- Industri: Government; Military
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The maximum range at which a sensor can perform the interceptor track function on a single interceptor in a normal (non-man-made) environment.
Industry:Military
Secretary of Defense decision documents that affirm or change dollar amounts or manpower allowances in the services’ budget estimate submissions.
Industry:Military
Person within HQ USAF office who is directly responsible for a given program and all documentation needed to harmonize the program in the budget.
Industry:Military
The operating modes not including but in addition to the self-defense modes that all the elements can use to protect themselves against direct enemy attack.
Industry:Military
All phases of the system's life including research, development, test and evaluation, production, deployment (inventory), operations and support, and disposal.
Industry:Military
The tracking of space objects (e.g., satellites, reentry vehicles, or decoys that simulate these) from the time they are deployed from a booster or post-boost vehicle until they are destroyed.
Industry:Military
The strategies and tactics employed to defend a geographical area outside the continental United States against attack from short-range, intermediate-range, or medium-range ballistic missiles.
Industry:Military
Center in CMAFB which activates the radio, TV, and sirens that warn the U.S. population of impending ballistic missile attack. Also assists with national disaster relief, forest fires, and other events assigned.
Industry:Military
OBSOLETE. A distributed set of low earth orbit satellites that may provide launch detection and booster tracking, and that serve as kinetic or kinetic energy interceptors of boosters, PBVs, and/or RVs. (USSPACECOM)
Industry:Military
An advanced prototype used during the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase (EMD) to resolve design deficiencies, demonstrate maturing performance, and develop proposed production specifications and drawings.
Industry:Military
