H
Acronyms and Abbreviations
AA
antiair
AADC
area air defense commander
AAMDC
Army Air and Missile Defense Command
AAW
antiair warfare
AAWC antiair warfare commander/coordinator
ABCCC
Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center
ABMOC
Air Battle Management Operations Center
AC
Attack Center
AC2ISRC
Air Combat Command’s Aerospace Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Center
ACMC
Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
ACOS
Assistant Chief of Staff
ACS
acoustic cross section
ACTD
advanced concept technology demonstration
ACTDS
Automatically Cued Target Detecting System
ADC
analog-to-digital converter
ADLA
autonomous drifting line array
ADNS
Automated Digital Network System
ADTOC
Air Defense Tactical Operations Center
AEF
aerospace expeditionary force
AFAPD
Air Force Application Program and Development
AFB
Air Force base
AF EFX
Air Force expeditionary force experiment
AFIWC
Air Force Information Warfare Center
AFOSR
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AFRL
Air Force Research Laboratory
AFRTS
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
AFSAB
Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
AGM
air-to-ground missile
AGS
advanced gun system
AICE
Agile Information Control Environment
AIM
antenna interface module
AIP
ASARS Improvement Program
AJ
anti-jam(ming)
ALAM
advanced land-attack missile
ALR
automatic landmark recognition
AMDTF
Air and Missile Defense Task Force
AMRAAM
advanced medium-range air-to-air missile
AMRFS
Advanced Multifunction Radio Frequency System
ANDVT
Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal
AOC
Air Operational Center
APL
Applied Physics Laboratory
ARG
amphibious ready group
ARQ
automatic retransmission queue
ASARS
Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System
ASCIET
All Service Combat Identification Evaluation Team
ASD
Assistant Secretary of Defense
ASN
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
ASN CIO
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Chief Information Officer
ASN RDA
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition
ASW
antisubmarine warfare
ATACMS
Army Tactical Cruise Missile System
ATC
air traffic control
ATDL
advanced tactical data link
ATM
asynchronous transfer mode
ATO
air tasking order
ATOS
Aircraft Tape Operating System
ATR
automatic target recognition
ATRC
Aegis Training and Readiness Command
AWACS
Airborne Warning and Control System
AWE
advanced warfighting experiment
BADD
battlefield automated data distribution
BAT
brilliant anti-armor technology
BDA
battle/bomb damage assessment
BF
battle force
BG
battle group
BGSIT
battle group systems interoperability testing
BI
battlespace infosphere
BLOS
beyond line of sight
BMC4I
battle management command, control, communications, computing, and intelligence
BMDO
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
BOR
Board of Representatives
BPSK
binary phase shift key
C&D
command and decision
C2
command and control
C2ISR
command, control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
C2P
command and control processor
C3
command, control, and communications
C3I
command, control, communications, and intelligence
C4I
command, control, communications, computing, and intelligence
C4ISR
command, control, communications, computing, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
CAOC
Combined Air Operations Center
CAP
Command Air Patrol
CAPI
cryptographic application programming interface
CBT
computer-based training
CCD
camouflage, concealment, and deception; charge-coupled device
CCM
counter-countermeasure
CDC
Combat Development Command
CDL
common data link
CDMA
code division multiple access
CEC
cooperative engagement capability
CEP
circular error probable
CERT
Computer Emergency Response Team
CFO
chief financial officer
CG
guided-missile cruiser
CHBDL
common high-bandwidth data link
CHENG
Chief Engineer (Navy)
CHNAVMAT
Chief of Naval Materiel
CIC Combat Information Center
CINC
commander-in-chief
CINCLANTFLT
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet
CINCPAC
Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command
CINCPACFLT
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet
CIO
Chief Information Officer
CISN
Communications, Information Systems, and Networks
CIWS
close-in weapon system (Phalanx)
CJCS
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
CJTF
command joint task force
CMC
Commandant of the Marine Corps
CMD
cruise missile defense
CNA
Center for Naval Analyses
CNET
Chief of Naval Education and Training
CNO
Chief of Naval Operations
