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A/C Aircraft AFOSR Air Force Office ofScientific Research APSI Aircraft Propulsion Subsystem

Integration (JTDE& JETEC)

A/W/E Aircraft/Weapons/Electronics AFOTEC AF Operational Test &Evaluation Center APT Advanced Personnel Testing

A3IAccelerated ArchitectureAcquisition Initiative AFRES Air Force Reserves APU Auxiliary Power Unit

AAA Anti-Aircraft Artillery AFRL Air Force ResearchLaboratory ARC Air Reserve Component

AAAS American Association for theAdvancement of Science AFS Air Force Station ARD A3I Requirements Document

AACC Airborne Air Command Center AFSAA AF Studies and AnalysisAgency ARE Atmospheric Research

Equipment

AADC Area Air Defense Commander AFSATCOM Armed Forces SatelliteCommunication AREP Aircraft Repair Enhancement

Program

AAL ATM Adaptation Layer AFSFC Air Force SpaceForecasting Center ARGOS Advanced Research and Global

Observation Satellite

AAM Air to Air Missile AFSFCR AF Space Forecast CenterReplacement ARIDPCM

Adaptive Recursive InterpolatedDifferential Pulse CodeModulation

AAMDS Automated Air Movement DataSystem AFSOC AF Special Operations

Command ARIES Applied Research In EnergyStorage

AAOM Advanced Aircrew OxygenMask AFSOF Air Force Special

Operations Forces ARL Airborne Reconnaissance Low

Air Force Space

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AAR Air to Air Refueling AFSPC Command ARM Anti-Radiation Missile

AASS Advanced Air SurveillanceRadar AFSST Air Force Space Support

Team ARMRV Armored MobileReconnaissance Vehicle

AATO Automated Air Tasking Order AFTAC AF TechnicalApplications Center ARMRV Armored Multi-Role Vehicle

AAVP Advanced Aircrew VisionProtection AFV Alternate Fuel Vehicle ARO Army Research Office

AAW Anti-Air Warfare AFW Air Force Weather ARP Address Resolution Protocol

AB Air Base AFWSS Air Force WeatherSupport System ARPA Advanced Research Projects

Agency

ABCCC Airborne Battlefield Command& Control Center AG Airlift Group ARS Advanced Radiographic System

ABD Air Base Defense AGARDAdvisory Group forAerospace Research andDevelopment

ARSA Airborne Reconnaissance andSurveillance Architecture

ABDR Aircraft Battle Damage Repair AGC Automatic Gain Control ARSFSS Advanced Reduced Scale FuelSystem Simulator

ABGD Air Base Ground Defense AGE Aerospace GroundEquipment ART Aircraft Radar Turbulence

ABI Airborne Interceptor AGF Miscellaneous CommandShip AS Air Station

ABIS Advanced BattlespaceInformation System AGL Air to Ground Laser AS Airlift Squadron

ABITS Airborne Imagery TransmissionSystem AGL Above Ground Level ASAN Assessment System for Aircraft

Noise

ABL Airborne Laser AGM Air to Ground Missile ASAR Advanced Synthetic ApertureSystem

ABL ACT ABL Advanced ConceptsTestbed AGRF Advanced Guidance

Research Facility ASARS Advanced Synthetic ApertureRadar System

ABLE Advanced Building Block forLarge Area Exploitation AH Authentication Header ASAS All Source Analysis System

ABLE-ACEAirborne Laser ExtendedAtmospheric CharacterizationExperiment

AHDL Analog HardwareDescriptive Language ASAS Advanced Solid Axial Stage

ABLEX Airborne Laser Experiment AHOS-MAdvanced Hybrid OxygenGenerating System-Medical

ASAT Antisatellite

ABLE-X Airborne Laser ExtendedExperiment AI Artificial Intelligence ASC Advanced Structural

Components

ABM Anti-Ballistic Missile AI Avionics Infrastructure ASC Aeronautical Systems Center

ABO Aero-Ballistic Rocket AI Air Interdiction ASC/RAAeronautical System Center/Reconnaissance Aircraft SystemGroup

ABO Air Base Operability AI Airborne Interceptor ASC2AAir & Space Command &Control Agency

ABO Annular Beam Oscillator AIA Air Intelligence Agency ASD Assistant Secretary of Defense

ABOR Abort AIDECON Aircraft InteriorDecontamination ASE Active Systems

Exploitation/ATD

ABR Aero-Ballistic Rocket AIG Air Intelligence Group ASETF Air & Space Expeditionary TaskForce

ABS Air Base Systems AIM Air Intercept Missile ASI Adroit Systems Incorporated



ACAA Affordable COTS for AgingAircraft AirCommTerm Airborne Communications

Terminal ASIC Application Specific IntegratedCircuit

ACAT Acquisition Category AIRESAdvanced ImageryRequirements andExploitation System

ASID Advanced Secure Information Dissemination

ACBTI Advanced Content BasedTechniques for Intelligence AIRST Advanced Infrared Search

and Track ASIM Automated Security IncidentMeasurement

ACC Air Combat Command AIS Automated InformationSystems ASIP Airframe Structural Integrity

Program

ACCINTNET ACC Intelligence Network AIT Active Imaging Testbed ASIT Adaptable Surface InterfaceTerminal

ACCMSF Advanced CooperativeCollection Management AIU Avionics Interface Unit ASM Air to Surface Missile

ACCS Air Command and ControlSystem AJ Anti-Jam ASOC Air Support Operations Center

ACE Airborne Command Element AJCOM Anti-JamCommunications ASOC Assured Support to Operational

Commanders

AceTR Air Core enhance Turbo Rocket AL Armstrong Lab ASP Aircraft Self Protection

ACI Air Control Intercept ALARM Air-Launched Anti-Radiation Missile ASPO Army Space Program Office

ACIS Air Combat Information System ALC Air Logistics Center ASRAAM Advanced Short-Range Air toAir Missile

ACK Message Acknowledgment ALCC Airlift Coordination Cell ASSETAerothermodynamics/ElasticStructural SystemEnvironmental Tests

ACM Air Combat Maneuvering ALCF Airlift Control Flight ASTAT Affordable Sensor Technologyfor Aerial Targeting

ACM Advanced Cruise Missile ALCM Air Launched CruiseMissile ASTE Advanced Strategic Tactical

Expendable

ACO Airspace Control Order ALCS Airlift Control Squadron ASTP/DITPAdvanced Sensor TechnologyProgram/ DiscriminationInceptor Tech Program

ACOM Atlantic Command ALD Airborne Laser Demo ASTPFA Advanced Sensor TechnologyProgram Fusion Algorithm

ACP Allied CommunicationPublication ALE Automated Link

Establishment ASTREXAdvanced Space StructuresTechnology ResearchExperiment

ACPT Air Campaign Planning Tool ALE AIRES Life Extension ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare

Acq Acquisition ALEP Aircrew Laser EyeProtection ATA Army Technical Architecture

ACRS Advanced Cargo RestraintSystem ALERT Attack and Launch Early

Report to Theater ATACK Advanced Target Attack FlightDemo

ACS Aerospace MedicineConsultation Service ALG Autonomous Landing

Guidance ATAF Allied Tactical Air Forces

ACS Agile Combat Support ALH Advanced LiquidHydrogen ATAGS Advanced Technology Anti-G

Suit

ACS Airborne COMINT System ALI Alpha-LAMP Integration ATARR Advanced Turbine AerothermalResearch Rig

ACS Attitude Control System ALMC Army LogisticsManagement College ATARS Advanced Tactical Air

Reconnaissance System

ACSC APMO Customer SupportCenter AlN Aluminum Nitrides ATC Automatic Target Cueing



ACSC Air Command and Staff College ALO Air Liaison Officer ATCALS Air Traffic Control and LandingSystem

ACT Airborne CommunicationsTerminal ALRSS Advanced Land Remote

Sensing System ATCALS Air Traffic Control LiaisonSection

ACTD Advanced Concept TechnologyDemonstration ALS Airborne Link Segment ATD Advanced Technology

Demonstration

ACTEX Active Controls TechnologyExperiments ALSP Aggregate Level

Simulation Protocol ATD Aircrew Training Device

ACTIVE Advanced Controls Technologyfor Integrated Vehicles AM Amplitude Modulation ATD Automatic Terrain Delimination

ACTS Air Combat Training System AMC Air Mobility Command ATEGG Advanced Turbine Engine GasGenerator

ACU Avionics Control Unit AMCC Air Mobility ControlCenter ATF Advanced Tactical Fighter

ACWP Actual Cost Work Performed AMCLD Active Matrix LiquidCrystal Display ATH Air Transportable Hospital

ADAMS A Digital Avionics MethodologySchema AMCS Air Mobility Control

Squadron ATHS Automatic Target HandoffSystem

ADC Analog-to-Digital Converters AMDRFMAdvanced MonolithicDigital Radio FrequencyMemory

ATIRCM Advanced Threat InfraredCountermeasures

ADEP Avionics Document forExecution & Planning AME Air Mobility Element ATIS Alliance for Telecommunication

Industry Solutions

ADM Acquisition DecisionMemorandum AMFABS

Advanced MaintenanceFree Aircraft BatterySystem

ATLAS Active Track Laser

ADM Advanced Development Model AMHS Automated MessageHandling System ATLAS Advanced Technology Laser

System

ADONIS AMOS Daytime Optical Near-Infrared Imaging System AMI ASARS Maintainability

Improvement ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode

ADPS ASARS Data Processing Station AMOCC Air Mobility OperationsControl Center ATMs Air Tasking Messages

ADRG ARC Raster Digitized Graphics AMODSMAdvanced MessageOriented Data SecurityModule

ATO Air Tasking Order

ADS Advanced DistributedSimulation AMOG Air Mobility Operations

Group ATP Acquisition, Tracking &Pointing

ADSI Air Defense System Integrator AMOS Air Force Maui OpticalSite ATP Authority to Proceed

ADSL Advanced DistributedSimulation Leveraging AMPS Automated Mission

Planning System ATP-FC Acquisition, tracking, pointingand fire control

ADT Active Denial Technology AMRAAM Advanced Medium-RangeAir-to-Air Missile ATR Air-Turborocket

ADV Advanced AMS Analog Mixed Signal ATR Automatic Target Recognition

ADVISE Avionics Data VisualizationIntegration System Environment AMX Air Mobility Express ATR/ATC Automatic Target Recognition/

Automatic Target Correlation

AEDC Arnold EngineeringDevelopment Center ANG Air National Guard ATRI Advanced Thermonomics

Research Initiative

AEF Air Expeditionary Force ANSI American NationalStandards Institute ATS Automatic Test System

AEOS Advanced Electro-OpticalSystem AOA Analysis of Alternatives

(formerly: COEA) ATT Advanced Theater Transport



AEOS Advanced Electro-OpticalSystem Spectrograph AOA Angle of Attack ATTD Advanced Technology

Transition Demonstration

AEPDS Advance Electronic Processingand Dissemination System AOARD Asian Office of Aerospace

Research & Development AUTOCONET Automatic Digital NetworkConference Network

AES Application EnvironmentSpecification AOC Air Operations Center AUTODIN Automatic Digital Network

AETC Air Education & TrainingCommand AOI Area Of Interest AUX Auxiliary

AF Air Force AOIB All-Optical ImagingBrassboard AV Air Vehicle

AFAE Air Force Acquisition Executive AOR Area Of Responsibility AVBATTS Aviation Battery Standardization

AFB Air Force Base APB A3I Project Baseline AVO Air Vehicle Operator

AFCEE Air Force Center forEnvironmental Excellence APB Acquisition Program

Baseline AW Airlift Wing

AFCS Automatic Flight ControlSystem APG Annual Planning

Guidance AWACS Airborne Warning and ControlSystem

AFCSS AF Contingency SupportSquadron API Application Programming

Interface AWADS Adverse Weather AerialDelivery System

AFDC Air Force Doctrine Center APMO A3I Project ManagementOffice

AWAPS Automated Weather DistributionSystem

AFEWES Air Force Electronic WarfareEffectiveness Simulator APP Advanced Avionics

Processor AWDS Adverse Weather andDebriefing System

AFGIHS Air Force GeographicInformation Handling System APPS I

AnalyticalPhotogrammetricPositioning System I

AWMDS Air Warrior Measurement andDebriefing System

AFIT Air Force Institute ofTechnology APS Advanced Planning

System AWS Air Weather Service

AFIWC AF Information Warfare Center APS Afloat Planning System AWS Advisory Warning System

AFMC Air Force Materiel Command APS ASARS ProcessingSegment

AFMSS Air Force Mission SupportSystem APS/RDS

Afloat PlanningSystem/RapidDeployment Suites

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B-BE BF-BMDN BMDO-BZ


BA Budget Authority BF Basic Function BMDO Ballistic Missile DefenseOrganization

BAA Broad Agency Announcement BGP Border Gateway Protocol BMEWS Ballistic Missile Early WarningSystem

BAA Broad Area Announcement BGPHES Battle Group Passive HorizonExtension System BMT Ballistic Missile Technology



BAC Budget Activity Code BHP Basic Hydrogen Peroxide BNCC Base Network Control Center

BAC Broad Area Coverage BiFET Bipolar Field Effect Transistor BoD Board of Directors

BAe British Aerospace BIODET Biological Agent Detector BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol

BAI Battle Area Interdiction BIP Base Information Protect BOR Base of Ramp

BAI Backup Aircraft Inventory BIPS Billion Instructions Per Second BOSS Battlefield Optical SurveillanceSystem

