ACRONYMS
AAA
Anti-aircraft artillery
ABCCC
Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center
ABL
Airborne Laser
ACTD
Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
ADAS
Air Deliverable Acoustic Sensor
AFC2TIG
Air Force Command and Control Training and Innovation Group
AFDD
Air Force Doctrine Document
AFRL
Air Force Research Laboratory
AGL
Above ground level
AI
Air interdiction
AMTI
Airborne moving-target indicator
ANN
Artificial neural network
AOC
Air Operations Center
APC
Armored personnel carrier
APL
Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins
University)
ARGUS
Advanced Remote Ground Unattended Sensor
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ARM
Anti-radiation missile
ARRMD
Affordable Rapid Response Missile Demonstrator
ASALM
Advanced Strategic Air-Launched Missile
ASAS
All Source Analysis System
ATD
Automatic target detection
ATO
Air Tasking Order
ATR
Automatic target recognition
BAT
Brilliant Anti-Tank
BDA
Battle damage assessment
CAOC
Combined Air Operations Center
CAS
Close air support
C3
Command, control, and communications
C4ISR
Command, control, communications, computers,
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
CEP
Circular error probable
CINC
Commander in chief
cm
Centimeter
CMT
Critical Mobile Target
COA
Course of action
COMINT
Communications intelligence
COTS
Commercial off-the-shelf
CSS
Chinese surface-to-surface (missile)
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DoD
Department of Defense
Acronyms
DSP
Defense Support Program
EFR
Engine firing rate
EM
Electromagnetic
EMP
Electro-magnetic pulse
EO
Electro-optical
EO/IR
Electro-optical and/or infrared
FAC
Forward air controller
FIR
Far infrared
FM
Field Manual
FoPen
Foliage penetrating
ft
Feet
GBS
Global Broadcast Service
GMTI
Ground moving-target indicator
GPS
Global Positioning System
HAE
High-altitude endurance
HPM
High-powered microwave
HRR
High range resolution
HSI
Hyperspectral imaging
HW
Hypersonic weapon
HyTech
Hypersonic Technology
IBCT
Interim Brigade Combat Team
IFSAR
Interferometric synthetic aperture radar
IIR
Imaging infrared
INS
Inertial navigation system
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IOC
Initial Operational Concept
IPB
Intelligence preparation of the battlespace
IR
Infrared
ISAR
Inverse synthetic aperture radar
ISR
Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
JAOC
Joint Air Operations Center
JBC
Joint C4ISR Battle Center
JCS
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JDAM
Joint Direct Attack Munition
JFACC
Joint Force Air Component Commander
Joint STARS
Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System
JP
Jet propellant
JSEAD
Joint suppression of enemy air defense
JWFC
Joint Warfighting Center
kg
Kilogram
KLA
Kosovo Liberation Army
km
Kilometer
kph
Kilometers per hour
kps
Kilometers per second
KVM
Kosovo Verification Mission
LACM
Land attack cruise missile
Ladar
Laser radar
lb
Pound
LGB
Laser-guided bomb
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LLL
Low light level
LOC
Lines of communication
LOCAAS
Low-Cost Autonomous Attack System
LPI
Low Probability of Intercept
LWIR
Longwave infrared
m
Meter
MAAP
Master Air Attack Plan
MAE
Medium-altitude endurance
MALD
Miniature Air-Launched Decoy
MANPADS
Man-Portable Air Defense System
MATTS
Mission Analysis Tracking and Tabulation System
MAV
Micro–air vehicle
MCRP
Marine Corps Reference Publication
MEA-T
Mission Effectiveness Assessment Team
MEMS
Microelectromechanical systems
MILVAW
Man-In-the-Loop Variable-autonomy Anti-armor
Weapon
min
Minute
MIR
Middle infrared
MLRS
Multiple Launch Rocket System
MOE
Measure of effectiveness
MOP
Measure of performance
mph
Meters per hour
MP-RTIP
Multi-Platform Radar Technology Improvement
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mps
Meters per second
MTI
Moving-target indicator
MUP
Ministarstvo Unutrasnjih Poslova [Ministry of the
Interior]
µm
Micrometer, or micron
NAC
North Atlantic Council
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCO
Noncommissioned officer
NIIRS
National Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale
NIMA
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
NIR
Near infrared
nm
Nanometer
nmi
Nautical mile
NVA
North Vietnamese Army
OSCE
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
PBA
Predictive Battlespace Awareness
R&D
Research and development
RF
Radio frequency
ROE
Rules of engagement
RPM
Revolutions per minute
RTIP
Radar Technology Improvement Program
SACEUR
Supreme Allied Commander Europe
SAM
Surface-to-air missile
SAR
Synthetic aperture radar
Acronyms
SBIRS
Space-Based Infrared System
Scramjet
Supersonic combustion ramjet
SCUD
Medium-range Russian-built ballistic missile
SEAD
Suppression of enemy air defense
SFW
Sensor Fuzed Weapon
SIGINT
Signals intelligence
SMDC
U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Center
SNR
Signal-to-noise ratio
SOF
Special operations forces
SP
Self-propelled
sq km
Square kilometers
SSB
Small Smart Bomb
SSC
Small-scale conflict
TASS
Tactical Automated Security System
TBM
Theater ballistic missile
TCT
Time-Critical Target
TEL
Transporter-erector-launcher
THAAD
Theater High-Altitude Air Defense
TIGER
Tactically Integrated Geographic EnviRonment
TNL
Target Nomination List
TTP
Tactics, techniques, and procedures
TUT
Tanks Under Trees
UAV
Unmanned aerial vehicle
UCAV
Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles
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UGS
Unattended ground sensors
UHF
Ultra high frequency
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
USAF
U.S. Air Force
USAFE
U.S. Air Forces in Europe
USEUCOM
U.S. European Command
VHF
Very high frequency
VJ
Vojske Jugoslavije [Yugoslav Army]
VNIR
Very near infrared
WMD
Weapons of mass destruction