CoABS
Control of Agent-based Systems program
COE
common operating environment
COMNAVAIRLANT
Commander, Naval Air Force, Atlantic
COMNAVAIRPAC
Commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific
COMNAVSUBLANT
Commander, Naval Submarine Force, Atlantic
COMNAVSUBPAC
Commander, Naval Submarine Force, Pacific
COMSEC
communications security
CONOPS
concept(s) of operations
CONUS
continental United States
COP
common operational picture
COTS
commercial off-the-shelf
CPoF
Command Post of the Future program
CRD
capstone requirements document
CSMA/CA
carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance
CTAPS
Contingency Tactical Air Planning System
CTD
common tactical data set
CTP
common tactical picture; consistent tactical picture; coherent tactical picture
CTS
clear to send
CUDIXS
Common User Digital Information Exchange System/ Subsystem
CV
aircraft carrier
CVBG
carrier battle group
CVN
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
CVX
next-generation aircraft carrier (aircraft carrier, experimental)
CWO
chief warrant officer
DAC
digital-to-analog converter
DAMA
demand assigned multiple access
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DCNO
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
DDB
Dynamic Data Base program
DDS
data distribution system
DEP
distributed engineering plant
DES
Data Encryption Standard
DHCP
dynamic host configuration protocol
DIA
Defense Intelligence Agency
DIAP
Defense-wide Information Assurance Program
DII
defense information infrastructure
DII COE
defense information infrastructure common operating environment
DISA
Defense Information Systems Agency
DISN
Defense Information Systems Network
DLA
Defense Logistics Agency
DMA
Defense Mapping Agency
DMDC
Defense Manpower Data Center
DME
distance measuring equipment
DMIF
Dynamic Multiuser Information Fusion program
DMR
digital modular radio
DNS
domain name service
DOC
Department of Commerce
DOD
Department of Defense
DOT
Department of Transportation
DRM
design reference mission
DSB
Defense Science Board
DSC
Decision Support Center
DSCS
Defense Satellite Communications System
DSL
digital subscriber line
DSMAC
digital scene matching area correlation
EAC
Evaluation Analysis Center
EAF
expeditionary aerospace force
ECM
electronic countermeasures
EFX
expeditionary force experiment
EHF
extremely high frequency (30 GHz to 300 GHz)
ELB
extending the littoral battlespace; extended littoral battlespace
ELF
extremely low frequency
ELINT
electronic intelligence
EO
electro-optical/optics
EPLRS
Enhanced Position Location Reporting System
ERDB
Emerging Requirements Database
ERGM
extended-range guided missile
ESC
Electronic Systems Command
ESM
electronic support measure
ESSM
evolved sea sparrow missile
ESWS
enlisted surface warfare specialist
ETOC
Education and Training Oversight Council
EW
electronic warfare/electronic warfare technician
FAAD
forward area air defense
FAADC2I
Forward Area Air Defense Command, Control, and Intelligence (Army)
FAC
forward air control(ler)
FARA
Federal Acquisition Reform Act
FBCB2
Force XXI Battle Command Battalion/Brigade and Below program (Army)
FBE
fleet battle experiment
FEC
fast Ethernet channel
FEWSG
Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group
FIWC
Fleet Information Warfare Center
FLIR
forward-looking infrared
FMF
fleet Marine force
FO
forward observer
FOPEN
foliage penetration/penetrating
FOR
field of regard
FOV
field of view
FPA
focal plane array
FSK
frequency shift keying
FTN
Fault Tolerant Network program
FTP
file transfer protocol
FTX
field training exercise
FYDP
Future Year Defense Program
GAO
General Accounting Office
GBR
ground-based radar
GBS
Global Broadcast System
GCCS
Global Command and Control System
GCCS-M
Global Command and Control System-Maritime
GCSS
Global Combat Support System
GDOP
geometric dilution of precision
GEO
geosynchronous Earth orbit
GIG
global information grid
GLONASS
Global Navigation Satellite System
GMTI
ground moving-target indicator/indication
GPRS
General Packet Radio Service
GPS
Global Positioning System
GSMC
Global System for Mobile Communications
GTN
Global Transportation Network
HARM
high-speed antiradiation missile
HCI
human-computer interface
HDR
high data rate
HEL
high-energy laser
HF
high frequency
HITL
hardware-in-the-loop
HPD
high-power discriminator
HQMC
Headquarters, Marine Corps
HRMTI
high-resolution moving-target indicator
HRR
high-range resolution
HTML
Hyper Text Markup Language
HVT
high-value target
I3
integrated imagery and intelligence
I&W
indications and warnings
IA
information assurance
