Glossary
ABCS Army Battle Command System
ACE analysis and control element
ACT analysis and control team
AFSATCOM Air Force satellite communications
ALT altitude
AO area of operations
ARSST Army Space Support Team
ASAS all-source analysis system
ASAT antisatellite
ASCC Army service component commander
ASEDP Army Space Exploitation Demonstration Program
ASI additional skill identifier
ASPO Army Space Program Office
ATACMS Army Tactical Missile System
AUTODIN Automatic Digital Network
AVHRR advanced very high resolution radiometer
BDE brigade
BMD ballistic missile defense
c2 command and control
C20TM command and control on the move
CCD charge coupled device
CEP circular error probable
CGS common ground station
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CINC commander in chief
CK circuit
CMO collection management officer
COLL MGT collection management
CONUS continental United States
COTS commercial off-the-shelf
CSS combat service support
CTT-H commander's tactical terminal - hybrid
DCF DSCS Operations Control System Certification Facility
DCS Defense Communications System
DCSOPS deputy chief of staff for operations and plans
DDL data downlink
DIA Defense Intelligence Agency
DISE deployable intelligence support element
DL downlink
DMA Defense Mapping Agency
DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
DOD Department of Defense
DSCS Defense Satellite Communications System
DSCSOC DSCS operations center
DSP Defense Support Program
DTLOMS doctrine, training, leader development, organization,
materiel development, and soldiers
EAC echelons above corps
EAM emergency action message
EEI elements of essential information
EHF extremely high frequency
EPDS Electronic Processing and Dissemination System
ERS-1 Earth Resourcing Satellite-l (Japanese)
ESA European Space Agency
ETRAC Enhanced Tactical Radar Correlator
ETUT Enhanced Tactical Users Terminal
FAST Forward Area Support Terminal
FAST-I forward area secondary imagery dissemination and TRAP-improved
FLOT forward line of own troops
FLTSAT fleet satellite
FM field manual
G2 division/corps intelligence staff officer
GBI ground-based interceptor
GBRT ground-based radar terminal
GMF ground mobile forces
GOES geostationary operational environmental satellite
GPS Global Positioning System
GRCS guardrail radar common sensor
GSM ground station module
GSTS Ground-Based Surveillance and Tracking System
HMMWV high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle
HRV high-resolution-visible range instruments
HSI hyperspectral imagery
ICBM intercontinental ballistic missile
IES Imagery Exploitation System
IEW intelligence and electronic warfare
IHFR improved high-frequency receiver
IMETS Integrated Meteorological System
INMARSAT international maritime satellite
INSCOM Intelligence and Security Command
INTEL intelligence
INTELSAT international telecommunications satellite
IO information operations
IPB intelligence preparation of the battlefield
IRS-1B India's remote sensoring satellite
JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff
JIC Joint Intelligence Center
JTAGS joint tactical ground station
J-TENS Joint Tactical Exploitation of National Systems
Landsat civil earth imaging satellite
LEASAT leased commercial satellite
LEO low earth orbit
LISS low-imaging sensing satellite
LOS line of sight
LRSU long-range surveillance unit
MDX multiplex data exchange
METT-T mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops available, and time
MIES Modernized Imagery Exploitation System
MILSATCOM military satellite communications
Milstar military strategic, technical, and relay
MITT Mobile Integrated Tactical Terminal
MOOTW military operations other than war
MOS-1 Marine observation satellite
MSE mobile subscriber equipment
m/sec meters per second
MSI multispectral imagery
MSS multispectral scanner
NA not applicable
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAVSTAR navigation system using timing and ranging
NCA National Command Authorities
NCO noncommissioned officer
NMD national missile defense
NMJIC National Military Joint Intelligence Center
NMS national military strategy
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSA National Security Agency
OPLAN operations plan
OPORD operations order
OPSEC operations security
PBV post-boost vehicle
PLGR precision lightweight GPS receiver
POS/NAV position/navigation
RCV receive
RDTE research, development, testing, and evaluation
RESURS-F Russian earth resourcing satellite
RESURS-O Russian earth observation satellite
RISTA reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance, and target acquisition
RO/RO roll on/roll off
RSOC Regional SIGINT Operations Center
RSSC regional space support center
RV reentry vehicle
S2 brigade or battalion intelligence staff officer
SAR synthetic aperture radar
SATCOM satellite communications
SDI Strategic Defense Initiative
SHF super high frequency
SID secondary imagery dissemination
SIGINT signals intelligence
SLBM submarine-launched ballistic missile
SLGR small lightweight GPS receiver
SMART-T secure, mobile, antijam reliable tactical terminal
SOF special operations forces
SOI space object identification
SPOT Systeme Probatoire d'Observation De La Terre
SSO special security office
STU-III secure telephone unit, third model
SUCCESS synthesized UHF computer controlled equipment subsystem
SWO staff weather officer
SWT small weather terminal
TADIX-B Tactical Data Information Exchange System - B
TEC Topographic Engineering Center
TENCAP tactical exploitation of national capabilities
TERS Tactical Event Reporting System
TIBS Tactical Information Broadcast Service
TIROS television infrared observation satellite
TM thematic mapper
TMD theater missile defense
TOE table of organization and equipment
TOPO topographic
TRAC tactical radar correlator
TRAP tactical and related applications
TRI-TAC Joint Tactical Communications System
TRIXS Tactical Reconnaissance Intelligence Exchange System
UAV-E unmanned aerial vehicle - extended
UHF ultrahigh frequency
USAKA US Army Kwajalein Atoll
USARSPACE US Army Space Command
USASDC US Army Strategic Defense Command
USASSDC US Army Space and Strategic
USN US Navy
USSPACECOM US Space Command
USSR United Soviet Socialist Republic
VHF very high frequency
VSAT very small aperture terminal
WEFAX weather facsimile
WWMCCS Worldwide Military Command and Control System
XMIT transmit
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