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FY99 Annual Report |
GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS
4BN |
Four Bladed UH-1N |
4BW |
Four Bladed AH-1W |
A/W/E |
Aircraft/Weapon/Electronics |
AAA |
Anti-Aircraft Artillery |
AAAV |
Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle |
AAE |
Army Acquisition Executive |
AAED |
Advanced Airborne Expendable Decoy |
AATC |
Air National Guard Air Force Test Center |
AAV |
Assault Amphibious Vehicles |
AAW |
Anti-Air Warfare |
ABL |
Airborne Laser |
ABLE-ACE |
Airborne Laser Extended Atmospheric Characterization Experiment |
ABLE-X |
Airborne Laser Experiment |
ABNCP |
Airborne Command Post |
ABU |
E-6A Avionics Baseline Upgrade |
AC/RC |
Active Component and Reserve Component Systems |
ACAT |
Acquisition Category |
ACC |
Air Combat Command |
ACDS |
Advanced Combat Direction System |
ACE |
AMRAAM Captive Equipment |
ACE |
Analysis Control Element |
ACETEF |
Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility |
ACF |
Aerial Cable Facility |
ACIS |
Advanced Control Indicator System |
ACS |
Air Combat Simulator |
ACTD |
Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration |
ADCAP |
Advanced Capability |
ADM |
Acquisition Decision Memorandum |
ADP |
Automated Data Processing |
ADS |
Advanced Deployable System |
ADVCAP |
Advanced Capability |
AESA |
Advanced Electronically Scanned Array |
AFAS |
Advanced Field Artillery System |
AFB |
Air Force Base |
AFES |
Automatic Fire Extinguishing System |
AFIT |
Air Force Institute Of Technology |
AFIWC |
Air Force Information Warfare Center |
AFMSS |
Air Force Mission Support System |
AFOTEC |
Air Force Test and Evaluation Command |
AFOTEC |
Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center |
AFRL |
Air Force Research Laboratory |
AGS |
Armored Gun System |
AHIP |
Advanced Helicopter Improvement Program |
AIEWS |
Advanced Integrated Electronic Warfare System |
AIM-9X |
Air Intercept Missile |
AIRCMM |
Advanced Infrared Countermeasure Munition |
AIS |
Automated Information System |
AJ |
Antijam |
ALCS |
Airborne Launch Control System |
ALFS |
Airborne Low Frequency Sonar |
ALI |
Aegis LEAP Intercept |
AMC |
Army Materiel Command |
AMC |
Air Mobility Command |
AME |
Automated Maintenance Environment |
AMPS |
Aviation Mission Planning System |
AMRAAM |
Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile |
AMSAA |
Army Materiel Systems Analysis Agency |
ANG |
Air National Guard |
AO |
Action Officer |
AOA |
Analysis of Alternatives |
AOD/MOD |
Army's Area Oriented Depot Modernization |
AOR |
Area Of Responsibility |
AOSN |
Attack Operations Simulation Network |
AP |
Armor Piercing |
APAM |
Anti-Personnel, Anti-Materiel |
APB |
Acquisition Program Baseline |
APES |
Automated Patient Evacuation System |
APFSDS-T |
Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot-Tracer |
APG |
Aberdeen Proving Ground |
APREP |
AMRAAM Producibility Enhancement Program |
APU |
Auxiliary Power Unit |
AQF |
Army Advanced Quick Fix |
ARG |
Amphibious Ready Group |
ARPDD |
Advanced Radar Detection and Discrimination |
ASARC |
Army System Acquisition Review Council |
ASAS |
All Source Analysis System |
ASCIET |
All Service Combat Identification Evaluation Team |
ASCM |
Anti-Ship Cruise Missile |
ASE |
Aircraft Survivability Equipment |
ASIP |
Advanced SIP |
ASM |
Armored Systems Modernization |
ASPJ |
Airborne Self Protection Jammer |
ASR |
Advanced Special Receiver |
ASROC |
Antisubmarine Rocket |
ASTE |
Advanced Strategic Tactical Expendable |
ASTOVL |
Advanced Short Take-Off Vertical Landing |
ASW |
Antisubmarine Warfare |
ASWCS |
ASW Combat System |
ATACMS |
Army Tactical Missile System |
ATAP |
Alternative Technology and Approaches Project |
ATARS |
Advanced Tactical Aerial Reconnaissance System |
ATAS |
Air-to-Air Stinger |
ATC |
Air Traffic Control |
ATCALS |
Air Traffic Control and Landing System |
ATCCS |
Army Tactical Command and Control System |
ATD |
Advanced Technology Demonstration |
ATEC |
Army Test and Evaluation Command |
ATF |
Amphibious Task Force |
ATFLIR |
Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared |
ATIRCM/CMWS |
Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures/Common Missile Warning System |
ATP-1 |
Authority to Proceed-1 |
ATRJ |
Advanced Threat Radar Jammer |
ATRWR |
Advanced Threat Radar Warning Receiver |
ATT |
Aided Target Tracking |
ATWCS |
Advanced Tomahawk Weapon Control System |
AUR |
All-Up-Round |
AUTODIN |
Automatic Digital Network |
AVLB |
Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge |
AVTB |
Aviation Test Bed |
AVTR |
Aviation Video Tape Recorder |
AWACS |
Airborne Warning and Control System |
AWC |
Air Warfare Center |
AWE |
Advanced Warfighting Experiments |
AWS |
Aegis Weapon System |
BAT |
Brilliant Anti-armor Technology |
BFVS |
Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems |
BG |
Battle Group |
BIT |
Built-In Test |
BIT/BITE |
Built-In-Test and Built-In-Test Equipment |
B-LRIP |
Beyond Low Rate Initial Production |
BLSM |
Base Level System Modernization |
BM/C3I |
Battle Management/Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence |
BM/C4I |
