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6,416 terms

Defense terms

  1. FOL Forward Operating Location.
  2. FOLAN Fiber Optic Local Area Network.
  3. Folded Optics Any optical system containing reflecting components for the purpose of reducing the physical length of the system or for the purpose of changing the path…
  4. Follow-On Operational Test and Evaluation (FOT&E) That test and evaluation that is necessary during and after the production period to refine the estimates made during operational test and evaluation, to…
  5. FOM Figure of Merit.
  6. FON Fiber Optic Network.
  7. Footprint The land or water area covered by a project. This includes direct physical coverage (i.e.
  8. FOR Field of Regard.
  9. Force Closure The point in time when a supported commander determines that sufficient personnel and equipment are in the assigned area of operations to carry out…
  10. Force Development Test and Evaluation Tests employing representative users to examine definition of materiel requirements or support/assess development of doctrine, training, organization, and…
  11. Force Development Test and Experimentation Tests employing representative users to examine definition of materiel requirements or support/assess development of doctrine, training, organization, and…
  12. Force Direction The operational management of the forces.
  13. Force Integration Staff Officer Army individual assigned to ODCSOPS to serve as HQDA user representative for a specific system.
  14. Force Management The assessment of the effectiveness of the defense forces throughout an engagement and adjustment of tactics and the system configuration as necessary to…
  15. Force Reliability The percentage of the missile force that will successfully detonate within 3.5 CEPs of the target.
  16. FORDTIS Foreign Disclosure Technical Information System.
  17. Foreign Government Information Information that is (1) provided to the United States by a foreign government or governments, an internal organization of governments, or any element…
  18. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) That portion of U.S. security assistance authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and the Arms Export Control Act, as amended.
  19. Foreign Security Policy Model A mathematically precise statement of a security policy. To be adequately precise, such a model must represent the initial state of a system, the way in…
  20. Form, Fit, and Function Data Technical data pertaining to items, components or processes for the purpose of identifying source, size, configuration, mating and attachment…
  21. Formal Qualification Review A systems level configuration audit conducted after system testing is completed to ensure that performance requirements have been met.
  22. Formerly Restricted Data Information removed from the RESTRICTED DATA category upon joint determination by DoE (or antecedent agencies) and DoD that such information relates…
  23. FORSCOM U.S. Army Forces Command, Ft. McPherson, GA.
  24. FORTRAN Formula Translation Language.
  25. Forward Edge of the Battle Area (FEBA) The foremost limits of a series of areas in which ground combat units are deployed, excluding the areas in which the covering or screening forces are…
  26. Forward Funding Carry-over of RDT&E funding into second year of appropriations availability. Requires permission from high authority.
  27. FOS Family of Systems (TMD).
  28. FOSS Fiber-Optic Sensor System.
  29. FOT Follow-On Technologies.
  30. FOT&E Follow-On Test & Evaluation.
  31. FOTC Force Over-the-horizon Track Coordinator (USN term).
  32. FOUO For Official Use Only.
  33. Fourth Generation Language A programming environment that produces both screen and report utilities for use by lower-level programming environments.
  34. FOV Field of View.
  35. FOV Radar [Full] Field of View Radar
  36. FP Focal Plane. 112
  37. FPA Focal Plane Array.
  38. FPC Facilities Protection Committee.
  39. FPI Fixed Price Incentive.
  40. FPS Fujita-Pearson Scale
  41. FPTOC Force Projection Tactical Operations Center (USA term).
  42. FQR Formal Qualification Review.
  43. FQT Frequent
  44. FR Federal Register -- see News & Notices for links
  45. FRACAS Forward Reaction Altitude Control System.
  46. FRACS Forward Reaction Altitude Control System.
  47. Fragmentation Warhead A warhead, which releases small solid objects to damage or destroy its targets.
  48. FRAS Free Rocket Anti-Submarine.
  49. FRC Fire Control Radar
  50. FRD Facilities Requirements Document.
  51. Free Electron Laser (FEL) A type of laser, which generates radiation by the interaction of an electron beam with a static magnetic or electric field.
  52. Free Rocket A rocket not subject to guidance or control in flight.
  53. Frequency Management The act of allocating frequencies, or bandwidths to a telecommunications system, necessary to minimize the potential interference between…
  54. FRG Federal Republic of Germany.
  55. FRN Force Requirement Number.
  56. FROD Functionally Related Observable Differences.
  57. FROG Free Rocket Over Ground.
  58. FRP Full-Rate Production.
  59. FRS Federal Reserve System.
  60. FS 3 Future Strategic Strategy Study.
  61. FS&E Facility Siting and Environment (MILCON term). 113
  62. FSAF Future Surface-to-Air [Missile] Family.
  63. FSC (1) Fire Solution Computer. (2) Fire Support Coordination.
  64. FSCATT Fire Support CATT [for Weapons] (US Army term).
  65. FSCL Fire Support Coordination Line.
  66. FSD OBSOLETE. Full Scale Development Phase. See EMD.
  67. FSE Fire Support Element.
  68. FSM Firmware Support Manual.
  69. FSP Facility Security Plan.
  70. FSS Fixed Satellite Service.
  71. FSST Forward Space Support in-Theater.
  72. FST Flight System Testbed .
  73. FSU Former Soviet Union.
  74. FSU Republics Former Soviet Union Republics.
  75. FT Feet (or foot)
  76. FTC Federal Trade Commission.
  77. FTD OBSOLETE. Foreign Technology Division (USAF), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. See NAIC.
  78. FTI Fixed Target Indicator
  79. FTLS Formal Top-Level Specification.
  80. FTP File Transfer Protocol (ADP/Internet term).
  81. FTR Flight Test Round.
  82. FTS (1) Flight Test Summary (2) Federal Telephone Service
  83. FTS 2000 Federal Telecommunications System 2000.
  84. FTV (1) Functional Technology Validation. (2) Flight Test Vehicle.
  85. FTX Field Training Exercise.
  86. FU Fire Unit (PATRIOT).
  87. FUE First Unit Equipped. 114
  88. Full Mission Capable Material condition of an aircraft or training device indicting that it can perform all of its missions. Also called FMC.
  89. Full Operational Capability (FOC) The full attainment of the capability to employ effectively a weapon, item of equipment, or system of approved specific characteristics, which is manned…
  90. Full Rate Production Production of economic quantities following stabilization of the system design and prove-out of the production process.
  91. Fully Configured End Item The final combination of end products, component parts, and/or materials, which is fully ready for its intended operational use.
  92. Fully Connected Network (FCN) A network in which each node is directly connected with every other node.
  93. Functional Analysis An approach to the solution of a problem, in which the problem is broken down into its component function, such as intelligence, firepower, or mobility.
  94. Functional Baseline (1) Established after the system requirements analysis/design activity has completed the definition of the system functions and associated data, interface…
  95. Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) The formal examination of functional characteristics test data for configuration item, prior to acceptance, to verify that the item has achieved the…
  96. Functional Economic Analysis (FEA) A structured proposal that serves as the principal part of a decision package for enterprise leadership.
  97. Functional Kill The destruction of a target by disabling vital components in a way not immediately detectable, but which nevertheless prevents the target from functioning…
  98. Functional Support Systematized methodologies and procedures, or a common set of standards, applied to materiel acquisition programs.
  99. Functional Technology Validation (FTV) Program with the intent of proving or disproving a technology is useful for a given application. 115
  100. Functional Testing The portion of testing in which the advertised features of a system are tested for correct operation.

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