ABM |
Antiballistic Missile |
ABMDA |
Advanced Ballistic Missile Defense Agency |
ABRES |
Advanced Ballistic Reentry Systems |
ACBIAS |
Acceleration Bias |
ACC |
Area Control Center |
ACU |
Arithmetic Control Unit |
A/D |
Analog-to-Digital |
ADES |
Area Defense Engagement Simulation |
AEC |
Atomic Energy Commission |
AET |
Antenna Element Test |
AF |
Air Force |
AFB |
AF Base |
AFCC |
Alternate Fire Control Center |
AFWL |
AF Weapons Laboratory |
AGC |
Automatic Gain Control |
AICBM |
Anti-ICBM |
AL |
Accidental Launch |
ALCOR |
ARPA-Lincoln Laboratories C-Band Observable Radar |
ALTAIR |
ARPA Long Range Tracking and Instrumentation Radar |
AMC |
Army Materiel Command |
AMPL |
Receiver Encoder Level |
AMRAC |
Anti-Missile Research and Advisory Council |
AP |
Ammonium Perchlorate |
A/R |
Availability/Reliability |
ARA |
Allowable Reentry Angle |
ARADCOM |
Army Air Defense Command |
ARCS |
Average RCS |
ARDC |
Air R&D Command |
ARGMA |
Army Rocket and Guided Missile Agency |
ARPA |
Advanced Research Projects Agency |
ARU |
Automatic Reference Unit |
AT&T |
American Telephone and Telegraph Company |
ATC |
Advanced Technology Center |
ATES |
Analog TES |
A to D |
Analog-to-Digital Conversion |
ATR |
Acceptance
Test Requirement |
ATS |
Antenna Test Set |
BCB |
Battery Control Building |
BCC |
Battery-Centered Cartesian Coordinate System |
BF |
Burst File |
BFS |
Beamforming and Steering |
BMD |
Ballistic Missile Defense |
BMDATC |
BMD Advanced Technology Center |
BMDC |
BMD Center |
BMDOC |
BMD Operations Center |
BMDOR |
BMD Operations Room |
BMDSCOM |
BMD Systems Command |
BMDTP |
BMD Test Program |
BMEWS |
Ballistic Missile Early Warning System |
BOD |
Beneficial
Occupancy Date |
BOS |
Basic Operating System |
BRCS |
Body RCS |
BRL |
Ballistic Research Laboratory |
BRV |
Ballistic RV |
BSA |
Buffer Store Assembly |
BSC |
Beam Steering Computer |
BSS |
Board Steered System |
BW |
BMDC Weapons Process |
ß |
Ballistic coefficient in lb/ft2 |
CAL |
Calspan Corporation (formerly Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory) |
CALCOMP |
Calspan Computer |
CAMAR |
Common Aperture MAR |
CAT |
Catastrophic Test |
C&C |
Command and Control |
CCB |
Configuration Control Board |
CCDS |
C&C Display Subsystem |
CCU |
Channel Control Unit |
CDP |
Central Data Processing |
CDR |
Critical Design Review |
CDT |
Conditional Drop Track |
CENTRAN |
CLC Translator |
CEP |
Circular Error Probability |
CFAR |
Constant False Alarm Rate |
CG |
Center
of Gravity |
CINCONAD |
Commander-in-Chief of CONAD |
CIU |
Control Indicator Unit |
CLC |
Central Logic and Control |
CLSU |
Console Logic Support Unit |
CM |
Configuration
Management |
CMC |
Cheyenne Mountain Complex |
CMDS |
Contractor Maintenance Data System |
C/N |
Clutter-to-Noise ratio |
CN |
Normal Force Coefficient |
CNWDI |
Critical Nuclear Weapons Design Information |
COC |
Combat Operations Center |
COE |
Corps of Engineers |
CONAD |
Continental Air Defense Command |
CONOPS |
Continuous Operations Test |
CONUS |
Continental US |
CP |
Center of Pressure |
CPAF |
Cost Plus Award Fee |
CPCC |
Central Program Change Control |
CPIF |
Cost Plus Incentive Fee |
CPR |
Chinese People's Republic (also see PRC) |
CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
CR |
Correction Report |
CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube |
CSB |
Control Switch and-Buffer |
CSPS |
Coherent Signal Processor System |
CTM |
Contractor Technical Maintenance |
CTPB |
Carboxyl-Terminated Polybutadiene |
CW |
Continuous Wave |
DARTS |
Debugging Aid for Real-Time Systems |
DCA |
Digital Controlled Attenuator |
DCDP |
Defense Center Data Processor |
DCDPS |
Defense Center DPS |
