- 行业: Government; Military
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A national asset that provides routine access to space for both civil and defense users. Elements of the STS include the Space Shuttle, upper stages, Spacelab, launch and landing facilities, simulation and training facilities, and mission control facilities. The STS is a reusable system capable of deploying a wide variety of scientific and applications satellites. It can carry payloads weighing up to 65,000 pounds.
Industry:Military
Part of the SBIRS Low Program Definition and Risk Reduction (PDRR) program phase. The FDS will consist of two satellites and a ground system being built by TRW/Hughes. The FDS satellites are to be launched in FY 99 for a two year test program to demonstrate operations and performance of a SBIRS Low concept, collect target and phenomenology data to support the objective system design, and validate cost estimating models.
Industry:Military
These documents identify and describe detailed procedures and interactions necessary to carry out significant aspects of a joint program. Subjects for JOPs may include Systems Engineering, Personnel Staffing, Reliability, Survivability, Vulnerability, Maintainability, Production, Management Controls and Reporting, Financial Control, Test and Evaluation, Training, Logistics Support, Procurement and Deployment. The JOPs are developed and negotiated by the Program Manger and the participating Services.
Industry:Military
Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) reactions which have been preplanned, analyzed, and preapproved, for specific ballistic missile threats. The PRO, equivalent to an operations plan, consist of a number of Defense Employment Options (DEO) which provide force employment objectives to Component forces based upon the world situation, national objectives/guidance, BMD asset status, and the intent of the threat. PRO are automatically processed with real-time human oversight and control when USCINCSPACE directs execution.
Industry:Military
The command and control data instructions to control the conduct of the engagement. ECDs are developed by command and control software based upon variable parameter input by the operators (both pre-planned and real time), and operator defined rule sets embedded in the software. The individual battle management processors use these instructions to accomplish the assigned tasks from the operations order. ECDs are contained within a Task and represent the form of parameter values that influence that resource management processes of Weapon Target Assignment (WTA), Sensor Resource Management (SRM), and Communications Management (CM). There will be numerous ECDs per Task.
Industry:Military
The maximum range at which a target can be acquired by a sensor operating in a noncued mode.
Industry:Military
The President and the Secretary of Defense or their duly deputized alternates or successors.
Industry:Military
A DoD financial term which expresses the value of the direct program for a given fiscal year.
Industry:Military
The systems engineering allocated requirement probability that a weapons system’s element is available to perform its function.
Industry:Military
Standard, comprehensive, summary status reports on major defense acquisition programs (ACAT I) required for periodic submission to Congress.
Industry:Military
