Army Digitization Master Plan '96
APPENDIX A. List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
A
A2C2S Army Airborne Command and Control System
AAE Army Acquisition Executive
AAV Amphibious Assault Vehicle
AAVP-7 Amphibious Assault Vehicle (Command Post Support Configuration)
AAWG Army Armaments Working Group
ABCA American, British, Canadian, Australian
ABCS Army Battle Command System
ACE Analysis and Control Element (Army)
ACE Air Combat Element (Marine Corps)
ACT II Advanced Concepts and Technology II
ACTD Advanced Concepts Technology Demonstration
ADDS Army Data Distribution System
ADMP Army Digitization Master Plan
ADO Army Digitization Office
ADSIA Allied Data Systems Interoperability Agency
ADTOC Air Defense Tactical Operations Center
AEPG Analysis and Experimentation Planning Group
AFATDS Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
AF/SCM Air Staff - Directorate of Mission Systems, DCS/C4
AF/XOR Air Staff - Directorate of Operational Requirements, DCS/Plans &
Operations
AGCCS Army Global Command and Control System
AIN Army Interoperability Network
AMC Army Materiel Command
AMD Air and Missile Defense
AMSAA Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
ANBACIS Automated Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Information System
ANM Automatic Network Manager
API Application Program Interfaces
AQF Advanced Quickfix
ARL Army Research Laboratory
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARSTAF Army Staff
ARTEP Army Training and Evaluation Program
ASA(RDA) Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development and
Acquisition
ASAS All Source Analysis System
ASAT Automated Systems Approach to Training
ASB Army Science Board
ASD C3I Assistant SecDef for Command, Control, Communications, and
Intelligence
ASEO Army Systems Engineering Office
ASM Armored Systems Modernization
ASWG Army Battle Command System Security Working Group
ATA Army Technical Architecture
ATCA Allied Tactical Communications Agency
ATCCIS Army Tactical Command and Control Information System
ATCCS Army Tactical Command and Control System
ATD Advanced Technology Demonstration
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATP Allied Tactical Publication
AWE Advanced Warfighting Experiment
AWIS Army World Wide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS)
Information System
B
B2C2 Brigade-and-Below Command and Control
BAA Broad Agency Announcement
BADD Battlefield Awareness and Data Dissemination
BCBL Battle Command Battle Lab
BCDSS Battle Command Decision Support System
BCIS Battlefield Combat Identification System
BCIXS Battlecube Information Exchange System
BCTP Battle Command Training Program
BDE Brigade
BFA Battlefield Functional Area
BFACS Battlefield Functional Area Control Systems
BGP Border Gateway Protocol
BIP Battlefield Interoperability Program
BITS Battlefield Information Transmission System
BLWE Battle Lab Warfighting Experiments
BMDO Ballistic Missile Defense Office
BOIP Basis of Issue Plans
BOS Battlefield Operating System
BSFV-E Bradley Stinger Fighting Vehicle–Enhanced
C
C2 Command and Control
C2I Command, Control, and Intelligence
C2PCOC Command and Control Protect Council of Colonels
C2P GOSC Command and Control Protect General Officer Steering Committee
C2PWG Command and Control Protect Working Group
C2/SA Command and Control/Situational Awareness
C2T2 Commercial Communications Technology Testbed
C2TL Commercial Communication Technology Laboratory
C2V Command and Control Vehicle
C3 Command, Control, and Communication
C3I Command, Control, Communication, and Intelligence
C3S Command, Control, and Communication Systems
C4 Command, Control, Communications, and Computers
C4I Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence
C4IFTW C4I For the Warrior
CA Common Application
CAC2 Combined Arms Command and Control
CAE Component Acquisition Executive
CBS Corps and Battalion Simulation
CCC CINC Command Complex
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CDS Combat Direction System
CE Command Element
