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U.S. Department of Defence
Industrie: Government; Military
Number of terms: 79318
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That portion of a shoreline usually required for the landing of a battalion landing team. However, it may also be that portion of a shoreline constituting a tactical locality (such as the shore of a bay) over which a force larger or smaller than a battalion landing team may be landed.
Industry:Military
That point in time when the first item or first quantity of the item of the contract has been received at or is en route to point of first delivery after inspection and acceptance.
Industry:Military
That portion of a beach extending from the low water (datum) shoreline to the limit of normal high water wave wash.
Industry:Military
That point in time at which the rate of production of an item available for military consumption equals the rate at which the item is required by the Armed Forces.
Industry:Military
That phase of evacuation which provides airlift for patients between points within the battlefield, from the battlefield to the initial point of treatment, and to subsequent points of treatment within the combat zone.
Industry:Military
That phase of military logistics that includes managing, cataloging, requirements determinations, procurement, distribution, overhaul, and disposal of materiel.
Industry:Military
That part of the atmosphere, extending from about 70 to 500 kilometers, in which ions and free electrons exist in sufficient quantities to reflect electromagnetic waves.
Industry:Military
That phase of evacuation which provides airlift for patients from the combat zone to points outside the combat zone, and between points within the communications zone.
Industry:Military
That part of logistics concerning reception of the initial product, storage, inspection, distribution, transport, maintenance (including repair and serviceability), and disposal of materiel as well as the provision of support and services. In consequence, consumer logistics includes materiel requirements determination, follow-on support, stock control, provision or construction of facilities (excluding any materiel element and those facilities needed to support production logistic activities), movement control, codification, reliability and defect reporting, storage, transport and handling safety standards, and related training.
Industry:Military
That part of logistics concerning research, design, development, manufacture, and acceptance of materiel. In consequence, production logistics includes: standardization and interoperability, contracting, quality assurance, initial provisioning, transportability, reliability and defect analysis, safety standards, specifications and production processes, trials and testing (including provision of necessary facilities), equipment documentation, configuration control, and modifications.
Industry:Military