Battle Management Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence |
BMC3 |
Battle Management, Command, Control, and Communications |
BU |
Block Upgrade |
BUR |
Bottom Up Review |
BVT |
Ballistic Vulnerability Test |
C2 |
Command and Control |
C3I |
Command, Control and Communications Intelligence |
C3S |
Command, Control and Communications Systems |
C4ISR |
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance |
CABS |
Cockpit Air Bag System |
CAIV |
Cost As An Independent Value |
CALF |
Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter |
CALS |
Computer Aided Logistics Support |
CAMIS |
Continental Army Management Information System |
CAP |
Corrective Action Plan |
CAS |
Close Air Support |
CAST |
Computer Adaptive Screening Tests |
CATB |
Combat Aviation Training Brigade |
CAX |
Computer-Assisted Exercises |
CBASS |
Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System |
CCAS |
Cape Canaveral Air Station |
CCPDSR |
Command and Control Processing and Display System Replacement |
CCRP |
Carry Reliability Program |
CCS |
Command and Control Section |
CCTT |
Close Combat Tactical Trainer |
CDA |
Central Design Activity |
CDI |
Classification, Discrimination and Identification |
CDL |
Common Datalink |
CDR |
Critical Design Reviews |
CDRR |
Concept Demo and Risk Reduction |
CDS |
Combat Direction System |
CDT |
Contractor Development Test |
CDU |
Capacitive Discharge Unit |
CEC |
Cooperative Engagement Capability |
CEFMS |
Corps Of Engineers Financial Management System |
CEP |
Cooperative Engagement Processor |
CEP |
Concept Evaluation Plan |
CFC |
Combined Forces Command |
CFO |
Chief Financial Officer |
CGS |
Common Ground Station |
Chem Demil |
Chemical Demilitarization |
CHS-2 |
Common Hardware and Software-2 |
CHSSI |
Common HPC Software Support Initiative |
CICS/ESA |
Customer Information Control System |
CID |
Commander's Independent Display |
CIGSS |
Common Imagery Ground/Surface System |
CIP |
Central Integrated Processor |
CIS |
Clinical Information System |
CIS |
Close-In Search |
CITP |
Common Integrated Tactical Picture |
CIWS |
Phalanx Close-In Weapon System CIWS |
CLOAR |
Common Low Observable Autorouter |
CLU |
Command Launch Unit |
CLZ |
Craft Landing Zone |
CMBRE |
Common Munitions BIT/Reprogramming Equipment |
CMOS |
Cargo Movement Operations System |
CMUP |
Conventional Mission Upgrade Program |
CMWS |
Common Missile Warning System |
CNMS |
Communications and Navigation Management System |
CNO |
Chief of Naval Operations |
COEA |
Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analysis |
COI |
Critical Operational Issue |
COIC |
Critical Operational Issues and Criteria |
COIL |
Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser |
COMOPTEVFOR |
Navy Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force |
COMPASS |
Common Operational Modeling, Planning and Simulation Strategy |
COMSEC |
Communications Security |
CONOPS |
Concepts Of Operation |
CONUS |
Continental United States |
COOP |
Craft Of Opportunity |
COT-DV |
Common Torpedo Development Vehicle |
COTS |
Commercial-Off-The-Shelf |
CPCRs |
Computer Program Change Requests |
CPMS |
Civilian Personnel Management Service |
CPR |
Computer-Based Patient Record |
CRD |
Capstone Requirements Document |
CSAR/SWS |
Combat Search and Rescue/Special Warfare (Overland) Support |
CSC |
Conventional Systems Committee |
CSDP |
Chemical Stockpile Disposal Project |
CSEL |
Combat Survivor Evader Locator System |
CSEPP |
Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Project |
CSSCS |
Combat Service Support Control System |
CSSQT |
Combat System Ship Qualification Trials |
CSS-R |
Communications System Segment-Replacement |
CSUs |
Customer Support Units |
CT |
Confirmatory Test |
CTOL |
Conventional Takeoff and Landing |
CTWG |
Combined Test Working Group |
CUs |
Cooperating Units |
CV |
Aircraft Carrier Suitable |
CVM |
Change Verification Motors |
C-X |
Cargo-Experimental |
DAAS |
DoD Advanced Automation System |
DAB |
Defense Acquisition Board |
DACS |
Divert Attitude and Control System |
DAES |
Defense Acquisition Executive Summary |
DAMA |
Demand Assigned Multiple Access |
DAMMS-R |
Department of the Army Movement Management System- Redesign |
DAPS |
Deployable Aircraft Planning System |
DARO |
Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office |
DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
DASR |
Digital Airport Surveillance Radar |
DAWMS |
Deep Attack Weapons Mix Study |
DB2 |
Data Base 2 |
DBMS |
Data Base Management System |
DDDR&E(T&E) |
Deputy Director, Defense Research and Engineering (Test and Evaluation) |
DDR&E |
Director, Defense Research and Engineering |
DDRT |
Defense Distribution Depot, Red River, Texas |
DDS |
Data Distribution System |
DEM/VAL |
Demonstration/Validation |
DESA |
Defense Evaluation Support Agency |
DFAS |
Defense Finance and Accounting Service |
DIA |
Defense Intelligence Agency |
DII/COE |
Defense Information Infrastructure and Common Operation Environment |
DIMSS |
Dynamic Interface Modeling and Simulation System |
DIPC |
Defense Information Processing Center |
DIS |
Distributed Interactive Simulation |
DISA |
Defense Information Systems Agency |
DISN |
