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Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms
Pages 277-280

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... APPENDIX B ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ACCL ACE ACT ADS AEDC AHS AIA ARC ASIP ASM ASRS AST ATE ATM BPR CDTI CFD CIM CIS CMC CPAS CRT CTM CTOL CVD dB DNS Advanced Computational Concepts Laboratory Aircraft Efficiency program advanced composites technology Automated Dependent Surveillance Arnold Engineering Development Center American Helicopter Society Aerospace Industries Association Ames Research Center Aircraft Structural Integrity Program available seat miles Aviation Safety Reporting System Advanced subsonic transport Advanced Tactical Fighter air traffic management bypass ratio cockpit display of traffic information computational fluid dynamics computer-integrated manufacturing Commonwealth of Independent States ceramic matrix composite composite primary a~rcraD structure ca~ode-ray tube cargo ton-miles conventional takeoff and landing chemical vapor deposition decibels direct numerical simulation 277
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... Aviation Organization instrument flight rule integrated high-performance turbine engine technology instrument landing system intermetallic matrix composite inertial navigation system intelligent process contro! I~ngley Research Center pounds force lift-to-drag ratio laser-Doppler velocimeter Lewis Research Center laminar flow control low pressure lean primed prevaponzed Matenals for Advanced Technology Engine miDion floadng point operations per second microwave landing system metal matrix composite mean dme between failures National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics
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From page 279...
... system revenue passenger-miles revenue ton-miles nlnway visua1 range stability and command augmentation system specific fue] consumption specific horsepower secondary sunreillanc~e radar supersonic transport short takeoff and landing Terminal Collision Avoidance System total gross weight Transportation Research Board thrust-specific fuel consumphon uluahigh frequency United States Air Force var~able exit nozzle very high bypass very high frequency
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... 280 VOR VHF omnidirectional range VIOL vertical takeoff and landing APPENDIX B
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