A Fault Isolation and Analysis.
  37. FIDO Fighter Duty Officer (JFACC term).
  38. Field of View (FOV) The angular measure of the volume of space within which the system can respond to the presence of a target.
  39. Fighting Mirror (FMIR) Part of the GBL System. The low orbit mirror, which receives laser energy and reflects it to the target.
  40. Figure of Merit (FOM) The numerical value assigned to a measure of effectiveness, parameters, or other figure, as a result of an analysis, synthesis, or estimating technique.
  41. FIP Federal Information Processing.
  42. FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology after approval by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant…
  43. FIPSPUBS Federal Information Processing Standards Publication.
  44. Fire Control The control of all operations in connection with the application of fire on a target.
  45. Fire Control System A group of interrelated fire control equipment and/or instruments designed for use with a weapon or group of weapons.
  46. Fire Support Coordinating Line (FSCL) A line established by the appropriate ground commander to ensure the coordination of fire not under the commanders control but may affect current tactical…
  47. Fire Support Coordinating Measure A measure employed by land or amphibious commanders to facilitate the rapid engagement of targets and simultaneously safeguard friendly forces.
  48. Firing Doctrine The ratio and manner of assigning numbers of interceptors against given attackers. One-on-one, salvo, shoot-look-shoot, shoot-fail-shoot, etc.
  49. Firing Rate The amount of BTUs/hour or kWs produced by a heating system from the burning of a fuel.
  50. FIRMR Federal Information Resources Management Regulation.
  51. FIRST Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams.
  52. First Article First article includes pre-production models, initial production samples, test samples, first lots, pilot models, and pilot lots.
  53. First Strike The first offensive action of a war (generally associated with nuclear operations).
  54. First Unit Equipped Date The scheduled date an end item and its support elements are issued to the initial operational capability unit and training in the new equipment training…
  55. FIS Facility Installation Standard.
  56. Fiscal Guidance The annual guidance issued by the SECDEF in the Defense Guidance which provides the fiscal constraints that must be observed by the DoD Components in the…
  57. FISSP Federal Information System Support Program.
  58. FIWC Fleet Information Warfare Center (USN term).
  59. FIX Site Firing-in-Extension (Target Launch site in White Sands Missile Range Northern Extension).
  60. Fixed Costs Costs that do not vary with the volume of business, such as property taxes, insurance, depreciation, security, and minimum water and utility fees.
  61. Fixed Ground Entry Point (FGEP) The subset of GEPs, which are not transportable. GEPs provide the communications interfaces between the SDS space orbital/sub-orbital elements and the C2E.
  62. Fixed Ground Station All hardware, software, and facilities located at a fixed ground site necessary to receive, process, support, and analyze mission status and data, and…
  63. FLAGE OBSOLETE. Flexible Lightweight Agile Guided Experiment. (Predecessor program to Extended Range Interceptor (ERINT).)
  64. FLC Federal Laboratory Consortium. 108
  65. Fleet Satellite Communications System (FLTSATCOM) Operating at ultra high frequency (UHF), FLTSATCOM allows relatively low-cost terminals with simple antennas for use on highly mobile platforms.
  66. Flexible Response The capability of military forces for effective reaction to any enemy threat or attack with actions appropriate and adaptable to the circumstances…
  67. FLHER Funds and Labor Hours Expenditure Report.
  68. Flight Demonstration System (FDS) Part of the SBIRS Low Program Definition and Risk Reduction (PDRR) program phase.
  69. Flight Path The line connecting the successive positions occupied, or to be occupied, by an aircraft, missile, or space vehicle as it moves through air or space.
  70. Flight Readiness Firing A missile system test of short duration conducted with the propulsion system operating while the missile is secured to the launcher.
  71. Flight Test Test of an aircraft, rocket, missile, or other vehicle by actual flight or launching.
  72. Flight Test Vehicle (FTV) Prototype of airborne or spaceborne hardware used to validate a technology concept.
  73. FLIR Forward Looking Infrared Radar.
  74. FLOT Forward Line of Own Troops.
  75. FLT Flight.
  76. FLTSATCOM Fleet Satellite Communications System.
  77. Fluence (or Integrated Flux) The product (or integral) of particle (neutron or photon) flux and time, expressed in units of particles per square centimeter.
  78. Flyaway Cost The total cost related to the production of a usable end item of military hardware.
  79. FM Full Mana
  80. FMA Foreign Military Acquisition.
  81. FMB Financial Management Board.
  82. FMC Flexible Manufacturing Cell.
  83. FMEA Failure Modes Effects Analysis (ILS term).
  84. FMECA Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (ILS term).
  85. FMIR Fighting Mirror.
  86. FMP Foreign Materiel Program.
  87. FMS (1) Flight Mission Simulator (PATRIOT), Huntsville AL. (2) Foreign Military Sales.
  88. FMTV Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (USA term).
  89. FNC Federal Network Council
  90. FO Force Operations (PATRIOT).
  91. FO Link Fiber Optic Link.
  92. FOA Future Offensive Aircraft (UK RAF term).
  93. FOB Forward Operations Base.
  94. FOBS Fractional-Orbital Bombardment System.
  95. FOC Full Operational Capability.
  96. Focal Plane The plane, perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens, in which images of points in the object field of the lens are focused.
  97. Focal Plane Array (FPA) An FPA is a matrix of photon sensitive detectors which, when combined with low noise preamplifiers, provides image data for the signal frequencies of…
  98. FOFA Follow-On Force Attack.
  99. Fog Fine particles of liquid suspended in the air, such as of water in a fog chamber used for acclimatizing recent ex vitro transplants. See: mist propagation.
  100. FOIA Freedom of Information Act -- see Electronic Freedom of Information Act for more

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