- Sektör: Government; Military
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That time which begins upon receipt of strategic warning and ends when a decision is ordered executed. It is that part of strategic warning lead time available to the highest levels of government(s) to determine the strategic course of action to be executed.
Industry:Military
A quarterly report of BMD contracts which defines the roles, relationships, and interfaces among contracts, contractors, and programs, and provides a mechanism for strengthening BMDO contracting oversight (formerly known as Integrated Contracting Plan or ICP).
Industry:Military
A document prepared by the supporting staff or review forum of the milestone decision authority to support Milestone I, II, III, and IV reviews. It provides an independent assessment of a program’s status and readiness to proceed into the next phase of the acquisition cycle.
Industry:Military
A single official within a DoD Component who is responsible for all acquisition functions within that Component. This includes Service Acquisition Executives for the Military Departments and Acquisition Executives in other DoD Components who have acquisition management responsibilities.
Industry:Military
An annual memorandum in prescribed format submitted to the SECDEF in May by the DoD Component Head, which recommends the total resource requirements and programs within the parameters of the SECDEF's fiscal guidance. A major document in the PPBS; it ultimately becomes the Component's budget.
Industry:Military
1. A reentry vehicle capable of performing preplanned flight maneuvers during the reentry phase. The reentry vehicles deploy fins or other aerodynamic surfaces when they enter the atmosphere, allowing them to turn and dodge rather than fall ballistically. They have no ability to maneuver in space.
Industry:Military
Summarizes the views of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, on the balance and capabilities of the Program Objective Memorandum (POM) force and the support levels to attain national security levels. The CPA assists the Secretary of Defense in decisions on the FYDP subsequent to receipt of the POMs.
Industry:Military
Cooperation and mutual support in the field of logistics through the coordination of policies, plans, procedures, development activities, and the common supply and exchange of goods and services arranged on the basis of bilateral and multilateral agreements with appropriate cost reimbursement provisions.
Industry:Military
A measure of the system maintainability parameter related to availability and readiness. The total corrective maintenance time associated with downing events, divided by the total number of downing events, during a stated period of time. (Excludes time for offsystem maintenance and repair of detached components.)
Industry:Military
A process used to increase combat effectiveness by promoting safe, efficient, and flexible use of airspace. Airspace control is provided in order to prevent fratricide, enhance air defense operations, and permit greater flexibility of operations. Airspace control does not infringe on the authority vested in commanders to approve, disapprove, or deny combat operations.
Industry:Military
