Missile defense

Missile defense

Measures designed to detect, identify, track, and defeat attacking (ballistic) missiles in both strategic and theater tactical roles, during any portion of their flight trajectory (boost, post-boost, midcourse, or terminal) or to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of such attack.

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Airborne surveillance testbed (AST)

Military; Missile defense

A Boeing 767 aircraft with a large infrared sensor designed to address optical sensor issues.

Integrated logistics support (ILS)

Military; Missile defense

1. A disciplined, unified, and iterative approach to the management and technical activities necessary to integrate support considerations into system and equipment design; develop support ...

Acquisition programme baseline (APB)

Military; Missile defense

Acquisition programme baselines embody the cost, schedule, and performance objectives for the program. The APB is approved by the milestone decision authority milestone reviews as follows: •Concept ...

Industrial resource analysis (IRA)

Military; Missile defense

A quick-turnaround or a detailed analysis of industrial and/or specific factory capabilities to determine the availability of production resources required to support SDS. These resources include ...

Required technical characteristics

Military; Missile defense

Quantitative system performance parameters, approved by the DoD Component, that are selected as primary indicators of technical achievement of engineering thresholds. These might not be direct ...