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6,416 terms

Defense terms

  1. System Security Management Plan (SSMP) A formal document that fully describes the planned security tasks required to meet system security requirements, including organizational…
  2. System Threat Assessment Report (STAR) Required by DoD 5000.2 and validated by DIA. Establishes the threat (to a Service's Mission Area) and is part of basis for considering mission deficiency…
  3. System-Critical Function A function that is necessary for the successful accomplishment of the system's mission.
  4. System-Valued Asset A system element/component, function, or information element, which is critical to the proper operation and well being of the SDS. 288
  5. Systems Engineering An interdisciplinary approach to evolve and verify an integrated and life cycle balanced set of system product and process solutions. 287
  6. Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) This plan documents: (1) Management of the systems engineering process, (2) Integration of the required technical specialties; (3) Performance measures…
  7. Systems Test Integration and Coordination The combination of SDS elements tests to reflect SDS performance contribution.
  8. T 2 Technology Transfer.
  9. T 2 E Technical Training Equipment.
  10. T&C (1) Tracking and Control. (2) Test and Control.
  11. T&E Test and Evaluation.
  12. T&T Transportation and Transportability.
  13. T-MACH Trusted MACH.
  14. T-UAV Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
  15. T/R Transmit/Receive.
  16. T/REA Transmit/Receive Element Assembly (of a radar).
  17. T2 Technology Transfer.
  18. T2E Technical Training Equipment.
  19. TA (1) Threat Assessment. (2) Target Acquisition. (3) Test Articles.
  20. TAA Technical Assistance Agreement.
  21. TAACOM Tactical Air Area Commander.
  22. TAADCOM Theater Army Air Defense Commander.
  23. TAAF Test, Analyze and Fix.
  24. TAC Tactical Advanced Computer.
  25. TAC-3 Tactical Advanced Computer Three (USN term).
  26. TACAIR Tactical Air.
  27. TACAMO Take Charge And Move Out [Airborne SSBN Command Post].
  28. TACC Tactical Air Command Center.
  29. TACC USMC Tactical Air Command Center (USMC term).
  30. TACC USN Tactical Air Command Center (USN term).
  31. TACCS Theater Air Command and Control System.
  32. TACCSF Tactical Air Command and Control Simulation Facility.
  33. TACDAR Tactical Detection and Reporting.
  34. TACFIRE Tactical [weapons] Fire.
  35. TACINTEL Tactical Intelligence Information [Exchange Subsystem] (USN term).
  36. TACOM Tank and Automotive Command (US Army term).
  37. TACON Tactical Control.
  38. TACS Theater Air Control System. 289
  39. TACSAT Tactical Satellite.
  40. TACSIM Tactical Simulation
  41. Tactical Air Doctrine Fundamental principles designed to provide guidance for the employment of air power in tactical air operations to attain established objectives.
  42. Tactical Air Operation An air operation involving the employment of air power in coordination with ground or naval forces.
  43. Tactical Air Operations Center A subordinate operational component of the Marine Air Command and Control System designed for direction and control of all en route air traffic and air…
  44. Tactical Air Support Air operations carried out in coordination with surface forces and which directly assist land or maritime operations.
  45. Tactical Area of Responsibility (TAOR) A defined area of land for which responsibility is specifically assigned to the commander of the area as a measure for control of assigned forces and…
  46. Tactical Ballistic Missile (TBM) A land-based missile generally having a range of <3000 miles that can be employed within a continental theater of operations.
  47. Tactical Concept A statement, in broad outline, which provides a common basis for future development of tactical doctrine.
  48. Tactical Control The detailed and, usually, local direction and control of movements or maneuvers necessary to accomplish missions or tasks assigned.
  49. Tactical Data Information link A netted link in which one unit acts as a net control station and interrogates each unit by roll call.
  50. Tactical Level of War The level of war at which battles and engagements are planned and executed to accomplish military objectives assigned to tactical units or task forces.
  51. Tactical Operations Area (TOA) That area between the fire support coordination line and the rear operations area where maximum flexibility in the use of airspace is needed to assure…
  52. Tactical Operations Center (TOC) A physical grouping of those elements of an Army general and special staff concerned with the current tactical operations and the tactical support thereof.
  53. Tactical Warning (TW) (1) A warning after initiation of a threatening or hostile act based on an evaluation of information from all available sources.
  54. Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (TW/AA) A composite term. See separate definitions for Tactical Warning and for Attack Assessment. 290
  55. TAD (1) Tactical Air Defense. (2) Theater Air Defense. (3) Technical Acceptance Demonstration.
  56. TAD C2 Theater Air Defense Command and Control.
  57. TADAP Theater Air Defense Asset Planner.
  58. TADC Tactical Air Direction Center.
  59. TADCOM Theater Air Defense Command.
  60. TADIL Tactical Digital Information Link.
  61. TADIL A Tactical Digital Information Link A.
  62. TADIL B Tactical Digital Information Link B
  63. TADIL J Tactical Digital Information Link J
  64. TADIX Tactical Data Information Exchange.
  65. TADIXS Tactical Data Information Exchange System.
  66. TADL Tactical Data Link.
  67. TADS Tactical Air Defense System.
  68. TADSIM Theater Air Defense Simulation.
  69. TAF Terminal Aerodrome Forecast
  70. TAFIM Tactical Architecture Framework for Information Management.
  71. TAI International Atomic Time.
  72. TAIS Technology Applications Information System.
  73. TALDT Total Administrative and Logistics Downtime.
  74. TALON NIGHT TALON programs, which support SOF.
  75. TALON SHIELD An effort using stereo DSP processing to provide ballistic missile burnout vector and impact prediction for interceptor cueing, counterforce tasking, and…
  76. TAM (1) Theater Attack Model. (2) Theater Analysis Model.
  77. TAMD Theater Air and Missile Defense.
  78. Tank A melee character that can take a lot of damage like a Warrior.
  79. Tank Debris Hardware associated with tank.
  80. Tank Fragmentation The breakup of a tank, either intentionally to serve as a penaid or naturally as a result of aerodynamic loads and heating upon reentry. 291
  81. TAOC Tactical Air Operations Center.
  82. TAOM Tactical Air Operations Module.
  83. TAOS Technology for Autonomous Operation of Satellites.
  84. TAR A liquid product of thermal processing of carbonaceous materials.
  85. TARA Technology Area Reviews and Assessments.
  86. Target In diagnostic tests, the molecule or nucleic acid sequence assayed in a sample.
  87. Target Acquisition The detection and initiation of track on a target in the surveillance coverage region of a sensing system.
  88. Target Classification and Type Identification of the estimated target category based on surveillance, discrimination, and intelligence data.
  89. Target Discrimination The ability of a surveillance or guidance system to identify or engage any one target when multiple targets are present.
  90. Target Object Map (TOM) A data set, which contains three-dimensional position, estimates for target and other objects predicted to be in a weapon interceptor's field of view for…
  91. Target Resolution The splitting of a single target into two or more targets.
  92. Target Signature (1) The characteristic pattern of a target displayed by detection and identification equipment.
  93. Target System Requirements Document (TSRD) BMD Program level program management document. Developed by each BMD Program Office, it outlines to MDA/TC and MDA/TE what the POs target requirements are…
  94. TASA Task and Skills Analysis.
  95. Tasks The required actions to accomplish all or part of a COA. Tasks contain guidance to the Battle Management/Command, Control and Communications (BM/C 3 )…
  96. TASM Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile.
  97. TASO Terminal Area Security Officer.
  98. TAT Technical Area Task.
  99. TAUL Teat and Upgrade Link.
  100. TAV Transatmospheric Vehicle. 292

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