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AATD |
Advanced Aviation Technology Directorate |
ABCI |
Arizona Border Control Initiative |
ACAS |
Auto-Aircraft Collision A voidance System |
ACC |
Air Combat Command |
ACL |
Autonomous Control Levels |
ACN |
Airborne Communication Node |
ACTD |
Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration |
ADS-B |
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast |
AESA |
Active Electronically Steered Antenna |
AFRL |
Air Force Research Laboratory |
AFSOC |
Air Force Special Operations Command |
AIAA |
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
AJCN |
Adaptive Joint C4ISR Node |
AMO |
Air and Marine Operations |
AMRDEC |
Aviation and Missile, Research, Development, and Engineering Center |
AMTI |
Airborne Moving Target Indicator |
AO |
Autonomous Operations; Area of Ooerations |
AOC |
Air Operations Center |
AOR |
Area of Responsibility |
ARL |
' Army Research Laboratory |
ASD |
Assistant Secretary of Defense |
ASIP |
Advanced Signals Intelligence Payload |
ASTM |
American Society of Testing & Materials |
ASW |
Anti Submarine Warfare |
ATC |
Air Traffic Control |
ATR |
Air Traffic Regulation; Automatic Target Recognition |
AVGAS |
Aviation Gasoline |
AWACS |
Airborne Warning and Control System |
AWE |
Advanced Warfighting Experiments |
BAMS |
Broad Area Maritime Surveillance |
BLOS |
Beyond Line of Sight |
C2 |
Command and Control |
C3 |
Command, Control, and Communications |
C3I |
Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence |
CAOC |
Combined Air Operations Center |
CBP |
Customs and Border Protection |
CBRNE |
Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Explosive |
CCD |
Charge-Coupled Device; Camouflage, Concealment, and Denial; Coherent Change Detection |
CDL |
Common Data Link |
CENTCOM |
U.S.. Central Command |
CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
CIRPAS |
Center For Interdisciplinary Remotely Piloted Aircraft Studies |
CLS |
Contractor Logistics Support |
CN |
Counter Narcotics |
COA |
Certificate of Authorization |
COCOM |
Combatant Command |
COMINT |
Communications Intellillence |
CONOPS |
Concept of Operations |
CONUS |
,Continental United States |
COTS |
Commercial off-the-Shelf |
CRW |
Canard Rotor/Wing |
CSAR |
Combat Search and Rescue |
DAISRP |
Defense Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Plan |
DAMA |
Demand Assigned Multiple Access |
DARO |
Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office |
DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
DE |
Directed Energy |
DepSO |
Departmental Standardization Office |
DEW |
Directed Energy Weapons |
DGS |
Deployable Ground Station |
DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
DoD |
Department of Defense |
DOTMLPF |
Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership, Personnel and Facilities |
DPPDB |
Digital Point Positioning Data Base |
DSPO |
Defense Standardization Program Office |
DTED |
Digital Terrain Elevation Data |
EA |
Electronic Attack |
EASA |
European Aviation Safety Agency |
EMD |
Engineering and Manufacturing Development |
EMI |
Electromagnetic Interference |
EMP |
Electro-Magnetic Pulse |
EO/IR |
Electro-OpticaI/Infra Red |
ER/MP |
Extended Range/Multi-Purpose |
ESA |
Electronically Steered Antenna; Electronically Scanned Array |
ESM |
Electronic Support Measures |
FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
FBE |
Fleet Battle Experiment |
FCS |
Future Combat System |
FL |
Flight Level |
FMECA |
Failure Mode Effect and Criticality Analysis |
FOPEN |
Foliage Penetration |
FOR |
Field of Regard |
FOV |
Field of View |
FPASS |
Force Protection Aerial Surveillance System |
FRP |
Full-Rate Production |
FUR |
Forward Looking Infrared |
GCS |
Ground Control Station |
GDT |
Ground Data Terminal |
GHMD |
Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration |
GMTI |
Ground Moving Target Indicator |
GOTS |
Government off-the-Shelf |
GWOT |
Global War On Terror |
HFE |
Heavy Fuel Engines |
HMI |
Human-Machine Interaction |
HMMWV |
High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle |
HPW |
High Power Microwave |
HSI |
Hyperspectral Imagery |
IAI |
Israeli Aircraft Industries |
ICE |
Internal Combustion Engine; Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
ID |
Identification |
ID |
Identification |
IFF |
Identification Friend or Foe |
IFR |
Instrument Flight Rules |
IFSAR |
Interferometric Synthetic Aoerture Radars |
IMINT |
Imagery Intelligence |
INEEL |
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratorv |
INMARSAT |
International Marine/Maritime Satellite |
IPL |
Integrated Priorities List; Image Product Library |
IPT |
Integrated Product Team |
ISAR |
Inverse SAR |
ISR |
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance |
ISS |
Integrated Sensor Suite |
ITU |
International Telecommunications Union |
JDAM |
J oint Direct Attack Munition |
JFCOM |
Joint Forces Command |
JOTBS |
Joint Operational Test Bed System |
JP |
Jet Petroleum |
