- 行业: Government; Military
- Number of terms: 79318
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The full attainment of the capability to employ effectively a weapon, item of equipment, or system of approved specific characteristics, which is manned and operated by a trained, equipped, and supported military unit or force.
Industry:Military
A proposal to the responsible authority recommending that a change to an original item of equipment be considered, and the design or engineering change be incorporated into the article to modify, add to, delete, or supersede original parts.
Industry:Military
A situation of peril declared by the competent military commander, that a ballistic missile attack is probable (Missile Defense Warning Yellow), imminent or in progress (Missile Defense Warning Red), or improbable (Missile Defense Warning White).
Industry:Military
A formal examination of a program to determine if the design is ready for production, production engineering problems have been resolved, and the producer has accomplished adequate planning for the production phase. Performed toward the end of FSD. (Defense Systems Management College)
Industry:Military
An OSD program for Joint T&E, structured to evaluate or provide information on system performance, technical concepts, system requirements or improvements, systems interoperability, improving or developing testing methodologies, or for force structure planning, doctrine, or procedures.
Industry:Military
Official agreements concluded between the defense ministries of NATO nations and ranking below government level international treaties. De facto, such agreements are generally recognized by all partners as binding even if no legal claim could be based on the rights and obligations laid down in them.
Industry:Military
A measure of the reliability of an item. Defined as the total functioning life of an item divided by the total number of failures within the population during the measurement interval. The definition holds for time, rounds, miles, events, or other measures of unit life. MTBF is a basic measure of reliability.
Industry:Military
1. Upgrades to the HAWK interceptor and radar system to provide the Marine Corps with a mobile point theater ballistic missile defense capability. 2. A mobile air defense artillery, surface-to-air missile system that provides non-nuclear, low to medium altitude air defense coverage for ground forces. Designated as MIM-23.
Industry:Military
An executable plan designed to deploy an early missile defense capability and reduce deployment time. The plan provides specific executable deployment options and describes activities required before and after a deployment decision. The plan also allows decision makers to have oversight on technical progress, cost, schedule, and risks associated with a deployment system.
Industry:Military
An element of system engineering that applies scientific and engineering principle to identify security vulnerabilities and minimize or contain risks associated with these vulnerabilities. It uses mathematical, physical, and related scientific disciplines, and the principles and methods of engineering design and analysis to specify, predict, and evaluate the vulnerability of the system to security threats.
Industry:Military