Defense Information Systems Network |
DJAS |
Defense Joint Accounting System |
DJMS |
Defense Joint Military Pay System |
DJMS-AC |
Defense Joint Military Pay System - Active Component |
DLA |
Defense Logistics Agency |
DMC |
Defense Megacenter |
DMLSS AIS |
Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support Automated Information System |
DMR |
Defense Management Review |
DMRIS |
Defense Medical Regulating Information System |
DMRS |
Diary Message Reporting System |
DMS |
Defense Message System |
DMS |
Defensive Management System |
DoN |
Department of the Navy |
DOT&E |
Director, Operational and Test Evaluation |
DPICM |
Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munition |
DPPS |
Defense Procurement Payment System |
DPSC |
Defense Personnel Support Center |
DREN |
Defense Research and Engineering Network |
DRR |
Deployment Readiness Review |
DSARC |
Defense Systems Acquisition Review Council |
DSDC |
DLA Systems Design Center |
DSMC |
Defense Systems Management College |
DSP |
Defense Support Program |
DSREDS |
Army's Digital Storage and Retrieval Engineering Data System |
DSS |
Decision Support System |
DSUFTP |
Dual Station Unit Fielding and Training Program |
DSUP |
Defensive System Upgrade Program |
DSWA |
Defense Special Weapons Agency |
DT |
Developmental Testing |
DT&E |
Development Test and Evaluation |
DT/OT |
Developmental Testing/Operational Testing |
DT-1 |
Developmental Test-1 |
DTC-2 |
Desktop Tactical-Support Computer 2 |
DTED |
Digital Terrain Elevation Data |
DTR-1A |
Developmental Test Round-1A |
DTS |
Defense Transportation System |
DTWA |
Dual Trailing Wire Antenna System |
DVS-G |
AT&T's Video Services-Global |
DVT |
Design Verification Test |
EA |
Electronic Attack |
EADSIM |
Extended Air Defense Simulation |
EAM |
Emergency Actions Messages |
EBC |
Embedded Battle Command |
EC/EDI |
Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange |
ECAMS |
Enhanced Comprehensive Asset Management System |
ECCM |
Electronic Counter Countermeasures |
ECM |
Electronic Countermeasure |
ECP |
Engineering Change Proposal |
ECS |
Environmental Control System |
ECS |
Exterior Communications System |
ECU |
Executive Control Unit |
ECU/PPU |
Environmental Control Unit/Primary Power Unit |
EDCARS |
Air Force's Engineering Data Computer Assisted Retrieval System |
EDM |
Electronic Document Management |
EDP |
Event Design Plan |
EDT/VRM |
Engineering Development Test/Vulnerability Reduction Measures |
EELV |
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle |
EFOGM |
Enhanced Fiber Optic Guided Missile |
EFP |
Explosively Formed Penetrator |
EFT |
Electronic Funds Transfer |
EHF |
Extra High Frequency |
EHF |
Extremely High Frequency |
EIS |
Executive Information System |
EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
EKV |
Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicles |
EMD |
Engineering and Manufacturing Development |
EO/IR |
Electro-Optical/Infrared |
EOA |
Early Operational Assessment |
EPG |
Electronic Proving Ground |
EPIP |
Evolutionary Phase Implementation Plan |
EPLRS |
Enhanced Position Location Reporting System |
EPP |
Enhanced Producibility Program |
EPROM |
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
ERDLVA |
Extended Range Dual Log Video Amplifier |
ESA |
Enterprise Systems Architecture |
ESAMS |
Enhanced Surface-To-Air Missile Simulation |
ESI |
Extremely Sensitive Information |
ESIT |
Extended System Integration Test |
ESM |
Electronic Support Measures |
ESSM |
Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile |
EST |
Enlisted Screening Test |
ET |
Embedded Training |
ET&C |
Extended Tracking and Control |
ETC |
Echo Tracer Classifier |
ETOS |
Effective Time On Station |
ETR-1A |
Environmental Test Round-1A |
ETRAC |
Enhanced Tactical Radar Correlator |
EUE |
Extended User Evaluation |
EUIT |
Early User Innovative Test |
EWAISF |
Electronic Warfare Avionics Integration Support Facility |
EWTES |
Electronic Warfare Threat Environment Simulation |
FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
FAAD |
Forward Area Air Defense |
FAAD C3I |
Forward Area Air Defense Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence |
FAADS |
Forward Area Air Defense System |
FAASV |
Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicle |
FARV |
Future Ammunition Resupply Vehicle |
FAS |
Fuels Automated System |
FAT |
First Article Test |
FBCB2 |
Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below |
FBM |
Fleet Ballistic Missile |
FCR |
Fire Control Radar |
FCS |
Forward Customer Support |
FCS |
Fire Control System |
FCT |
Foreign Comparative Test |
FDDI |
Fiber-Optic Distributed Data Interface |
FDE |
Force Development Evaluation |
FDL |
Fighter Data Link |
FDS |
Fixed Distributed System |
FDS |
Flight Demonstrations System |
FDTE |
Force Development Test and Experimentation |
FEP |
Fleet Satellite EHF Package |
FFAR |
Folding Fin Aerial Rocket |
FFRDC |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center |
FLIR |
Forward Looking Infrared Radar |
FM |
Frequency Modulation |
FMC |
Fully Mission Capable |
FMFIA |
Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act |
FMS |
Flight Mission Simulator |
