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6,416 terms

Defense terms

  1. USMARFORLANT U.S. Marine Component, U.S. Atlantic Command.
  2. USMC United States Marine Corps.
  3. USMCR United States Marine Corps Reserve.
  4. USMILREP U.S. Military Representative.
  5. USN United States Navy.
  6. USNAVCENT U.S. Naval Forces, U.S. Central Command.
  7. USNAVEUR U.S. Naval Forces, U.S. European Command.
  8. USNIP U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings.
  9. USNO U.S. Naval Observatory.
  10. USNPGS U.S. Naval Post-Graduate School.
  11. USPACAF U.S. Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Command.
  12. USPACFLT US Pacific Fleet.
  13. USPACOM United States Pacific Command, Pearl Harbor, HI.
  14. USREPMC U.S. Representative to the Military Committee (NATO).
  15. USSC United States Space Command.
  16. USSOCOM United States Special Operations Command, Tampa, FL.
  17. USSOUTHCOM United States Southern Command, Panama Canal Zone, Panama.
  18. USSPACECOM See United States Space Command.
  19. USSS United States Secret Service.
  20. USSTRATCOM See United States Strategic Command.
  21. USTA United States Telephone Association.
  22. USTRANSCOM See United States Transportation Command.
  23. UT Universal Time.
  24. UTC By international agreement, the local time at the prime meridian, which passes through Greenwich, England.
  25. UTM Universal Transverse Mercator.
  26. UTTMDS Upper Tier Theater Missile Defense System. See THAAD System.
  27. UUT Unit Under Test (ILS term).
  28. UV Ultraviolet.
  29. UV Electro- Optics Technologies/techniques employed by optical sensors in the wavelength spectrum shorter than visible (e.g., less than 4,000 A).
  30. UVPI Ultraviolet Plume Instrument.
  31. UW Unconventional Warfare. 316
  32. V Volt.
  33. V&H Vulnerability and Hardening.
  34. V&V Abbreviation for volume per volume. The relative proportion of each liquid in a mixture.
  35. V/STOL Vertical Short Takeoff and Landing [aircraft].
  36. VAFB Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA.
  37. Validation is the process of performing a set of experiments that establish the efficacy and reliability of a technique or procedure or modification thereof.
  38. VAMOSC Visibility and Management of O&S Costs.
  39. VAR Visitor Access Request.
  40. Variability The manner in which the probability of damage to a specific target decreases with the distance from ground zero; or, in damage assessment, a mathematical…
  41. VBO Vertical Burn-Out (velocity).
  42. VCC Voice Communications Circuit.
  43. VCJCS Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  44. VCRM Verification Cross Reference Matrix.
  45. VCS Voice Communications System.
  46. VDC Volts Direct Current.
  47. VDD Version Description Document.
  48. VDU Visual Display Unit.
  49. VE Value Engineering.
  50. VECP Value Engineering Change Proposal.
  51. Verification To confirm the truth or correctness of something. Vitreous humor – The ocular fluid (from within the eye) that is often used as a sample for testing in…
  52. VESA Video Electronics Standards Association.
  53. VFR Visual Flight Rules
  54. VGA Video Graphics Array (Telecomm/Computer term).
  55. VHF Very High Frequency.
  56. VHSIC Very High Speed Integrated Circuit. 317
  57. VIDS Vehicle Integrated Defense Software (USA term).
  58. VIGILANTE Viewing Image/Gimbaled Instrumentation Lab-Analog Neural Three-D Experiment. VIGILANTE involves building a small computer (ANTE) offering 1/12 Operation…
  59. VIM Vibration Isolation Module.
  60. VINSON Encrypted Ultra High Frequency Communications System.
  61. VIS 1. Visible satellite imagery 2. Visibile or Visibility
  62. VIS/UV Visible/Ultraviolet.
  63. Visibility Range (or Visibility) The horizontal distance (in kilometers or miles) at which a large dark object can just be seen against the horizons sky in daylight.
  64. Visible Electro- Optics Technologies/techniques employed by optical sensors in the visible portion of the wavelength spectrum.
  65. VLAR Vertical Launch and Recovery (UAV JPO term).
  66. VLF Very Low Frequency.
  67. VLOS Vertical Line of Sight.
  68. VLS Vertical Launch System.
  69. VLSI Very Large Scale Integration.
  70. VLSIC VLSI Circuits.
  71. VLWIR Very Long Wavelength Infrared.
  72. VME Versa Modular European [standards].
  73. VMF Variable Message Format (Telecomm term).
  74. VOX Voice Actuation.
  75. VRI Vanguard Research, Inc., Fairfax, VA.
  76. VTC Video Teleconference.
  77. VTOL Vertical Takeoff and Landing [aircraft].
  78. VTOL-UAV Vertical Takeoff and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
  79. VUE Visible Light/Ultraviolet Experiment. 318
  80. Vulcan UK bomber.
  81. VV&A Verification, Validation, and Accreditation.
  82. VVER Pressurized water type nuclear power reactor.
  83. VVIRF Verification and Validation Information Request Form. 319
  84. W West
  85. w/o Without.
  86. W/TD Warning/Threat Detection.
  87. WAA Warm Air Advection - the advection (movement) of warm air into a region.
  88. WALEX Warfare Analysis Laboratory Exercise.
  89. WAM (1) Worldwide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS). (2) Wide Area Munition . (3) Wide Area Mine. (4) Wide Area Missile.
  90. WAN Wide Area Network (Telecomm/Computer term).
  91. WAP Wide Azimuth Probe.
  92. War Game A simulation, by whatever means, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces, using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an…
  93. Wargame A simulation, by whatever means, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces, using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an…
  94. Wargame 2000 Title of MDA program for development of a state-of-the-art simulation tool at the JNTF for use in CONOPS validation, missile defense program design…
  95. Warhead A weapon, usually thermonuclear, contained as the payload of a missile.
  96. Warhead Mating The act of attaching a warhead section to a rocket or missile body, torpedo, airframe, motor, or guidance section.
  97. Warhead Section A completely assembled warhead including appropriate skin sections and related components.
  98. WARM Wartime Reserve Modes.
  99. Warning of Attack A warning to national policymakers that an adversary is not only preparing its armed forces for war, but intends to launch an attack in the near future.
  100. Warning Order A preliminary notice of an order or action that is to follow.

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