- Industry: Government; Military
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Software that aids in the development or maintenance of other software, for example compilers, loaders, and other utilities.
Industry:Military
An electron of increased energy ejected from an atom as a result of a Compton interaction with a photon. (See Compton Effect.)
Industry:Military
Radiated fields that have very high instantaneous peak field strengths or power density but significantly lower average values.
Industry:Military
The detailed and, usually, local direction and control of movements or maneuvers necessary to accomplish missions or tasks assigned.
Industry:Military
Altitude at which the trailing edge of a chaff puff/cloud effectively catches up to the leading edge because of atmospheric slowdown.
Industry:Military
Electromagnetic radiation of wavelength between the shortest visible violet (about 3,850 Angstroms) and soft x-rays (about 100 Angstroms).
Industry:Military
A kill in which the thermal shielding of the target RV is damaged by the defensive system. The RV is subsequently destroyed during reentry.
Industry:Military
A sensor element internal process that results in a determination by the operator that the sensor is healthy and the event reported is real.
Industry:Military
The process of checking out hierarchically organized programs, progressively, from top to bottom, using simulation of lower level components.
Industry:Military
A guidance system wherein intelligence transmitted to the missile from an outside source causes the missile to traverse a directed flight path.
Industry:Military