BAN Base Area Networks B-ISDN Broadband-Integrated ServicesDigital Network BP Brillian Pebbles

BAR Broad Area Review BIST Built-In-Self-Test BPAC Budget Project Activity Code

BASS Battlefield Awareness & DataDissemination BIT Built in Test BPI Boost-Phase Intercept

BAT Brilliant Anti-armor Submunition BL Baseline bpp bits per pixel

BBIS Battle Broadcast InformationSystem BLADE-

GTBlade Life Analysis and DesignEvaluation for Gas Turbines BPR Bypass Ratio

BC2ABosnia Command & ControlAugmentation BLING Bladed Ring bps Bits Per Second

BCT Battlefield CommunicationsTerminal BLISK Bladed Disk BRI Basic Rate Interface

BCWP Budgeted Cost Work Performed BLOS Beyond line-of-sight BSS Broadcast Satellite System

BDA Bomb Damage Assessment BLU Bomb Live Unit BTH Beyond the Horizon

BDA Battle Damage Assessment BM Battle Management BTI Briefing to Industry

BDU Bomb Dummy Unit BMC2 Battle Management, Command andControl BUFR Binary Universal Format for

Representation

BE Basic Encyclopedia BMC3 Battle Management, Command,Control and Communication BUR Bottom Up Review

BE Brilliant Eyes BMC3I Battle Management C3I BVR Beyond Visual Range

BEA Budget Estimate Agreement BMC4ISR Battle Management C4ISurveillance and Reconnaissance

BW Biological Weapon

BER Bit Error Rate BMD Ballistic Missile Defense BWC Bandwidth Compression

BES Budget Estimate Submission BMDC Ballistic Missile Defense Center

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C-CFIS CFIT-COA COB-CZAcronym Description Acronym Description Acronym Description

C/S/A CINCs / Services / Agencies CFIT Controlled Flight into Terrain COBRA Coaxial Beam RotatingAntenna

C/SCSC Cost/Schedule ControlSystem Criteria CFRS Computerized Fault Reporting

System COCOM Combatant Command

C/SE Client/Server Environment CFRS Contingency Fuel RecoverySystem CoDE Coherent Digital Exciter

C1 Capability 1 CFS Center for Standards COE Common Operating



Environment

C2 Command and Control CG Commanding General COEA Cost and OperationalEffectiveness Analysis

C2 Capability 2 CGI Computer Graphics Interface COI Critical Operational Issue

C2BMB C2 Battle ManagementBattlelab

CGM Computer Graphics Metafile COIL Chemical Oxygen-IodineLaser

C2CDMCommand & Control CoreData Model CGS Common Ground Segment COM Collection Operations

Management

C2WCommand and ControlWarfare CGS Common Ground Station COMAAC Air Combat Command

C3 Command, Control, andCommunications CGTS Computer Generated Training

System COMAFFOR Commander Air Force Forces

C3 Capability 3 CHAMP Chemically Hardened AirManagement Plant COMBAT ACE

Combined AdvancedTechnology Acceleration /Chemical Ensemble

C3ICommand, Control,Communication, andIntelligence

CHATHChemically/BiologicallyHardened Air TransportableHospital

COMINT Communications Intelligence

C4Command ControlCommunication andComputers

CHBDL Common High Bandwidth DataLink COMM Communications

C4ICommand, Control,Communications, Computers,& Intelligence

CHBDL-ST Common High Bandwidth DataLink-Surface Terminal COMOPTEVFOR Commander, Operational Test

and Evaluation Force

C4ISRCommand, Control, Comm,Computers, Intelligence,Surveillance, & Reconn

CHCS Composite Health Care Systems COMPUSEC Computer Security

CA Cooperative Agreement C-HFET Complementary HeterostructureField Effect Transistor COMSEC Communications Security

CA Counter Air CHOP Counter Measures Hands-onProgram CONOPS Concept of Operations

CAB Combat Area Broadcast CHOP Change in Operational Control CONPLAN Operations Plans in ConceptFormat

CAD Computer Aided Design CI Capability Increment CONUS Continental United States

CAD/CAMComputer AidedDesign/Computer AidedManufacturing

CI/LI Corrosion Inhibitor/LubricityImprover (MIL-I-25017) COP Common Operational

Procedure

CADRG Compressed Arc DigitizedRaster Graphics CIA Central Intelligence Agency CORBA Common Object Request

Broker Agent

CADS Combat Aerial DeliverySchool CIAP Command Intelligence

Architecture Program CORBA Common Object RequestBroker Architecture

CADS Combat AirspaceDeconfliction System CIB Controlled Image Base CORM Commission on Roles and

Missions

CAE Common ApplicationEnvironment CIC Combat Information Center COS Communication Operations

Segment

CAE Computer Aided Engineering CIC Combined Intelligence Center COSE Common Open SoftwareEnvironment

CAEWIS Computer Aided ElectronicWarfare Information System CICA Competition in Contracting Act COSIP Computer Open System

Interface Processor

CAF Combat Air Forces CICBMs Conventionally-armed ICBMs COTR Contracting Officer TechnicalRepresentative

CAFWSP CAF Weather SupportPackage CID Combat Identification COTS Commercial-off-the-Shelf



CAI Cooperative AirborneIdentification CIDE Communication Information

Data Exchange CPG Communications ProcessGroup

CAIG Cost Analysis ImprovementGroup CIG/SS Common Imagery

Ground/Surface System CPMP Collection and ProcessingMission Planner

CALS Continuous Acquisition andLife Cycle Support CIIP Common Imagery

Interoperability Profiles CRAF Civil Reserve Air Fleet

CALS Contingency Airfield LightingSystem CIJ Close In Jamming CRC/CRE Control & Reporting Center/

Control & Reporting Element

CAM Computer AidedManufacturing CIL Command Image Library CRD Capstone Requirements

Document

CAMIS Computer Assisted MinimallyInvasive Surgery CILO Magnetically Insulated Line

Oscillator CRDA Cooperative Research andDevelopment Agreement

CAMS Core Automated MaintenanceSystem CINC Commander-In-Chief CREP Contract Repair Enhancement

Program

CAOC Combined Air OperationsCenter CINC Combined Intelligence Center CRF Compressor Research Facility

CAP Combat Air Patrol CINCLANT Atlantic CINC CRM Computer ResourceManagement

CARD Cost Analysis RequirementDescription CINCNORAD Commander in Chief, NORAD CRMA Collection Requirements

Management Applications

CARL Compressor Aero ResearchLab CINCPAC Pacific CINC CRRES Combined Release and

Radiation Effects Satellite

CARS Contingency AirborneReconnaissance System CINF Community Imagery Needs

Forecast CRSS Commercial Remote SensingSystem

CAS Close Air Support CIO Central Imagery Office CRT Cathode Ray Tube

CASE Computer Aided SoftwareEngineerring CIOL Common Interface Objects

Language CSAF Air Force Chief of Staff

CASE Computer AutomatedSoftware Engineering CIP Common Imagery Processor or

Corona Issue Paper CSAF Chief of Staff, United StatesAir Force

CASH CIGSS Acquisition andStandards Handbook CIPSO Common Internet Protocol

Security Options CSAR Combat Search and Rescue

CATIS Computer Aided TacticalInformation System CIS Combat Intelligence System CSARP Common SAR Processor

CATT Computer AssistedTechnology Transfer CIS Commonwealth of Independent

States CSAT Crew System AssociateTechnology

CBS Commission for BasicSystems CIS-CL Combat Intelligence CSC Combat Support Center

(AFOC)

CBSP Commercial-off-the-shelfBase SAR Processor CIS-UL Combat Intelligence System-

Unit Level CSC Computer SoftwareComponent

CCCommon Criteria forInformation TechnologySecurity Evaluation

CITS Combat Information TransferSystem CSCI Computer Software

Configuration Item

CC Command Center CJCS Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff CSD Covariance Support Data

CCB Change Control Board CJCSI Chairman of the Joint Chiefs ofStaff Instruction CSE Client/Server Environment

CCB Configuration Control Board CJCSM Chairman of the Joint Chiefs ofStaff Memo CSE-SS Client/Server Environment-

System ServicesCCC CINC Command Complex CJTF Commander Joint Task Force CSM CIGSS System Manager

CCC Communications ControllerComplex CM Configuration Management CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access

/ Collision Detection

CCCI CORBA Conversion Conceptsfor Intelligence CM Countermeasure CSOM Computer Software Operators

Manual



CCD Charge Coupled Device CMAWS Common Missile ApproachWarning System CSP Communications Support

Processor

CCEG Command and ControlEvaluation Group CMC Ceramic Matrix Composite CSS Communications Support

Segment

CCIP Continuously-ComputedImpact Point CMC Cheyenne Mountain Complex CSS Communications Support

System

CCIRMCollection Coordination andIntelligence RequirementsManagement

CMCS COMINT Mission CollectionSystem CSSC Customer Service Support

Center

CCITTInternational Telegraph &Telephone ConsultativeCommittee (now ITU)

CMDS Countermeasure Dispenser Set CSTARS COMBAT SENT TechnicalAcquisition Receiver System

CCM Counter-Countermeasure CMF Combat Mission Folder CSU Computer Software Unit

CCPDS-RCommand Center Processingand Display System -Replacement

CMIS Closed Loop MaintenanceInformation System CTAPS

Contingency Tactical AirCombat System AutomatedPlanning System

CCRP Continuously-ComputedRelease Point CMLSA Commercial Microwave

Landing System Avionics CTBT Comprehensive Test BanTreaty

CCS Charge Control System CMM Capability Maturity Model CTC Center Technology Council

CCT Computer Compatible Tape CMMS Conceptual Models of theMission Space CTCPEC Canadian Trusted Computer

Product Evaluation Criteria

CCW Command and ControlWarfare CMO

Central Measurement andSignature Intelligence(MASINT) Office

CTF Combined Test Force

CDE Common DesktopEnvironment CMO Collection Management Office CTIS 3DS

Command TacticalInformation System DigitalDecision Display System

CDFS Core Driven Fan Stage CMOC Cheyenne Mountain OperationsCenter CTP Critical Technical Parameter

CDIM Cognitive DesktopInformation Manager/ATD CMOS Cargo Movement Operations

System CTR Combat Training Range

CDL Common Data Link CMP A3I Configuration ManagementPlan

CTT Commander's TacticalTerminal

CDMA Code Division MultipleAccess CMP Common Management Practices CTT/HR

Commanders' TacticalTerminal/Hybrid ReceiveOnly

CDR Critical Design Review CMR Crisis ManagementReconnaissance CU Cruise Missile and Joint UAV

CDRL Contract DeliverableRequirement List CMS Common Mapping System CUBIC Common User Baseline for

the Intel CommunityCDS Combat Direction System CMS Community Management Staff CV (aircraft) carrierCE Critical Experiment CMS Counter Measures Set CV Vice Commander

CECOM Communications andElectronic Command CMS Counter Measures System CVBG Carrier Battle Group

CEDNext Next Version of CDE CMSA Cruise Missile Support Activity CVIC Carrier Intelligence Center

CEE Collaborative EngineeringEnvironment CMST Collection Management Support

Tool CVN Aircraft Carrier (nuclearpropulsion)

CEMComputational EM M&S forC4ISR Systems

CMTK Common Mapping Tool Kit CW Continuous Wave

CEMS Comprehensive EngineManagement System CMW Compartmented Mode

Workstation CW Chemical Weapon

CENTCOM Central Command CMWS Common Missile Warning CW Composite Wing



System

CEP Circular Error Probability CNA Center for Naval Analysis CWDE Chemical Warfare DefenseEnsemble

CEP Circular Error Probable CNI Communications, Navigation,and ID CWDTW Concealed Weapon Detection

& Through Wall

CEPS CITS Expert ParametersSystem CNN Commercial News Network CWOC Composite Wing Operations

Center

CFD Computational FluidDynamics CNR Combat Net Radio CWS Combat Weather System

CFE Conventional Forces, Europe CO Contracting Officer

CFIPT Customer Focused IntegratedProduct Team COA Courses of Action

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D-DD DE-DMSO DMSP-DZ


D2 Degrade and Destroy DE Directed Energy DMSP Defense Meteorological SatelliteProgram

D2C D-2 Small Cassette DE Dissemination Element DMTD Digital Message Transfer Device

D3 Degrade Disrupt Deny DEA Data Exchange Agreement DMZ Demilitarized Zone

D4 Degrade Disrupt Deny Destroy DEC Digital Equipment Corporation DNA Defense Nuclear Agency

D4 Deny, Disrupt, Degrade, &Destroy DEECS Digital Electronic Engine Control

System DNC Digital Nautical Chart

D4ENDisrupt, Delay, Destroy, Exploit,or Neutralize DEF Data Exchange Format DNCC Deployed Network Control Center

DAA Designated Approval Authority DEFSMAC Defense Special Missile andAstronautics Center DNS Domain Name System

DAA Designated Approving Authority DEM/VAL Demonstration and Validation DoD Department of Defense

DAB Defense Acquisition Board DERP Disposable Eye / RespiratoryProtection DoDD DoD Directive

DAC Discretionary Access Control Det Detachment DoDIIS Defense Intelligence InformationSystem

DACT Data Automated Control Terminal DEW Directed Energy Weapon DoDIIS DOD Intelligence InformationSystem

DAD Distributed Architecture Decoy DF Direction Finding DoDISS DoD Index of Specifications andStandards

DADSS Decision Analysis and DecisionSupport System DFAD Digital Feature Analysis Data DoDSSP DoD Single Stock Point

DAE Defense Acquisition Executive DFCC Digital Flight Control Computer DOE Department of Energy