FMSO |
Fleet Material Support Office |
FOC |
Full Operational Capability |
FOEX |
Follow-On Operational Experiment |
FOFTP |
Follow-On Flight Test Program |
FOT&E |
Follow-On Operational Test and Evaluation |
FOTD |
Fiber Optics Towed Decoy |
FOTP |
Follow-On Test Program |
FOTT |
Follow-On To TOW |
FQT |
Formal Qualification Testing |
FSD |
Full Scale Development |
FSO |
Financial Systems Organization |
FT |
Field Test |
FTB |
Flying Test Bed |
FUE |
First Unit Equipped |
FUNOPS |
Functional Operational Support |
FY |
Fiscal Year |
FYDP |
Fiscal Year Defense Plan |
GAO |
General Accounting Office |
GATS/GAM |
GPS-Aided Targeting System/GPS-Aided Munition |
GBCS-H |
Army Ground-Based Common Sensor-Heavy |
GBCS-L |
Army Ground-Based Common Sensor-Light |
GBI |
Ground-Based Interceptor |
GBS |
Ground-Based Sensor |
GBS |
Global Broadcast Service |
GBTS |
Ground Based Training System |
GCCS |
Global Command and Control System |
GCSS |
Global Combat Support System |
GCSS-AF |
Global Combat Support System - Air Force |
GEO |
Geosynchronous |
GIAT |
Government Installation and Acceptance Test |
GMLRS |
Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System |
GNU |
Guidance Navigation Unit |
GOLD |
Government On-Line Data |
GOTS |
Government-Off-the-Shelf |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GRP |
Guidance Replacement Program |
GRP |
Glass-Reinforced Plastic |
GSM |
Ground Station Module |
GTN |
Global Transportation Network |
GWS |
Gun Weapon System |
HAE |
High Altitude Endurance |
HARM |
High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles |
HCI |
Human Computer Interfaces |
HDR |
High Data Rate |
HEO |
Highly Elliptical Orbit |
HE-WAM |
Hand Emplaced Wide Area Munition |
HHR |
Hand-Held Radio |
HIMARS |
High Mobility Artillery Rocket System |
HITL |
Hardware-in-the-Loop |
HMI |
Human Machine Interface |
HMMWV |
High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle |
HOLC |
High Order Language Computer |
HPC |
High Performance Computing |
HPCMP |
High Performance Computing Modernization Program |
HPTS |
High Power Transmit Set |
HTPS |
Hull-Turret Position |
HUD |
Heads Up Display |
HWIL |
Hardware-In-The-Loop |
I2 |
Image Intensified |
IADS |
Integrated Air Defense System |
IBAS |
Improved Bradley Acquisition System |
ICAP |
Improved Capability |
ICAP II |
Improved Capability II |
ICBM |
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile |
ICD |
Improved Countermeasures Dispenser |
ICH |
Improved Cargo Helicopter |
ICOM |
Integrated COMSEC |
ICP |
Inventory Control Point |
ICSTF |
Integrated Combat Systems Test Facility |
IDECM |
Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures |
IDP |
Interface Data Processor |
IEWCS |
Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Common Sensor |
IEWS |
Integrated Electronic Warfare System |
IFCS |
Improved Fire Control System |
IFF |
Identification-Friend Or Foe |
IFT |
Integrated Flight Test |
IGT |
Integrated Ground Test |
IHAT |
Integrated Hardware-in-the-Loop Avionics Test |
IIPT |
Integrating IPT |
IIR |
Imaging Infrared |
ILC |
Initial Launch Capability |
ILMS |
Improved Launcher Mechanical System |
ILS |
Instrument Landing System |
ILS |
Integrated Logistics Support |
IM |
Insensitive Munition |
IMA |
Intermediate Maintenance Activity |
IMDS |
Integrated Maintenance Data System |
INC |
Internet Controller |
INMARSAT |
International Maritime Satellite |
INS |
Inertial Navigation System |
InSb |
Indium Antimonide |
IOC |
Initial Operational Capability |
IOT |
Initial Operational Test |
IOT&E |
Initial Operational Test and Evaluation |
IP |
Internet Protocol |
IPDS |
Improved Positioning and Determining System |
IPDS |
Interim Improved Positioning and Determining System |
IPR |
In-Process Review |
IPT |
Initial Production Tests |
IPT |
Integrated Product Team |
IR |
Infrared |
ISAQ |
Interim Statement of Aircraft Qualification |
ISAR |
Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar |
ISP |
Interim System Production |
ISR |
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance |
ISTF |
Installed System Test Facility |
ITAS |
Improved Tow Acquisition System |
ITO/TMO |
Installation Transportation Office/Transportation Management Office |
ITT |
International Telephone and Telegraph |
ITT |
Integrated Test Team |
ITV |
Intransit Visibility |
ITW/AA |
Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment |
IUS |
Inertial Upper Stage |
IUSS |
Integrated Undersea Surveillance System |
IV&V |
Independent Verification and Validation |
IWSDB |
Integrated Weapon System Data Base |
JACADS |
Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System |
JADS |
Joint Advanced Distributed Simulation |
JAMC |
Joint Amphibious Mine Countermeasures |
JAOC |
Joint Air Operations Center |
JASSM |
Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile |
JAST |
Joint Advanced Strike Technology |
JCALS |
Joint Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support |
JCAS |
Joint Close Air Support |
JCM |
Joint Countermine |
JCMD |
Joint Cruise Missile Defense |
JCOS |
Joint Countermine Operational Simulation |
JCS |
Joint Chiefs of Staff |
JCSAR |
Joint Combat Search and Rescue |
JDAM |
