- 업종: Government; Military
- Number of terms: 79318
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- Company Profile:
Special equipment and modifications that adapt merchant-type dry cargo ships and tankers to specific military missions. They are typically installed on Ready Reserve Force ships or ships under Military Sealift Command control. Sealift enhancements fall into three categories: productivity, survivability, and operational enhancements.
Industry:Military
Simultaneous electromagnetic jamming over a broad band of frequencies.
Industry:Military
Short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments and which employ specialized military capabilities to seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage designated targets. Direct action differs from conventional offensive actions in the level of physical and political risk, operational techniques, and the degree of discriminate and precise use of force to achieve specific objectives.
Industry:Military
Signifies that a tracking or target-seeking system is continuously and automatically tracking a target in one or more coordinates (e.g., range, bearing, elevation).
Industry:Military
Simple, handmade devices used to produce flame or illumination.
Industry:Military
Ships not originally a part of the amphibious task force but which deliver troops and supplies to the objective area after the action phase has begun.
Industry:Military
Shipping that is controlled by the Military Sealift Command. Included in this category are Military Sealift Command ships (United States Naval Ships), government-owned ships operated under a general agency agreement, and commercial ships under charter to the Military Sealift Command.
Industry:Military
Shipping used primarily for the carriage of personnel and/or cargo along a coast or into river ports to support operations within a given area.
Industry:Military
Shipping maintained in full operational status to afloat pre¬position military equipment and supplies in support of combatant commanders’ operation plans. The afloat pre-positioning force consists of the three maritime pre-positioning ships squadrons, the Army’s afloat pre-positioning stocks-3 ships, and the Navy, Defense Logistics Agency, and Air Force ships.
Industry:Military