DAFECS Digital Authority Full EngineControl System DFCS Digital Flight Control System DP Development Prototype

DAGS Data Architecture and Gateway DFP Defensive Fighting Positions DP/F Digital Processing Facility



Services

DAMA Demand Assigned MultipleAccess DFPS Deployable Field Pavement

System DPCA Displaced Phase Center Antenna

DAPE Dynamic Assessment, Planning,Execution DGIF Deployable Ground Intercept

Facility DPCM Differential Pulse CodeModulation

DARO Defense Airborne ReconnaissanceOffice DGPS Differential Global Positioning

System DPG Defense Planning Guidance

DARP Defense Airborne ReconnaissanceProgram DGS Deployable Ground Stations DPL Diode-Pumped Laser

DARPA Defense Advanced ResearchProjects Agency DGSA DoD Goal Security Architecture DPPDB Digital Point Positioning Data

Base

DARTS Dynamic Avionics Real-TimeScheduling DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration

Protocol DPS DIWS Planning System

DAWS Defense Automated WarningSystem DIA Defense Intelligence Agency DR Discrepancy Reports

dB Decibel DIAC Defense Intelligence AnalysisCenter DREP Depot Repair Enhancement

Program

DBDB Digital Bathymetric Database DIAL Differential Absorption Lidar DRFM Digital Radio Frequency Memory

DBMS Data Base Management Systems DIAM Defense Intelligence AgencyManual DSB Defense Science Board

DBOF-T Defense Business OperatingFund-Transportation DICE Data Integration & Collection

Environment DSCS Defense Satellite CommunicationSystem

DC Differential Correction DIDOP Digital Image Data OutputProduct DSI Defensive Simulation Internet

DC Direct Current DIGEST Digital Geographic InformationExchange Standard DSIC Defense Standards Improvement

Council

DCA Defense Communications Agency(now DISA) DII Defense Information

Infrastructure DSM Digital System Model

DCA Dual-Capable Aircraft DIOP Data Input/Output Port DSMAC Digital Scene Matching AreaCorrelator

DCA Defensive counter Air DIPS Digital Image Processing System DSMC Defense System ManagementCollege

DCAC Defense Communications AgencyCircular (now DISA) DIRCM Directed Infrared

Countermeasures DSN Defense Services Network

DCAI Defense Contract Audit Institute DIRMOBFOR Director of Mobility Forces DSNET Defense Secure Network

DCAPES Deliberate and Crisis ActionPlanning and Execution System DIS Distributed Interactive Simulation DSO Defensive System Operator

DCC Deployment Control Center DIS Distributed Interactive System DSP Defense Standardization Program

DCE Distributed ComputingEnvironment DIS Draft International Standard DSP Defense Support Program

DCI Defensive Counter Information DISA Defense Information SystemsAgency DSS Decision Support System

DCID Director of Central IntelligenceDirective DISN Defense Information Services

Network DSUP Defensive System UpgradeProgram

DCP Defense Cryptologic Program DISN LES Defense Information SystemNetwork, Leading Edge Services DSVT Digital Subscriber Voice Terminal

DCRSI Digital Cassette Recorder SystemIncremental DISNET DDN Integrated Secure Network DT&E Developmental Test and

Evaluation

DCS Defense Communication System DITAW Detect, Identify, Track,Assesment, & Warn DTAP Defense Technology Area Plan

DCT Discrete Cosine Transform DIWSA Digital Imagery Workstation SuiteAfloat DTAP Department of Defense

Technology Area Plan



DCT Digital Communications Terminal DJ Deceptive Jamming DTC Design to Cost

DCW Digital Chart of the World DL Downlink DTD Data Transfer Device

DC-X Delta Clipper Experimental DLA Defense Logistics Agency DTED Digital Terrain Elevation Data

DDDS Defense Data Dictionary System DLWG Data Link Working Group DTM Data Transfer Module

DDM DoD Data Model DMA Defense Mapping Agency DTM Digital Technology Model

DDN Defense Data Network DMAL Defense Mapping Agency List DTOP Digital Topographic Data

DDPO Defense Dissemination ProgramOffice DMD Digital Micromirror Device DTS Digital Terrain System

DDR&E Department of Defense Researchand Engineering DME Distance Measuring Equipment DTSS Digital Terrain Support System

DDR&E Director Defense Research andEngineering DMR Dual-Mode Ramjet DUSD Deputy Undersecretary of Defense

DDRS Defense Data Repository System DMS Defense Message System DZ Drop Zone

DDS Defense Dissemination System DMS Digital Mapping System DZST Drop Zone Support Team

DDT Delay/Denial Technology DMSO Defense Modeling and SimulationOffice

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E - ELN ELM-ERO ERP-EZ


EA Electronic Attack ELMC Electrical Load ManagementCenters ERP Effective Radiated Power

EADSIM Extended Air DefenseSimulation ELO Extremely Low Observable ERPS External Frequency Interference

Protection System

EAGLE Extended Airborne GlobalLaunch Evaluator ELT Electronic Light Table ES Electronic Support

EALS Emergency Airfield LightingSystem ELV Expendable Launch Vehicle ES/C Expandable Shelter/Container

EASAE Expert Assistant for SimulationAssembly & Experimentation EM Electromagnetic ESA European Space Agency

EASF Enhanced All Source Fusion E-MAIL Electronic Mail ESAD Electronic Safe and Arm Device

E-BTH Enhanced Beyond the Horizon EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility ESAF Electronic Safe and ArmedFuzes

EC Electronic Combat EMCON Emission Control ESAI Expanded Situation AwarenessInsertion Program

ECCM Electronic Counter-Countermeasures EMCS ELINT Mission Control System ESAI Expanded Situational Awareness

Insertion

ECCO Electronic Combat CoordinationOfficer EMD Engineering and Manufacturing

Development ESAR Enhanced SAR

ECDS Equipment ContaminationDetection System EMI Electromagnetic Interference ESC Electronic Systems Center

ECM Electronic Countermeasures EMP Electromagnetic Pulse ESD Exploitation Support Data



ECO Earth-Crossing Objects EMSEC Emanations Security ESDM Exploitation Support DataMessage

ECP Engineering Change Proposal EMT Expert Missile Tracker ESDRM Exploitation Support DataRequest Message

ECPGMP Electronic Combat ProductGroup Master Plan EMTI Enhanced Moving Target

Indicator ESEX Electric Propulsion SpaceExperiment

ECRS East Coast Radar System ENAF Emergency Nuclear AirliftForces ESKE Enhanced Stationkeeping

Equipment

ECS Environmental Control System ENF ELINT Notation File ESM Electronic Support Measures

ECU Environmental Control Unit EO Electro-Optical ESP Encapsulating Security Payload

EDCS Evolutionary Design ofComplex Software EO/IR Electro-Optical/Infrared ESS Exploitation Support Segment

EDM Engineering DevelopmentModel EOB Electronic Order of Battle ESU Electrical System Upgrade

EEI External Environment Interface EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal ETE End-to-End

EELV Evolved Expendable LaunchVehicle EO-

LOROPSElectro-Optical Long RangeOblique Photography System ETF Electronic Target Folders

EFCC Enhanced Fire ControlComputer EP Education Partnership ETR Eastern Test Range

EFS Extended Fuel System EP Electronic Protection ETRAC Enhanced Tactical RadarCorrelator

EFS-M Enhanced Flight Screening-Medical EPA Extended Planning Annex EUCOM European Command

EGIEmbedded Global PositioningSystem/Inertial NavigationSystem

EPAD Electrically Powered ActuationDevice EVS Electro-Optical Viewing System

EHF Extremely High Frequency EPL ELINT Parameter List EW Electronic Warfare

EI Exploitation Initiative EPLRS Enhanced Position Location andReporting System EWIR Electronic Warfare Integrated

Reprogramming

EIA Electronics IndustriesAssociation EPROMS

Electrical, Erasable,Programmable, Read-OnlyMemory System

EWMS Electronic Warfare ManagementSystem

EIG External Interface Gateways EPS Enhanced Processing Segment EWO Electronic Warfare Officer(backseater)

EIP ELINT Improvement Program EPU Emergency Power Unit EWPE EW Processing Element

EIS Enhanced Imaging System ER Eastern Range EWR Early Warning Radar

EIS Environmental ImpactStatement ERASER Enhanced Recognition &

Sensing Radar EWS Early Warning System

EKV Exo-atmospheric Kinetic-killVehicle ERIM Environmental Research

Institute of MI EWSS Evolutionary Weapon SystemSoftware

ELECTROOPTINT Electro-Optical Intelligence ERINT Extended Range Interceptor EXLITE Extended Life Tire

ELINT Electronics Intelligence ERO Engine Running Offload/Onload Exp Exploitation

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F-FDR FDS-FOR FOS-FZ


FA Forward Area FDS Flight Demonstration System FOSIC Fleet Ocean Surveillance &Information Center

FAA Federal Aviation Administration FEA Finite Element Analysis FOUO For Official Use Only

FAC Forward Air Controller FEBA Forward Edge of the Battle Area FOV Field of View

FADEC Full Authority Digital EngineControl FED-

STDFederal TelecommunicatonStandard FOWW Follow-on Wild Weasel

FAE Fuel Air Explosive FES Follow-on Exploitation System FOXFIRE Fused Offensive/Defensive Sensorfor Fire Control

FAF Fast Access Format FEWS Follow-On Early Warning System FPA Focal Plane Array

FAMS Fuels Automated ManagementSystem FFRDC Federally Funded Research &

Development Center FPGA Field Programmable Gated Array

FAP Functional Area Plans FINDS Flexible Information DisseminationSystem FPLMTS Future Public Land Mobile

Telecommunications Systems

FAQ Frequently Asked Questions FIPS Federal Information ProcessingStandards FQT Format Qualification Testing

FAR Frequency Adjunct radar FIRRS FAAR/Iceland Air Defense RemoteRekeying System FRD Facilities Requirements Document

FAST Field Adaptable SystemsTechnology FISINT Foreign Instrumentation

Intelligence FRDS Full Resolution Data Set

FAT Factory Acceptance Test FIST Fleet Imagery Support Terminal FSII Fuel System Icing Inhibitor (MIL-I-27686)

FAT Final Acceptance Test FISTA Flying Infrared SignaturesTechnology Aircraft FSK Frequency Shift Keying

FATE Female Acceleration ToleranceEnhancement FL Focal Length FSM Facility Status Message

FATE Future Aircraft Technology Enhancement FLASER Forward Looking Infrared Laser

Radar FSR Field Service Representative

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation FLC Federal Laboratory Consortium FSU Former Soviet Union

FBL Fly by Light FLEX Force Level Execution FTA Focused Technology Area

FBW Fly by Wire FLIR Forward-Looking Infrared FTF Flight Test Facility

FC Fire Control FLOT Forward Line of Own Troops FTI Fixed Target Imagery and FixedTarget Indicator

FCBHMD Full Color Binocular HelmetMounted Display FM Frequency Modulation FTP File Transfer Protocol

FCC Federal CommunicationsCommission FMOP Frequency Modulation On Pulse FTS Fourier Transform Spectrometer

FCC Fire Control Commit FO Fiber Optic FTV Flight Test Vehicles

FCS Flight Control System FOA Field Operating Agencies FWE Fighter Wing Equivalent

FCT Foreign Comparative Test FOB Forward Operating Base FWOS Fixed Weather Observation System

FCT Foreign Comparative Testing FOC Full Operational Capability FWV Fixed Wing Vehicle

FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface FOD Foreign Object Damage FY Fiscal Year

FDECU Field Deployable Environ ControlUnit FOE Future Operating Environments FYDP Future Years Defense Program

FDMA Frequency Division MultipleAccess FOG Fiber Optic Gyro

FDP Fusion Data Processor FOL Forward Operating Location



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G-GCR GCS-GMH GMI-GZ


G Giga (1x109) GCSS Global Combat Support System GMI General Military Intelligence

G/CENS Groundcrew Ensemble GDIP General Defense Intelligence

Program GMT Ground Moving Target

GaAs Gallium Arsenide GDR Ground Data Reduction GMTI Ground Moving Target Indication

GaN Gallium Nitride GDSS Global Decision Support System GN&C Guidance, Navigation, and Control

GAVTB Global Awareness Virtual Testbed GENSER General Security Regulations GND Ground

GB Giga Byte GEO Geosynchronous Earth Orbit GOC Global Operations Center

GBI Ground-Based Interceptor GEO Geosynchronous Orbit GOSG General Officer(s) Steering Group

GBL Ground-Based Laser GEODSS Ground-Based Electro-OpticalDeep-Space Surveillance GOSIP Government Open Systems

Interconnection Profile

Gbps Gigabytes per second GFE Government Furnished Equipment GOTS Government-off-the-shelf

GBR Ground Based Radar GFI Government Furnished Information GPR Ground Penetrating Radar

GBR-P Ground Based Radar Prototype GFP Government Furnished Property GPRA Government Perfermance andResults Act

GBS Global Broadcast System GGI&S Global Geospatial Information &Services GPS Global Positioning System

GBU Guided Bomb Unit GHFS Global High Frequency System GPSJ Global Positioning System Jammer

GC Gas Chromatography GHz Gigahertz GRDCUS Gulf Range Drone Control UpgradeSystem

GCAS Ground Collision AvoidanceSystem GIF Graphics Interchange Format GRFL Groundwater Remediation Field

Lab

GCC Ground Component Commander GINS Government Information NetworkSystem GRIB Gridded Binary