Joint Direct Attack Missile |
JDAMs |
Joint Direct Attack Munitions |
JDT/OT |
Joint Development Test/Operational Test |
JECSIM |
Joint Electronic Combat Test Using Simulation |
JET |
Joint Estimating Team |
JFS |
Joint Feasibility Study |
JHMCS |
Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System |
JIMIS |
JSTARS Integrated Maintenance Information System |
JITC |
Joint Interoperability Test Command |
JLF |
Joint Live Fire |
JMASS |
Joint Model and Simulation System |
JMCIS |
Joint Maritime Command Information System |
JMEM |
Joint Munitions Effectiveness Manual |
JMPS |
Joint Mission Planning Segment |
JMVX |
Joint Multi-Mission Vertical Lift Aircraft |
JPATS |
Joint Primary Aircraft Training System |
JPF |
Joint Programmable Fuze |
JPRA |
Joint Personnel Recovery Agency |
JREX |
Joint Rescue Exercise |
JRMET |
Joint Reliability, Maintainability, and Evaluation Team |
JROC |
Joint Requirements Oversight Council |
JRTC |
Joint Readiness Training Center |
JSEAD |
Joint Suppression Of Enemy Air Defenses |
JSF |
Joint Strike Fighter |
JSHIP |
Joint Shipboard Helicopter Integration Process |
JSIPS |
Joint Service Imagery Processing System |
JSOW |
Joint Standoff Weapon |
JSTARS |
Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System |
JT&E |
Joint Test and Evaluation |
JTA |
Joint Tactical Architecture |
JTD |
Joint Test Director |
JTD |
Joint Theater Distribution |
JTD JT&E |
Joint Theater Distribution Joint Test and Evaluation |
JTF |
Joint Test Force |
JTFEX |
Joint Task Force Exercise |
JTIDS |
Joint Tactical Information Distribution System |
JTMD |
Joint Theater Missile Defense |
JTUAV |
Joint Tactical UAV |
JV |
Joint Vision |
JWARS |
Joint Warfare System |
JWF |
Joint Warfighters |
JWG |
Joint Work Group |
JWID-97 |
Joint Warfighter Interoperability Demonstrations |
kbps |
Kilobits Per Second |
KEM |
Kinetic Energy Missiles |
KMR |
Kwajalein Missile Range |
LA |
Lead Agents |
LADS |
Low Altitude Demonstrations System |
LAMPS |
Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System |
LAN |
Local Area Network |
LAR |
Launch Acceptability Region |
LBT |
Low Band Transmitter |
LCAC |
Landing Craft Air Cushion |
LCC |
Launch Control Center |
LCOM |
Logistics Composite Model |
LDR |
Low Data Rate |
LEAP |
Light Exoatmospheric Projectile |
LEO |
Low Earth Orbit |
LF |
Launch Facilities |
LFA |
Low Frequency Active |
LFT |
Legacy Field Test |
LFT&E |
Live Fire Test and Evaluation |
LH |
Long-Haul |
LHT |
Lightweight Hybrid Torpedo |
LIVEX |
Live-Fly Exercises |
LMTV |
Light-Medium Tactical Vehicles |
LO |
Low Observability |
LO/LO |
Lift On/Lift Off |
LOBL-I |
Lock-On Before Launch Inhibit |
LOSAT |
Line-Of-Sight Antitank Missile |
LOS-R |
Line-Of-Sight-Rear |
LOTS |
Logistics-Over-the-Shore |
LPU |
Limited Procurement Urgent |
LRE |
Launch and Recovery Element |
LRIP |
Low Rate Initial Production |
LRIP 1 |
Least One Production Pod |
LSCFT |
Low-Speed Captive Flight Tests |
LST |
Legacy Simulation Test |
LUT |
Limited User Test |
M&S |
Modeling and Simulation |
M3P |
Multi-Mission Mobile Processors |
MAGTF |
Marine Air-Ground Task Force |
MAISRC |
Major Automated Information Systems Review Council |
MAMC |
Madigan Army Medical Center |
MAMS |
Military Airspace Management System |
MARCOT |
Maritime Combined Operations Training |
MASCAL |
Mass Casualty |
MASS |
Military Aircraft Sustainability Simulation |
MAST |
Milstar Advanced Satellite Terminal |
MC |
Mission Capable |
MCE |
Mission Control Element |
MCM |
Mine Countermeasures Ships |
MCOTEA |
Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Agency |
MCP |
Managed Care Program |
MCS |
Mission Computer System |
MCS |
Maneuver Control System |
MCSB |
MCS Backup |
MCTFS |
Marine Corps Total Force System |
MCU |
Mission Computer Upgrade |
MD |
Mission Data |
MDA |
Milestone Decision Authority |
MDAP |
Major Defense Acquisition Program |
MDR |
Medium Data Rate |
MDSS II |
Deployment Support System II |
MEADS |
Medium Extended Air Defense System |
MECA |
Medical Electronic Customer Assistance |
MEFP |
Multiple-Fragment, Explosively Formed Penetrator |
MEVA |
Modular Effectiveness Vulnerability Assessment |
MEWSS |
Marine Mobile Electronic Warfare Support System |
MFD |
Multifunction Display |
MFOM |
MLRS Family Of Munitions |
MFTA |
Multi-Function Towed Array |
MGSM |
Medium Ground Station Module |
MHC |
Coastal Mine Hunter |
MHE |
Material Handling Equipment |
MHSS |
Military Health Services system |
MICM |
Magnetic Influence Countermeasure |
MICOM |
Missile Command |
MIDS |
Multifunction Information Distribution System |
MIDSCO |
Mids Consortium |
MIDS-FDL |
Mids Fighter Data Link |
MIDS-LVT |
Multifunction Information Distribution System Low Volume Terminal |
MIES |
Modernized Imagery Exploitation System |
Mil Std |
Military Standard |
MILDEP |
Military Department |
MILSPEC |
Military Specification |
Mini-DAMA |
Miniaturized Demand Assigned Multiple Access |
MISSI |
Multilevel Information System Security Initiative |
MIT/LL |
MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
MITL |
Man-In-The-Loop |
MLC |
Military Load Class |
MLRS |
Multiple Launch Rocket System |
MMF |
Mobile Maintenance Facility |
MMLS |
