- 行业: Government; Military
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A funded effort, normally by two or more competing contractors, to establish specifications, to select technical approaches, to identify high-risk areas, and to make cost and production time estimates for developing large weapons systems.
Industry:Military
A device that is used to process data of a single security level at any one time. Since the device need not be trusted to separate data of different security levels, sensitivity labels do not have to be stored with the data being processed.
Industry:Military
Rear part of the theater of operations (behind but contiguous to the combat zone) which contains the lines of communications, establishments for supply and evacuation, and other agencies required for the immediate support and maintenance of the field forces.
Industry:Military
The structure and relationship among the components of a system. The system architecture may also include the system’s interface with its operational environment. A framework or structure that portrays relationships among allthe elements of missile defense systems.
Industry:Military
The lethality of a weapon system. Generally refers to armaments (i.e. missiles, ordnance, etc.) Usually the statistical probability that the weapon will detonate close enough to the target with enough power to disable the target. (Defense Systems Management College)
Industry:Military
Those environments that result from a BMD system engagement of an enemy threat or collateral conditions resulting from deliberate hostilities. Hostile environment categories currently applicable to National Missile Defense are Nuclear, Battle Debris, and Electronic Warfare.
Industry:Military
Effort to incorporate a configuration change involving engineering and testing on end items and depot repairable components, or changes on other than developmental items to increase system or combat effectiveness or extend useful military life. Usually results from user feedback.
Industry:Military
A weapon that uses a seeker to detect laser energy reflected from a laser marker/designated target and, through signal processing, provides guidance commands to a control system. The control system then guides the weapon to the point from which the laser energy is being reflected.
Industry:Military
Protection of a particular system, subsystem, or component from functional damage due to the effects of nuclear (or other) radiation by shielding the vulnerable components from the radiation, or using other passive techniques in manufacturing effects of nuclear (or other) radiation.
Industry:Military
1. Capable of performing the missions or functions for which organized or designed (as applied to a unit, ship or weapon system). Incorporates both equipment readiness and personnel readiness. 2. Available and qualified to perform assigned missions or functions (as applied to personnel).
Industry:Military
