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Defense terms

  1. Funding Profile Program funding, usually displayed in columnar spreadsheet format by years, starting with previous year through current year and out-years.
  2. Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) The official DoD document that summarizes forces and resources associated with programs approved by the Secretary of Defense.
  3. FWCA Fixed Wing Combat Aircraft.
  4. FWD Forward
  5. FXBR Forward-based X-Band Radar.
  6. FY fiscal year - the federal fiscal year extends from October 1 through September 30.
  7. FYDP Future Years Defense Program. 116
  8. G Abbreviation for guanine.
  9. G&C Guidance and Control.
  10. G&O Goals and Objectives.
  11. G/A Ground-to-Air
  12. G/G Ground-to-Ground.
  13. GaAs Gallium Arsenide.
  14. Galosh The Soviet Anti-Ballistic Missile system built to defend Moscow from missile attack.
  15. Gamma Ray A type of high-energy radiation that is different from an x-ray.
  16. Gamma-Ray Laser A laser which generates a beam of gamma rays; also called a graser . A gamma-ray laser, if developed, would be a type of x-ray laser; although it would…
  17. GAMS GPS (Global Positioning System)-Aided Munitions.
  18. GaNMPA Gallium Nitride Microwave Power Amplifiers. (A demonstration program to develop GaN based transistors and integrated circuits for power amplifiers in…
  19. GAO General Accounting Office.
  20. GARDIAN General Area Defense Integrated Anti-missile Laser System.
  21. GAT Government Acceptance Testing.
  22. GAT CALL Guidance, Apportionment, and Targeting Call (JFACC term).
  23. Gate A device that controls the flow in a conduit, pipe, or tunnel without obstructing any portion of the waterway when in the fully open position.
  24. gateway An element that contained a node on the SDS backbone network as well as on some other network(s) and would have performed protocol and format conversions…
  25. GATS GPS (Global Positioning System)-Aided Targeting System.
  26. GB (1) Ground-Based. (2) Gigabyte.
  27. GBD Global Burst Detector.
  28. GBDL Ground-Based Data Link. 117
  29. GBEV Ground Based Experimental Version.
  30. GBFEL Ground-Based Free Electron Laser.
  31. GBHE Ground-Based Hypervelocity Gun Experiment.
  32. GBHRG Ground-Based Hypervelocity Rail Gun.
  33. GBI OBSOLETE. See Ground-Based Interceptor.
  34. GBI-P Ground-Based Interceptor Prototype.
  35. GBI-X Ground-Based Interceptor Experiment.
  36. GBKV Ground-Based Kinetic Kill Vehicle.
  37. GBL Ground-Based Laser.
  38. GBLD Ground-Based Launcher Demonstration.
  39. GBLRS Ground-Based Laser Repeater Station.
  40. GBM A fast-growing type of central nervous system tumor that forms from glial (supportive) tissue of the brain and spinal cord and has cells that look very…
  41. GBMD Global Ballistic Missile Defense.
  42. GBMI Ground-Based Midcourse Interceptor.
  43. GBOS Ground-Based Optical System.
  44. GBPST Ground-Based Passive Signal Tracking.
  45. GBR See Ground-Based Radar.
  46. GBR-M Ground-Based Radar-Midcourse.
  47. GBR-O Ground-Based Radar-Objective.
  48. GBR-P Ground-Based Radar-Prototype.
  49. GBR-T 1. Ground-Based Radar-Theater [c. 1994]. 2. Terminal Defense /Ground-Based Radar [c. 1996].
  50. GBR-X The experimental version of the GBR.
  51. GBRF Ground-Based Radio Frequency.
  52. GBRI Ground-Based Rocket Interceptor.
  53. GBRT Ground-Based Radar Terminal.
  54. GBS Ground-Based Sensor.
  55. GC&A 1. Guidance, Control, and Avionics. 2. Guidance, Control, and Airframe.
  56. GCA (1) Guidance, Control, and Avionics. (2) Guidance, Control, and Airframe.
  57. GCC Ground Component Commander (JFACC term).
  58. GCCS Global Command and Control System. 118
  59. GCI Ground Control Intercept.
  60. GCN Ground Communications Network.
  61. GCS Ground Control Station.
  62. GD General Dynamics.
  63. GDL Gas Dynamic Laser.
  64. GEDI Ground-Based Electromagnetically-Launched Defensive Impactors .
  65. GEM A genetically engineered microorganism.
  66. General Manager Program Management Directive (GPMD) OBSOLETE. The primary document used by the GM to direct the Service BMD PEO on the specific actions necessary to fulfill BMD program requirements.
  67. General Specifications A general specification covers requirements common to two or more types, classes, grades, or styles of products, services or materials; this avoids the…
  68. Generic Rest of World Target (GROW) Strategic target being developed for GMD program.
  69. GEO Genetically engineered organism.
  70. Geo-stationary Orbit (GSO) An orbit 35,784 km above the equator. A satellite placed in such an orbit revolves around the earth once per day, maintaining the same position relative…
  71. GEODSS Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System.
  72. Geostationary Orbit (GSO) An orbit 35,784 km above the equator. A satellite placed in such an orbit revolves around the earth once per day, maintaining the same position relative…
  73. GEP OBSOLETE. Ground Entry Point. IFICS.
  74. GES Ground Engineering System.
  75. GFE Government Furnished Equipment. See Government Furnished Property.
  76. GFI Government Furnished Information.
  77. GFM Government Furnished Material.
  78. GFM/P Government Furnished Material and Property. See Government Furnished Property.
  79. GFP Abbreviation for green fluorescent protein.
  80. GFS (Global Forecast System) One of the operational forecast models run at NCEP. The GFS is run four times daily, with forecast output out to 384 hours.
  81. Ghosting This condition occurs when two or more targets reside close to the same plane also containing two sensors viewing the targets so they are within…
  82. GHz Giga Hertz (1 x 10(9) Hz).
  83. GIDEP Government/Industry Data Exchange Program.
  84. GIF Generic Interface.
  85. GII Global Information Infrastructure.
  86. GIP Ground Impact Point.
  87. GIS See Geographic information system
  88. GITIS Government Integrated Technical Information System.
  89. GLCM Ground-Launched Cruise Missile.
  90. Global Environment The ISTC Global Environment is responsible for the creation, propagation, and maintenance of test scenario common knowledge, how subsets of this…
  91. Global Environment (GE) The ISTC Global Environment is responsible for the creation, propagation, and maintenance of test scenario common knowledge, how subsets of this…
  92. Global Positioning System (GPS) (GPS) A navigation system which uses a constellation of artificial earth satellites to make precise determinations of the latitude and longitude of locations on…
  93. Global Protection Against Limited Strikes (GPALS) OBSOLETE. GPALS was an architecture denoting an anti-missile system designed to provide protection against limited ballistic missile strikes, be they…
  94. Global Protection Against Limited Strikes (GPALS) Program OBSOLETE. The GPALS Program consisted of six Major Defense Acquisition Programs: GPALS System/BMC 3 , National Missile Defense (NMD), Global Missile…
  95. GLOBIXS Global Information Exchange System.
  96. GLONASS Global Navigational Satellite System. 120
  97. GLOW Gross Lift-Off Weight.
  98. GLP Abbreviation for good laboratory practice.
  99. GLS (Great Lakes Storm Summary) A National Weather Service forecast product providing updated information whenever a storm warning is in effect on any of the…
  100. GM Game Master. Someone employed by Blizzard Entertainment to assist and help players.

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