IBDL
interbattery data link
IBS
Integrated Broadcast System
IC
integrated circuit
ID
identification
IDA
Institute for Defense Analyses
IDM
information dissemination management
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IFF
identification friend or foe
IFFN
identification, friend, foe, or neutral
IFOV
instantaneous field of view
III
integrated information infrastructure
IJMS
interim JTIDS message specification
IMINT
image intelligence
IMT
information management technology
IMU
inertial measurement unit
INFOSEC
information security
INMARSAT
International Marine/Maritime Satellite
INS
Inertial Navigation System
IO
information operations
IOC
initial operational capability
IOG
independent operations group
IP
Internet Protocol
IPB
intelligence preparation of the battlefield
IPSec
IP Security
IPT
integrated products team
IR
infrared
IRMC
Information Resource Management College
IRST
infrared search and track
IS
intelligence specialist
ISR
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
ISS
information superiority and sensors
IT
information technology
IT-21
information technology for the 21st century
ITAA
Information Technology Association of America
ITI
information technology infrastructure
ITIA
Information Technology Infrastructure Architecture
ITM
information technology management
ITMRA
Information Technology Management Reform Act
ITSG
Information Technology Standards Guidance
IW
information warfare
IWAR
integrated warfare architecture
IXS
Information
Exchange System/Subsystem
JASSM
joint air-to-surface standoff missile
JBI
joint battlespace infosphere
JCIT
Joint Combat Information Terminal
JCMT
Joint Collection Management Tasking
JCS
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCTN
Joint Composite Tracking Network
JDAM
joint direct attack munition
JDISS
Joint Deployable Intelligence Support System
JDN
Joint Data Network
JEFX
joint expeditionary force experiment
JFACC
Joint Forces Air Component Command; Joint Forces Air Component Commander program
JFC
joint force commander
JHU/APL
Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory
JICO
joint interface control officer
JITC
Joint Interoperability Testing Center
JMCIS
Joint Maritime Command Information System
JMCOMS
Joint Maritime Communications System
JPN
Joint Planning Network
JROC
Joint Requirements Oversight Council
JSF
joint strike fighter
JSIPS-N
Joint Services Imagery Processing System-Navy
JSOW
joint standoff weapon
JSTARS
Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System
JTA
Joint Technical Architecture
JTACMS
Joint Tactical Missile System
JTAMDO
Joint Theater Air and Missile Defense Organization
JTF
joint task force
JTIDS
Joint Tactical Information Distribution System
JTRS
Joint Tactical Radio System
JWCA
joint warfare capabilities assessment
JWICS
Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System
LAAD
low-altitude air defense
LACMD
land-attack cruise missile defense
LAMPS
Light Airborne Multipurpose System
LAN
local area network
LANDSAT
land remote-sensing satellite
LANTIRN
low-altitude navigation and targeting infrared for night
LASM
land-attack standard missile
LDO
limited duty officer
LDR
low data rate
LEO
low Earth orbit
LGB
laser-guided bomb
LGM
laser-guided munitions
LHA/LHD
amphibious assault ship (general purpose/ multipurpose)
LHC
long-haul communications
LOS
line of sight
LPD
low probability of detection; amphibious assault transport dock
LPI
low probability of interception
MAGTF
Marine air-ground task force
MANET
mobile ad hoc network
MARCORPS
Marine Corps
MBV
model-based vision
MCBL
Marine Corps Battle Laboratory
MCCDC
Marine Corps Combat Development Command
MCM
mine countermeasures
MCSYSCOM
Marine Corps Systems Command
MCWL
Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory
MDV
minimum Doppler velocity; minimal detectable velocity
MEF
Marine expeditionary force
MEMS
microelectromechanical systems
METOC
meteorology and oceanography
MEU
Marine expeditionary unit
MFR
multifunction radar
MIDS
Management Information and Data System; Management Information and Distribution System; modern intelligence databases
MILSTAR
Military Strategic, Tactical, and Relay (SATCOM)
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT/LL
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory
MLS
multilevel secure
MMIC
monolithic microwave integrated circuit
MOE
measure of effectiveness
MOOTW
military operations other than war
MOP
measure of performance
MRC
major regional conflict
MSS
maximum segment size (TCP)
MSTAR
Moving and Stationary Target Acquisition and Recognition program
