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6,416 terms

Defense terms

  1. INF Intermediate-range Nuclear Force (Treaty term). Also the name of U.S./USSR Treaty.
  2. Information Architecture (IA) A description of the information that is needed to support command and control decision making and battle management, where it comes from, the processing…
  3. Information Resources Management The planning, budgeting, organizing, directing, training, promoting, controlling, and management activities associated with the burden, collection…
  4. Information Security (INFOSEC) Those measures and administrative procedures for identifying, controlling, and protecting against unauthorized disclosure of classified information or…
  5. Infrared (IR) Electromagnetic radiations of wavelength between the longest visible red (7,000 Angstroms or 7 x 10E4 millimeter) and about 1 millimeter.
  6. Infrared (IR) Electro-Optics Technologies/techniques employed by optical sensors in the wavelength spectrum slightly longer than visible but shorter than radio. 139
  7. Infrared Imagery That imagery produced as a result of sensing electromagnetic radiations emitted or reflected from a given target surface in the infrared position of the…
  8. Infrared Sensor A sensor designed to detect the electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength region of 1 to 40 microns.
  9. Initial Operational Capability (IOC) The first attainment of the capability to employ effectively a weapon, item of equipment, or system of approved specific characteristics, and which is…
  10. Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) All operational test and evaluation conducted on production or production representative articles, to support the decision to proceed beyond low-rate…
  11. INMARAT International Maritime Satellite (a UHF communications satellite).
  12. INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite (a UHF communications satellite).
  13. INS (1) Internal Navigation System. (2) Insert code.
  14. InSb Indium Antimonide .
  15. INSCOM U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command.
  16. INSICOM Integrated Survivability Experiments.
  17. INSURE Integrated Survivability Experiments.
  18. Integ Integrated.
  19. Integrated Contracting Report (ICR) A quarterly report of BMD contracts, which define the roles, relationships, and interfaces among contracts, contractors, and programs, and provides a…
  20. Integrated Fire Control System A system, which performs the functions of target acquisition, tracking, data computation, and engagement control, primarily using electronic means…
  21. Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) (1) A disciplined, unified, and iterative approach to the management and technical activities necessary to integrate support considerations into system…
  22. Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Elements Maintenance Planning. The process conducted to evolve and establish maintenance concepts and requirements for the lifetime of a materiel system.
  23. Integrated Logistics Support Plan (ILSP) The formal planning document for logistics support. It is kept current through the program life and sets forth the plan for operational support, provides…
  24. Integrated Priority List A list of a combatant commanders highest priority requirements, prioritized across Service and functional lines.
  25. Integrated Program Assessment (IPA) A document prepared by the supporting staff or review forum of the milestone decision authority to support Milestone I, II, III, and IV reviews.
  26. Integrated Program Summary (IPS) A DoD Component document prepared and submitted to the milestone decision authority in support of Milestone I, II, III, and IV reviews.
  27. Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) ITW/AA is the integration of ballistic missile warning, space warning, and atmospheric warning with intelligence information for synthesis of all attack…
  28. Integrated Warfare The conduct of a military operation in any combat environment wherein opposing forces employ non-conventional weapons in combination with conventional…
  29. Integration The recombination process which inserts a small DNA molecule (usually by homologous recombination) into a larger one.
  30. INTEL Intelligence.
  31. Intelligence (1) The product, resulting from the collection, evaluation, analysis, integration and interpretation of all available information concerning foreign…
  32. Intelligence Indicators Classified or unclassified actions or information obtainable by an adversary that, when properly interpreted, can provide information about friendly…
  33. Intelligence Operations Center (IOC) An organization term for all intelligence activities in Cheyenne Mountain AFB. The IOC includes the Consolidated Intelligence Watch (CIW), Operational…
  34. Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace An analytical methodology employed to reduce uncertainties concerning the enemy, environment, and terrain for all types of operations.
  35. Intelligence Report (INTREP) A specific report of information usually on a single item made at any level of command in tactical operations and disseminated as rapidly as possible in…
  36. Intelligence Threat An identification of known and potential adversary capabilities to collect and exploit information from a given or similar operation. 142
  37. Intensity With regards to light, intensity is the energy moving through a region of area per unit of time.
  38. Interactive Responses Interactive response data on tracked objects to assist in their classification.
  39. Interceptor Cluster A group of objects, which are within divert capability of a deployed interceptor.
  40. Interceptor Track A function or ability of a sensor to accurately detail an interceptors position and velocity in three dimensions.
