weapons assignment

weapons assignment

In air defense, the process by which weapons are assigned to individual air weapons controllers for use in accomplishing an assigned mission.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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(software development and communications); Sensis Corporation (sensor integration); Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (air defense software for threat evaluation and weapons analysis and weapons assignment); Gallium Software, Inc.
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