Part V. GLOSSARY

A

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
or
Active Track Recognition

ATS

Antenna Test Set

B

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
or
Building 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

C

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
or
Commanding General

CINCONAD

Commander-in-Chief of CONAD

CIU

Control Indicator Unit

CLC

Central Logic and Control

CLSU

Console Logic Support Unit

CM

Configuration Management
or
CLC Monitor

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

D

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
or
Discrimination 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

E

EBMDC

Early BMDC

ECM

Electromagnetic Counter-measures

ECP

Engineering Change Proposal

ECS

Environmental Control Station
or
Environmental Control System

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

F

FAR

False Alarm Rate Forward Acquisition Radar

FCC

Face Cartesian Coordinates
Or
Fire Control Center

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

G

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

H

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

I

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
Or
I/O Controller

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

J-Box

Junction Box

K

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

L

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
or
Local Oscillator

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

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
or
Missile Direction 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
or
Missile Site Test Program

MT

Missile Track

MTR

MT Radar

MTRACK

MSR MT Simulation

MTS

Mission Test Specification

MTV

Material Test Vehicle

MW

MSR Weapons Process

N

NA

Not Applicable
or
Not Available

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCA

National Command Authority

NCMC

NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex

NEA

Nuclear Employment Authority
or
Nuclear Engagement 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

O

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

P

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

PDF

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
or
Precision Track

PTV

Propulsion Test Vehicle

PU

Processor Unit

PW

PAR Weapons Process

PWRCS

Peak Wake RCS

P/Z

PAR/SPARTAN

R

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
or
Resmooth Program
or
Retro-Package

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

S

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
or
Specification 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
or
SNR

Signal-to-Noise ratio

SNX

Symbolic NIKE-X (assembly language for CLC)

SOC

Support Operation Center

SPASIM

SPARTAN Intercept Simulation
or
SPARTAN Intercept Subsystem Simulation

SPO

Special Projects Office

SPSIM

SPARTAN Intercept Effectiveness Simulation

SR

Satellite Recognition

SRV

Single RV
or
System Readiness Verification

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
or
SPRINT Service Vehicle

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

T

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

U

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

V

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

W

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

X

XPF

Execution Preparation Facility

Z

ZAR

ZEUS Acquisition Radar

ZIR

SPARTAN Interceptor Response

ZMAR

ZEUS Multifunction Array Radar

ZOS

Zero Order Software

ZSIM

SPARTAN Missile Simulator Segment of SPASIM