- Industry: Government; Military
- Number of terms: 79318
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
Measurements or observations of meteorological and oceanographic variables.
Industry:Military
Measurable physical characteristic or personal behavior trait used to recognize the identity or verify the claimed identity of an individual.
Industry:Military
Materiel, personnel, and procedures that contribute to the security, safety, and reliability of nuclear weapons and to the assurance that there will be no nuclear weapon accidents, incidents, unauthorized weapon detonations, or degradation in performance at the target.
Industry:Military
Materiel or service support shared with or provided by two or more Services, Department of Defense agencies, or multinational partners to another Service, Department of Defense agency, non-Department of Defense agency, and/or multinational partner in an operation. Common-user logistics is usually restricted to a particular type of supply and/or service and may be further restricted to specific unit(s) or types of units, specific times, missions, and/or geographic areas.
Industry:Military
Material condition of an aircraft indicating it can perform at least one and potentially all of its designated missions. Mission-capable is further defined as the sum of full mission-capable and partial mission-capable.
Industry:Military
Material, such as plutonium and certain isotopes of uranium, which is capable of supporting a fission chain reaction.
Industry:Military
Material condition indicating that systems and equipment are not capable of performing any of their assigned missions because of maintenance work stoppage due to a supply shortage.
Industry:Military
Material condition indicating that systems and equipment are not capable of performing any of their assigned missions because of maintenance requirements.
Industry:Military
Maintenance that is the responsibility of and performed by designated maintenance activities for direct support of using organizations. Its phases normally consist of: a. Calibration, repair, or replacement of damaged or unserviceable parts, components, or assemblies; b. The emergency manufacture of nonavailable parts; and c. Providing technical assistance to using organizations.
Industry:Military
Man portable, individual, and crew-served weapon systems used mainly against personnel and lightly armored or unarmored equipment.
Industry:Military
