- Industrie: Government; Military
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A disciplined approach to software design that adheres to a specified set of rules based on principles such as top-down design, stepwise refinement, and data flow analysis.
Industry:Military
Fundamental principals that guide the employment of forces for two or more nations in coordinated actions toward a common objective. It is ratified by participating nations.
Industry:Military
A command that has a broad continuing mission and that is established and so designated by the President through the Secretary of Defense with the advice and assistance of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Industry:Military
An unintended launch which occurs without deliberate national design as a direct result of a random event, such as mechanical failure, a simple human error, or an unauthorized action by a subordinate. (USSPACECOM)
Industry:Military
Electromagnetic radiation emitted (in two pulses from a nuclear air burst) from the fireball as a consequence of its very high temperature; it consists essentially of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared radiations.
Industry:Military
All active and passive measures to detect, identify, assess, degrade and defeat ballistic missile, air, and space threats to North America, including measures to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of such attacks.
Industry:Military
A defense strategy that concedes that the target can be destroyed at a price that is not prohibitive, but the presence of the defense is thought to require the offense to mount a relatively large and complex attack.
Industry:Military
A station that has been selected to receive a transmission from the primary station. The assignment of secondary status is temporary, under control of the primary station, and continues for the duration of a transmission.
Industry:Military
A device that is used in a manner that it simultaneously permits access by users with different security clearances and needs-to-know, but prevents users from obtaining access to information for which they lack authorization.
Industry:Military
Qualitative, quantitative, physical, and functional value characteristics that are inputs to the design process, for use in design tradeoffs, risk analyses, and development of a system that is responsive to system requirements.
Industry:Military