DCG |
Digital Control Group |
DCU |
Digital Control Unit |
DD |
Discrimination Demonstration |
DDG |
Digital Data Group |
DDR&E |
Director of Defense R&E |
DDS |
Display Subsystem |
DEPEX |
NIKE-X Deployment Study |
DET |
Design Evaluation Threat |
DG |
Data Gathering |
DICBM |
Depressed ICBM |
DKR |
Direct Kill Region |
DM |
Defense Mode |
DOD |
Department of Defense |
DP |
Data Processor |
DPCC |
Data Processing and Control Computer |
DPM |
Dispersed Pulse Measurement |
DPO |
Data Processing Officer |
DPS |
Data Processing System/ Subsystem |
DPSI |
DPS Installation Facility |
DPSPR |
DPS Performance Requirements |
DR |
Detection
Radar |
DSS |
Display Subsystem |
DT |
Design Threat |
DTC |
Data Transmission Controller |
DTCA |
DTC Adapter |
DTC G |
DTC Group |
DTES |
Digital TES |
DTS |
Dynamic Traffic Simulation |
DUX |
Digital Unit Exerciser |
DVR |
Digital Video Recorder |
EBMDC |
Early BMDC |
ECM |
Electromagnetic Counter-measures |
ECP |
Engineering Change Proposal |
ECS |
Environmental
Control Station |
ECTS |
Electrical Circuit Test Set |
ECU |
Exercise Control Unit |
EDP |
Exercise Data Processor |
EED |
Electro-Explosive Device |
EGS |
End Game Simulation |
EMP |
Electromagnetic Pulse |
EMX |
MSR System Exerciser |
EOB |
End-Of-Boost phase |
EOD |
End-Of-Dive phase |
EPX |
PAR System Exerciser |
ERC |
Equipment Readiness Center |
ERD |
Equipment Readiness Date |
ERS |
Extended Range Search |
ESK |
Environmental Sensor Kit |
ESL |
Environmental Status Level |
E-Tape |
Software Parameter Histories |
ETR |
Eastern Test Range |
EXIT |
Exit Surveillance Region |
FAR |
False Alarm Rate Forward Acquisition Radar |
FCC |
Face
Cartesian Coordinates |
FCS |
Flight Control Set |
FITS |
Fault Isolation Test Set |
FL |
Fault Locator |
FLAM |
Fault Locating and Monitoring |
FLAR |
Fault Locating and Recording |
FMP |
Field Measurement Program |
FOBS |
Fractional Orbit Bomb System |
FORTRAN |
Formula Translator |
FSC |
Flight Safety Console |
FSS |
Flight Safety System |
FTS |
Flight Termination System |
GE |
General Electric Company |
GETSS |
GE Time-Sharing System |
GMLEC |
Guided Missile Launch Enable Controller |
GMLEG |
Guided Missile Launch Enable Group |
GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time |
GPDC |
General Purpose Digital Computer |
GRC |
General Research Corporation |
GSE |
Ground Support Equipment |
y |
1/ß |
HDR |
High Data Rate |
HEFU |
High-Energy Firing Unit |
HF |
Heating Factor |
HI |
Hostile Identification |
HIA |
HI Authority |
HIE |
HI Enable |
HIS |
Honeywell Institute System |
HLT |
High Level Transmitter |
HPU |
Hydraulic Pumping Unit |
IA |
Intercept Accuracy |
IBM |
International Business Machines Corporation |
IC |
Integrated Circuit |
ICBM |
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile |
ICLPE |
IC Launch Preparation Equipment |
ICP |
IC Package |
ID |
Identification |
IDA |
Institute of Defense Analysis |
IDR |
Interface Data Reduction |
IEMP |
Internal EMP |
IF |
Intermediate Frequency |
MSR |
Improved MSR |
I/O |
Input/Output |
IOC |
Initial
Operational Capability |
IP |
Intercept Point |
IPS |
IP Selection |
IQD |
Intercept Quality Data |
IR |
Interceptor Response |
IRBM |
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile |
ISU |
Interface Switching Unit |
ITP |
Installation Test Program |
ITU |
Interface Transfer Unit |
J-Box |
Junction Box |
KA |
Kill Assessment |
KMR |
Kwajalein Missile Range |
KOR |
Known Object Recognition |
KREMS |
Kiernan Reentry Measurement Site |
KT |
KOR Track |
KTR |
KOR Track Recognition |
KTS |
Kwajalein Test Site |
LA |
Launch Accuracy |
LAC |
Launch Area Control |
LAR |
Local Acquisition Radar |
LBO |
