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6,416 terms

Defense terms

  1. Manufacturing Technology (MANTECH) Manufacturing technology refers to any action which has as its objective the timely establishment or improvement of the manufacturing processes…
  2. MAOC Modular Air Operations Center (JFACC term).
  3. MAOPR Minimum Acceptable Operational Performance Requirements.
  4. MAP 1. verb: to determine the relative positions of loci (genes or DNA sequences) on a chromosome.
  5. MAR Monthly Assessment Report (BMDO/POC term).
  6. MARCO Marine Corps.
  7. Marine Air Command and Control System A US Marine Corps tactical air command and control system that provides the tactical air commander with the means to command, coordinate, and control all…
  8. Mark/Markup Line by line review and approval/disapproval/modification of the defense budget by congressional committees.
  9. MARS Machine Assisted Reference Section
  10. MARSYSCOM US Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, VA
  11. MARV Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle.
  12. MARVIS Mid-Apogee Reentry Vehicle Intercept System.
  13. MAS Abbreviation for marker-assisted selection.
  14. MASINT Measurement and Signature Intelligence.
  15. MASPAR Massive Parallel Processors (TMD-GBR).
  16. Mass Raid Many Red ballistic missiles launched toward CONUS from several launch areas. A mass ASAT raid consists of several ASATs attacking Blue satellites.
  17. MAST Measurement and Simulation Technology-formerly Synthetic Scene Generation Model (SSGM).
  18. Matching Ballistic Reentry Vehicle (MBRV) Four reentry vehicle designs (MBRV 1-4) developed to serve as threat representative theater targets.
  19. Matching Target Reentry Vehicle (MTRV) Threat representative reentry vehicle developed for GMD Program by Sandia Labs. Planned for use on IFT 9-14.
  20. Material Fielding Plan Plan to ensure smooth transition of system from developer to user.
  21. Materials Science The science of developing/altering and applying materials to obtain a resultant molecular structure with desirable physical properties and performance…
  22. MATHSFA Manufacturing and Testing of LWIR Hardened Seeker FPA Assemblies. 177
  23. Matra BAE Dynamics European missile manufacturer formed in 1996 from British Aerospace Dynamics and Matra of France.
  24. MATT Mutli -mission Advanced Tactical Terminal.
  25. MATT Radio UHF radio receiver for TRAP, TOPS, and TIBS.
  26. MATTR Mid And Terminal Tiers Review.
  27. MAX Maximum
  28. Maximum Attrition Maximum attrition is employed in a target-rich environment to destroy the maximum number of RVs, regardless of the type, by using all available or…
  29. MB Millibar
  30. MBA Multi-Beam Antenna.
  31. MBE Molecular Beam Epitaxy .
  32. MBFR Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction.
  33. Mbps Megabits per second.
  34. MBRV Maneuvering Ballistic Reentry Vehicle.
  35. MC (1) Mission Control. (2) See Midcourse phase. (3) Mission Capable (ILS term). (4) Military Committee.
  36. MCA Micro Channel Architecture ( TelComm /Computer term).
  37. MCAS Marine Corps Air Station.
  38. MCASS MTACCS Common Application Support Software.
  39. MCBM Midcourse Battle Manager.
  40. MCC Mesoscale Convective Complex. A large MCS, generally round or oval-shaped, which normally reaches peak intensity at night.
  41. MCCC Mobile Consolidated Command Center.
  42. MCCDC Marine Corps Combat Development Center.
  43. MCCR Mission Critical Computer Resources.
  44. MCE Mission Control Element.
  45. MCG Midcourse Guidance.
  46. MCI Midcourse Interceptor.
  47. MCLOR Marine Corps LORA Model (USMC ILS term).
  48. MCM Multi-Chip Module. 178
  49. MCOTEA Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation [Command].
  50. MCP (1) Materiel Change Package (US Army term). (2) Military Construction Program.
  51. MCPDM Marine Corps Program Decision Making.
  52. MCRDAC Marine Corps Research, Development & Acquisition Command.
  53. MCS Abbreviation for multiple cloning site. See: polylinker.
