Naval Forces' Capability for Theater Missile Defense (2001)
Chapter: Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
AADC area air defense commander (module)
AADS70 air defense systems of the 1970s
AAW antiair warfare
ABL airborne laser
ABM antiballistic missile
ACA airspace control authority
ACDS advanced combat direction system
ACE air combat element
ACM attitude control motor
ACO airspace control order
ADC analog-to-digital converter
ADSAM air-directed surface-to-air missile
AESA airborne electronically scanned array
AIEWS advanced integrated electronic warfare system
AIT atmospheric interceptor technology
AMD air and missile defense
AMRAAM advanced medium-range air-to-air missile
AMRFS advanced multifunction radio frequency system
AMTI air moving target indication
ANTS autonomous negotiating teams
ASCIET all-Service combat identification evaluation test
ASCM antiship cruise missile
ASCMD antiship cruise missile defense
ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
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ATDLS advanced tactical data link system
ATR automatic target recognition
AWACS airborne warning and control system
BAT BMC4I advanced technology
BMC3 battle management command, control, and communications
BMC4I battle management command, control, communications, computing, and intelligence
BMD ballistic missile defense
BMDO Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
C2P command and control processor
C4ISR command, control, communications, computing, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
C&D command and decision
CAP combat air patrol
CC&D common command and decision system
CCID composite combat identification
CEC cooperative engagement capability
CEP cooperative engagement processor
CID combat identification
CINC commander in chief
CIWS close-in weapon system
CLAWS complementary low altitude weapon system
CMC Commandant of the Marine Corps
CMD cruise missile defense
CNO Chief of Naval Operations
COABS control of agent-based systems
COIL chemical oxygen-iodine laser
CONOPS concept of operations
COTS commercial off-the-shelf
CRD capstone requirements document
DACS divert and attitude control system
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DASN Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy
DDS data distribution system
Dem/Val demonstration/validation
DNMS dynamic network management system
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DSP Defense Satellite Program
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ECCM electronic counter-countermeasure
ECM electronic countermeasure
EIT exo-atmospheric interceptor technology
EMD engineering and manufacturing development
EOC early operational capability
ERGM extended-range guided missile
ERINT extended-range interceptor
ERIS exo-atmospheric reentry vehicle interceptor system
ESM electronic support measure
ESSM evolved sea sparrow missile
EV experimental version
EW electronic warfare
FABMDS field army ballistic missile defense system
FEL free electron laser
FEWS follow-on early warning system
FIOP Family of Interoperable Operational Pictures program
FLIR forward-looking infrared
FNC future naval capability
FOS family of systems
FPA focal plane array
FRP full-rate production
FUE first unit equipped
GBR ground-based radar
GCCS-M global command and control system-maritime
GLONASS Russian equivalent of GPS
GMTI ground moving target indication
GPS global positioning system
HEL high-energy laser
HF/DF hydrogen fluoride/deuterium fluoride
HMMWV high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle
HTK hit-to-kill
ICBM intercontinental ballistic missile
IFOG interferometric fiber optics gyro
IMU inertial measurement unit
IOC initial operational capability
IP Internet Protocol
IR infrared
IRBM intermediate-range ballistic missile
ISO Information Systems Office (DARPA)
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ISR intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
ITO Information Technology Office (DARPA)
JDN joint data network
JFACC joint force air component commander
JFC joint force commander
JICO joint interface control officer
JLENS joint land attack cruise missile defense elevated netted sensors
JROC Joint Requirements Oversight Council
JSTARS joint surveillance and target attack radar system
JTAMDO Joint Theater Air and Missile Defense Organization
JTIDS joint tactical information distribution system
JVMF joint variable message format
KEW kinetic-energy weapon
KKV kinetic-kill vehicle
KV kill vehicle
LADAR laser detection and ranging (laser radar)
LAN local area network
LIDAR laser identification and ranging
LMT2 Link 16 missile and tactical terminal
LWIR long-wavelength infrared
MDAP major defense acquisition program
MEADS medium extended air defense system
MEB Marine Corps expeditionary brigade
MEMS microelectromechanical system
MFR multifunction radar
MIDS multifunctional information distribution system
MMIC microwave/millimeter-wave monolithic integrated circuit
MMW millimeter-wave
MPF maritime preposition force
MRRS multirole radar system
MSI multisensor integration
MWIR mid-wavelength infrared
NAD Navy area defense (system)
NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command
NMD national missile defense
NSSMS NATO sea sparrow missile system
NTMD Navy theater missile defense
NTW Navy theater wide (system)
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OCM overland cruise missile
OCMD overland cruise missile defense
OMFTS Operational Maneuver From the Sea
ONR Office of Naval Research
OPEVAL operational evaluation
OPNAV Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
ORD operational requirements document
P3I preplanned product improvement
PAC-3 Patriot advanced capability-3
PEO TSC Program Executive Office for Theater Surface Combatants
PPLI precision position location information
QOS quality of service
R&D research and development
RAM rolling airframe missile
RCS radar cross section
RF radio frequency
RMP Radar Modernization Program
ROE rule of engagement
RV reentry vehicle
SA selective availability
SAR synthetic aperture radar
SBEV space-based experimental version
SBIRS space-based infrared sensor
SDI strategic defense initiative
SDIO Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
SENSIT sensor information technology
SIAP single integrated air picture
SIGINT signal intelligence
SLS shoot-look-shoot
SM standard missile
SPAWAR Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
SRBM short-range ballistic missile
SSDS ship self-defense system
STAP space-time adaptive processing
STOM Ship-to-Objective Maneuver
TAD theater air defense
TADIL tactical digital information link
TAMD theater air and missile defense
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TBM theater ballistic missile
TBMD theater ballistic missile defense
TCN tactical component network
TCS theater combat system
TCT theater collaborative tracking
TDMA time division multiple access
TEWA threat evaluation and weapon assignment
THAAD theater high altitude area defense
THEL tactical high-energy laser
TMD theater missile defense
TOM target object map
TPS transportable (pulse) radar surveillance system
T/R transmit/receive
TRAP tactical receive applications program
TRE tactical receive equipment
TSB time slot block
TSC theater surface combatant
TVM target-via-the-missile
UAV unmanned aerial vehicle
UEWR upgraded early warning radar
Vbo velocity at burnout
VLS vertical launch system
VSR volume search radar
