ACRONYMS
AAA
AB
ABCCC
ABL
ACCS
ACO
ACTD
AEW
AEW&C
AFB
AFV
AGS
AIP
AOC
AODB
ARL
ASEAN
ASOC
ASTOR
ATACMS
ATO
AWACS
BAI
Antiaircraft artillery
Air base
Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center
Airborne laser
Air Command and Control System
Airspace control order
Advanced concept technology demonstration
Airborne early warning
Airborne early warning and control
Air Force Base
Armored fighting vehicle
Alliance Ground Surveillance
ASARS 2 Improvement Program
Air operations center
Air Operations Database
Airborne Reconnaissance Low
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Air support operations center
Airborne Stand-Off Radar
Army Tactical Missile System
Air tasking order
Airborne Warning and Control System
Battlefield air interdiction
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BDA
BICES
BM
BVRAAM
C2
C3
C3ISR
C4ISR
CAESAR
CAOC
CAP
CC
CC&D
CEB
CEC
CINC
CIS
CIWS
CJTF
CM
CNAD
CNES
COE
COLE
ComCJTF
CONOPS
CONUS
COP
Bomb damage assessment
Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation
Systems
Battle management
Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile
Command and control
Command, Control, and Communications
Command, control, communications, intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance
Command, control, communications, computers,
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
Coalition Aerial Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Combined air operations center
Combat air patrol
Component Commander
Camouflage, concealment, and detection
Combined effects bomblet
Cooperative Engagement Capability
Commander-in-chief
Combat Information System
Close-In Weapon System
Combined Joint Task Force
Cruise Missile
Conference of NATO Armaments Directors
Centre National d’Études Spatiales [French Space
Agency]
Common operating environment
Concept of Link 16 Employment
CJTF commander
Concept of operations
Continental United States
Common operational picture
Acronyms
COSMO
CRC
CRE
CRESO
CRONOS
CTAPS
CTP
DAPE
DCA
DCAOC
DDR&E
DEM
DGA
DGS
DII
DLI
DLWG
DoD
DTDMA
EAPC
ECM
EGNOS
EMD
ERS
ESA
ESC
ESDI
ESM
EU
FDL
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Constellation of [Small] Satellites for
Mediterranean [Basin] Observation
Control and reporting center
Control and reporting element
Complesso Radar Eliportato per la Sorveglianza
[Italian helicopter-based GMTI system]
Crisis Response Operation in NATO Open System
Contingency Theater Air Planning System
Common tactical picture
Dynamic assessment, planning, and execution
Defensive counterair
Deployable CAOC
Director Defense Research and Engineering
Digital elevation model
Délégation Général pour l’Armament
Deployable ground station
Defense Information Infrastructure
Data link infrastructure
Data Link Working Group
Department of Defense
Distributed time division multiple access
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
Electronic countermeasures
European Geostationary Overlay Service
Engineering and manufacturing development
European Remote Sensing
European Space Agency
Electronic Systems Center
European Security and Defence Identity
Electronic support measures
European Union
Fighter Data Link
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FYROM
GCCS
GEO
GINS
GLONASS
GMTI
GNSS 2
GPS
GRCA
HARM
HORIZON
HQ
HRR
HTML
HTS
I&W
IBS
ICC
IEEE
IFF
IFOR
IFV
IJMS
INS
I/O
IOC
IORG
IP
IPO
IRWG
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Global Command and Control System
Geostationary orbit
GPS Integrated Navigation System
Russian navigation satellite system
Ground moving target indication
Global Navigation Satellite System 2 (aka Galileo
navigation satellite system)
Global Positioning System
Ground radar coverage area
High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile
Helicoptère d’Observation Radar et d’Investigation
de Zone [French helicopter-based GMTI system]
Headquarters
High range resolution
Hypertext markup language
HARM Targeting System
Indications and warning
Integrated Broadcast Service
Interim CAOC Capability
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Identification friend or foe
Implementation Force
Infantry fighting vehicle
Interim Joint Message Standard
Inertial navigation system
Input/output
Initial operational capability
Interoperability Review Group
Industrial participation
International Program Office
International Requirements Working Group
Acronyms
ISR
JADO
JASSM
JCTN
JDAM
JDN
JEFX
JEZ
JIRCRB
JMOA
JMTOP