GCCS Global Command and ControlSystem GIP Ground Impact Point GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center

GCI Ground Controlled Intercept GIS Geographic Information System GSIDS GPS, Stellar, Inertial, DopplerNavigation

GCP Ground Control Processor GKS Graphical Kernel System GSIL Ground Segment Integration Lab

GCSS Global Combat Support System GLOB Ground Loving Old Bastard (KC-135) GSM Ground Station Module

GCC Ground Component Commander GLOBIXS Global Information ExchangeSystem GSS Generic Security Service

GCCS Global Command and ControlSystem G-LOC G-Induced Loss of Consciousness GSS Gyro Stabilization Station

GCI Ground Controlled Intercept GM Guided Missile GTACS Global Transportation Network

GCP Ground Control Processor GMF Ground Mobile Force GUI Graphical User Interface



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H-HER HES-HPMR HPMS-HZ


HA Hit Assessment HES Hardcopy Exploitation Segment HPMSK High Priority Mission Support Kit

HAARP High-Frequency Active AuroralResearch Program HF High Frequency HP-

MSOGSHigh Performance-Molecular SieveOxygen Generation System

HABE High Altitude Balloon Experiment HF Hydrogen-Fluoride HPSLT High Power Semiconductor LaserTechnology

HAE High Altitude Endurance HF Height Finder HPT High Pressure Turbine

HAE High Altitude long-Endurance(UAV) HFE Highband Frequency Extension HPWS High Pressure Water Separator

HAE-LO HAE-Low Observable H-HMMWV

Heavy High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle HQ Headquarters

HAES High Altitude ELINT System HIC Human-in-Control HQ AF Headquarter Air Force

HAE-UAV

High Altitude Endurance-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Hi-Class High Performance CO2 LADAR

Surveillance Sensor

HQAFMCOAS

Office of Aerospace Studies

HAF Headquarters Air Force HIDAR High Data Rate HQAN HAVE QUICK A-Net

HAMP Horizontal Avionics ModernizationPlanning HIIR High Inclination Infrared HR High Resolution

HAN Hydroxylammonium Nitrate HiMAT Highly Maneuverable AircraftTechnology HR Hybrid Receive

HARM High-Speed Anti-RadiationMissile HiMaTE High Mach Turbine Engine HRCS High Resolution Camera System

HAS Hardened Aircraft Shelter HIPRA High Speed Digital ProcessorArchitecture HRR High Resolution Radar

HASA High Altitude SIGINT Architecture HIRF High Intensity Radiation Fields HSAL High Speed Algebraic Logic

HBCU/MI Historically Black Colleges andUniversities/Minority Institutions HIS Horizontal Situational Indicator HSC Human Systems Center

HBT Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor HIT Hughes Improved Terminal HSFB High Speed Fleet Broadcast

HCF High Cycle Fatigue HITL Hardware-In-The-Loop HSI Hyperspectral Imaging

HCI Human-Computer Interface HITL Human-In-The-Loop HSIP H Camera Sensor ImprovementProgram

HCL Hydrochloric Acid HLA High Level Architecture HSR High Speed Research

HDBS Host Data Base System HLPS Hot Liquid Process Simulator HTI Hostile Target Identification

HDD Heads Down Displays HMCS Helmet Mounted Cueing System HTML Hyper-Text Markup Language

HDR High Data Rate HMD Helmet Mounted Display HTS High TemperatureSuperconductivity

HDS Hard Disk Subsystem HMMV Highly Mobile Military Vehicle HTS HARM Targeting System

HDTV High Definition Television HMMWV High Mobility Milti-PurposeWheeled Vehicles HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HE Heavy Equipment HMS Helmet Mounted Sight HUD Heads-up Displays



HE High Explosives HMS+ Helmet Mounted Sight Plus HULTEC Hull to Emitter Correlation

HEDM High Energy Density Material HMT/D Helmet-Mounted Tracker &Display HUMINT Human Intelligence

HEDM High Energy Density Matter HOBA High Off-Boresight Angle HVA High Valued Asset

HEL High Energy Laser HOTAS Hands-on-Throttle-and-Stick HVAC Heating Ventilating & AirConditioning

HELSTF High Energy Laser Test Facility HPC High-Performance Computing HW Hardware

HEML High Energy MicrowaveLaboratory HPC High Pressure Compressor HySTP Hypersonic Systems Technology

Program

HEMT High Electron Mobility Transistor HPG Hardcopy Processor Group HyTech Hypersonics Technology

HEO Highly Elliptical Orbit HPM High Power Microwave Hz Hertz

HERTF High Energy Research & TestFacility HPMaRV High Performance Maneuvering

Reentry Vehicles

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I-IEQ IER-IPK IPL-IZ


I&A Identification and Authentication IER Information ExchangeRequirements IPL Image Product Library

I&RTS Integrated and RuntimeSpecification IESG Internet Engineering Steering

Group IPL Integrated Priority List

I&W Indications & Warning IESS Imagery Exploitation SupportSystem IPNM Imagery Purge Notification

Message

IA Information Attack IESS Integrated Electromagnetic SystemSimulation IPP Impact Point Prediction

IA&T Installation, Assembly and Test IETF Internet Engineering Task Force IPPD Integrated Product & ProcessDevelopment

IAB Internet Architecture Board IETM Interactive Electronic TechnicalManual IPR Impulse Response

IADS Integrated Air Defense System IF Intermediate Frequency IPR In-Progress Review

IAG Imagery Analysis Group IFICS In-flight InterceptorCommumication System IPS Intraformation Positioning System

IAS Image Access Service IFP Image Formation Processor IPSRU Inertial Pseudo-Star ReferenceUnit

IAS Intelligence Analysis System IFSAR Interferometric Synthetic ApertureRadar IPT Integrated Product Team

IAVTR Integrated Audio VisualTransmitter/ Receiver IFT Integrated Test Flight IPU Integrated Power Unit

IAW In Accordance With IFTU In-flight Target Update IPv4 IP Next Generation / Version 4

IC Integrated Circuit IGBT Insulated Gate Bipolor Transistor IPv6 IP Next Generation / Version 6

IC Incremental Capability IGDL Interoperable Ground Data Link IR Infrared

Internet Group Management Independent Research &



IC Intelligence Correlation IGMP Protocol IR&D Development

ICAF Industrial College of the ArmedForces IHPRPT Integrated High Payoff Rocket

Propulsion Technology IRAA Infrared Acquisition Array

ICAO International Civil AviationOrganization IHPTET Integrated High Performance

Turbine Engine Technology IRAD Independent Research andDevelopment

ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile IIE Installation IdentificationElements IRADS Infrared Attack & Designation

System (F-117)

ICCCM Inter-Client CommunicationsConvention Manual IIM Integrated Imagery Management IRBM Intermediate Range Ballistic

Missile

ICD Interface Control Document IIR Image Interpretation Report IRCCM Infrared Counter-Countermeasures

ICM Intelligence Correlation Module IIR Imaging Infrared IRCM Infrared Countermeasures

ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol IIS/G Internal Integral Starter/Generator IRI Ionospheric Research Instrument

ICNIA Integrated CommunicationsNavigation IFF Avionics IIST Intelligent Information Systems

Technology IRMA Infrared Modeling and Analysis

ICNIS Integrated CommunicationNavigation and ID System IL Integration Laboratories IRMC Information Resources

Management College

ICON Image Communication andOperations Node ILS Instrument Landing System IRR Integral Rocket Engine

ICON Integrated Contract ILS Integrated Logistics Support IRRM Image Recording Request Message

ICOT Isothermal Corrosion OxidationTest IMC Instrument Meteorological

Conditions IRSS Infrared Surveillance System

ICP Interface Change Proposal IMDSPO Integrated Maintenance Data SPO IRST Infrared Search and Track

ICS Image Capture System IMETS Integrated Meteorological System IS Information System

ICT Integrated Concept Team IMINT Imagery Intelligence ISA Instrumentation Society ofAmerica

ICTP Information Collection, Transfer,Processing IMIS Integrated Maintenance

Information System ISAR Inverse SAR

ID Identification IMM Image Manifest Message ISARC Intelligence, Surveillance, andReconnaissance Cell

IDAL Integrated Defensive Avionics Lab IMS Ion Mobility Spectroscopy ISDN Integrated Services DigitalNetwork

IDAS Integrated Air Defense System IMU Inertial Measurement Unit ISEA In-Service Engineering Agent

IDASS Integrated Data Analysis Systemfor Spacecraft IN Intelligence ISO International Organizations for

Standardization

IDC-A Image Data Controller - Type A INADM Image Not Available from theDP/F Message ISP Integrated Support Plan

IDCP ID Data Combining Process INAM Image Not Available Message ISP International Standardized Profile

IDD Initiative Definition Document INF Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces(Treaty) ISP ISDN Security Program

IDD IPA and Dissemination Division INFOSEC Information Security Isp Specific Impulse

IDECM Integrated Defensive ECM INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite(System) ISR Intelligence, Surveillance, &

Reconnaissance

IDEF Integrated (Computer-AidedManufacturing) Definition InP Indium Phosphide ISS Integrated Sensor System

IDEF0 Integrated Definition for FunctionModeling INS Inertial Navigation System ISS Intelligence Systems Secretariat

IDEF1X Integrated Definition forInformation Modeling INSICOM Integrated Sensitive Information

Communications ISSO Information System SecurityOfficer

IDEX Imagery Data Exploitation SystemII INT Intelligence ISTC Integrated System Test Capability



I-DGS Interim-Deployable GroundStation INTELCAST Intelligence Broadcast ISTD Integrated Space Technology

Demonstration

IDH Analytical Systems for Collection& Exploitation INTELNET Intelligence Network ISTF Integrated Space Technology

Flights

IDH Information Architectures forIntelligence INU Inertial Navigation Unit ITB Integrated Test Bed

IDH Information Extraction,Generation and Visulation IO Information Operations ITO Integrated Tasking Order

IDHS Intelligence Data Handling System IOC Initial Operational Capability ITS Intelligent Tutoring System

IDK Initial Deployment Kitchen IP Initial Point ITSEC European Information TechnologySecurity Evaluation Criteria

IDM Improved Data Modem IP Internet Protocol ITSG Information Technology StandardsGuidance

IDPS Interim Digital Processing System IP Instructor Pilot ITU International TelecommunicationsUnion

IDR Initiative Design Review IPA Image Product Archive ITU-T International TelecommunicationsUnion-Telecomm Standardization

IDSM Integrated Data Base Management IPB Intelligence Preparation of theBattlefield ITV Interactive Television

IDUP Independent Data Unit Protection IPCP Internet Protocol Control Protocol ITW/AA Integrated Threat Warning/AttackAssessment

IEC Intelligence Exploitation Cell IPE Individual Protective Equipment IV&V Independent Verification andValidation

IEC International ElectrotechnicalCommission IPF Intelligence Processing Facility IW Information Warfare

IEEE Institute for Electrical &Electronics Engineers IPIR Initial Photo Interpretation Report IWS Information Warfare Squadron

IPIX Interface Processor for ImageryExchange IXS Information Exchange System

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J-JIE JIF-JSAS JSAT-JZ


J Joule JIF Joint IDEX II Facility JSAT JSTARS ATR Tests

J&A Justification and Approval JINTACCS Joint Interoperability of TacticalCommand and Control Systems J-SBS Joint Synthetic Battle Space

J/IST JSF/Integrated SubsystemTechnology JITC Joint Interoperability Test Center JSEAD Joint Suppression of Enemy Air

Defense

JA/ATT Joint Airborne/Air TransportabilityTraining JITF Joint Integration Test Facility JSEP Joint Service Electronics Program

JAC Joint Analysis Center JITMT U.S.-Japan Industry andTechnology Management Training JSF Joint Strike Fighter

JADS Joint Advance DistributedSimulation JM&SIP Joint M&S Integration Program JSF Jet Fuel Starter



JASA Joint Airborne SIGINTArchitecture J-MASS Joint Modeling and Simulation

System JSIMS Joint Simulation System

JASS Joint Airborne SIGINT System JMCIS Joint Maritime CommandInformation System JSIPS Joint Service Imagery Processing

System

JASSM Joint Air-to-Surface StandoffMissile JMF Joint Message Format JSIPS-

AFJoint Service Imagery ProcessingSystem-Air Force

JAST Joint Advanced Strike Technology(now JSF) JMM Joint Management Meeting JSIPS-N Joint Service Imagery Processing

System-Navy

JBS Joint Broadcast(ing) System JMSP Joint Multi-Spectral SensorProgram JSOW Joint Stand-Off Weapon

JCAPS Joint C4ISR Planning & AnalysisSystem

Joint Stars Joint Surveillance, Target AttackRadar System JSRC-

ASJoint Services Review Committeefor Avionics Standardization

JCMT Joint Collection Management Tool JORD Joint Operational RequirementsDocument JSTARS Joint Surveillance and Target

Attack Reconnaissance System

JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff JOTS Joint Operational Tactical System JSTARS Joint Surveillance Targeting andReconnaissance

JCSA Joint C4ISR System Architecture JP-10 Jet Propellant 10 (standard Missilefuel MIL-P-25524) JSTARS Joints Surveillance Target Attack

Radar System

JCTCS Joint Tactical Combat TrainingSystem JP-5

Jet Propellant 5 (standard highflash point Navy fuel, MIL-T-5624)

JTA Joint Technical Architecture

JDAM Joint Direct Attack Munition JP-7 Jet Propellant 7 (High temp, lowVolatility Jet fuel (MIL-T-38219) JTA WG Joint Technical Architecture