  41. Interceptor Track Range (Max) The maximum range at which a sensor can perform the interceptor track function on a single interceptor in a normal (non-man-made) environment.
  42. Interchangeabilit y A condition which exists when two or more items possess such functional and physical characteristics as to be equivalent in performance and durability…
  43. Interchangeability A condition which exists when two or more items possess such functional and physical characteristics as to be equivalent in performance and durability…
  44. Interconnection A connection or link between power systems that enables them to draw on each other's reserve capacity in time of need.
  45. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) A ballistic missile with a range from about 3,000 to 8,000 nautical miles. The term ICBM is used only for land-based systems to differentiate them from…
  46. interface (1) A shared boundary defined by common physical interconnection characteristics, signal characteristics, and meanings of interchanged signals.
  47. Interface Control Document (ICD) (1) A document that describes the requirements of the characteristics that must exist at a common boundary between two or more equipment or computer…
  48. Interface Requirements Document (IRD) A document that sets forth the interface requirements for a system or system component. 143
  49. interference a proceeding, conducted before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Board), to determine priority of invention between a pending application and…
  50. Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) A ballistic missile having a range capability of 1,500 to 3,000 nautical miles.
  51. International Agreement Generator (IAG) Software system, managed by OSD, which must be used to author DoD international Agreements.
  52. International Cooperative Logistics Cooperation and mutual support in the field of logistics through the coordination of policies, plans, procedures, development activities, and the common…
  53. International Logistic Support The provision of military logistic support by one participating nation to one or more participating nations, either with or without reimbursement.
  54. International Logistics The negotiating, planning, and implementation of supporting logistics arrangements between nations, their forces, and agencies.
  55. Interoperability The ability of systems, units, or forces to provide services to or accept services from other systems, units, or forces and to use the services so…
  56. INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization.
  57. INTLCT Integrated Electronics.
  58. Intruder Operation An offensive operation by day or night over enemy territory with the primary object of destroying enemy aircraft in the vicinity of their bases.
  59. INU Inertial Navigation Unit.
  60. Inventory Control Point An organizational unit or activity within a DoD supply system that is assigned the primary responsibility for the materiel management of a group or items…
  61. Inverse Square Law The law that states when thermal or nuclear radiation is uniformly emitted from a point source, the amount received per unit area at any given distance…
  62. Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) A type of radar similar to synthetic aperture radar, which uses information from the motion of targets to provide high resolution.
  63. IO (1) Information Operations. (2) Integrated Optic.
  64. IOC (1) Initial Operational Capability. (2) Intelligence Operations Center. (3) Integrated Optics Chip.
  65. IOM Inert Operational Missile.
  66. IONDS Integrated Operational Nuclear Detonation Detection System (US).
  67. Ionization A process that produces ions, typically collisions between atoms or electrons, or by interaction with electromagnetic radiation.
  68. ionizing radiation (I-uh-NYZ-ing RAY-dee-AY-shun) A type of radiation made (or given off ) by x-ray procedures, radioactive substances, rays that enter the Earth's…
  69. Ionosphere The region of Earth's atmosphere that extends from about 50 to 300 miles above the surface of the planet and is made up of multiple layers dominated by…
  70. IOSS Interagency OPSEC Support Staff.
  71. IOT&E Initial Operational Test and Evaluation.
  72. IOU Input/Output Unit.
  73. IP Within the peritoneal cavity (the area that contains the abdominal organs). Also called intraperitoneal.
  74. IPA Internet Purchasing Application
  75. IPB Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield or Battlespace .
  76. IPC Information Policy Committee.
  77. IPD See Implicit price deflator (IPD)
  78. IPE Industrial Plant Equipment.
  79. IPF Initial Production Facility.
  80. IPL Integrated Priority List.
  81. IPM Integration Program Manager.
  82. IPMI Integration Program Management Initiative.
  83. IPP (1) Impact Point Prediction. (2) Industrial Preparedness Program.
  84. IPPD Integrated Process and Product Development.
  85. IPR Intellectual Property Rights
  86. IPRR Initial Production Readiness Review.
  87. IPRWG Intellectual Property Rights Working Group.
  88. IPS Integrated Program Summary.
  89. IPSRU Inertial Pseudo-Star Reference Unit.
  90. IPT (1) Integrated Product Team. (2) Integrated Process Team. (3) Integrated Planning Team.
  91. IQT Initial Qualification Training (ILS term).
  92. IR Infrared Satellite Imagery
  93. IR Electro-Optics Technologies/techniques employed by optical sensors in the wavelength spectrum slightly longer than visible but shorter than radio.
  94. IR&D Independent Research and Development. (Also called IRAD).
  95. IR/Vies Infrared Visual.
  96. IR/Vis Infrared Visual.
  97. IRA Industrial Resource Analysis.
  98. IRAD Independent Research and Development.
  99. IRAS Infrared Astronomical Satellite.
  100. IRBM Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile.

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