ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
AAA
ACN
ACTD
AFB
AFP
AGL
AGM
APC
ARL
ARVN
ATACMS
ATGM
ATO
AWADS
BDA
C2
C3I
C3ISR
C4ISR
CALCM
CARP
CAS
CCD
Anti-aircraft artillery
Airborne Communication Node
Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
Air Force Base
Air Force Pamphlet
Above ground level
Air-to-ground missile
Armored personnel carrier
Army Research Laboratory
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Army Tactical Missile System
Antitank guided missile
Air Tasking Order
Adverse Weather Aerial Delivery System
Battlefield damage assessment
Command and control
Command, control, communications, and
intelligence
Command, control, communications,
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
Command, control, communications,
computers, intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance
Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile
Computer Aerial Release Point
Close air support
Charge-coupled device
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CCT
CD
CDS
CENTAF
CENTCOM
CINC
CINCUSFK
CL
COMAIRSOUTH
CS
CSAR
DARPA
DEM
DoD
DTED
EFOG-M
EO
EPRLRS
FAA
FAC
FCC
FIBUA
FPA
GIS
GPO
GPS
GRADS
HAETC
HHSAR
HPM
IAF
ID
IDF
INS
Combat Control Team
Aerodynamic drag coefficient
Container Delivery System
Central Air Force
Central Command
Commander in chief
Commander in chief, U.S. Forces in Korea
Aerodynamic lift coefficient
Commander of NATO’s air forces in the
Southern Region
Most widely used riot-control agent made from
ortho-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile
Combat Search and Rescue
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Digital Elevation Model
Department of Defense (U.S.)
Digital terrain elevation data
Enhanced Fiber-Optic Guided Missile
Electro-optical
Enhanced Position Location Reporting System
Federal Aviation Administration
Forward air controller
Federal Communications Commission
Fighting in Built-Up Areas
Focal plane array
Geospatial information system
Government Printing Office (U.S.)
Global Positioning System
Ground Radar Aerial Delivery System
Hughes Advanced Electromagnetic Technology
Center
Hand Held Synthetic Aperture Radar
High-powered microwave
Israeli Air Force
Identification
Israeli Defense Force
Inertial Navigation System
Abbreviations and Acronyms
InSAR
IR
IRA
IRCM
ISR
IV
JAG
JDAM
JFACC
JSTARS
JTIDS
KTO
LAAS
LANTIRN
LGB
LOC
LOCAAS
LOS
LPI
LWIR
MAAF
MANPADS
MAV
MAWTS
MEU
MEW
MOBA
MOE
MOLA
MOOTW
MOUT
MSI
MSSI
MTI
MWIR
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Interferometric synthetic aperture radar
Infrared
Irish Republican Army
Infrared countermeasure
Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
Intravenous fluid
Judge Advocate General
Joint Direct-Attack Munition
Joint Force Air Component Commander
Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar
System
Joint Tactical Information Distribution System
Kuwaiti Theater of Operations
Local Area Augmentation System
Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared
for Night
Laser-guided bomb
Line of communication
Low-Cost Autonomous Attack System
Line of sight
Low probability of intercept
Long-wave infrared
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
Manportable air defense system
Micro–aerial vehicle
Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron
Marine Expeditionary Unit
Microwave Early Warning
Military Operations in Built Up Areas
Measure of effectiveness
Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter
Military operations other than war
Military Operation on Urbanized Terrain
Multispectral image (processing)
Multispectral Solutions, Inc.
Moving Target Indicator
Medium-wave infrared
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NASA
NATO
NCO
Nd:YAG
NEO
NGO
NIIRS
NIMA
NKVD
NRL
PDF
PGM
PLO
PLRS
POW
PPM
R&D
RAF
REMBASS
QRF
RF
ROE
ROK
RPG
SAM
SAR
SEAD
SEALs
SINCGARS
SOAR
SOF
SOS
SOW
SPIN
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Noncommissioned officer
Neodymium yttrium aluminum garnet
Noncombatant evacuation operation
Nongovernmental organizations
National Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
World War II–era Soviet intelligence and internal
security organization
Naval Research Laboratory
Panamanian Defense Forces
Precision-guided munition
Palestine Liberation Organization
Position Location Reporting System
(AN/TSQ-129)
Prisoner of war
Pulse-position modulation
Research and development
Royal Air Force (United Kingdom)
Remotely Monitored Battlefield Sensor System
Quick-reaction force
Radio frequency
Rules of engagement
Republic of Korea
Rocket-propelled grenade
Surface-to-air missile
Synthetic aperture radar
Suppression of enemy air defense
Sea, Air, Land (Navy Special Forces)
Single-Channel Ground and Airborne
Radio System
Special Operations Aviation Regiment
Special operations force
Special Operations Squadron
Special Operations Wing
Special Instructions
Abbreviations and Acronyms
STO
TAC
TACC
TDOA
TOW
UAV
UGS
UHTS
UN
UNPROFOR
USA
USAF
USEUCOM
USSTRICOM
UTZ
UWB
UWG
VTOL
WMD
WWII
Sensor Technology Office
Tactical Air Command
Tactical Air Control Center
Time-difference-of-arrival
Tube-launched, optically tracked
wire-guided (missile)
Unmanned aerial vehicle
Unattended ground sensor
Ultra-high throughput screening
United Nations
UN Protection Force
United States Army
United States Air Force
U.S. Command in Europe
U.S. Strike Command
Urban Terrain Zone
Ultra-wideband
Urban Working Group
Vertical takeoff and landing
Weapon of mass destruction
World War II
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