Working Group

JDISS Joint Deployable IntelligenceSupport System JP-8 Jet Propellant 8(standard AF

kerosene jet fuel (MIL-T-83133) JTAGG Joint Turbine Advanced GasGenerator

JDL Joint Directors of Laboratories JPATS Joint Primary Aircraft TrainingSystem JTAV Joint Total Asset Visibility

JDSS JFACC Decision Support System JPEG Joint Photographic Expert Group JTDE Joint Technology DemonstratorEngine

JETEC Joint Expendable Turbine EngineConcept JPEGIC Joint Photographic Experts Group

Image Compression JTDLMP Joint Tactical Data LinkManagement Plan

JFACC Joint Forces Air ComponentCommander JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory JTF Joint Task Force

JFC Joint Force Commander JPO Joint Program Office JTIDS Joint Tactical InformationDistribution System

JFIF JPEG File Interchange Format JR Jam Resistance JWARS Joint Warfare Simulation

JFTOT Jet Fuel Thermal Oxidation Tester JRD Joint Requirements Document JWICA Joint Warfighter CapabilitiesAssessment

JI Joint Inspection JROC Joint Requirements OversightCouncil JWICS Joint Worldwide Intelligence

Communication System

JIC Joint Intelligence Center JS Joint Standards JWID Joint Warfighter InteroperabilityDemonstration

JICPAC Joint Intelligence Center - Pacific JSAS Joint Situational AwarenessSystem JWID94 Joint Warrior Interoperability

Demonstration--1994

JIEO Joint Interoperabilitiy &Engineering Organization JWIDS Joint Warrior Interoperability

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K-KEAS KEASA-KL KM-KZ


k Kilo (1x103) KEASAT Kinetic Energy Anti-SATellite km kilometer

kA Kiloamps KEFH 1000 Engine Flight Hours KMOR Keep Missile on the Rail

KAM Keep Alive Message KEW Kinetic Energy Weapons KMP Key Management Protocol

KBP Knowledge Based Planning Kft Kilofeet KQML Knowledge & Query ManipulationLanguage

kbps Kilobits Per Second Kg Kilogram KTAS Knots, True Airspeed

KCOIC Korean Combined OperationsIntelligence Center kHz Kilohertz Ku Ku Frequency Band

KE Kinetic Energy KIAS Knot, Indicated Airspeed KV Kill Vehicle

KEAS Knots Equivalent Airspeed KKV Kinetic Kill Vehicle KW Kilo Watt

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L-LEN LEO-LOD LOE-LZ


LAC Local Area Controller LEO Low Earth Orbit LOE Level of Effort

LADAR Laser Detection and Ranging LEP Life Extension Program LOFT Laser Optical Fourier Transform

LADD Low-Angle Drogue Delivery LEP Linear Error Probability LO-HAE Low Obervable-High AltitudeEndurance

LAES Low Altitude ELINT System LFD Linear Finite-Difference LORAN Long-Range Radio Aid toNavigation

LAMP Large Advanced Mirror Program LFOV Limited Field of Vision LOROP Long-Range Oblique Photography

LAN Local Area Network LGB Laser Guided Bomb LOROPS Long-Range Oblique OpticalSystem

LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory LGW Laser Guided Weapon LOS Line-of-Sight

LANTIRNLow Altitude Navigation andTargeting Infrared System forNight

LH2 Liquid Hydrogen LPD Low Probability of Detection

LaRC Langley Research Center LHA Amphibious Assault Ship (generalpurpose) LPD/JR Low Probability of Detection/Jam

Resistant

LARS Laser Airborne Remote Sensing LHD Amphibious Ship (helicopter) LPI Low Probability of Intercept

LASE Large Aperture SpeckleExperiment LICS L-Band Interference Cancellation

System LPI/LPD Low Probability of Intercept/Detection

LASER Light Amplification by StimulatedEmission of Radiation LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging LPT Low Pressure Turbine



LASRE Linear Aerospike SR-71Experiment LIDAR LIght raDAR LRC Logistics Readiness Center

(ALC's)

LASSOS Lasers and Space Optical Systems LIDD Lightweight Disposable Disrupter LRC Lesser Regional Conflict

LATS Large Aperture Tracking System LIFE Laser Infrared Flyout Experiment LRE Launch and Recovery Element

LAV-AD Light Armored Vehicle-AirDefense LIMDIS Limited Dissemination LRIP Low-Rate Initial Production

LBD Laser Beam Detector LIME Laser Induced MicrowaveEmission LRIR Long Range Infrared

LBO Lean BlowOut LITDL Link-16 Interoperable Data Link LRRM Late Request Response Message

Lbs Pounds LLLTV Low Light Level Television LRU Line Replaceable Unit

LC Launch Complex LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Lab LSA Logistic Support Analysis

LCC Life Cycle Cost LMST Lightweight Multi-Band SatelliteTerminals LSB/USB Lower Sideband / Upper Sideband

LCDL Low-Cost Data Link LNA Low Noise Amplifier LSI Lead System Integrator

LCIAS Low Cost Integrated Avionics forLegacy Systems LO Low Observable LTAS Laser Threat Analysis System

LCM Life Cycle Management LO2 Liquid Oxygen LTC Lackland AFB Training Center

LCP Link Control Protocol LOCAAS Low Cost Anti-ArmorSubmunition LV Launch Vehicle

LDR Low Data Rate LOCAASLow-Cost Autonomous Attack(formerly Anti-Armor)Submunition

LW/D Laser Warning/Defeat

LEAP Light-weight Exo-AtmosphericProjectile LOCE Linked Operations/Intel Centers

Europe LWD Littoral Warfare Data

LED Light Emitting Diode LOD Level of Detail LWIR Long Wavelength Infrared

LEFRA Leading Edge Flap RotaryActuator LODIS Low Cost Dispensing LZ Landing Zone

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M-MDQ MDR-MOA MOB-MZ


M Mega (1x106) MDR Medium Data Rate MOB Main Operating Base

m meter MDS Manned Destructive SEAD MOBSTR Mobile Stretch

M&S Modeling and Simulation MDS Mission Design Series MOC Missile Operations Center

M&SCE Modeling and Simulation Centerof Excellence MEA More Electric Aircraft MOD Mission Operating Directive

M3P Multi-Mission Mobile Processors MEB Marine Expenditional Brigades MODS Mobile Ordnance DisrupterSystem

MAA Mission Area Assessment MECS Manuel ELINT CollectionSubsystem MODS Multiple Optical Data System

MAAS Mobile Aircraft Arresting System MEDS Meteorological EnvironmentData System MOE Measure of Effectiveness



MAC Military Airlift Command MEF Marine Expeditionary Forces MOOTW Military Operations OtherThan War

MACET Modular Algorithm ConceptEvaluation Tool MELA Munition Export License

Application MOP Measure of Performance

MACOM Major Army Command MEMS Microelectromechanical System MOSIAC

Modeling System forAdvanced Strategic TacticalExpandable Investigation ofCountermeasures

MAD Mission Area Directorate MEO Medium Earth Orbit MOSPF Multicast Open Shortest PathFirst

MAD Mutually Assured Destruction MEPTAS Mining for Event PatternModels in Temporal Analysis MOTIF Maui Optical Tracking and

Identification Facility

MADMEL(Power) Management andDistribution for More Electric(Aircraft)

MERITMilitary Exploitation ofReconnaissance & IntelligenceTechnology

MOU Memorandum ofUnderstanding

MADP Mission Area Development Plan METOC Meteorological andOceanographic MPA Mission Payload Assessment

MAE Medium Altitude Endurance MF Measurement Facilities MPEG Motion Pictures Expert Group

MAF Mobility Air Forces MFD Multi-Function Displays MPG Mission Power Group

MAFET Microwave and Analog Front-End Technology Program MFI Multirole Fighter Interceptor MPM Microwave Power Module

MAFFS Modular Airborne FirefightingSystem MFP Major Force Program MPP Modernization Planning

Process

MAG Mission Area Group MFR Multi-Function Radiation MPS Mission Planning Segment

MAGIC Multimission Advanced GroundIntelligence Control MGS Mission Ground Station MPT Manpower, Personnel and

Training

MAGTF Marine Air Ground Task Force MHE Material Handling Equipment MR Medium Range

MAINS Multi-Access IntelligenceNomination System MHP Mobile Host Protocol MRBM Medium Range Ballastic

Missile

MAIS Major Automated InformationSystem MHz Megahertz MRC Major Regional Conflict

MAJCOM Major Command MIB Management Information Base MRC Major Regional Contingency

MAMS Military Airspace ManagementSystem MIDB Management Information

Database MRF Multi-Role Fighter

MAN Metropolitan-Area Network MIDB Modernized Intelligence DataLink MRMMS Millimeter Wave Reflectivity

Measurement System

MANPAD Manpowered Portable AirDefense System MIDL Modular Interoperable Data

Link MRSP Mobility Readiness SparesPackage

MANS Microcosm AutonomousNavigation System MIDS Multi-function Information

Distribution System MS Milestone

MANTECH Manufacturing Technology MIES Modernized ImageryExploitation System MS&A Modeling, Simulation &

Analysis

MAOC Modular Air Operations Center MIGP Multi-INT Ground Procession MSA Mission Solution Analysis

MAP Mission Area Plan MIIDS Military Intelligence IntegratedData System MSCS Multi-Source Correlation

System

MARE Mission Analysis ReportElectrical MIL-HDBK Military Handbook MSE Mission Support Element

MARFOR Marine Forces MILNET Military Network Msec Millisecond

MARS Multi-Sensor AgileReconnaissance System MILO Magnetically imaging

Radiometer MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center

Military Satellite



MaRV Maneuvering Re-entry Vehicle MILSATCO Communications MSGD Multi-spectral Ground Decoys

MASINT Measurement and SignatureIntelligence MILSATCOM Military Satellite

Communications MSI Multispectral Imager

MAT Mission Area Team MILSTAR Military Strategic and TacticalRelay Satellite MSI Multi-spectral Imagery or

Multi-spectral intelligence

MATT Multi-Mission Advanced TacticalTerminal MIL-STD Military Standard MSIP Multi-stage Improvement

Program

MATV Multi-Axis Thrust Vectoring MIMIC Microwave/Millimeter WaveIntegrated Circuit MSL Mean Sea Level

MAU Medium-Access Unit MIMIC Microwave/Millimeter WaveMonolithic Integrated Circuit MSM Mass Storage Modeules/ATD

MAW Missile Approach Warning MIMIC Monolithic MicrowaveIntegrated Circuit MSMP Modeling & Simulation

Master Plan

MAWS Missile Approach WarningSystem MIPE Mobile Intelligence Processing

Element MSO Mission Support Officer

MAXI Modular Architecture for theExchange of Information MIR Mission Information

Requirements MSP Message Security Protocol

MBE Molecular Beam Epitaxy MIRA Medium Wave InfraredAcquisition Array MSP Military Spaceplane

Mbits/s Megabits per second MIRE Mission Intercept ReportElectrical MSP Military Spaceplane Program

MBPAA Multibeam Phased ArrayAntenna MIRFS Multifunction Integrated Radio

Frequency System (JAST) MSP Mission Support Plan

Mbps Megabits per second MIRGS Multi-IntelligenceReconnaissance Ground Station MSPO Mission Support Planning

Office

MBV Model-Based Vision MIRV Multiple Independently-targetedRe-entry Vehicle MSSS Maui Space Surveillance Site

MC&G Mapping, Charting & Geodesy MIS Mission Intelligence Segment MST Mission Support Team

MCA Multichip Assembly MISSI Multilevel Information SystemsSecurity Initiative MSTAR Moving and Stationary Target

Acquisition and Recognition

MCAS Marine Corps Air Station MIST Modular Interoperable SurfaceTerm MSTIC

Military SpaceplaneTechnology InvestmentCouncil

MCC Mobility Control Center MISU CARS MIS Upgrades MSTRS Miniature Satellite ThreatReport System

MCCC Mobile Command & ControlCenter MITL Man-In-The-Loop MSTS Multi-Source Tactical System

MCCDC Marine Corps CombatDevelopmant Command MIT-LL Massachusetts Institute of

Technology-Lincoln Laboratory MSX Midcourse SurveillanceExperiment

MCD Minimum Cost Design MLS Microwave Landing System MTBF Mean Time Between Failure

MCE Mission Control Elements MLS Multi-Level Security MTD Missile TechnologyDemonstration

MCG Magnetocumulative Generator MLV Medium Launch Vehicle MTE Moving Target Exploitation

MCG&I Mapping,Charting,Geodesy, &Imagery MM III Minuteman III Missile MTF Medical Treatment Facility

MCISU Marine Corps IntelligenceSupport Unit MM Minuteman MTI Moving Target Indicator

MCM Multichip Module MMBA Multi-Mode Multi-BandAntenna MTO Mission Type Orders

MCM Multi-Command Manual MMC Modular Mission Computer MTTR Mean Time to Restore

Monolithic Microwave



MCR Multi-Command Regulation MMIC Integrated Circuit MTV More Electric Test Vehicle

MCS Mission Contol Station MMIDS Multi-media InformationDistribution System MUCELS Multiple Communications

Emitter Location System

MCS Modular Control System MMLS Mobile Microwave LandingSystem MULTIRAD Multi-ship Training Research

& Development

MCSB Back-up Mission Control Station MMMC Modified Modular MissionComputer MUVEs Multi-User Virtual

Environments

MCT Metal-Oxide-SemiconductorControlled Transistor MMRT Modified Miniature Receiver