Low Beta Object |
LCB |
Logic Control Buffer |
LCC |
Launch Control Center |
LDP |
Local Data Processor |
LDR |
Low Data Rate |
LE |
Launch Enable |
LECS |
LE Coded Switch |
LEDM |
Limited Engineering Development Model |
LEGG |
Launch Eject Gas Generator |
LEMC |
LE Message Controller |
LEMR |
LE Message Receiver |
LEMT |
LE Message Transmitter |
LETS |
LE Transmission Set |
LEU |
LE Unit |
LLT |
Low Level Transmitter |
LO |
Launch
Order |
LP |
Launch Point |
LPE |
Launch Preparation Equipment |
LPEC |
LPE Compartment |
LPES |
LPE Set |
LPEV |
LPE Vault |
LQD |
Launch Quality Data |
LRC |
Logic-to-Relay Converter |
LSB |
Least Significant Bit |
LSEQ |
Launch Sequencer |
LSI |
Large-Scale IC |
M |
Minuteman Defense Mode |
MA |
Missile Acquisition |
MAC |
Maintenance Activity Center |
M&D |
Maintenance and Diagnostic |
M&DSS |
M&D System/Subsystem |
MAR |
Multifunction Array Radar |
MBGE |
Missile-Borne Guidance Equipment |
MCC |
Missile Command Code |
MCM |
Missile Command Monitor |
MDAC |
McDonnell-Douglas Astronautics Company (formerly Douglas Aircraft) |
MDC |
Missile
Defense Center |
MDI |
Miss-Distance Indicator |
MDP |
(M&D Processor (Missile Data Processor |
MDVS |
Minuteman Defense Value Structure |
MDX |
Miss-Distance Magnitude |
MEEV |
Mechanical and Electrical Equipment Vault |
MFM |
Missile Farm Monitor |
MGS |
Missile Guidance Set |
MI |
MSR Installation Process |
MIL |
Military |
MMLCC |
Minuteman Launch Control Center |
MIPS |
Millions of Instructions Per Second |
MIRV |
Multiple Independently Targeted RV |
MIS |
Missile Interaction Simulation |
MISSIM |
Missile Simulation |
Mk-( ) |
Hostile ICBM |
MLEA |
Missile Launch Equipment Adapter |
MLEC |
Missile Launch Equipment Controller |
MM |
Minuteman |
MMC |
Martin Marietta Corporation |
MMI |
Minuteman I |
MMTC |
Missile Monitor Test Console |
MN |
Mach Number |
MOI |
Moment of Inertia |
M-1 |
Programs for MSR testing with capability of interception-to-space point |
M1-( ) |
Mission designation |
MOSAR |
Modulation Scan Array Radar |
MPR |
Master Problem Report |
MR |
Measurement and Recording |
MRA |
Management Report Analyst |
MRS |
Management Reporting System |
MRV |
Multiple RV |
MSB |
Most Significant Bit |
MSCB |
Missile Site Control Building |
MSDP |
Missile Site Data Processor |
MSDPS |
Missile Site Data Processing Subsystem |
MSR |
Missile Site Radar |
MSRDP |
MSR Data Processor |
M SR SIM |
MSR Simulation |
MSTP |
Meck
System Test Program |
MT |
Missile Track |
MTR |
MT Radar |
MTRACK |
MSR MT Simulation |
MTS |
Mission Test Specification |
MTV |
Material Test Vehicle |
MW |
MSR Weapons Process |
NA |
Not
Applicable |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NCA |
National Command Authority |
NCMC |
NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex |
NEA |
Nuclear
Employment Authority |
NEARR |
Nuclear Employment Authority Recorder-Reproducer |
NG |
Nitroglycerin |
NICOL |
NIKE-X Compiler Language |
NOL |
Naval Ordnance Laboratory |
NOP |
No Operation |
NORAD |
North American Air Defense Command |
NPD |
Normal Path Diagnostic |
NPV |
N-Pulse Validation |
NSA |
National Security Agency |
NTH |
Nonthreatening |
NWSSC |
Nuclear Weapons System Safety Committee |
OCU |
Operand Control Unit |
ODDR&E |
Office of Director of Defense R&E |
OLDR |
Off-Line Data Reduction |
OS |
Operating System |
OSB |
Ordnance Safety Box |
OSCAR |
On-Site Configuration Activity Reporting |
Pk |
Kill Probability |
PRV |
Probability that target is an RV |
PACA |
Propulsion and Control Assembly |
PAL |
Parallel Assembly Language |
PAR |
Perimeter Acquisition Radar |
PARDP |
PAR Data Processor |
PARSIM |
PAR Simulation |
PASS |
Parallel ABM System Simulation |
