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6,416 terms

Defense terms

  1. National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC) One of four specially equipped Boeing 747s that during a national emergency would allow the President and top military leaders to stay airborne for up to…
  2. National Command Authorities (NCA) The President and the Secretary of Defense or their duly deputized alternates or successors. 195
  3. National Military Command Center (NMCC) The primary location for JCS command and control of all U.S. and Combined Forces. Located at the Pentagon, Arlington, VA.
  4. National Military Command System (NMCS) The priority component of the Worldwide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS) designed to support the National Command Authorities and Joint Chiefs…
  5. National Missile Defense (NMD) System OBSOLETE. A ground-based anti-ballistic missile system designed to protect the U.S. against limited ballistic missile threats.
  6. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) A Department of Defense Agency tasked to ensure that the United States has the technology, spaceborne , and airborne assets needed to acquire intelligence…
  7. National Strategy Selection The determination of when it is in the national interest to activate and employ defense resources (i.e.
  8. National Test Bed (NTB) A number of geographically separated simulation and test facilities that are linked through communications to simulate various portions of the ballistic…
  9. National Test Bed Joint Program Office (NTBJPO) (OBSOLETE) A Joint Service organization established to manage the NTF and execute the NTB program for MDA.
  10. National Test Facility (NTF) A large, modeling, simulation and test facility located on Falcon AFB in Colorado which serves as the central control, coordinating, and computing center…
  11. National Warning Center (NWC) Center in CMAFB, which activates the radio, TV, and sirens that warn the U.S. population of impending ballistic missile attack.
  12. NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
  13. NATOPS Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization. 196
  14. Natural Ground and Atmospheric Environments The environments, which exist in the sensible atmosphere and on the surface of the earth.
  15. Natural Space Environment The natural environment, which exists above the sensible atmosphere. Space begins approximately 100 km and above.
  16. NAVAIDS Navigational Aids.
  17. Naval Space Command (NAVSPACECOM) The naval component of USSPACECOM. Responsible for day-to-day operation of FLTSATCOM, NAVSPASUR, etc.
  18. Naval Space Operations Center (NAVSPOC) Existing Navy component command center at Dahlgren, VA, responsible for logistical and administrative support of forces assigned to them.
  19. NAVDSOC Navy Defense System Operations Center.
  20. NAVFAC Navy Facilities Engineering Command.
  21. NAVFOR Navy Forces.
  22. NAVMACS Navy Modular Automated Communications System (USN term).
  23. NAVMIC Naval Maritime Intelligence Center, Suitland, MD.
  24. NAVOSH Navy Occupational Safety and Health.
  25. NAVSAT Navigation Satellite.
  26. NAVSPACE Naval Space Command.
  27. NAVSPACECOM Naval Space Command.
  28. NAVSPASUR Naval Position of SPASUR.
  29. NAVSPOC Naval Space Operations Center.
  30. NAVSTAR Navigational satellite, part of the Global Positioning System (GPS).
  31. Navy FAAWC Navy Force Anti-Air Warfare Commander.
  32. NAWC Naval Air Warfare Center.
  33. NAWC WPNS Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, CA.
  34. NBC Nuclear, Biological, Chemical.
  35. NBS National Bureau of Standards. 197
  36. NBTS Neutral Beam Test Stand.
  37. NC 1. No change 2. North Carolina
  38. NCA National Command Authorities.
  39. NCC NORAD Command Center, Colorado Springs, CO.
  40. NCCOSC Naval Command, Control, and Ocean Surveillance Center, San Diego, CA.
  41. NCCS Navy Command and Control System.
  42. NCDCS Narrow Band Coherent Data Collection System.
  43. NCDD New Customer Development Database.
  44. NCO Non-Commissioned Officer (USA/USAF/USMC term).
  45. NCP NORAD Command Post.
  46. NCS (1) National Communications System. (2) Net Control Station. (3) Naval Control of Shipping.
  47. NCSC National Computer Security Center.
  48. NDC Naval Doctrine Command.
  49. NDD NMD System Development Director.
  50. NDE Non-Destructive Evaluation.
  51. NDEW Nuclear Directed Energy Weapon.
  52. NDEWG Nuclear Directed Energy Weapon - Ground-Based.
  53. NDI (1) Non-Developmental Item. (2) Non-Destructive Inspection.
  54. NDP See Net domestic product (NDP)
  55. NDS (1) National Defense Stockpile (2) National Defense System.
  56. NDT Non-Destructive Test.
  57. NDU National Defense University, Washington, DC.
  58. NEA (1) Northeast Asia. (2) Northeast Asia campaign scenario.
  59. NEACP National Emergency Alternate Command Post (E-4 aircraft).
  60. Near Real Time When referred to in textual references, the ARM conception of "near-real time" is "with a few hours delay."
  61. NEC Necessary
  62. NECC Navy EHF Communications Controller. 198
  63. Negate Early Warning The use of any technique that precludes the use of, renders useless, or degrades an early warning capability.
  64. Negation RV destruction or other actions, which prevent damage to the defended area from conventional, nuclear, chemical, or biological effects.
  65. NEMP Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse.
  66. NEP (1) Nuclear Electric Propulsion. (2) Nuclear Environment Protection.
  67. NEPA See National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
  68. NEPSTP Nuclear Electric Propulsion Space flight Test Program.
  69. Nerf To downgrade, to be made softer, or make less effective. "X has been nerfed."
  70. NESEAD Naval Electronic Systems Engineering Activity Detachment (USN term).
  71. Neutral Particle Beam (NPB) An energetic beam of neutral particles that is generally used to damage electronics.
  72. NEV Network Experimental Version.
  73. NEW Nuclear Weapons Effect.
  74. NFL New Foreign Launch.
  75. NG National Guard.
  76. NH&S Nuclear Hardening and Survivability.
  77. NHA Next-Higher Assembly.
  78. NHMT Nuclear-Hardened Mosaic Technology.
  79. NHTF National Hover Test Facility, Edwards AFB, CA.
  80. NIAG NATO Industrial Advisory Group.
  81. NIC National Intelligence Council.
  82. NID Naval Intelligence Database (USN term).
  83. NIE National Intelligence Estimate.
  84. NIH A federal agency in the U.S. that conducts biomedical research in its own laboratories; supports the research of non-Federal scientists in universities…
  85. NII National Information Infrastructure.
  86. NIITF National Information Infrastructure Task Force.
  87. NILE NATO Improved Link Eleven.
  88. NILES NATO Improved Link Eleven System.
  89. NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Fairfax, VA. 199
  90. NIPS NTCS Intelligence Processing Service (USN term).
  91. NISC OBSOLETE. Naval Intelligence Support Center. (Now Naval Maritime Intelligence Center (NAVMIC).
  92. NISP National Industrial Security Program.
  93. NISPOM NISP Operating Manual.
  94. NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology - a federal technology agency that works with industry to develop and apply technology measurements and…
  95. NITES Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental Subsystem (USN term).
  96. Nitze Criteria A reference to Paul Nitze , the Reagan Administrations chief arms control negotiator, and his vocalization of the goal of the SDS as the achievement of…
  97. NIU NATO Interface Unit.
  98. NIWA Naval Information Warfare Activity.
  99. NK North Korea.
  100. NKEW Nuclear Kinetic Energy Weapon.

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