CECOM Communications-Electronics Command
CERDEC Communications-Electronics Command Research, Development,
and Engineering Center
CEWG Communications-Electronics Working Group
CGM Computer Graphics Metafile
CGS/GSM Common Ground Station / Ground Station Module
CHS Common Hardware/Software
CINC Commander-In-Chief
CLS Contractor Logistics Support
CNR Combat Net Radio
CoC Council of Colonels
CoC/C Council of Colonels/Captains
COE Common Operating Environment
COIC Critical Operational Issues and Criteria
COMSEC Communications Security
CONOPS Continuous Operations
CONUS Continental United States
COTS Commercial Off the Shelf
CPX Command Post Exercise
CRDA Cooperative Research and Development Agreements
CS Combat Support
CSA Chief of Staff, Army
CSS Combat Service Support
CSSCS Combat Service Support Control System
CSSE Combat Service Support Element
CTC Combat Training Center
CUI Character User Interface
CWG Communications Working Group
D
DAMO-ZS Army Simulation Strategic Planning Office, DCSOPS, HQDA
DAMPL Department of the Army Master Priority List
DBBL Dismounted Battlespace Battle Lab
DBC Digital Battlefield Communications
DCS Defense Communications System
DCSINT Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence
DCSLOG Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics
DCSOPS Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans
DCSPER Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel
DCT Digital Communications Terminal
DDDS Defense Data Dictionary System
DGSA Defense Goal Security Architecture
D/IEA Data/Information Exchange Annex
DII Defense Information Infrastructure
DIL Digital Integrated Laboratory
DIS Distributed Interactive Simulation
DISA Defense Information Systems Agency
DISC4 Director of Information Systems for Command, Control,
Communications, and Computers
DISN Defense Information System Network
DIV Division
DMA Defense Mapping Agency
DMS Defense Message System
DoD Department of Defense
DSB Defense Science Board
DSSU Dismounted Soldier System Unit
DTLOMS Doctrine, Training, Leader Development, Organizations,
Materiel, and Soldiers
E
EAC Echelons Above Corps
ECC EXFOR Coordination Cell
EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol
EIM End Item Managers
EMUT Enhanced Manpack Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Terminals
EPG Electronic Proving Ground
EPLRS Enhanced Position Location Reporting System
EW Electronic Warfare
EXFOR Experimental Force
EXMP Experimentation Master Plan
F
FAADC2I Forward Area Air Defense Command, Control, and Intelligence
FBCB2 Force XXI Battle Command Brigade-and-Below
FDTE Force Development Test and Evaluation
FIO Force XXI Integration Office
FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards
FLIR Forward Looking Infra-Red
FMF Fleet Marine Force
FORSCOM Forces Command
FP-1 Force Package One
FSCT Fire Support Control Terminal
FST Fire Support Terminal
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FUE First Unit Equipped
FY Fiscal Year
G
GBS Global Broadcasting System or Ground Based Sensor (fig 9-1)
GBCS-LT Ground Based Common Sensor–Light
GCCS Global Command and Control System
GCSS Global Combat Support System
GCE Ground Combat Element
GFI Government Furnished Information
GLOBIXS Global Information Exchange System
GOAL Global Command and Control System (GCCS) On-Line Access Library
GOSC General Officer Steering Committee
GOWG General Officer Working Group
GPS Global Positioning System
GUI Graphical User Interface
H
HCI Human Computer Interface
HCTR High-Capacity Trunk Radio
HIBC Horizontal Integration of Battle Command
HQDA Headquarters, Department of the Army
HTI Horizontal Technology Integration
HTML HyperText Markup Language
HW Hardware
I
IC2SIP International Command and Control Systems Interoperability Project
IC3I Improved Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence
ICD Interface Control Document
ID Identification
IDEF Integrated Definition for Function
IDS International Digitization Strategy
IER Information Exchange Requirement
IEW Intelligence and Electronic Warfare
