Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics: Foundation for the Future (2006)
Chapter: J Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
3-D three-dimensional
ACARE Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe
ADS-B automatic dependent surveillance broadcast
AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory
Al-Li aluminum-lithium alloys
ATM air traffic management
CBM condition-based maintenance
CFD computational fluid dynamics
CMC ceramic matrix composite
CNS communications, navigation, and surveillance
CO carbon monoxide
CO2 carbon dioxide
COTS commercial off the shelf
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DoD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DNL day-night average sound level
ESTOL extremely short takeoff and landing
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FFRDC federally funded research and development center
FOD foreign object damage
GLONASS Global Navigation Satellite System
GNC guidance, navigation, and control
GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
GPS Global Positioning System
H2O water
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
ILS instrument landing system
ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulations
IVHM integrated vehicle health management
JPDO Joint Planning and Development Office
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JSF Joint Strike Fighter
L/D lift:drag ratio
LDI lean direct injection
LES large eddy simulation
LPP lean, premixed, prevaporized
MDO multidisciplinary design optimization
MEA more-electric aircraft
MEANS Materials Engineering for Affordable New Systems (Program)
METAR meteorological aviation report
MURI Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research
NDE nondestructive evaluation
NGATS Next Generation Air Transportation System
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency
NOx oxides of nitrogen
NRC National Research Council
PIREP pilot report
PM particulate matter
PMAD power management and distribution
QFD quality function deployment
R&D research and development
R&T research and technology
RANS Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes
RNP required navigational performance
RVSM Reduced Vertical Separation Minima
SIGMET significant meteorological information
SMA shape memory alloys
SOx oxides of sulfur
SSTO single stage to orbit
STOL short takeoff and landing
TAF terminal area forecast
TBCC turbine-based combined cycle
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TPS thermal protection system
TRL technology readiness level
TSTO two stage to orbit
T/W thrust to weight ratio
