Digital Transformation in the Department of the Air Force (2025)

Chapter: Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Digital Transformation in the Department of the Air Force. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29198.

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

AFLCMC Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
AFMC Air Force Materiel Command
AFNet Air Force Network
AF-PLM Air Force Product Lifecycle Management
AFSC Air Force Sustainment Center
AI artificial intelligence
ALC air logistic center
AoA angles of attack
APT Advanced Pilot Training
BOM bill of material
DAF Department of the Air Force
DE digital engineering
DEP digital engineering platform/program
DevOps Development Operations
DMM Digital Materiel Management
DoD U.S. Department of Defense
DT digital transformation
DTO Digital Transformation Office
EMD Engineering and Manufacturing Development
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Digital Transformation in the Department of the Air Force. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29198.
FAIR findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reuse
FOC Full Operational Capacity
FY fiscal year
GAO Government Accountability Office
IOC Initial Operational Capacity
IP intellectual property
IPS integrated product structure
IT information technology
KPI key performance indicator
MBD model-based definition
MBSE model-based systems engineering
ML machine learning
MOE measures of effectiveness
MOP measures of performance
MOSA Modular Open Systems Approach
MSA Materiel Solutions Analysis
NGC Northrop Grumman Corporation
OC-ALC Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex
OEM original equipment manufacture
OML outer mold line
OO-ALC Ogden Air Logistics Complex
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
OT operational technology
OUSD(R&E) Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
P&D production and deployment
PLM product life-cycle management
POM program objective memorandum
PRC People’s Republic of China
REACT Reverse Engineering and Critical Tooling
ROI return on investment
SysML Systems Modeling Language
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Digital Transformation in the Department of the Air Force. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29198.
TDP Technical Data Package
TMRR Technology Maturity and Risk Reduction
USAF U.S. Air Force
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Digital Transformation in the Department of the Air Force. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29198.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Digital Transformation in the Department of the Air Force. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29198.
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