JOA
JSF
JSOW
JSRC
JSTARS
JTIDS
JTRS
JV 2010
LANTIRN
LINUX
LOC
LOCAAS
LOCE
LRIP
LVT
MACC
MCCIS
MEO
MIDB
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Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
Joint air defense operations
Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile
Joint composite tracking network
Joint Direct Attack Munition
Joint data network
Joint expeditionary force experiment
Joint engagement zone
JTIDS International Configuration Review Board
Joint memorandum of agreement
Joint Multi-TADIL Operating Procedures
Joint operational area
Joint Strike Fighter
Joint Standoff Weapon
Joint Sub-Regional Command
Joint Surveillance [and] Target Attack Radar System
Joint Tactical Information Distribution System
Joint Tactical Radio System
Joint Vision 2010
Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared
System for Night
A version of the UNIX computer operating system
Line of communication
Low-Cost Anti-Armor System
Linked Operational Intelligence Centers Europe
Low-rate initial production
Low Volume Terminal
Multinational AEW Commanders Conference
Maritime Command and Control Information
System
Medium earth orbit
Modernized Integrated Database
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MIDS
MISREP
MLU
MMP
MOOTW
MOR
MPCD
MSI
MSS
MTW
NAC
NAEWF
NAEWFC
NAFAG
NAPMA
NAPMO
NATO
NC3A
NIST
NMP
NTE
OASD(C3I)
OCA
OSD
OT&E
PAA
PAC-3
PEC
Multifunctional Information Distribution System
Mission report
Mid-Life Upgrade
Mid-Term Modernisation Programme
Military operations other than war
Military operational requirement
Multipurpose color display
Multi-Sensor Integration
Mobile satellite system
Major theater war
North Atlantic Council
NATO Airborne Early Warning Force
NATO Airborne Early Warning Force Command
NATO Air Force Armaments Group
NATO AEW&C Programme Management Agency
NATO AEW&C Programme Management Organisation
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO Consultation, Command, and Control
Agency
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Near-Term Modernisation Programme
Not to exceed
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence)
Offensive counterair
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Operational test and evaluation
Primary aircraft authorized
Patriot Advanced Capability-3
Program Executive Council
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PEO
PfP
PGM
PGW
PIE
PMOU
PNT
RC
RCS
RDT&E
ROE
RSIP
RTIP
SACEUR
SACLANT
SAM
SAR
SATCOM
SDC
SEAD
SEM-E
SFOR
SFW
SHAPE
SHAR
SI AHWG
SIAP
SIAR WG
SIO
Program Executive Officer
Partnership for Peace
Precision-guided munition
Precision-guided weapon
Paris Interoperability Experiment
Program memorandum of understanding
Positioning, navigation, and timing
Regional Command
Radar cross section
Research, development, test, and evaluation
Rules of engagement
Radar System Improvement Program
Radar Technology Insertion Program
Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
Surface-to-air missile
Synthetic aperture radar
Satellite communications
Situation display console
Suppression of enemy air defenses
Standard Electronic Modules Format-E
Stabilization Force
Sensor-Fuzed Weapon
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
[Rockwell-Collins] Sea Harrier [terminal]
SOSTAS Interoperability Ad Hoc Working Group
Single integrated air picture
Standing Interoperability and Applications
Working Group on Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance
Systems Integration Office [at Electronic Systems
Center]
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SOSTAR
SOSTAS
SPO
SPOT
SSS
STANAG
SWA
TACS
TADIL
TAMD
TBM
TBMCS
TDMA
TDP
TEL
TLE
TPFDD
TTP
UNSCOM
USAFE
WCMD
WEU
WMD
Standoff Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar
Standoff Surveillance and Target Acquisition
Systems
System program office
Satellite pour l’Observation de la Terre [French
Earth observation satellite]
System Segment Specification
Standardization agreement
Southwest Asia
Theater Air Control System
Tactical digital information link
Theater air and missile defense
Theater ballistic missile
Theater Battle Management Core System
Time division multiple access
Technical Data Package
transporter-erector-launcher
target location error
Time-phased force deployment document
Tactics, techniques, and procedures
United Nations Special Commission
United States Air Forces in Europe
Wind-Corrected Munitions Dispenser
Western European Union
Weapons of mass destruction