Terminal MVS Mission Verification System

MCU Multicrypto Unit MMTD Miniaturized MunitionTechnology Demonstration MW MegaWatt

MDA Milestone Decision Authority MMW Millimeter Wave MW Microwave

MDA Metal De-Activator MNA Mission Needs Analysis mW milliWatt

MDAP Mafor Defense AcquisitionProgram MNF Multi-National Forces MWC Missile Warning Center

MDLV Memory Data Load/Verifier MNI Man-Machine Interface MWIR Medium Wave-lengthInfrared

MDO/MDA Multi-disciplinary Optimization/Multi-disciplinary Analysis MNS Mission Needs Statement MWS Missile Warning System

MDP MOBSTR Deployed Processor MOA Memorandum of Agreement

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N-NEQ NES-NOQ NOR-NZ


N/A Not Available or Not Applicable NES National Exploitation System NORAD Northern Region Air Defense

N/UWSS NORAD/USSPACECOMWarfighter Support System NESP Naval EHF SATCOM Program NOx Nitrous Oxide

N-ABLE Nonproliferation Airborne LidarExperiment NFIP National Foreign Intelligence

Program NPES Nuclear Planning and ExecutionSystem

NACTS Nellis Air Combat Training System NFS Network File System NPIC National PhotographicInterpretation Center

NAEDS Non-Aqueous EquipmentDecontamination System NGB National Guard Bureau NPR Nuclear Posture Review

NAF Numbered Air Force NGCR Next Generation ComputerResources NPS Naval Postgraduate School

NAI Named Area of Interest NGIC National Ground IntelligenceCenter NRaD Naval Research and Develpment

NAIC National Air Intelligence Center NGP Next Generation (Fire Suppression)Plan NRC National Research Council

NAIC National Aerospace IntelligenceCenter NGSBL Next Generation Space-Based

Laser NRL Naval Research Laboratory

NAK Negative MessageAcknowledgment NGTCS Next Generation Target Control

System NRLJRD NIMA and Rome Laboratory JointRequirements Documents



NAOC National Airborne OperationsCenter NGW Next Generation Workstation NRO National Reconnaissance Office

NAS National Aerospace System NIBS Naval IMINT Broadcast System NRT Near-Real-Time

NASA National Aeronautics & SpaceAdministration NIC National Intelligence Center NRZ Non-Return Zero

NASADRFC

NASA Dryden Flight ResearchCenter NIFTR Near Isothermal Flowing Test Rig NSA National Security Agency

NASIP Navy Airframe Structural IntegrityProgram NIIRS National Imagery Interpretation

Rating Scale NSC National Security Council

NASM National Air and Space (Warfare)Model NIL National Image Library NSN National Stock Number

NASM National Air and Space Museum NIMA National Imagery & MappingAgency NSOC National SIGINT Operations

Center

NASP National Aerospace Plane NIPS Naval Intelligence ProcessingSystem NSRL National SIGINT Requirements

List

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NIPS NTCS-A Intelligence ProcessingSystem NSS National Security Strategy

NAVFOR Naval Forces NIS National Input Segment NTCS-A Naval Tactical CommunicationSystem--Afloat

NAVIXS Naval Information ExchangeSystem NIS NIMA Information System NTDS Naval Tactical Data System

NAVS Non-cooperative Target ID N-ISDN Narrow Band-Integrated ServicesDigital Network NTF National Test Facility

NavTEL Navigational Test and EvaluationLab NIST National Institute of Standards &

Techology NTIS National Technical InformationService

NAWC Naval Air Warfare Center NITES Navy Integrated TacticalEnvironment Subsystem NTM National Technical Means

NBC Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical NITF National Imagery TransmissionFormat NTP Network Time Protocol

NBMD National Ballistic Missile Defense NITFIRD NITF ImplementationRequirements Document NTSB National Transportation Safety

Board

NCA National Command Authority NITFS National Imagery TransmissionFormat Standard or Specification NUCINT Nuclear Intelligence

NCAT Naval Center for Acq Training NLO Nonlinear Optics NUDET Nuclear Detonation

NCIU NITF Communication InterfaceUnit NLRD NIMA Library Requirement

Document NUWC Naval Undersurface WeaponsCenter

NCMC National Collection ManagementCell NLT Not Later Than NVE Night Vision Equipment

NCMP National ConfigurationManagement Plan NM Nautical Miles NVG Night Vision Goggles

NCSC National Computer Security Center NMC NORAD Mountain Complex NVIS Night Vision Imaging System

Nd:YAG Neodymium Yttrium AluminumGarnet NMCC National Military Command Center NWS North Warning System

NDB Non-Directional Beacon NMCS National Military CommandSystem NWSSG Nuclear Weapons System Safety

Group

NDE Non-Destructive Evaluation NMD National Missile Defense NWV New World Vistas

NDI Non-Developmental Item NMITC Naval and Marine CorpsIntelligence Training Center NYNET New York Network

NDI/E Non-DestructiveInspection/Evaluation NMS National Military Strategy NYNEX New York-New England Exchange

NEIT NPIC Electronic Imagery Transfer NOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric



Administration

NEO Non-combatant EvacuationOperations

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O-OMS OMT-ORS ORT-OZ


O&M Operations and Maintenance OMT Object Model Template ORTA Office of Research & TechnologyApplications

OAT&E Operational Acceptance Test &Evaluation OMUS Outside of Continental US OS Operating System

OB Order of Battle ONI Office of Naval Intelligence OSA Optical Society of America

OBATS Off Board Augmented TheaterSurveillance ONR Office of Naval Research OSA Operational Support Airlift

OBIGGS On-Board Inert Gas GeneratingSystem OOB Order of Battle OSD Office of Secretary of Defense

OBOGS On-Board Oxygen GenerationSystem OODBMS Object Oriented Database

Management Systems OSD(C) Office of the Secretary of Defense(Comptroller)

OBP On-Board Processing OOM Object-Oriented Methods OSF Open Software Foundation

OCA Offensive Counter Interformation OOT Object-Oriented Technology OSF Operational Support Facility

OCD Operational ConceptDemonstration OOTW Operations Other Than War OSI Office of Special Investigations

OCI Offensive Counter Information OPCON Operational Control OSI Open Systems Interconnection

OCIP Offensive CapabilitiesImprovement Plan OPEVAL Operational Evaluation OSI Open Systems Interface

OCR Office of CollateralResponsibility OPEVALFOR Operational Evaluation Force OSINT Open Source Intelligence

ODBC Open Data Base Connectivity OPFAC Operational Facility OSIS Ocean Surveillance InformationSystem

ODC Operations Data Center OPINTEL Operational Intelligence OSO Offensive System Operator

ODM Oil Debris Monitoring OPO Optical Parametric Oscillator OSPF Open Shortest Path First

ODMG Object Data Management Group OPLAN Operations Plan OT&E Operational Test & Evaluation

ODPS Operational DeployableProcessing System OPR Office of Primary Responsibility OTA Other Transactions Authority

OECS Operational Effectiveness CostComparison Study OPREP Operations Report OTCIXS Officer in Tactical Command

Information Exchange System

OFP Operational Flight Program OPSCOMM Operations Communications OTH Over the Horizon

OJT On the Job Training OPSEC Operations Security OTH-B Over-the-Horizon RadarBackscatter

OK-ALC

Oklahoma City Air LogisticsCenter OPTINT Optical Intelligence OTS Off-the-Shelf

OLE Object Linking Embedding ORD Operational Requirements OTV Orbital Transfer Vehicle



Document

OMA Object Management Architecture ORPP Operational Requirements andModernization Planning Process OWS Operator Work Station

OMG Object Management Group

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P-PDQ PDR-POL POM-PZ


P Probability PDR Preliminary Design Review POM Program Objective Memorandum

P3I Pre-Planned Product Improvement PDRE Pulse Detonation Rocket Engine PORTS Portable Remote CommunicationSystem

P4AProgrammable Powdered PerformProcess for Aerospace PDTS Portable Data Transfer System POSIX Portable Operating System for

Information Exchange

PA Public Address PDU Protocol Data Units PPBS Planning Program & BudgetingSystem

PAA Primary Aircraft Assigned PE Program Element PPDB Point Positioning Data Base

PA&E Program Assessment andEvaluation PEBB Power Electronic Building Block PPIF Photographic Processing

Interpretation Facility

PACAF Pacific Air Force PEM Program Element Monitor PPLI Precise Position, Location, & ID

PACE Point-Ahead CompensationExperiment Penaids Penetration Aids PPLN Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate

PACOM United States Pacific Command PEO Program Executive Office PPM Pulse Position Modulation

PACS Programmable Armament ControlSet PEO (CU)

Program Evecutive Office, CruiseMissiles and Joint UnmannedAerial

PPMS Power Pattern Measurement System

PAD Point Air Defense PerFECT Peroxide in Fuel Estimation andConcentration Test PPP Point-to-Point Protocol

PADL Proof-of-concept AerospaceDefense Location PF-1 Priming Fluid 1 (MIL-P-87173) PPU Protocol Processing Unit

PAI Primary Aircraft Inventory PGDR Portable Ground Data Reduction PPS Precise Position Service

PAM Payload Assist Module PGM Precision Guided Munitions PRC People's Republic of China

PAM Preventive Aerospace Medicine PGM Product Group Manager Pre-PIRM

Pre-Processing Image RequestMessage

PARANA Phase Array Antenna Analysis PHIGS Programmers HierarchicalInteractive Graphics Systems PREPO Propositioning

PASP+ Photovoltaic Array & Space PowerPlus PHIM Protective Hood and Integrated

Mask PRF Pulse Repetition Frequency

PAT Performance Analysis Team PHOTINT Photo Intelligence PRFECT Prediction RF Effects CouplingTool

PAT Preliminary Acceptance Test PIAE Profile for Imagery ArchiveExtension PRG Program Review Group

PAVE Precision Avionics VectoringEquipment PID Priority Intelligence Division PRI Primary Rate Interface



PAVEPAWS

Precision Acquisition VehicularEntry Phased Array WarningSystem

PIGM Partial Image Generation Message PRI Pulse Recurrence Interval

PAWS Parallel Assessment WindowSystem PILOT Phased Integrated Laser Optics

Technology PRK Photorefractive Keratectomy

PB President's Budget Pim Parameterized Ionosphere Model PROTEC Programmable OrdnanceTechnology

PBBE Performance Based BusinessEnvironment PINES Pacific Integrated National

Exploitation System PSA Pressure Swing Absorption

PBD Program Budget Directive PIO Pilot Induced Oscillation PSCOM Pacific Command

PBO Performance Based Organization PIP Product Improvement Plan PSDP Programmable Signal DataProcessor

PBV Post Boost Vehicle PiSi Platinum Silicide Psi pounds per square inch

PBX Public Telephone Switching Pk Probability of Kill PSIDS Prototype Secondary InformationDissemination System

PC Personal Computer PL Phillips Laboratory PSK Phase Shift Keying

PC Photoconductive PLAID Precision Location and ID PSM Persistent Stored Modules

PC PACER COIN PLV Payload Launch Vehicle PSP Programmable Signal Processor

PC Photoconductive PM Program Manager PSR Program Status Review

PCAT PC Acess Tool PMA Program Management Agreement PST Prestructured Technology

PCCADS Panoramic Cockpit Control andDisplay System PMAD Power Management and

Distribution PST Public Switched Telephone

PCD Polycrystalline Diamond PMAI Primary Mission Aircraft Inventory PSTN Public Switched TelephoneNetworks

PCM Pulse Code Modulation PMD Program Management Directive PSYOP Psychological Operations

PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory CardInternational Association PMMW Passive Millimeter Wave PtSI Platinum Silicide

PCP Programmable CommunicationProcessor PMO Project Management Office PTOS Point Target Smoke Obscurant

System

PCS Permanent Change of Station PMOP Position Modulation on Pulse PTS Portble SHF(SATCOM)TerminalSystem

PCS Personal Communications Services PMP Project Management Plan PTW Precision Targeting Workstation

PD Pulse Doppler (Radar) PN-NI Private Network-NetworkInterface PVC Pneumatic Vortex Control

PDE Pulse Detonation Engine PO Program/Project Office PVI Pilot/Vehicle Interface

PDF Precision Direction Finder POC Point of Contact PVT Propulsion Verification Test

PDM Program Decision Memorandum POD Port of Debarkation PW Pulse Width

PDM Periodic Depot Maintenance POE Port of embarkation PDNES Pulse Doppler Non-Elevation Scan POL Petroleum Oil and Lubricants

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Q-QN QM-QPSQ QPSR-QZ


QA Quality Assurance QML Qualified Manufacturers List QPSRM Queue Processing Status Request Message

QCC Quality Control Console QPL Qualified Products List QRC Quick Reaction Capability

QDR Quadrennial DefenseReview QPSK Quartinary Phase Shift Keying QRSLT Quick Reaction Spoken Language Translator

QFD Quality FunctionDeployment QPSM Queue Processing Status Message QWIP Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector

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R-RFO RFP-RPE RPF-RZ


R2 Reporting Responsibility RFP Request for Proposals RPF Raster Product Format

R&D Research and Development RFMDS RED FLAG MeasurementDebriefing System RPV Remote Piloted Vehicle

R&D GTDS R&D Goddard TrajectoryDetermination System RGS Relay Ground Station RQS Repair Quality Criteria

R&M Reliability & Maintainability RIDEX Reconnaissance/Intelligence DataExchange RRA Required Assets Available