PAVT |
Product Assurance Verification Test |
PBAA |
Polybutadiene Acrylic Acid |
PCO |
Program Change Order |
PCS |
Position Capability Surface |
PCU |
Program Control Unit |
|
Prototype Development Facility |
PDS |
Performance Design Specification |
PEPE |
Parallel Element Processing Ensemble |
PFA |
Probability of False Alarm |
PFOBS |
Potential FOBS |
P-FOR |
Parallel version of FORTRAN |
PF&TG |
Precision Frequency and Time Generator |
PHSD |
Preliminary Hardsite Defense |
PI |
PAR Installation Process |
PIN |
Positive Intrinsic Negative |
PL/1 |
Program Language 1 |
PM |
Preventive Maintenance |
PMR |
Pacific Missile Range |
POMDA |
Post-Mission Data Analysis |
POR |
PAR Object Recognition |
POT |
Purged Object Track |
PP1 |
Pulse Pattern 1 |
pps |
pulses per second |
PPS |
Policies, Procedures, and Standards |
PPTL |
Parallel Plate Transmission Line |
PRC |
People's Republic of China (also see CPR) |
PRF |
Pulse Repetition Frequency |
PS |
Program Store |
PSL |
Physical Science Laboratory |
PT |
PAR
Test Process |
PTV |
Propulsion Test Vehicle |
PU |
Processor Unit |
PW |
PAR Weapons Process |
PWRCS |
Peak Wake RCS |
P/Z |
PAR/SPARTAN |
RADOT |
Recording Automatic Digital Optical Tracker |
RANC |
Refraction Attenuation Noise and Clutter |
R&D |
Research and Development |
R&E |
Research and Engineering |
RCA |
Radio Corporation of America |
RCS |
Radar Cross Section |
RD |
Restricted Data |
RDT&E |
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation |
RE FOBS |
Reference Object Search |
RF |
Radio Frequency |
RFCM |
RF Calibration and Monitoring |
RFTO |
RF Test Order |
RFTR |
R F Test Request |
RFTS |
RF Test Set |
RLE |
Remote Launch Equipment |
RM |
Measured Missile Range |
RMC |
Radar Measurement Coordinate System |
RMI |
Range Mark Indicator |
RMP |
Reentry Measurements Program |
rms |
root-mean-square |
RMV |
Reentry Measurements Vehicle |
RP |
Predicted
Missile Range |
RPCC |
Orthogonal Coordinate System |
RRG |
Radar Return Generator |
RSA |
Rate Saturation Attack |
RSC |
Recording Set Controller |
RSS |
Recording Subsystem |
RTE |
Real-Time Exerciser |
RTI |
Range Time Intensity |
RUR |
Region of Unresolved Replies |
RV |
Reentry Vehicle |
RVCC |
Range-Velocity Cartesian Coordinates |
SAC |
Strategic Air Command |
SAFCA |
SAFEGUARD Communications Agency |
SAFSCOM |
SAFEGUARD System Command (now called BMDSCOM) |
SAFSEA |
SAFEGUARD System Evaluation Agency |
SAFSIM |
SAFEGUARD System Simulation |
SAFSM |
SAFEGUARD System Manager |
SALT |
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty |
SAMSO |
Space And Missile System Organization |
SAMTEC |
Space And Missile Test Center |
SAS |
Status Accounting System |
SBI |
Seconds Before Impact |
S/C |
Signal-to-Clutter ratio |
SCD |
Small City Defense |
SCO |
Software
Change Order |
SCVS |
SPARTAN Capability Value Structure |
SDF |
Slowdown Filter |
SDPL |
SENTINEL Data Processing Laboratory |
SDRDC |
System Design Requirements for Displays and Controls |
SDRS |
SAFEGUARD Data Reduction System |
SDVS |
SAFEGUARD Defense Value Structure |
SENSIM |
SENTINEL System Simulation |
SES |
SPRINT Engagement Simulation |
SEST |
SAFEGUARD System EMP Site Test |
SET |
Small Endoatmospheric Target |
SFSD |
Southern FOBS Self Defense |
SG |
SPRINT Guidance |
SHAR |
System Hardness Assessment Report |
SIDLOB |
Sidelobe Tracking Indicator |
SIETP |
System Integration and Evaluation Test Plan |
SIMVAL |
Simulation Validation |
SIR |
SPRINT Interceptor Response |
SIS |
SPRINT Intercept Simulation |
SIT |
Site Information Tape |
SLBM |
Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile |
S/N |
Signal-to-Noise ratio |
SNX |