IFB Invitation for Bids
IFSAS Interim Fire Support Automated System
ILS Integrated Logistics Support
IMETS Integrated Meteorological System
INC Interface Network Controller
INE Inline Network Encryptors
IOTE Initial Operational Test and Evaluation
IP Internet Protocol
IPR In-Process Review
IPT Integrated Product Team
I&RTS Integration and Runtime Specification
ISYSCON Integrated Systems Control
ITU International Telecommunications Union
IVIS InterVehicular Information System
J
JBD Joint Battlefield Digitization
JC2WC Joint Command and Control Warfare Center
JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff
JIEO Joint Interoperability Engineering Organization
JINTACCS Joint Interoperability Command and Control System
JITC Joint Interoperability Test Center
JMCIS Joint Maritime Command Information System
JOPES Joint Operations Planning and Execution System
JROC Joint Requirements Oversight Council
JTIDS Joint Tactical Information Distribution System
JWID Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration
K
Kr Contractor
L
LAN Local Area Network
LAV Light Armored Vehicle
LIWA Land Information Warfare Activity
LMR Land Mobile Radio
LUT Limited User Test
L/V/C Live/Virtual/Constructive
LVRS Lightweight Video Reconnaissance System
M
MA Mission Application
MACOM Major Command
MAGTF Marine Air-Ground Task Force
MANPRINT Manpower and Personnel Integration
MARCORSYSCOM Marine Corps Systems Command
MASINT Measurement & Signal Intelligence
MBBL Mounted Battlespace Battle Lab
MCCDC Marine Corps Combat Development Command
MCEB Military Communications Electronic Board
MCG&I Mapping, Charting, Geodetic Data and Imagery
MCS Maneuver Control System
MCS/P Maneuver Control System/PHOENIX
MDA Milestone Decision Authority
MDCI Multidiscipline Counter-Intelligence
MDEP Management Decision Package
MEU Marine Expeditionary Unit
MFCS Mortar Fire Control System
MICAD Multipurpose Integrated Chemical Agent Detector
MIL-STD Military Standard
MISSI Multi-level Information System Security Initiative
MITT Mobile Imagery Tactical Terminal
MLS Multi-level Security
MNS Mission Need Statement
MOA Memorandum (Memoranda) of Agreement
MOE Measures of Effectiveness
MOP Measures of Performance
MPRS Mission Planning and Rehearsal System
M/S Modeling and Simulation
MS Milestone
MSE Mobile Subscriber Equipment
MSE/TPN Mobile Subscriber Equipment/Tactical Packet Network
MSF Mobile Strike Force
MSIP Multi-Spectral Imagery Processor
MSRT Mobile Subscriber Radio Terminal
N
NAAG NATO Army Armaments Group
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBC Nuclear, Chemical, Biological
NDI Non-Developmental Item
NES Network Encryption System
NET New Equipment Training
NITFS National Imagery Transmission Format Standard
NSA National Security Agency
NTC National Training Center
NTDR Near-Term Data Radio
O
O&M Operations and Maintenance
OA Operational Architecture
OPO Operational Performance Objectives
OPSEC Operational Security
OPTEC Operational Test and Evaluation Command
ORA Operational Requirements Analysis
ORD Operational Requirements Document
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
OSI Open System Interconnection
OS-JTF Open Systems Joint Task Force
OT Operational Test
OTM On-the-move
P
P3I Pre-Planned Product Improvement
PAT Process Action Team
PCS Personal Communications System
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
PE Program Element
PEO Program Executive Office
PG Planning Group
PLGR Position Location Ground Receiver
PLS Palletized Loading System
PM Program Manager
PND Position-Navigation Device
POM Program Objective Memorandum
POSNAV Position/Navigation
POSIX Portable Operating System Interface for Computer
Environments
PPBES Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
PW/MSF Prairie Warrior / Mobile Strike Force
Q
QACISIG Quadrilateral Army Communications and Information Systems
Interoperability Group
R
R&D Research and Development
RAP Radio Access Point
RAS Rapid Assault Squads
RDEC Research Development and Engineering Center