Mobile Microwave Landing System |
MMR |
Multi-Mode Radar |
MNS |
Mine Neutralization System |
MOE |
Measures of Effectiveness |
MOP |
Measures Of Performance |
MOT&E |
Multi-Service Operational Test and Evaluation |
MPM |
Mission Planning Module |
MPS |
Mission Planning System |
MR |
Medium Range |
MRF |
Multi-Role Fighter |
MS |
Milestone |
MSE |
Mobile Subscriber Equipment |
MSO |
Mine Sweepers |
MS-OT |
Multi-Service Operational Testing |
MSRC |
Major Shared Resource Center |
MSS |
Mission Support Segment |
MSTE |
Multi-Spectral Threat Environment |
MSTRAP |
Multi-Sensor Torpedo Recognition and Alertment Processor |
MT |
Mini-Test |
MTBCF |
Mean Time Between Critical Failures |
MTBEFF |
Mean Time Between Essential Function Failure |
MTBOMF |
Mean Time Between Operational Mission Failure |
MTF |
Medical Treatment Facility |
MTI |
Moving Target Indicator |
MTT |
Multi-Service Test Team |
MTV |
Medium Tactical Vehicles |
MUA |
Military Utility Assessment |
MUSE |
Multiple UAV Simulation Environment |
MVS |
Multiple Virtual Storage |
NAD |
Navy Area Defense |
NALCOMIS |
Naval Aviation Logistics Command Information System |
NAMEADSMA |
NATO MEADS Management Agency |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NATBMD |
Navy Area Theater Ballistic Missile Defense |
NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NAVORDSTA |
Naval Ordnance Station |
NAWCAD |
Naval Air Warfare Center-Aircraft Division |
NBCRS |
Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Reconnaissance System |
NCA |
National Command Authority |
NCS |
Net Control Station |
NCTS |
Navy Computer and Telecommunications Station |
NCTS-W |
Navy Computer and Telecommunications Station-Washington |
NDI |
Non-Developmental Item |
NECA |
Newport Chemical Activity |
NESP |
Navy Extra-High Frequency Satellite Program |
NIMA |
National Imagery and Mapping Agency |
NMCC |
National Military Command Center |
NMD |
National Missile Defense |
NMM |
National Mission Model |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NOC |
Network Operating Center |
NORAD |
North American Air Defense Command |
NPOESS |
National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
NRWATS |
Naval Rotary Wing Aircraft Test Squadron |
NSCMP |
Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project |
NSIPS |
Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System |
NSSN |
New Attack Submarine |
NSWC-DD |
Naval Surface Warfare Center-Dahlgren Division |
NTCS-A |
Naval Tactical Command System -Afloat |
NTCSS |
Naval Tactical Command Support System |
NTDS |
Naval Tactical Data System |
NUWCNPT |
Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, Ri |
OA |
Operational Assessment |
OASD(HA) |
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) |
OASD/C3I |
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence |
OASYS |
Obstacle Avoidance System |
OBIGGS |
On-Board Inert Gas Generating System |
OBS |
Onboard System |
OCU |
Operator Control Unit |
OCV |
Operational Concept Validation |
ODOT&E |
Office of Director, Operational Test and Evaluation |
OEC |
Operational Evaluation Command |
OFP |
Operational Flight Program |
OFP |
Operational Flight Profile |
OICW |
Objective Individual Combat Weapon |
ONS |
Operational Needs Statement |
OPEVAL |
Operational Evaluation |
OPTEC |
Operational Test and Evaluation Command |
OPTEVFOR |
Operational Test and Evaluation Force |
OR |
Operational Requirement |
ORD |
Operational Requirements Document |
ORSMC |
Off Route Smart Mine Clearance |
OS |
Operational Experiment |
OT |
Operational Testing |
OT&E |
Operational Test and Evaluation |
OTA |
Operational Test Agency |
OTP |
Operational Test Plan |
OUSD P&R |
Office Of The Under Secretary Of Defense For Personnel and Readiness |
OVT |
Operational Verification Test |
P3I |
Pre-Planned Product Improvements |
PAC-3 |
Patriot Advanced Capability-3 |
PACOM |
Pacific Command |
PAR |
Precision Approach Radar |
PAS |
Processing and Analysis Segment |
PCO |
Prospective Commanding Officer |
PCT |
Longbow Hellfire Production Confidence Test |
PD&RR |
Program Demonstration and Risk Reduction |
PD/V |
Program Definition and Validation |
PD2 |
Procurement Desktop-Defense |
PDA |
Power Distribution Assembly |
PDB |
Post-Deployment Build |
PDRR |
Preliminary Design and Risk Reduction |
PDRR |
Program Definition and Risk Reduction |
PE |
Program Element |
PEO |
Program Executive Officer |
PEO-T |
Navy Program Executive Officer-Tactical Aircraft |
PEP |
Producibility Enhancement Program |
PERS |
Player Event Reconstruction System |
PFA |
Personnel Formation Airdrop |
PFM |
Pre-Flight Message |
PFPS |
Portable Flight Planning Software |
PGMs |
Precision-Guided Munitions |
PI |
Product Improvement |
PID |
Positive Identification Program |
PINES |
Pacific Air Forces Integrated National Exploitation System |
PIP |
Product Improvement Program |
PLRS |
Position Location Reporting System |
PLS |
Palletized Load System |
PLSAG |
Precision Landing Study Advisory Group |
PM |
Program Manager |
PMCD |
Polychlorinated Biphenyl Problem |
PMO |
Program Management Office |
POM |
Program Objective Memorandum |
POP |
Proofs of Principle |
POSNAV |
Position Location and Navigation |
PPI |
