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6,416 terms

Defense terms

  1. NTISSP National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Publication.
  2. NTM National Technical Means.
  3. NTMG National Technical Means Gateway.
  4. NTP 1. Notice to Proceed. 2. Navy Training Plan.
  5. NTS Nevada Test Site (US).
  6. NTU New Threat Upgrade.
  7. NTW OBSOLETE. Navy Theater-Wide. Now referred to as the Sea-Based Midcourse Segment of BMDS.
  8. NTWD(S) OBSOLETE. Navy Theater-Wide Defense (System).
  9. Nuclear Cloud See Radioactive Cloud.
  10. Nuclear Directed Energy Weapon (NDEW) A directed energy weapon for which the source of energy is a specially designed nuclear device. 204
  11. Nuclear Environment The environment, which results from the detonation of nuclear weapons. Some components of this environment are directly emitted by the nuclear weapon and…
  12. Nuclear Hardness A quantitative description of the resistance of a system or component to malfunction (temporary and permanent) and/or degraded performance induced by a…
  13. Nuclear Radiation Particulate and electromagnetic radiation emitted from atomic nuclei in various nuclear processes.
  14. Nuclear Survivability Characteristics A quantitative description of the system features needed to meet its survivability requirements.
  15. Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Contamination (NBCC) The deposit and/or absorption of residual radioactive material or biological or chemical agents on or by structures, areas, personnel, or objects.
  16. Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Contamination Survivability The capability of a system and its crew to withstand a NBCC environment and relevant decontamination without losing the ability to accomplish the assigned…
  17. NUDET Nuclear Detonation.
  18. NUICCS NORAD and USSPACECOM Integrated Command and Control System.
  19. NUT Navy Upper Tier (Missile Defense).
  20. NVG Night Vision Goggles.
  21. NVIS Near Vertical Incidence System (SINCGARS term).
  22. NVMEN Non-Volatile Memory (Telecomm/Computer term).
  23. NWC (1) National Warning Center. (2) National War College. (3) Naval War College. (4) Nuclear Weapons Council. (5) Naval Weapons Center.
  24. NWE Nuclear Weapons Effect.
  25. NWFZ Nuclear Weapons Free Zone.
  26. NWP Numerical Weather Prediction
  27. NWS National Weather Service. An agency of the Federal Government within the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which is…
  28. NWSC Naval Weapons Support Center. 205
  29. NWSUS Navy WWMCCS Site Unique Software. 206
  30. O&M Operations and Maintenance.
  31. O&O Plan Operational & Organizational Plan (Army).
  32. O&S Operations and Support.
  33. O-Level Organizational Level (ILS term).
  34. O/A On or About.
  35. OA (1) Operational Assessment. (2) Operational Availability. (3) Options Assessment (BM/C3 Program term c. 1994-6).
  36. OAA Other Agreements Authority (OSD term).
  37. OAB Outer air battle.
  38. OAC Operating Agency Code.
  39. OAMP Optical Airborne Measurement Program.
  40. OAO OAO Corporation, Greenbelt, MD.
  41. OAR Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Operation Plans Assessment Report.
  42. OAS Organization of American States.
  43. OASA Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army.
  44. OASD Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense.
  45. OASD (C3I) Office of the Assistance Secretary of Defense (C31).
  46. OASP On-Array Advanced Signal Processing.
  47. OB Operating Budget.
  48. OBAN Operating Budget Account Number.
  49. OBDP Onboard Data Processor.
  50. OBE Overtaken By Events.
  51. OBJ Object.
  52. Object Rate (Max) The maximum rate (per second) that a sensor can acquire RVs, decoys, AOs, or fractionated missile/PBV debris. 207
  53. Object-Oriented A software development approach that organizes software as a collection of objects containing both data structure and behavior.
  54. Object-Oriented Analysis The process by which a real-world problem is examined in terms of a collection of objects to understand requirements, without planning the implementation.
  55. Objects in FOV (Max) The maximum number of RVs, decoys, AOs, or fractionated missile/PBV debris that a sensor can acquire at one time.
  56. Obligation An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future…
  57. Obligation Authority (1) A congressional authorization to procure goods and services within a specified amount by appropriation or other authorization.
  58. Obscurant A material (e.g., smoke or chaff) used to conceal an object from observation by a radio or optical sensor.
  59. Observable A measurable target attribute.
  60. OBSV Observation.
  61. OC Operations Center.
  62. OCA Offensive Counter-air.
  63. OCD Operational Concept Document.
  64. OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest.
  65. OCM Overt Countermeasure.
  66. OCONUS Outside CONUS.
  67. OCR Optical Character Reader.
  68. OCS (1) Operational Control System. (2) Ozone Depleting Chemical.
  69. OCU Operators Console Unit (THAAD).
  70. OD Optical Disk (PATRIOT).
  71. OD PA&E Office of the Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation.
  72. ODA Optical Discrimination Algorithms/Architecture.
  73. ODASD Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.
  74. ODCS Office, Deputy Chief of Staff.
  75. ODCSINT Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence.
  76. ODCSOPS Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans (DAHQ term).
  77. ODDI Office of the Director of Defense Information. 208
  78. ODES Operational and Developmental Experiments Simulator.
  79. ODISC4 Office of the Director of Information Systems for C4.
  80. OEC (1) Operational Evaluation Command (US Army term). (2) Other Early Capability.
  81. OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
  82. OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer.
  83. Off the Shelf Procurement of existing system or equipment without an RDT&E program or with minor development to make the system suitable for DoD needs.
  84. Off-the-Shelf Item An existing item, system, or equipment, determined by a material acquisition decision process review ( DoD , Military Component, or subordinate…
  85. Offense/Defense Coordination The coordination of the strategic defense system operations with unified/specified strategic offense commands to achieve overall U.S.
  86. Offensive Counter Air Operation An operation mounted to destroy, disrupt, or limit enemy air power as close to its source as possible.
  87. OFP Operational Flight Program.
  88. OFS Operational Flight Simulation.
  89. OGA Other Government Agencies.
  90. OI Operating Instruction.
  91. OIG see IG
  92. OIPT Overarching Integrated Product (Process) Team.
  93. OIS Orbital Insertion Stage.
  94. OIW Offensive Information Warfare.
  95. OJCS Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  96. OJT On-the-Job Training.
  97. OLA Abbreviation for oligonucleotide ligation assay.
  98. OLC 2 Operational Level Command and Control.
  99. OLE Object Linking and Embedding. A feature in Microsofts Windows which allows each section of a compound document to call up its own editing tools or special…
  100. OLS Operational Line Scan System.

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