- Industry: Government; Military
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The chance that some element of an acquisition program produces an unintended result with an adverse effect on system effectiveness, suitability, cost, or availability for deployment.
Industry:Military
The ability of systems, units, or forces to provide services to or accept services from other systems, units, or forces and to use the services so exchanged to operate effectively together.
Industry:Military
Initial indication by any one of a variety of sensors that a booster has been launched from some point on the surface of the earth, with initial characterization of the booster type. (USSPACECOM)
Industry:Military
Production line normally established during EMD to test new manufacturing methods and procedures. Normally funded by RDT&E until the line is proven. Not the same as long range initial production.
Industry:Military
T&E conducted by two or more DoD Components for systems to be acquired by more than one DoD Component, or for a DoD Component's systems that have interfaces with equipment of another DoD Component.
Industry:Military
1. The characteristic pattern of a target displayed by detection and identification equipment. 2. In naval mine warfare, the variation in the influence field produced by the passage of a ship or sweep.
Industry:Military
(Also Adaptive Preferential Defense) Adaptive defense is defense that is responsive to an actual attack in that it takes advantage of the structure or weakness of the attack to maximize a priority defense objective.
Industry:Military
The assessment of the effectiveness of the defense forces throughout an engagement and adjustment of tactics and the system configuration as necessary to effectively allocate resources to satisfy mission objectives.
Industry:Military
Locating mutually supportive defense positions in such a manner as to absorb and progressively weaken an attack, prevent initial observations of the entire position by the enemy, and allow the commander to maneuver his reserve.
Industry:Military
A framework containing the processes, activities, and tasks involved in the development, operation, and support of the system, spanning the life of the system from the definition of its requirements to the termination of its use.
Industry:Military
