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U.S. Department of Defence
Industrie: Government; Military
Number of terms: 79318
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A person with the authority to enter into, administer, or terminate contracts and make related determinations and findings. The term includes any authorized representatives of the CO acting within the limits of their authority. A CO whose primary responsibility is to administer contracts is an Administrative Contracting Officer. One whose primary responsibility is to terminate contracts and/or settle terminated contracts is a Termination Contracting Officer. A single contracting officer may be responsible for duties in any or all of these areas.
Industry:Military
The level of war at which campaigns and major operations are planned, conducted, and sustained to accomplish strategic objectives within theaters or areas of operations. Activities at this level link tactics and strategy by establishing operational objectives needed to accomplish the strategic objectives, sequencing events to achieve the operational objectives, initiating actions, and applying resources to bring about and sustain these events. These activities imply a broader dimension of time or space than do tactics; they ensure the logistic and administrative support of tactical forces, and provide a means by which tactical successes are exploited to achieve strategic objectives.
Industry:Military
The overall program for communication and electronic security.
Industry:Military
Area of an object as scanned by a radar; measured in square meters.
Industry:Military
The trajectory that produces maximum range for a given amount of energy.
Industry:Military
Make course attitude adjustments to the weapon platform orientation prior to engagement.
Industry:Military
A gun in which the projectile is accelerated by electromagnetic forces rather than by an explosion, as in a conventional gun.
Industry:Military
A second Space Wing center that logistically/administratively controls operational satellite systems operated by them at worldwide locations.
Industry:Military
1. A specification that sets forth the performance requirements for a system or system component. 2. Synonymous with requirements specification.
Industry:Military
Prototype of airborne or spaceborne hardware used to validate a technology concept. FTV is also the acronym for Functional Technology Validation.
Industry:Military
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