Personnel Process Improvement |
PPQT |
Pre-production Qualification Testing |
PPT |
Production Prove-Out Test |
PPVs |
Pre-Production Vehicles |
PPVT and PQT |
Pre-Production Verification/Production Qualification Testing |
PQT |
Production Qualification Test |
Pre-MDAP |
Pre-Major Defense Acquisition Program |
PRP |
Propulsion Replacement Program |
PRTV |
Production representative Test Vehicles |
PtSi |
Platinum Silicide |
PTW |
Precision Targeting Workstation |
PVT |
Performance Verification Test |
PVT |
Product Verification Testing |
QM |
Qualification Motors |
QOT&E |
Qualification Operational Test and Evaluation |
QRC |
Quick Reaction Capability |
QT&E |
Qualification Test and Evaluation |
R&D |
Research and Development |
R/P |
Receiver/Processor |
RAM |
Rolling Airframe Missile |
RAM |
Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability |
RCAS |
Reserve Component Automation System |
RDBMS |
Relational Database Management System |
RDT&E |
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation |
RECBASS |
Reception Battalion Automated Support System |
RF |
Radio Frequency |
RF/IR |
Radio Frequency/Infrared |
RFCM |
Radio Frequency Countermeasures |
RFPI |
Rapid Force Projection Initiative |
RM&A |
Reliability, Maintainability and Availability |
RMP |
Reprogrammable Microprocessor |
RN |
Royal Navy |
RO/RO |
Roll-On/Roll-Off |
ROC |
Required Operational Capability |
ROS |
Relief On Station |
RRDF |
RO/RO Discharge Facility |
RSC |
Regional Service Center |
RSIP |
Radar System Improvement Program |
RSTA |
Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition |
RSTARS [MP] |
Reserve Standard Training, Administration, and Readiness Support [Manpower and Personnel] |
RSV |
Resupply Vehicle |
RTIC |
Real-Time Information Into The Cockpit |
RUG |
Radar Upgrade |
RWR |
Radar Warning Receiver |
RWS |
Remote Workstation |
S&T |
Science and Technology |
SAC |
Senior Advisory Council |
SADS |
Submarine Antenna Distribution System |
SAE |
Service Acquisition Executive |
SAG |
Surface Action Group |
SAL |
Semi-Active Laser |
SAM |
Surface-to-Air Missile |
SAR |
Synthetic Aperture Radar |
SAT |
System Acceptance Testing |
SATCOM |
Satellite Communications |
SAW |
Squad Automatic Weapon |
SBA |
Strategic Brigade Airdrop |
SBIRS |
Space-Based Infrared System |
SBS |
Submarine Baseband Switch |
SBU |
Sensitive But Unclassified |
SC 21 |
Twenty-First Century Combatant |
SCAMP |
Single-Channel Anti-Jam Man-Portable |
SCIS |
Survivable Communications Integration System |
SCSS |
Submarine Communications Support System |
SDS |
Source Data Systems |
SDS |
Surveillance Direction System |
SDT |
Software Development Testing |
SDTS |
Self Defense Test Ship |
SEAD |
Suppression Of Enemy Air Defenses |
SEP |
System Evaluation Plan |
SEP |
Soldier Enhancement Program |
SEP |
System Enhancement Package |
SEWG |
System Effectiveness Working Group |
SFW |
Sensor Fuzzed Weapon |
SHF |
Super-High Frequency |
SIDPERS-3 |
Standard Installation/Division Personnel System Version 3 |
SIGINT/EW |
Signal Intelligence/Electronic Warfare |
SIL |
System Integration Laboratory |
SIMAS II |
Sonar In-Situ Mode Assessment System |
SINCGARS |
Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System |
SIOP |
Single Integrated Operational Plan |
SIP |
System Improvement Program |
SIP |
System Improvement Phase |
SIPRNET |
Secret Internet Protocol Router Network |
SIRFC |
Suite of Radio Frequency Countermeasures |
SLAM |
Stand-Off Land Attack Missile |
SLAM-ER+ |
Stand-Off Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response Plus |
S-LAN |
Signal LAN |
SLEP |
Service Life Extension Program |
SLFE |
System-Level Formative Evaluation |
SLVR |
Submarine LF/VLF VME Bus Receiver |
SM-3 |
Standard Missile-3 |
SMART-T |
Secure Mobile Antijam Reliable Tactical-Terminal |
SMCS |
Survivable MCS |
SMIC |
Strategic Missile Integration Complex |
SNAP |
Shipboar Non-Tactical ADP Program |
SOA |
Special Operations Aircraft |
SOCCOM |
Special Operations Command |
SOF |
Special Operations Forces |
SOF |
Safety Of Flight |
SOP |
Standard Operating Procedures |
SOR |
System of Record |
SOSC |
System Operational and Support Capability |
SOSUS |
Sound Ocean Surveillance System |
SPBS-R |
Standard Property Book System - Revised |
SPH |
Self-Propelled Howitzer |
SPO |
System Program Office |
SPS |
Standard Procurement System |
SQT |
Software Qualification Testing |
SRALT |
Short-Range Air Launched Target |
SRM |
Solid Rocket Motors |
SRMU |
Solid Rocket Motor Upgrade |
SRO |
September Research Operations |
SS |
Single Source |
SSDS |
Ship Self Defense System |
SSFE |
Source Selection Flight Evaluation |
SSIPS |
Shore Signal Information Processing Segment |
SSP |
Strategic Sealift Program |
SSPA |
Solid State Power Amplifier |
ST |
Stimulation Test |
STAMIS |
Standard Army Management Information Systems |
STARS |
Standard Accounting and Reporting System |
STOVL |
Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing |
STOW |
Synthetic Theater of War |
STR |
Software Trouble Reports |
STW |
Strike Warfare |
SUA |
Special-Use Airspace |
Sub-ATWCS |
Submarine Advanced Tomahawk Weapons Control System |
SubECS |