R/SAOC Regional/Sector AirOperations Center RIGS Reconnaissance Intelligence

Ground System RRDS Reduced Resolution Data Set

RAAP Rapid Application of AirPower RJ Rivet Joint RS Receive Segment

RAD Random AccessDeinterleaving RJMT Rivet Joint Mission Trainer R-S Reed--Solomon

RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging RK Radial Keratectomy RSET Reduced Resolution Sets

RADAREXREP Radar Exploitation Report RK Range Known RSI Reconnaissance, Surveillance& Intelligence

RADICL Research Assessment DeviceImprovement Chemical Laser RKO Relativistic Klystron Oscillator RSIP Radar System Improvement

Program

RADINT Radiometric Intelligence RL Rome Laboratory RSLP Rocket System LaunchProgram

RADINT Radar Intelligence RLG Ring Laser Gyro RSOC Regional SIGINT OperationsCenter

RAF Royal Air Force RLON Required Launch On Need RSP Render Safe Procedures

RAID Redundant Array ofInexpensive Disks RLV Reusable Launch Vehicle RSRCV Reduced Size Remote

Controlled Vehicle

RAILE Retro-Assisted Imaging LaserExperiment RM Reliability and Maintainability RTAI Real-time Application of

Intelligence

RAM Radar Absorbing Material RM&A Reliability, Maintainability andAvailability RTARN Reliable Tactical Air Request

Net

RAM Random Access Memory RM&S Reliability Maintainability & RTCI 4072 Real Time Cueing & ID



Supportability

RAMTIP Reliability & MaintainabilityTechnology Insertion Program RMA Reliability Maintainability and

Availability RTDS Rapid Targeting DisseminationShelter

RASER Research & Seeker EmulationRadar RMA Revolution in Military Affairs RTI Run Time Infrastructure

RASG Reconnaissance AircraftSystem Group RMS Requirements Management

System RTIC Real Time in the Cockpit

RCS Radar Cross Section RMS Root Mean Square RTIC Real-Time Information in theCockpit

RCFD Remote Controlled FiringDevice RMT Resource Management Team RTOC Real Time out of the Cockpit

RD Readiness Demonstrator RMWG Resource Management System orRoot Mean Square RTOC Real-Time Information out of

the Cockpit

RDBMS Relational DatabaseManagement System RNIP Ring Laser Gyro Navigation

Improvement Plan RTOK Retest OK

RDC Rapid Deployment Cell ROCC/SOCC Regional/Sectional OperationsControl Center RTOS Real-time Optical System

RDS Rapid Deployment Suite ROD Reconnaissance OperationsDivision RTS Rapid Targeting System

RDT&E Research, Development, Test& Evaluation ROE Rules of Engagement RTSMP Real-Time Symmetric

Multiprocessor

RE Receive Element ROFA Remote Operating Facility,Airborne RTT Real Time Targeting

RECCE Reconnaissance ROM Read-Only Memory RTT Relay Time Tag

REFIMG Reference Image ROM Rough Order-of-Magnitude RULER Remaining Useful LifeEvaluation Routine (lubricants)

REL TO Releasable To RONS Remote Ordnance NeutralizationSystem RURK Rapid Utility Repair Kit

RELFIOK Releasable to Republic ofKorea RORS Rapid Ordnance Removal System RV Re-entry Vehicle

RF Radio Frequency ROW Rest of World RVSM Reduced Vertical SeparationMinima

RFC Request For Change RP-1Rocket Propellant 1 (standardkerosene rocket fuel MIL-P-25576)

RW Reconnaissance Wing

RFC Request for Comments RPC Rapid Positioning Capability RWR Radar Warning Receiver

RFCM Radio FrequencyCountermeasure RPC Remote Procedure Call Rx Receive

RFI Radio Frequency Interference

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S&R Storage & Retrieval SEOTV Solar Electric OrbitalTransfer Vehicle SPC Specific Fuel Consumption



S&T Science & Technology SERE Survival Evasion ResistanceEscape SPE Advanced Detection

Processor

S&TI Scientific and Technical Intelligence SES Softcopy ExploitationSegment SPECAT Special Category

S-T-T Strategy-To-Task SEW Space and Electronic Warfare SPG Softcopy Processor Group

S&TW Surveillance and Threat Warning SEWC Space & Electronic WarfareCommander SPIA Standards Profile for Imagery

Archives

S/C Softcopy SFC Specific Fuel Consumption SPICE Space Integrated ControlExperiment

S/TODS Strategic/Tactical Optical DiskSystem SF Security Forces SPID Standards Profile for Image

Distribution

S/V/L Survivability/Vulnerability/Lethality SFDR Standard Flight DataRecorder SPIE Society of Photo-Optical

Instrumentation EngineersS/W Software SFW Sensor Fuzed Weapon SPINS Special Instructions

SA Strategic Attack or SituationAwareness SG Surgeon General SPIRTS-

AC2

Spectral and In-BandRadiometric Imaging ofTargets & Scenes-A/C 2

SAAM Special Assignment Airlift Mission SGI Silicon Graphics Incorporated SPO System Program Office

SA/I Strategic Attack/Interdiction SGML Standard Generalized MarkupLanguage SPOC USSPACECOM Space

Operations Center

SAB Scientific Advisory Board SHARP SEGASS High AltitudeReconnaissance Project SPR Software Problem Reports

SAC Straegic Air Command SHF Super High Frequency SQ Squadron

SACMS Small Arms Common Module SightSystem

SHIVASTAR

Free world's most powerfulfast capacitor bank SQL Structured Query Language

SADL/EPLRSSituational Awareness DataLink/Enhanced Prec LocationReporting System

SI Sensitive Information SRC Strategic ReconnaissanceOperations

SADARM Search and Destroy Armor Munition SID Secondary ImageryDissemination SRM Solid Rocket Motor

SAF Secretary of the Air Force SIDAT Subsystems Integrated DesignAssessment Technology SRIS Surface Reaching Imaging

System

SAG-D Security Architecture Guidance andDirections SIDR Secure Intelligence Data

Repository SRR System Requirements Review

SAIC Science Applications InternationalCorporation SIDS Secondary Imagery

Dissemination System SRO Sensitive ReconnaissanceOperations

SAIPIA Semi-Automated IMINT ProcessingInformation Architecture SIE Satellite Imaging Experiment SRU Shop Replaceable Unit

SAL Semi-Active Laser SIF Selective IdentificationFeature SS Senior Scout

SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty SIGINT Signals Intelligence SSB Small Smart Bomb

SAM Surface to Air Missile SIIRCM Suite of Integrated InfraredCountermeasures (Army) SSB Single Sideband

SAMP Security Association ManagementProtocol SILS Standard for Interoperable

LAN Security SSG SIDS Support Gateway

SAR Special Access Required SimAF Simulation and AnalysisFacility SSI System Specific Interface

SAR Search and Rescue SINCGARS Single-Channel Ground-to-Air Radio System SSIES Special Sensor for IONS,

Electrons, and Scintillations

SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar SIOP Single Integrated OperationPlan SSL Secure Socket Layer

Synthetic Aperture RADAR System of Image Product



SAR IMT Imaging of Moving Targets SIPA Archives SSM Senior Span Segment

SAT Site Acceptance Test SIPRNET Secret Internet ProtocolRouter Network SSM/T-2 Special Sensor Microwave

SATCOM Satellite Communications SIRFCSuite of Integrated RadarFrequency Countermeasures(Army)

SSN Space Surveillance Network

SAVI Space Active Vibration Isolation SIS SCI Isolation Segment SSR Senior Span RelaySAW Surface Acoustic Wave SJS Senior Jade Segment SSS Senior Span SegmentSAWS Silent Attack Warning System SKE Stationkeeping Equipment SSS System Support Segment

SB Sentinel Byte SLAR Sideways-Looking AirborneRadar SSTO Single Stage to Orbit

SBA Simulation Based Acquisition SLBD Sea Lite Beam Director SSTR Small Business TechnologyTransfer Program

SBD Simulation Based Design SLBM Sea-Launched BallisticMissile SSTT Small Satellite Thermal

Technology

SBEOF Space-Based Electro-Optical Fence SLC Space Launch Complex STAG Smart Tactical AutonomousGuidance

SBI Space-Based Interceptor SLCM Sea Lunched Cruise Missile STANAG Standardization Agreement

SBIR Small Business Innovative Research SLCS Software Life Cycle Support STANAG Standardized NATOAgreement

SBIRS Space-Based Infrared System SLCSE Software Life Cycle SupportEnvironment STARS Booster used by Army-

converted Polaris SLBM

SBL Space Based Laser SLEP Service Life ExtensionProgram STARS Software Technology for

Adaptable Reliable Systems

SBLC Standard Base Level Computer SLV Space Launch Vehicle STARS Surveillance Target AttackRadar System

SBR Space-Based Radar SMADP Sub Mission AreaDevelopment Plan STAR System Threat Assessment

Report

SBS Senior Blade Segment SMC Space & Missile SystemsCenter START Strategic Arms Reduction

Treaty

SBSS Standard Base Supply System SMDPS Strategic Mission DataPreparation System STD Standard

SC SIGNIT Correlation SMO Special Mission Office STEP Space Test ExperimentPlatform

SC Communications SMS Stores Management System STEPS Scientific and TechnicalELINT Processing System

SC Space Control SMTS Space and Missile TrackingSystem STIG Space Technology

Interagency Group

SCATS Suspense Control and AutomatedTracking System SMWC Space and Missile Warfare

Center STIG Space TechnologyInterdependence Group

SCBA Self Contained Breathing Apparatus SNL Sandia National Laboratory STOC Special Tactics OperationsCenter

SCC Space Control Center SNMCDSSpace-Based Nuclear,Biological, and ChemicalDetection System

STOL Short Takeoff and Landing

SCC Standards Coordinating Committee SNMP Simple Network ManagementProtocol STOL/MTD

Short Take-Off and Landing/Maneuvering TechnologyDemonstrator

SCC USSTRATCOM Control Center SNMPv1 Structure of ManagementInformation STOU Store Unique



SCDL Surveillance Control and Data Link SO Spatial Orientation STOVLShort Takeoff and VerticalLanding (fighter/attackaircraft)

SCI Scalable Coherent Interface SOAP Spectrometric Oil AnalysisProgram STOW Synthetic Theater of War

SCI Sensitive CompartmentedInformation SOC Space Operations Center STRAMST

S&T Reliance Assessmentfor Modeling and SimulationTechnology

SCIF Special Compartmented InfoFacility SOC Special Operations Command STRATCOM Strategic Command

SCN Software Change Number SOCC Joint Special OperationsControl Center STRV Space Test Research Vehicle

SCNS Self-Contained Navigation System SOCC Special Operations ControlCenter STS Synchronous Transport

Signal

SCS Signal Collection System SOCFOR Special Operations CommandForces STS Space Transportation

System(Space Shuttle)

SCS12 Small Computer Systems Interface SOCOM Special Operations Command STSD Systems Technology &Standards Directorate

SCWS Sensor Control Work Stations SOF Special Operations Forces STT Special Tactics TeamSD Strategic Defense SOI Silicon on Insulator STT Single Target Track

SDA Strategy Development &Assessment SOI Space Object ID STT Small Tactical Terminal

SDD Systems Development Division SOJ Stand-off Jam STT Strategies-to-Task

SDE Support Date Extensions SOLL Special Operations Low-Level STU Secure Telephone Unit

SDHS Satellite Data Handling System SON Statement of OperationalNeed SUA Special Use Airspace

SDN Secure Data Network SONET Synchronous OpticalNetwork SUCCESS

Synthesized UHF ComputerControlled EquipmentSubsystem

SDNS Secure Data Network System SOR Starfire Optical Range SUCPCC Standard Unit Command PostCommunications Capability

SDR System Design Review SORD System OperationalRequirements Document SUPPLOT Support Plot

SDS Self-Defense Suite SORTS Status of Resources andTraining System SUS Single UNIX Specification

SEI Software Engineering Institute SOS Squadron Officers School SUTE Short Up-Time Emitter

SE&I System Engineering and Integration SOTA SIGINT Operational TaskingAuthority SV Services

SEAD Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses SOUTHCOM United States SouthernCommand SVHS Super Vertical Helical Scan

SECAF Secretary of the Air Force SOW Statement of Work SW SoftwareSECDEF Secretary of Defense SOW Stand-off Weapon SWA Southwest Asia

SEDFB Surface-Emitting DistributionFeedback SPA Strike Planning Archive SWC Space Warfare Center

SEDRISSynthetic Environment and DataRepresentation InterchangeSpecification

SPACECOM Space Command SWIM Solar Wind InterplanetaryMeasurements

SEM Softcopy Exploitation Management SPADOC Space Defense OperationsCenter SWIR Short Wave Infrared

Space & Naval Warfare



SPAWAR System Command SY Senior Year

SYRES Senior Year Electro-OpticalReconnaissance System

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T-TCTN TCTO-TMC TMD-TZ


T Tera (1x1012) TCTO Time Compliance Technical Order TMD Theater Missile Defense

T&E Test and Evaluation TD Test Director TMET Transportable Medium EarthTerminal

T/R Transmit/Receive TDA Technology DevelopmentApproach TMP Technology Master Planning

T/W Thrust to Weight Ratio TDC Theater DeployableCommunication TMP Technology Master Process

T1 1.544 Mbps TDDS Tactical Direct DisseminationSystem TMT Theater Missile Tracker

T-ROFA Temporary ROFA TDDS Tactical Receive Application(TRAP) Data Distribution System TNL Target Nomination List

TAC Tactical Air Command TDL Tactical Data Link TO Technical Order

TACAIR Tactical Aircraft TDLS Tactical Data Link System TOA Total Obligation Authority

