Appendix D
Acronyms
A2SF Advanced All-Source Fusion
AC&CSD Advanced Computing and Computational Sciences Division
AC2T Academic Class Composite Tool
ACM Association for Computing Machinery
AEC Army Evaluation Center
AFOSR Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory
AHAAH Auditory Hazard Assessment Algorithm for Humans
AMRDEC Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center
APS active protection system
ARL Army Research Laboratory
ARLTAB Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board
ARO Army Research Office
ATO Army Technology Objective
BED Battlefield Environment Division
BND Ballistics and Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Division
BRAC base realignment and closure
BRL-CAD Ballistic Research Laboratory–Computer-Aided Design
CAD computer-aided design
CASEL Cognitive Assessment, Simulation, and Engineering Laboratory
CC capability concept
CERDEC Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center
CFD computational fluid dynamics
CIO/G-6 Office of the Chief Information Officer
CISD Computational and Information Sciences Directorate
COTS commercial-off-the-shelf
CTA Collaborative Technology Alliance
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DE directed energy
DFT density functional theory
DoD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DSI Director’s Strategic Initiative
DU depleted uranium
EAR Environment for Auditory Research
ECAE equal channel angle extrusion
EEG electroencephalogram
EFP explosively formed penetrator
EM electromagnetic
EMVAF Electro Magnetic Vulnerability Assessment Facility
EOCM electro-optic countermeasures
FAST Field Assistance in Science and Technology
FCS Future Combat Systems
FEA finite element analysis
FEM finite element model
fMRI functional magnetic resonance imaging
FPGA field-programmable gate array
FY fiscal year
GCV Ground Combat Vehicle
GLEEM Gun Liner Emplacement by Elastomeric Materials
GPS Global Positioning System
HPC high-performance computing
HRED Human Research and Engineering Directorate
HRI Human Robot Interaction
HSI Human System Integration
ICA independent component analysis
IED improvised explosive device
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEPD Information and Electronic Protection Division
IM insensitive munitions
IMPRINT Improved Performance Research Integration Tool (software)
IMU inertial measurement unit
INSCOM Intelligence Security Command
IO information operations
IR infrared
IRCM infrared countermeasures
ISD Information Sciences Division
ISR intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
ITA International Technology Alliance
JP-8 Jet Propellant 8 fuel
LED light-emitting diode
LIFE Laser IRCM Flyout Experiment
LWIR long-wavelength infrared
MANPRINT Manpower and Personnel Integration
MASINT Measurement and Signature Intelligence
MAST Micro-Autonomous Systems and Technology
MBT&E Mission-Based Test and Evaluation
MEDE Materials in Extreme Dynamic Environments
MEMS microelectromechanical systems
MMF Mission and Means Framework (software)
MRAP mine-resistant ambush-protected
MT machine translation
MURI Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
MUVES Modular UNIX-based Vulnerability Estimation Suite (software)
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NDE nondestructive evaluation
NRC National Research Council
NSD Network Sciences Division
OCR optical character recognition
ODE ordinary differential equation
ODT omnidirectional treadmill
ONR Office of Naval Research
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
PASS Personal Academic Strategies for Success
PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder
QAM quadrature amplitude modulation
R&D research and development
RDEC Research, Development, and Engineering Center
RDECOM Research, Development, and Engineering Command
RF radio frequency
S&T science and technology
S4 System of Systems Survivability Simulation (software)
SAFTE Sleep, Activity, Fatigue and Task Effectiveness
SBAM Scalable Binary Annular Munition
SBIR Small Business Innovation Research
SEDD Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate
SIRE Synchronous Impulse Reconstruction
SLAD Survivability and Lethality Analysis Directorate
SLV survivability, lethality, and vulnerability
SLVA survivability, lethality, and vulnerability assessment
SNA social network analysis
SoS system of systems
SoSA system-of-systems analysis
SPEAR Soldier Performance and Equipment Advanced Research
TARDEC Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center
TBI traumatic brain injury
T&E testing and evaluation
THINK Tactical Human Integration of Networked Knowledge
TILV Target Interaction Lethality/Vulnerability
TNT 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene
TRADOC Training and Doctrine Command
TTPs tactics, techniques, and procedures
TWV tactical wheeled vehicle
UAS unmanned autonomous system
UAV unmanned aerial vehicle
UGV unmanned ground vehicle
UV ultraviolet
V&V validation and verification
VAATE Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engines Program
VAPP Very Affordable Precision Projectile
VARD Vehicle Applied Research Division
VSL Virtual Shot Line
VTD Vehicle Technology Directorate
VTOL vertical take off and landing
WFO warfighter outcome
WMRD Weapons and Materials Research Directorate