MTI
moving-target indicator
MTIm
moving-target imaging
MTW
major theater war
N2
Director of Naval Intelligence
N3/N5
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Plans, Policy, and Operations)
N4
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics)
N6
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Space, Information Warfare, and Command and Control)
N7
Director of Naval Training
N8
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Resources, Warfare Requirements, and Assessments)
N86
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Surface Warfare Division)
N88
Director, Air Warfare Division
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAVAIR
Naval Air Systems Command
NAVCOMPT
Navy Comptroller
NAVMACS
Naval Modular Automated Communications System
NAVSEA
Naval Sea Systems Command
NAVSPACOM
Naval Space Command
NAVSPASUR
Navy Space Surveillance System
NAVSUP
Naval Supply Systems Command
NCA
National Command Authority
NCII
Naval Command and Information Infrastructure
NCNF
network-centric naval forces
NCO
network-centric operations
NCTR
naval commercial traffic regulator
NCW
network-centric warfare
NDU
National Defense University
NEC
Navy enlisted classification
NES
network encryption system
NFS
naval fire support
NGO
nongovernmental organization
NILE
NATO Improved Link Eleven (Link 22)
NIMA
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
NIPRNET
sensitive but unclassified Internet Protocol Router Network
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NITF
National Imagery Transmission Format (standard)
N/MCI
Navy/Marine Corps intranet
NORAD
North American Aerospace Command
NPGS
Naval Postgraduate School
NRC
National Research Council
NRL
Naval Research Laboratory
NRO
National Reconnaissance Office
NSA
National Security Agency
NSB
Naval Studies Board
NSF
National Science Foundation
NSTISSI
National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Instruction
NTDR
near-term digital radio
NTM
National technical means
NWC
Naval War College
NWDC
Navy Warfare Development Command
OA
operational architecture
OASD (C3I)
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence)
OCMD
overland cruise missile defense
OLCD
object level change detection
OMB
Office of Management and Budget
OMFTS
Operational Maneuver From the Sea
OMN
operations and maintenance, Navy
ONR
Office of Naval Research
OODA
observe, orient, decide, and act
OOTW
operations other than war
OPA
optical phased array
OPM
Office of Personnel Management
OPN
other procurement, Navy
OPNAV
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
OQPSK
offset quadrature phase shift key
ORD
operational requirements document
OS
operations specialist
OSD
Office of the Secretary of Defense
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection (model)
OSPF
open shortest path first
OTAR
over-the-air rekeying
OTC
officer in tactical command
OTH over-the-horizon
OUSD (A&T)
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology)
OUSD (P&R)
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)
P3I
preplanned product improvement
PADIL
Patriot data link
PCS
portable control station
PDA
personal digital assistant
PE
program element
PEO
program executive office(r)
PEO C3S
Program Executive Office for Command, Control, and Computer Systems
PEO TSC
Program Executive Office for Theater Surface Combatants
PK
public key
PKI
public-key infrastructure
PLI
position location information
PLRS
Position Location and Reporting System
PM
program manager
PMR
programmable modular radio
POC
point of contact
POM
program objective memorandum
PPBS
Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System
PPDB
point positional database
PPDL
point-to-point data link
PPLI
precise position location and identification
PSA
Principal Staff Assistant
PTP
point to point
QOL
quality of life
QOS
quality of service
R&D
research and development
R2
reporting responsibility
RAM
rolling airframe missile
RCS
radar cross section
RDA
research, development, and acquisition
RF
radio frequency
RFP
request for proposal
RFS
request for service
RM
radioman
RMS
Requirements Management System
ROEs
rules of engagement
ROV
remotely operated vehicle
RSVP
Resource Reservation Protocol
RTR
Real Time Targeting and Retargeting program
RTS
request to send
S&T
science and technology
SA
selective availability
SAAWC
sector antiair warfare coordinator/center
SALSA
Software Architecture and Logic for Secure Cooperative Applications
SALTS
Streamlined Automated Logistics Transmission System
SAM
surface-to-air missile
SAR
synthetic aperture radar
SAS