TACAN Tactical Air Navigation TDM Time Division Multiplex TOD Time of Day

TACC Tactical Air Control Center TDMA Time Division Multiple Access TOFS Tactical Observing &Forecasting System

TACC Tanker/Airlift Control Center TDP Time-Space-Position-InformationData Processor TOM Target Object Map

TACCSF Tactical Air Command &Control Simulation Facility TDPA Tactical Deception Planning Aid TOPS Tactical Onboard Processor

System

TACELINT Tactical ELINT Report TDSM Tactical Data Base Manager TOPSCENE Tactical Operational PreviewScene

TACFIRE Tactical Fire (Support) TDT Tactical Data Terminal TOS Type of Service

TACINTEL Tactical Intelligence TDY Temporary Duty TOS Transfer Orbit Stage

TACO2 Tactical CommunicationsProtocol 2 TED Threat Environment Descriptions TOSINT Technical Open Source

Intelligence

TACOM Tank and AutomotiveCommand TEFF Turbine Engine Fatigue Facility TOT Time Over Target

TACP Tactical Air Control Party TEL Transporter/Erector/Launcher(Scuds) TPFDL Time Phase Force Deployment

List

TACRECCE Tactical Reconnaissance TELINT Telemetry Intelligence TPG Tactical Processor Group

TACREP Tactical Report TELNET Telecommunications Network TPIPT Technical Planning IntegratedProduct Team

TACS Tactical Air Command System TEMPER Tent, Extendible, Modular,Personnel TP0 Transport Protocol Class 0



TACS Theater Air Control System TEM Technical Exchange Meeting TPC3 Technology Panel On C3

TACSI TACS Improvements TEMP Test and Evaluation Master Plan TPDEW Technology Panel for DirectedEnergy Weapons

TAD Theater Air Defense TENCAP Tactical Exploitation of NationalCapabilities TPFDD Time-Phased Force &

Deployment Data

TADAP Theater Air Defense AssetPlanner TENCAP Tactical Exploitation of National

Space Capabilities (Army) TPS Thermal Protection System

TADIL Tactical Digital InformationLink TENet Theater Extension Network TPS Test Program Set

TADIX Tactical Data Information &Exchange TEO Technology Executive Officer TPSA Tomahawk Planning System

Afloat

TADIX Tactical Data InformationExchange System TEOC Technical Objective Camera TRA Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical

TADIX-B Tactical Data InformationExchange Service- Broadcast TEP Text Exploitation Prototype TRAC Tactical Radar Correlator

TAES Theater AeromedicalEvacuation System TERC Turbine Engine Research Center TRAMP Testing, Reporting and

Maintenance Program

TAF Tactical Air Forces TES Tactical Exploitation System TRANSEC Transmission Security

TAFIMTechnical ArchitectureFramework for InformationManagement

TES Tactical ELINT Satellite or TheaterEvent System TRANSCOM Transportation Command

TAFT Today's Aircraft FlyingTomorrow TESS Tactical Environmental Support

System TRAP Tactical Related Application(broadcast)

TALCE Tanker-Airlift Control Element Test-PAES

Test Planning Analysis andEvaluation System TRAP TRE Related Applications

TALD Tactical Air Launched Decoy TEWS Tactical Electronic Warfare Suite TRAP Tactical Receive Application

TALO Theater Airlift Control Element TEXS Tactical Exploitation System TRC Technical Reference Code

TAME Tilt AnisoplanatismMeasurement Experiment TF Training Flight TRE Tactical Receive Equipment

TAMPS Tactical Automated MissionPlanning System TFCC Tactical Fleet Command Center TRF Turbine Research Facility

TAOM Tactical Air Operations Module TFR Terrain Following Radar TriTAC Tri-Service TacticalCommunications

TAOS Technology for AutonomousSatellite Operations TFS Tactical Forecast System TRM Technical Reference Model

TAOS Technology for AutonomousOperational Survivability TFRD Tape Formats Requirements

Document TRMP Test Resource Master Plan

TAP Technology Area Plan TFT Tactical Field Terminal TROPO Troposhere

TARS Theater AirborneReconnaissance System TFTIXS Tactical Reconnaisance

Intelligence Exchange Service TRP Technology ReinvestmentProject

TARA Tech Area Review andAssessment TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol TRR Test Readiness Review

TARD Technical ArchitectureRequirements TGIF Tactical Ground Interrupt Facility TRUMPS Transportable Reconn U2

Mission Planning System

TARD Technical ArchitectureRequirements Database Report TGSF Transportable Gound Support

Facility TRV Tower Restoral Vehicle

TAS Timeline Analysis System THAAD Theater High Altitude AreaDefense TSA Temperature Swing Absorbtion

TASE Thrust Assessment SupportEnvironment TIA Telecommunications Industry

Association TSAP Technical SIGINT AirborneProgram

TAV Trans-Atmospheric Vehicle TIBS Tactical Intercept Broadcast TSART Tactical Support Analysis &



System Reporting Terminals

TAWDS Tactical Automated WeatherDistribution System TIBS Tactical Information Broadcast

Service TSF TES Support Facility

TB Tara Byte TID Technical Integration Division TSIG Trusted Systems InteroperabilityGroup

TB, MCS Tactical Battle ManagementCore System TIDP Technical Interface Design Plan TSIX(RE)

Trusted Security InformationExchange for RestrictedEnvironments

TBC Thermal Barrier Coating TIDTA Target ID for Tactical Application TSMD Time Stress MeasurementDevice

TBD To be Determined TIFF Tagged Image File Format TSPI Time-Space-Position-Information

TBI To Be Identified TIGDL Tactical Interoperable Gound DataLink TSRP Time Stress Measurement

Device

TBM Theater (or Tactical) BallisticMissile TIM Technical Interchange Meeting TSS Tri-Band SATCOM System

TBM Theater Battle Management TIP Technology Insertion Program TSS Tactical SIGINT Satellite

TBM Theater Ballistic Missile TIP Technology Investment Plan TSSR TROPO Satellite Support Radio

TBR To Be Resolved or Reviewed TIPP Test Instrument Planning &Programming TST Tactical SIGINT Technology

TBS To Be Supplied TIPS Tactical Information ProcessingSystem TSTO Two Stage to Orbit

TBTC Transportable Blood Transshipment Center TIRR Technology Investment

Recommendation Report TTN Task-to-Need

TCAS Traffic Collision AvoidanceSystem TIS Tactical Input Segment TTO Technology Transition Officer

TCC Tactical Command Center TIS Technical Inteface Specification TTP Tactics, Training & Procedures

TCC Technology CoordinatingCommittee TISD Tactical Integrated Situational

Display TTR Target Tracking Radar

TCE Tricholoroethylene TISM Trusted Imagery Storage Manager TUAV Tactical UAV

TCP Transmission Control Protocol TIU/G TIBS Interface Unit/Graphics TV Trapped Vortex

TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol /Internet Protocol TLA Tailored Logistical Analysis TVC Trapped Vortex Combustor

TCPS Transportable CollectiveProtection System TLAM Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile TW/AA Tactical Warning/Attack

Assessment

TCS Tactical Control System TLE Target Location Errors TW/AR Threat Warning / AttackReporting

TCSEC Trusted Computer Security EvalCriteria TM Telemetry TWR Tactical Weather Radar

TCSEC Trusted Computer System EvalCriteria TM Trusted Manager TWT Traveling Wave Tube

TCT Time Critical Targets TM Theater Missile Tx Transmit

TCTA Time Critical Target Aid TMAN Trusted Manager TxJx Transmit/Jam

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U-UNJ UNK-USL USM-UZ


UA Update Analysis UNK Unknown USMA United States MilitaryAcademy

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UOES User Operational EvaluationSystem USMC U.S. Marine Corps

UCAS USAFE CIGSS Ground System UPDG Upgraded ProgrammableDisplay Generator USMTF United States Message Text

Format

UCAV Uninhabited Combat AerialVehicle URI University Research Initiative USNA United States Naval Academy

UCP Unified Command Plan URL Uniform Resource Locator USNS United States Navy Ship

UCS Universal Multiple-OctetCoded Character Set URRP University Resident Research

Program USPACOM United States PacificCommand

UDLC Universal Data Link Control USA United States Army USSB U.S. Satellite Broadcasting(Corp.)

UDP User Datagram Protocol USACOM U. S. Atlantic Command USSOCOM U. S.Special OperationsCommand

UEWR Upgraded Early WarningRadar USACOM US Army Command USSOUTHCOM U.S. Southern Command

UFP Unit Fly-away Price USAF United States Air Force USSPACECOM United States Space Command

UGS Unmanned Ground Station USAFA U. S. Air Force Academy USSPC U.S. Space Command

UHF Ultra High Frequency USAFE U.S.Air Forces in Europe USSSPACECOM U.S. Space Command

UHRR Ultra-High Resolution Radar USAKA U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll USSTRATCOM U.S. Strategic Command

UI User Interface USASSADC United States Army Space &Strategic Defense Command UTC Unit Type Code

UIP USIGS Interoperability Profile USATEC U. S. Army TopographicEngineering Center UTD Unit Training Device

UK United Kingdom USCENTCOM U. S.Central Command UTE Utilization

ULON Urgent Launch on Need USD(A&T) Under Secretary of Defense forAcquisition and Technology UV Ultraviolet

ULPI Unit Level PrototypeImplementation USEUCOM United States European

Command UVMAP Urban Vector Map

ULSA Ultra Low Sidelobe Antenna USFK United States Forces Korea UWB Ultra Wideband

UMDC United Missile DefenseCompany USGS U.S.Geological Survey UXO Unexploded Ordnance

UMTE Unmanned Threat Emitter USIGS United States Imagery andGeospatial System

UNI User-Network Interface USIS United States Imagery System

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V-VHE VHF-VOQ VOR-VZ


V/STOL Very Short Takeoff and Landing(transport aircraft) VHF Very High Frequency VOR VHF Omni-Directional kRange

VAD Video Archive and Dissemination VHSIC Very high Speed Integrated Circuit VPDEIDH Video Processing & Display forEfficient IDH

VAFB Vandenberg AFB VI&M Visible Infrared & Multispectral VPF Vector Product Format

VATT Virtual Advanced TechnologyTestbed VIM Video Interface Module VPH Video Phase History

VC Vortex Combustor VISTA Variable-Stability In-FlightSimulator Test Aircraft VPN Voice Product Network

VCATS Visually Coupled Acquisition andTargeting System VITD Vector Product Interim Tarrain

Data VQ Vector Quantization

VCE Variable Cycle Engine VLF Very Low Frequency VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language

VDC Volts dc VLSI Very Large Scale Integration VSAT Vertical Satellite

VDELE Design Environment for LegacyElectronics VLWIR Very Long Infrared VT Ventricular Tachycardia

VE Virtual Environment VMap Vector Map VTB Vestibular Test Battery

VE Vehicles VMapAD VMap Aeronautical Data VTC Video Teleconferencing

VEL Visual Electrodiagnostic Lab VMC Visual Meteorological Conditions VTTR Virtual Test and Training Range

VFDR Variable Flow Ducted Rocket VMD Video Motion Detector VV&A Verification, validation, andapproval

VFR Visual Flight Rules VME Virtual Memory Extender VWG Video Working Group

VHDL VHSIC Hardware DescriptionLanguage VMF Variable Message Format

VHDL VHSIC Hardware DesignLanguage VOC Volatile Organic Compounds

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W-WF WG-WRR WRS-WZ


W/S Work Station WGS World Geodetic System (orSurvey) WRSK War Reserve Supply Kit

WAGE Wide Area GPS Enhancement WICP Wing Initial CommunicationsPackage WS Work Station

WAM Workload Allocation Message WIDA Weather Impact Division Aids WSA Weapon Storage Area

WAM Workload Assessment Monitor WIN WWMCCS IntercomputerNetwork WSEP Weapon System Evaluation

Program

WAN Wide Area Network WL Wright Laboratory WSMR White Sands Missile Range

WAR PSO Weapons, Air Base and RangeProduct Support Office WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction WST Weapon System Trainer



WARM War Reserve Mode WMO World MeteorologicalOrganization WSO Weapon Systems Officer

WARS Wideband Acquisition ReceiverSystem WMP War and Mobilization Plan WTN Wright Technology Network

WASP Weasel Attack Signal Processor WNDP Worldwide Numbering & DialingPlan WTR Western Test Range

WATCHCONS Watch Conditions WOC Wing Operations Center WVR Within Visual Range

WAVES Waveform & Vector ExchangeSpecifications WOD Word of the Day WVS+ World Vector Shoreline Plus

WBMOD Wide-Band Scintillation Model WPAFB Wright-Patterson Air Force Base WW Worldwide

WBKPA Wide Band Klystron Power Amp WPN Weapon WWW World Wide Web

WCCS Wing Command and ControlSystem WR Western Range WWMCCS World Wide Military Command

& Control System

WCF Working Capital Fund WR-ALC

Warner Robins - Air LogisticsCenter WX Weather

WCMD Wind Corrected MunitionDispenser WRM War Reserve Material WWX Worldwide Express

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Acronym Description

XBR X-Band Radar

XIDB eXtended Integrated Data Base

XPM External Program Manager

XPMO External Program Managers Office

XST eXperimental Stealth Tactical (Have Blue)

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Acronym Description

Y-DPS Elint Data Processing System

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Acronym Description

3-D Three Dimensional

480th IG 480th Intelligence Group

5D Demand Driven Direct Digital Dissemination

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