RDTE Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
RF Radio Frequency
RFP Request for Proposal
RMMP Risk Management Master Plan
RT Red Team
S
S&T Science and Technology
SA System Architecture
SADL Situation Awareness Digital Link
SAF/AQP Director of Fighter, Command and Control, and Weapon
Programs; Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the
Air Force for Communications, Computer and Support Systems
SARDA Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development,
and Acquisition
SAT Systems Approach to Training
SATCOM Satellite Communication
SATS Standard Army Training System
SDR Surrogate Data Radio
SEP System Enhancement Program
SG Subgroup
SHAPE Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
SICPS Standardized Integrated Command Post System
SIGCEN Signal Center
SIMEX Simulation Exercise
SIMNET Simulation Network
SINCGARS Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System
SIP SINCGARS Improvement Program
SIPRNET Secret Internet Protocol Network
SIPT Security Integrated Product Team
SLAD Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SOF Special Operating Forces
SONET Synchronous Optical Network
SOW Statement of Work
SPAWAR/30 Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command - Naval Warfare
Systems Architecture & Engineering
SSDC Space and Strategic Defense Command
SSES Suite of Survivability Enhancement Systems
SSN Standard Study Number
STAARS Standard Army After Action Review System
STAMIS Standard Army Management Information System
STAR-T Super High Frequency Tri-Band Advanced Range Extension
Terminal
STCCS Strategic Theater Command and Control System
STEP Standardized Tactical Entry Point
STF Special Task Force
STIC Scientific and Technical Intelligence Committee
STOW Synthetic Theater of War
STRICOM Simulations, Training, and Instrumentation Command
T
T&E Test and Evaluation
TA Technical Architecture
TAA Total Army Analysis
TACCIMS Theater Automated Command and Control System
TACOM Tank-Automotive Command
TACP Tactical Air Control Party
TADIL Tactical Digital Information Link
TADIXS Tactical Data Information Exchange System
TADSS Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulations
TAFIM Technical Architecture for Information Management
TCC Tactical Command Centers
TCO Tactical Command and Operations
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TCP/UDP Transmission Control Protocol/User Datagram Protocol
TDA Table of Distribution and Allowances
TDLWG Tactical Data Link Working Group
TDN-EBB Tactical Data Network-Echelons Below Battalion
TECOM Test and Evaluation Command
TEED Tactical End-to-End Encryption Device
TEMP Test and Evaluation Master Plan
TF Task Force
THAAD Theater High Altitude Air Defense
TIDP Technical Interface Design Plan
TIWG Test Integration Working Group
TMD Theater Missile Defense
TMG Tactical Multinet Gateway
TO&E Tables of Organization and Equipment
TOC Tactical Operations Center
TPN Tactical Packet Network
TRAC Training and Doctrine Command Analysis Center
TRADOC Training and Doctrine Command
TRITAC Tri-Service Tactical
TRM Technical Reference Model
TS3 Top Secret Support System
TSARC Test Schedule and Review Committee
TSGCE Technology Sub-Group: Communications and Electronics
TSIP Task Force XXI Systems Integration Plan
TT Technical Test
TTCP The Technology Cooperative Program
TTP Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
TWG Technology Working Group
U
UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UAV-SR Unmanned Aerial Vehicle–Short Range
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UFD User Functional Description
USAEUR U.S. Army Europe
USANCA U.S. Army Nuclear Chemical Agency
USMTF U.S. Message Text Format
V
VCSA Vice Chief of Staff, Army
VHSIC Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
VMF Variable Message Format
W
WAN Wide Area Network
WG Working Group
WIN Warfighter Information Network
WS Work Station
WSTA Weapons System Technical Architecture
WWMCCS Army World Wide Military Command and Control System
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