synthetic aperture sonar
SATCOM
satellite communications
S-Band
frequency band, 1550 MHz to 5200 MHz
SD
spiral development
SEAD
suppression of enemy air defenses
SECNAV
Secretary of the Navy
SEW
space, electronic warfare
SFW
sensor-fused weapon
SHF
superhigh frequency
SIAP
single integrated air picture
SIGINT
signal intelligence
SINCGARS
Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System
SINTRA
Secure Information Through Replicated Architecture
SIPRNET
Secret Internet Protocol Router Network
SLA
Service-level agreement
SLAM-ER
standoff land attack missile-expanded response
SM-3
standard missile 3
SNMC
Simple Network Management Control
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SONET
synchronous optical network
SPAWAR
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
SPMAGTFX
Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Experimental
SSBN
nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine
SSC
SPAWAR Systems Center
SSG
strike and surface fire
SSL
Secure Socket Layer
SSN
nuclear-powered attack submarine
ST
sonar technician
STAP
space-time adaptive processing
STOL
short takeoff and landing
STOM
ship to objective maneuver
STOVL
short takeoff and vertical landing
STOW
synthetic theater-of-war
STU III
secure telephone unit-third generation
SUBPAC
Submarine Forces, Pacific
SURFPAC
Surface Forces, Pacific
SUW
surface warfare
SYSCOM
Systems Command
TACAN
tactical air and navigation
TACC
Tactical Air Control (Command) Center
TACFIRE
Tactical Fire Direction System (Army)
TACINTEL
tactical intelligence
TAD
theater air defense
TADIL
tactical digital information link
TADIL A
Tactical Digital Information Link (Link 11)
TADIL B
Tactical Digital Information Link (Link 11B)
TADIL C
Tactical Digital Information Link (Link 4A)
TADIL J
Tactical Digital Information Link (Link 16)
TAMD
tactical (theater) air and missile defense
TAN
terrain-aided navigation
TAOC
Tactical Air Operations Center (USMC)
TAP
tactical awareness packet; terminal awareness packet
TAV
total asset visibility
TBMCS
Theater Battle Management Core System
TBM(D)
tactical (theater) ballistic missile (defense)
TCDL
tactical common data link (U.S. DOD joint)
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TCT
time-critical target
TDDS
Tactical Data Dissemination System
TDMA
time division multiple access
TDN
Tactical Data Network
TDS
Tactical Direction System
TEL
transporter-erector-launcher
TERCOM
terrain-contour matching
TESS
The Enhanced Surveillance System
TFNF
technology for future naval forces
THAAD
theater high-altitude area defense
TIBS
Tactical (Theater) Information Broadcast System
TISS
Thermal Imaging Sensor System
TLE
target location error
TMAD
tactical (theater) missile and air defense
TnT
tactical/nontactical
TOA
total obligational authority
TOC
Tactical Operations Center
TOF
time of flight
TPED
tasking, processing, exploitation, and dissemination
TPFDD
time-phased force deployment data
TPFDL
Time Phase Force Deployment List
T/R
transmitter/receiver
TRADOC
Training and Doctrine Command (Army)
TRANSIT
Navy Satellite Navigation System
TRAP
Tactical Receive Applications Program
TRE
tactical receive equipment
TSB
time slot block
TSC
tactical support center; Theater Surface Combatant
TSR
time slot reallocation
TTPs
tactics, techniques, and procedures
TYPE CDR
functional type commander
UAV
unmanned aerial vehicle
UCAV
uninhabited combat air vehicle
UHF
ultrahigh frequency
UNSECNAV
Under Secretary of the Navy
URL
unrestricted line (USN officer designation); uniform resource locator (World Wide Web address)
USA
United States Army
USACOM
United States Atlantic Command
USAF
United States Air Force
USD AT
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology
USJFCOM
United States Joint Forces Command
USMC
United States Marine Corps
USMTF
uniform standard message transfer format
USN
United States Navy
USPACOM
United States Pacific Command
USW
undersea warfare
UUV
unmanned underwater vehicle
VCJCS
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
VCNO
Vice Chief of Naval Operations
VHF
very high frequency
VLS
vertical launch system
VMF
variable message format
VOR
voice-operated relay; VHF omni-range navigation system
VPN
virtual private network
VRC
vehicular radio communications
VSR
volume search radar
VTC
video teleconference
VTOL
vertical takeoff and land(ing)
VTT
visual true type
WDM
wave-division-multiplexed
WIPT
working integrated process team
WMD
weapon of mass destruction
WOC
War Operations Center
WWMCCS
Worldwide Military Command and Control System
XML
Extensible Markup Language