  54. MCSS (1) Midcourse Surveillance System. (2) Military Communications Satellite System.
  55. MCT Mercury Cadmium Telluride (cf. HgCdTe ).
  56. MCTE Mission, Course of Action, Task, and Element Control Directives.
  57. MCTL Militarily Critical Technologies List.
  58. MCTR Missile Control Technology Regime.
  59. MCV Mission Capable Vehicle.
  60. MD Mesoscale Discussion- When conditions actually begin to shape up for severe weather, SPC (Storm Prediction Center) often issues a Mesoscale Discussion…
  61. MDA Abbreviation for multiple drop array. See: microdroplet array.
  62. MDAHWG Missile Defense Ad Hoc Working Group.
  63. MDAP Major Defense Acquisition Program.
  64. MDART Missile Defense Activities Review Team.
  65. MDBIC Missile Defense Barrel Integration Center.
  66. MDC Midcourse Data Center, Advanced Research Center, Huntsville, AL.
  67. MDCI Multi-Discipline Counterintelligence.
  68. MDDC Missile Defense Data Center, USASSDC, Huntsville, AL.
  69. MDP Manufacturing Data Package.
  70. MDR (1) Medium Data Rate ( TelComms /Computer term). (2) Milestone Decision Review. (3) Multi-national Defense Research.
  71. MDSC Missile Defense Scientific and Technical Information Center.
  72. MDSTC Missile Defense and Space Technology Center.
  73. MDT Moderate (or) Mountain Daylight Time
  74. MDTD Mean Downtime Documentation (ILS term).
  75. MDTOA Mean Downtime for Outside Assistance (ILS term). 179
  76. MDTOR Mean Downtime for Other Reasons (ILS term).
  77. MDTT Mean Downtime for Training (ILS term).
  78. MDW Mass Destruction Weapons.
  79. ME/VA Mission Essential/Vulnerable Area
  80. MEA Mission Effectiveness Analysis (JFACC term).
  81. MEADS See Medium Extended Air Defense System.
  82. mean time between failures (MTBF) A measure of the reliability of an item. Defined as the total functioning life of an item divided by the total number of failures within the population…
  83. mean time to repair (MTTR) The total elapsed time for corrective maintenance divided by the total number of corrective maintenance actions during a given period of time.
  84. Mean Time to Restore System (MTTRS) A measure of the system maintainability parameter related to availability and readiness.
  85. MEASAT Malaysia East Asia Satellite.
  86. Measure of Effectiveness (MOE) The quantitative expression (sometimes modified by subjective judgment) of the success of a system in achieving a specified objective.
  87. MEC Mission Essentially Code (ILS term).
  88. Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Space vehicles characterized by orbits between 400 and 10,000 nautical miles, longer duration revolution (2 to 12 hours), longer visibility envelopes (10…
  89. Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) A lightweight, highly transportable, low-to-medium altitude air defense and theater missile defense system designed to protect critical fixed and…
  90. Medium Power Lasers Lasers that radiate power less than 1 MW, normally used to detect, identify, track, and designate a target vehicle.
  91. Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) A ballistic missile with a range from about 600 to 1,500 nautical miles.
  92. Medium Wavelength Infrared (MWIR) Thermal radiation emitted by a source in the electromagnetic spectrum encompassing infrared wavelengths of 3 to 6 microns. 180
  93. MEF Marine Expeditionary Force.
  94. MEILSR Minimum Essential ILS Requirements (NSA term).
  95. MEL (1) Maintenance Expenditure Limit. (2) Mobile Erector Launcher.
  96. MEM (1) Mission Effectiveness Model. (2) Mission Equipment Modernization.
  97. Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) (1) In contract administration, an agreement between a program manager and a Contract Administration Office, establishing the scope of responsibility of…
  98. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) A formal document that states the intentions and/or responsibilities of the signatory parties.
  99. MEO Medium Earth Orbit.
  100. MER Manpower Estimate Report.

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