Symbolic NIKE-X (assembly language for CLC) |
SOC |
Support Operation Center |
SPASIM |
SPARTAN
Intercept Simulation |
SPO |
Special Projects Office |
SPSIM |
SPARTAN Intercept Effectiveness Simulation |
SR |
Satellite Recognition |
SRV |
Single
RV |
SSBO |
Second-Stage Burnout |
SSDSU |
System Status Display Support Unit |
SSDU |
System Status Display Unit |
SS-9 |
Hostile ICBM Booster (USSR) |
SSP |
Search Signal Processor |
SSV |
Sequential-State
Vector |
ST |
Surveillance Track |
STACS |
SAFEGUARD Tactical Simulator |
STAG |
SAFEGUARD Threat Action Generator |
STC |
Sensitivity Time Control |
S TM |
Special Test Mission |
STS |
System Test Specification |
STTF |
Site Threat Trajectory File |
STU |
Store Transfer Unit |
STVT |
System Technical Verification Test |
STVTR |
STVT Requirements |
SU |
Status Unit |
SV-( ) |
SAFEGUARD Vehicle |
SWOC |
SPARTAN Warhead Output Contour |
SYSEX |
System Exerciser |
TA |
Track Acquisition |
TACMAR |
Tactical MAR |
TACMSRSIM |
Tactical MSR Simulation |
TACSAFSIM |
Tactical SAFEGUARD Simulation |
TALO |
Time After Liftoff |
T&S |
Timing and Status |
TATCOG |
Tri-Agency Technical Coordination and Operations Group |
TBS |
Tape Buffer System |
TBU |
Tank Breakup |
TDP |
Target Data Processor |
TES |
Tactical Environment Simulation |
TF |
Track File |
TFBCT |
Tracking Filter Ballistic Coefficient Test |
TG |
Timing Generator |
TGO |
Time to Go |
TI |
Time of Intercept |
TIC |
Target Intercept Computer |
TID |
Tracking for Identification Data |
TIG |
Track Initiation and Grouping |
TJI |
Time of Jethead Ignition |
T/M |
Telemetry |
TM |
T/M Flight Data |
TMR |
Target Measurements Report |
TMRC |
Technical Maintenance Repair Center |
TOD |
Time Of Day |
TOF |
Time Of Flight |
TOO |
Target Of Opportunity |
TOP |
Trajectory Obscuration Program |
TOS |
Tactical Operating System |
TR |
Transmit-Receive Trouble Report |
TRADEX |
Target Resolution and Discrimination Experiments Radar |
TRADOC |
Training and Doctrine Command |
TRM |
Test Requirements Memorandum |
TRP |
Telemetry Reduction Program |
TS |
Technical Specification |
TSA |
Target Selection Aid |
TSB |
Temporary Storage Block (buffers) |
TSCS |
Tactical Software Control Site |
TSE |
Tactical Support Equipment |
TSF |
Target Selection Function |
TSI(A), (B), (C) |
Track for SPARTAN Intercept Part A, B, C (tracking intervals) |
TSL |
Time Since Launch |
TSP |
Target Selection Process |
TSTS |
Third-Stage Test Set |
TT |
Target Track |
TTR |
Target Tracking Radar |
TTY |
Teletypewriter |
TUB |
Trajectory Uncertainty Bound |
TV |
Technical Verification |
TVC |
Thrust Vector Control |
TWT |
Traveling Wave Tube |
TWX |
TTY Exchange |
UHF |
Ultra High Frequency |
UMAB |
Universal Missile Assembly Building |
UMB |
Universal Missile Building |
UOR |
User-Oriented Requirement |
UOV |
User Operational Verification |
UREC |
Utility Recording |
US |
United States |
USSR |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
UTL |
Universal Transporter Loader |
VCO |
Voltage-Controller Oscillator |
VHF |
Very High Frequency |
VTRADE |
Virtual Radar Defense |
VOL |
Verified Objects List |
VPC |
Video Pulse Converter |
VS |
Variable Store |
VSL |
Verification Scheduling List |
VTM |
Visible Threat Message |
WAGC |
Wake AGC |
WECo |
Western Electric Company |
WG |
Gate Width (range) |
WICOR |
Wave Band Correlated |
WL |
Wake Length |
WSMR |
White Sands Missile Range |
WT |
Wake Track |
WTR |
Western Test Range |
WUSSR |
Western USSR |
XPF |
Execution Preparation Facility |
ZAR |
ZEUS Acquisition Radar |
ZIR |
SPARTAN Interceptor Response |
ZMAR |
ZEUS Multifunction Array Radar |
ZOS |
Zero Order Software |
ZSIM |
SPARTAN Missile Simulator Segment of SPASIM |