JROC |
Joint Requirements Oversight Council |
JSTARS |
Joint Surveillance, Targeting, and Attack Radar System |
J-UCAS |
Joint Unmanned Combat Air System |
JUSC2 |
Joint Unmanned Systems Common Control |
LADAR |
Laser Detection and Ranging |
lCAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
LCC |
Life Cycle Cost |
lCS |
J oint Chiefs of Staff |
LCS |
Littoral Combat Ship |
LDRF |
Laser Designator Rangefinder |
LIDAR |
Light, Detection, and Ranging |
LO |
Low Observable |
LOS |
Line-of-Sight |
LRE |
Launch and Recovery Element |
LRIP |
Low-Rate Initial Production |
MAR |
Mission Available Rate |
MASINT |
Measurements and Signatures Intelligence |
MAV |
Micro Air Vehicle |
MCE |
Mission Control Element |
MCWL |
Marine Corps Warfighting Lab |
MEF |
Marine Expeditionary Force |
MIAG |
Modular Integrated Avionics Group |
MMR |
Multi Mode Radar |
MOGAS |
Motor Gasoline |
MOUT |
Military Operations In Urban Terrain |
MPEG |
Moving Picture Experts Group |
MP-RTIP |
Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program |
MSI |
Multispectral Imagery |
MSL |
Mean Sea Level |
MTBF |
Mean Time Between Failure |
MTCR |
Missile Technology Control Regime |
MTI |
Moving Target Indicator |
MTTF |
Mean Time To Failure |
MUDO |
Maritime Unmanned Development and Operations |
MUSE |
Multiple Unified Simulation Environment |
NAMRL |
Navy Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory |
NAS |
National Airspace System |
NAVAIR |
Naval Air Svstems Command |
NAWC-AD |
Naval Air Warfare Center-Aircraft Division |
NBC |
Nuclear, Biolollical and Chemical |
NGA |
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
NIMA |
National Imagerv and Manninll Allencv |
NITF |
National Imagery Transmission Format |
NORTHCOM |
North American Command |
NRL |
Naval Research Laboratory |
NRT |
Near Real Time |
NUSE2 |
National Unmanned Systems Experimentation Environment |
NVESD |
Night Vision Electronic Sensors Directorate |
OASD |
Office of the ASD |
OAV |
Organic Air Vehicle |
OEF |
Operation ENDURING FREEDOM |
OIF |
Operation IRAQI FREEDOM |
ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
OPR |
Office of Primary Responsibility |
ORD |
Operational Requirements Document |
OSD |
Office of the Secretary of Defense |
PAT |
Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking |
PBFA |
Policy Board On Federal Aviation |
PSYOPS |
Psychological Operations |
QDR |
Quadrennial Defense Review |
QRC |
Quick Reaction Capability |
R&D |
Research and Development |
RATO |
Rocket Assisted Take-off |
RC |
Radio Controlled |
RDC |
U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center |
RF |
Radio Frequency |
RFP |
Request For Proposal |
ROA |
Remotely Operated Aircraft |
roc |
Initial Operational Capability |
ROE |
Rules of Engagement |
RPH |
Remotely Piloted Helicopter |
RPV |
Remotely Piloted Vehicle |
RSO |
Remote Split Operations |
RSTA |
Reconnaissance, Surveillance. and Target Acquisition |
RT |
Real-Time |
S&A |
See and Avoid |
S&T |
Science and Technology |
SAE |
Society of Automotive Engineers |
SAR |
Synthetic Aperture Radar |
SATCOM |
Satellite Communications |
SBIR |
Small Business Innovative Research |
SDB |
Small Diameter Bomb |
SDD |
System Design and Development |
SEAD |
Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses |
SFC |
Specific Fuel Consumption |
SHP |
Shaft Horsepower |
SIGINT |
Signals Intelligence |
SIL |
System Integration Laboratory |
SINCGARS |
Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System |
SIPRNET |
Secret Internet Protocol Router Network |
SLS |
Sea Level Standard |
SOF |
Special Operations Forces |
SP |
Specific Power |
SWAP |
Size. Weight. and Power |
SYERS 2 |
Senior-Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System |
T/W |
Thrust -to-Weight |
TBD |
To Be Determined |
TCAS |
Traffic Collision! A voidance System |
TCDL |
Tactical Common Data Link |
TESAR |
Tactical Endurance Synthetic Aperture Radar |
TOS |
Time On Station |
TRADOC |
Training and Doctrine Command |
TRL |
Technology Readiness Level |
TSA |
Transportation Security Administration |
TSM |
TRADOC System Manager |
TTP |
Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures |
TUAV |
Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
UA |
Unmanned Aircraft; Unit of Action (FCS) |
UAB |
UA V Battlelab |
UAS |
Unmanned Aircraft System |
UAV |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
UCAR |
Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft |
UCAS |
Unmanned Combat Aircraft System |
UCAV |
Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle |
UGV |
Unmanned Ground Vehicle |
UHF |
Ultra High Frequency |
UMV |
Unmanned Marine Vehicle |
USJFCOM |
U.S. Joint Forces Command |
USSOCOM |
United States Special Operations Command |
USV |
Unmanned Surface Vehicle |
UUV |
Unmanned Undersea Vehicle |
VFR |
Visual Flight Rules |
VIOL |
Vertical Take-Off and Landing |
VTUAV |
Vertical Take-Off and Landing Tactical UA V |
WMD |
Weanons of Mass Destruction |
WSUA |
Wing Store Unmanned Aircraft |
