2023 Assessment of the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory (2024)
Chapter: Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Suggested Citation:
"Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. 2023 Assessment of the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27503.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
| AFRL | Air Force Research Laboratory |
| AI | artificial intelligence |
| AIMM | artificial intelligence of maneuver and mobility |
| AM | additive manufacturing |
| AMR | abstract meaning representation |
| APD | Avalanche Photo Diode |
| ARD | Army Research Directorate |
| ARL | Army Research Laboratory |
| ARLTAB | Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board |
| ARO | Army Research Office |
| BaTiO3 | barium titanate |
| C5ISR | Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance |
| CAE | computer-aided engineering |
| CCD | charge-coupled device |
| CFD | computational fluid dynamics |
| CMAS | calcium-magnesium-aluminosilicate |
| CMOS | complementary metal oxide semiconductor |
| CUI | Controlled Unclassified Information |
| CVD | chemical vapor deposition |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DC | direct current |
| DE | directed energy |
| DEVCOM | U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command |
| DL-GPR | down-looking ground-penetrating radar |
| EM | electromagnetic |
| EMSS | electromagnetic spectrum sciences |
| EO/IR | electro-optical/infrared |
| EuS | europium sulfide |
| EW | electronic warfare |
| FFRDC | federally funded research and development center |
| FTE | full-time equivalent |
| FTIR | Fourier Transform Infrared |
| Ga2O3 | gallium (III) oxide |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. 2023 Assessment of the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27503.
| GPR | ground-penetrating radar |
| GNN | graph neural network |
| HCI | human–computer interaction |
| IADS | Integrated Air Defense System |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| IRL | inverse reinforcement learning |
| IT | information technology |
| LiDAR | light detection and ranging |
| LLM | large language model |
| MCARM | Multi-Channel Airborne Radar Measurement |
| MDAO | multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization |
| MIS | Military Information Sciences |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| ML | machine learning |
| MOUT | military operations in urban terrain |
| MURI | Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NC&CS | network, cyber, and computational sciences |
| NL | natural language |
| NLP | natural language processing |
| NRL | Naval Research Laboratory |
| PI | principal investigator |
| QAHE | Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect |
| R&D | research and development |
| R2C2 | Robotics Research Collaboration Campus |
| RBD | Research Business Directorate |
| RF | radio frequency |
| RFML | radio frequency machine learning |
| RFSoC | radio frequency system-on-chip |
| RL | reinforcement learning |
| SAR | synthetic aperature radar |
| SLAM | Simultaneous Localization and Mapping |
| SWaP | sensor capability versus size, weight, and power |
| TBC | thermal barrier coating |
| TEBC | thermal environmental barrier coating |
| UAS | unmanned aerial system |
| UAV | unmanned aerial vehicle |
| UGV | unmanned ground vehicle |
| UV | ultraviolet |
| UWB | ultrawideband |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. 2023 Assessment of the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27503.
| UWBG | ultra-wide bandgap |
| VAM | volumetric additive manufacturing |
| VHDL | Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language VIPER Vehicle Innovative Powertrain Experimental Research Testbed |
| VSTOL | vertical and/or short take-off and landing |
| VSWR | voltage standing wave ratio |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. 2023 Assessment of the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27503.
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