Submarine Exterior Communications System |
SURTASS |
Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System |
SVML |
Standard Vehicle Mounted Launcher |
SWAN |
Ship-Wide Area Network |
SWATH |
Small Water-Plane Area Twin Hull |
SWPS |
Strategic War Planning System |
SWV |
Software Versions |
T&E |
Test and Evaluation |
T&M |
Test and Measurement |
T/FSDS |
Time/Frequency Standard Distribution System |
T-45TS |
T-45 Training System |
TAC |
Tactical Command Post |
TACAMO |
Take Charge and Move Out |
TACAN |
Tactical Air Navigation |
TACCSF |
Theater Air Command and Control Simulation Facility |
TACMS |
Tactical Missile System |
TADIL J |
Through Adoption Of Link-16 |
TAG |
Technical Advisory Group |
TAMPS |
Tactical Aircraft Mission Planning System |
TAMPS |
Tactical Automated Mission Planning System |
TAP |
Test and Analysis Plan |
TAPDB |
Total Army Personnel Data Base |
TAPS |
Tactical Aircraft Planning System |
TAS |
Target Acquisition System |
TBIP |
Tomahawk Baseline Improvement Program |
TBJ |
Terrain Bounce Jamming |
TBM |
Tactical Ballistic Missiles |
TBMs |
Theater Ballistic Missiles |
TCACCIS |
Transportation Coordinator Automated Command and Control Information System |
TCAIMS |
Transportation Coordinator Automated Information Management System |
TCG |
Track Control Group |
TCS |
Tactical Control System |
TDMA |
Time Division Multiple Access |
TDSS |
Tactical Decision Support Subsystem |
TEG |
Tactical Exploitation Group |
TEMP |
Test and Evaluation Master Plan |
TERPES |
Tactical Electronic Reconnaissance Processing and Evaluation System |
TEWS |
F-15 Tactical Electronic Warfare System |
TEXCOM |
Test and Experimentation Command |
TF/TA |
Terrain Following/Terrain Avoidance |
THAAD |
Theater High-Altitude Air Defense |
TI |
Tactical Internet |
TIMS |
Training Integration Management System |
TJS |
Tactical Jamming System |
TLAM-C |
Tomahawk Conventional Land Attack |
TLAM-D |
Tomahawk Conventional Land Attack Submunition |
TLAM-N |
Nuclear Land Attack Not Deployed |
TLE |
Target Location Errors |
TM |
Telemetry |
TM |
Technical Manual |
TMD |
Tactical Munitions Dispenser |
TMD |
Theater Missile Defense's |
TMIP |
Theater Medical Information Program |
TMPC |
Theater Mission Planning Center |
TMSS |
Total Mine Simulation System |
TOCDF |
Tooele Chemical Disposal Facility |
TOCs |
Tactical Operations Center's |
TOW |
Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided |
TPU |
Torpedo Propulsion Upgrade |
TPWG |
Test and Evaluation Planning Working Group |
TRAC2ES |
Transcom Regulating and Command & Control Evacuation System |
TRADOC |
Army Training and Doctrine Command |
TRAFS |
Torpedo Recognition and Alertment Functional Segment |
TRICARE |
Tri-Service Health Care |
TS3 |
Top Secret Support System |
TSSAM |
Tri-Service Stand-Off Attack Missile Program |
TSST |
Total Ship Survivability Trial |
TTP |
Tactics, Techniques and Procedures |
TUAV |
Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
TVC |
Thrust Vector Control |
TWCS |
Tomahawk Weapon Control System |
TWS |
Tomahawk Weapon System |
UAAPV |
Under Armor Auxiliary Power Unit |
UAV |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
UBS |
UHF Base Stations |
UDF |
User Data File |
UEU |
Universal Exciter Upgrade |
UFCS |
Underwater Fire Control System |
UFL-97 |
Ulchi Focus Lens-97 |
UFO |
Ultra-High Frequency Follow On |
UFP |
Unit Flyaway Price |
UHF |
Ultra-High Frequency |
UK |
United Kingdom |
ULLS |
Unit Level Logistics System |
UMIDS |
Uniform Microcomputer Disbursing System |
UNDEX |
Underwater Explosion |
USAFAWC |
United States Air Force Air Warfare Center |
USD(A&T) |
Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition & Technology) |
USD(A,T&L) |
Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition Technology and Logistics |
USEUCOM |
US European Command |
USNS |
United States Naval Ship |
USSOCOM |
U.S. Special Operations Command |
USTRANSCOM |
United States Transportation Command |
UWS |
Underwater Segment |
V&V |
Verification and Validation |
VAFB |
Vandenberg Air Force Base |
VAR |
Vulnerability Assessment Report |
VCD |
Verification Of Correction To Deficiencies |
VCS |
Vapor Cooling System |
VCSS |
Voice Communications Switching System |
VECP |
Value Engineering Change Proposal |
VHF |
Very High Frequency |
VHSIC |
Very High Speed Integrated Circuit |
VLA |
Vertical Launch ASROC |
VLF |
Very Low Frequency |
VLS |
Vertical Launching System |
VM/ESA |
Virtual Machine/ESA |
VMS |
Vertical Motion Simulator |
VPE |
Virtual Prototype Experiment |
VSTOL |
Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing |
VSWE |
Virtual Strike Warfare Environment |
WAA |
Wide Aperture Array |
WAF |
Weapons Analysis Facility |
WAM |
Wide Area Munition |
WCMD |
Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser |
WIPT |
Working IPT |
WJHTC |
William J. Hughes Technical Center |
WMD |
Weapons of Mass Destruction |
WRA/LRU |
Weapons Replaceable Assembly/Line Replaceable Unit |
WRA-V |
Weapon Replaceable Assembly |
WSMR |
White Sands Missile Range |
WST |
Warhead Sled Test |
WTR |
Western Test Range |
WWMCCS |
World Wide Military Command and Control System |
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