Capabilities for the Future: An Assessment of NASA Laboratories for Basic Research (2010)
Chapter: Appendix F: Acronyms
F
Acronyms
AA associate administrator
AAPL Aero-Acoustic Propulsion Laboratory
ADAPT Advanced Diagnostics and Prognostics Testbed
AFL Alternate Fuels Laboratory
AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory
ARC Ames Research Center
ARMD Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
ASP Airspace Systems Program
ATC air traffic control
ATOL Air Traffic Operations Laboratory
ATP Aeronautics Test Program
AvSP Aviation Safety Program
B&P bid and proposal
BAA Broad Agency Announcement
BOGL Biomass Optimization Green Laboratory
CAS cross-agency support
CM&O center management and operations
CoF construction of facilities
CRV current replacement value
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DDF Directors Discretionary Fund
DFRC Dryden Flight Research Center
DM deferred maintenance
DMS Differential Maneuvering Satellite
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
EMD Exploration Mission Directorate
ESMD Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
ETDP Exploration Technology Development Program
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FAP Fundamental Aeronautics Program
FASAB Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
FCI Facility Condition Index
FFRDC federally funded research and development center
FTE full time equivalent
FY fiscal year
GRC Glenn Research Center
GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center
HFFF Hypervelocity Free-Flight Facility
HITL human-in-the-loop
HTMSL High-Temperature Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
HVAC heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
IIFD integrated intelligent flight deck
IRAC integrated resilient aircraft control
IRAD independent/internal research and development
IRT icing research tunnel
ISRU in situ resource utilization
ISS International Space Station
IT information technology
IVHM Integrated Vehicle Health Management
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JSC Johnson Space Center
KSC Kennedy Space Center
LaRC Langley Research Center
LCROSS Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite
LDRD Laboratory-Directed Research and Development
LSWT low-speed wind tunnel
MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center
NAC NASA Advisory Council
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NFLR NASA Federal Laboratory Review
NGATS Next Generation Air Transportation System
NPL Nanotube Processing Laboratory
NRC National Research Council
NSF National Science Foundation
NSSTC National Space Science and Technology Center
OAST Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology
OMB Office of Management and Budget
PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
PCPL Polymer Composite Processing Laboratory
PI principal investigator
PIV particle image velocimetry
PLDL Pulsed Laser Deposition Laboratory
PMA President’s Management Agenda
PSL Propulsion Systems Laboratory
PSP pressure-sensitive paint
R&D research and development
R&T research and technology
ROSES Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences
SAFETi Systems and Airframe Evaluation Testing and Integration
SBIR Small Business Innovation Research
SBTF Structural Benchmark Testing Facility
SCAP Strategic Capabilities Asset Program
SED Science and Exploration Directorate
SMD Science Mission Directorate
SOFIA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
SOT statement of task
SSC Stennis Space Center
SWT supersonic wind tunnel
TEFIM test equipment and facilities infrastructure management
TFR technical facility restoration
TPS thermal protection system
TRL technology readiness level
TRL 1-3 technology readiness levels 1 through 3
VCSI Von Braun Center for Science and Innovation
VMS vertical motion simulator
