Glossary: Defense Acquisition Acronyms and Terms. Revision 2

Abstract

This document contains most acronyms, abbreviations and terms commonly used in the weapon systems acquisition process within the Department of Defense and industry. GLOSSARY focuses on those with generic application and those principal service-unique ones with whom persons outside that service might deal and thus require reference. It includes those most frequently used from the following: 1) Policy and Organization; 2) Resource Allocation Process (Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System); 3) Technical Management and Systems Engineering; and 4) Business and Financial Management and Contracting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA192012

Entities

People

  • Wilbur D. Jones Jr.

Organizations

  • Defense Systems Management College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Congress
  • Engineers
  • Government Procurement
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Management Personnel
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Library and Information Science