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Acronyms and Abbreviations
AAAV Advanced amphibious assault vehicle
ACSAS Advanced conformal submarine acoustic sensors
ACTD Advanced Concepts Technology Demonstration
ADS Advanced deployable system
ALISS Advanced Lightweight Influence Sweep System
AM Alternating magnetic
AMCM Advanced mine countermeasures
AMNSYS Airborne Mine Neutralization System
ARG Amphibious ready group
ARSRP Acoustic Reverberation Special Research Program
ASTAMID Airborne Standoff Minefield Detection System
ASUW Antisurface warfare
ASW Antisubmarine warfare
ATACM Army tactical missile
ATD Advanced technology demonstration
ATOC Acoustic-tomography-climate
C2 Command and control
C4I Command, control, communications, computing, and intelligence
CAPTOR Encapsulated torpedo
CAVES Conformal acoustic velocity sensors
CCD Charged-coupled device
CEC Cooperative engagement capability
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CIMMD Close-in Man-portable Mine Detector
CLZ Craft landing zone
CMR/CS Clandestine Mine Reconaissance and Countermeasures System
COBRA Coastal battlefield reconnaissance and analysis
COTS Commercial off-the-shelf
CPB Clausen Power Blade
CST Critical Sea Test (program)
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DOD Department of Defense
DSP Deployable sensor project
EM Electromagnetic
EOD Explosive ordnance disposal
ESM Electronic support measure
FDS Fixed distributed system
GPS Global Positioning System
HGI High Gain Initiative
HOMINE Homing mine
IR Infrared
ISR Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
JAMC Joint amphibious mine countermeasures
JASON Self-nominating academic society that conducts technical studies for the Department of Defense (meets in July, August, September, and October and produces a report in November)
JLAN Joint littoral awareness network
JMCIS Joint Maritime Command Information System
JSTARS Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System
LCAC Landing craft, air cushioned
LDRT Low drag ramjet
LF Low frequency
LFA Low-frequency active
LIDAR Light detection and ranging
LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LLTV Low-light-level television
LPI Low probability of intercept
LSD Landing ship dock
LSM Littoral sea mine
MAD Magnetic anomaly detector
M&S Modeling and simulation
MCM Mine countermeasures
MCS Mine countermeasures support (ship)
MEMS Microelectromechanical systems
MF Medium frequency
ML(A) Magic Lantern (Adaptation)
MSS Minesweeper Special (program)
MSI Minesweeper inshore
MSL Minesweeping Launch
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCCOSC Naval Command, Control, and Ocean Surveillance Center
NMRS Near-term Mine Reconnaissance System
NRaD Naval Research and Development (division of NCCOSC)
NSSN Nuclear-powered attack submarine, new version
NSWC Naval Surface Warfare Center
ONR Office of Naval Research
ORSMC Off-route Smart Mine Clearance
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
PRC People's Republic of China
QOL Quality of life
R&D Research and development
RAMICS Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System
RECO Remote command and control
RF Radio frequency
RMOP Remote Minehunting Operational Prototype
RMS Remote Minehunting System
ROC Republic of China
ROV Remotely operated vehicle
RPF Rigid polyurethane foam
SAR Synthetic aperture radar
SEAL Sea, air, land (team)
SNR Signal-to-noise ratio
SOSUS Sound Surveillance System
SPOT Systeme Probatoire d'Observation de la Terre (French satellite)
SQUID Superconducting quantum interference device
SSBN Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine
SSGN Nuclear-powered guided missile submarine
STIL Streak tube imaging LIDAR
STRAP Star tracking rocket altitude positioning
SURTASS Surface Tactical Surveillance System
SWATH Small waterplane twin hull
SZ Surf zone
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
UAV Unmanned aerial vehicle
UEP Underwater electric potential
USV Unmanned surface vehicle
UUV Unmanned underwater vehicle
VDS Variable depth sonar
VLAD Vertical line array difar
VLF Very low frequency
VLSI Very large scale integration
VSW Very shallow water
VTOL Vertical takeoff and landing
VV&A Verification, validation, and accreditation
WAA Wide-aperture array
WP Wattenberg Plow
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