| A/D |
Analog to Digital
|
| AAR |
After Action Review
|
| ABM |
Antiballistic Missile
|
| ABO |
Agents of Biological Origin
|
| ABT |
Air Breathing Threat
|
| ACAT |
Acquisition Catagory
|
| ACTD |
Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
|
| ACTS |
Advanced Communications Technology Satellite
|
| ADA |
Air Defense Artillery
|
| ADC |
Analog-to-digital Converter
|
| ADLT |
Advanced Discriminating LADAR Technology
|
| ADTOC |
Air Defense Tactical Operations Center
|
| AFAS |
Advanced Field Artillery System
|
| AI |
Artificial Intelligence
|
| AIT |
Atmospheric Interception Technology
|
| ALCOR |
ARPA Lincoln C-Band Observables Radar
|
| ALTAIR |
ARPA Long Range Tracking and Instrumentation Radar
|
| AMOR |
Army Missile Optical Range
|
| AMT |
ACTS Mobile Terminal
|
| AO |
Acousto-Optical
|
| AOEC |
Aero Optical Evaluation Center
|
| AOTF |
Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter
|
| ARC |
Advanced Research Center
|
| ARL |
Army Research Laboratory
|
| ARM |
Anti-Radiation Missile
|
| ARPA |
Advanced Research Project Agency
|
| ARSPACE |
U.S. Army Space Command
|
| ASARS |
Advanced Synthetic Aperature Radar System
|
| ASAT |
Anti-Satellite
|
| ASCO |
Advanced Systems Concept Office
|
| ASEDP |
Army Space Exploitation Demonstration Program
|
| ASM |
Air-to-Surface Missile
|
| ASPO |
Army Space Program Office
|
| AST |
Airborne Surveillance Testbed
|
| ASTMP |
Army Science and Technology Master Plan
|
| ASTP |
Advanced Sensor Technology Program
|
| ATC |
Automated Technical Catalog
|
| ATD |
Advanced Technology Directorate
|
| ATMD |
Army Theater Missile Defense
|
| ATR |
Automatic Target Recognition
|
| BIDS |
Biological Integrated Detection System
|
| BMC3I |
Battle Management Command, Control,
Communications, and Intelligence
|
| BMC4I |
Battle Management Command, Control,
Communications, Computers, and Intelligence
|
| BMD |
Ballistic Missile Defense
|
| BMDO |
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
|
| BOA |
Battlefield Ordnance Awareness
|
| BRAT |
Beyond Line of Site Reporting and Tracking
|
| C |
Centigrade
|
| C3I |
Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
|
| C4I |
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and
Intelligence
|
| CALM |
Characterization of Advanced LWIR Mosaic
|
| CCD |
Camouflage, Concealment, and Deception
|
| CECOM |
Communications and Electronics Command
|
| CINC |
Commander-in-Chief
|
| CM |
Cruise Missile
|
| CONUS |
Continental United States
|
| Corps |
Corps Surface-to-Air Missile/Medium Extended Air
SAM/MEADS Defense System
|
| COTS |
Commercial-off-the-shelf
|
| CRDA |
Cooperative Research and Development
|
| DAC |
Digital-to-Analog Converter
|
| DADS |
Digital Automated Data System
|
| DAGGR |
Depressed Altitude Guided Gun Round
|
| DEM/VAL |
Demonstration Validation
|
| DIS |
Distributed Interactive Simulation
|
| DITP |
Discriminating Interceptor Technology Program
|
| DoD |
Department of Defense
|
| DoE |
Department of Energy
|
| DOT |
Designating Optical Tracker
|
| DSCS |
Defense Satellite Communications System
|
| DSCSOCs |
Defense Satellite Communications Systems Ops
Centers
|
| EADSIM |
Extended Air Defense Simulation
|
| EADTB |
Extended Air Defense Test Bed
|
| ECCM |
Electronic Counter Countermeasure
|
| ECM |
Electronic Countermeasure
|
| ECS |
Engagement Control System
|
| EHF |
Extremely High Frequency
|
| EKV |
Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle
|
| EMI |
Electromagnetic Interference
|
| F |
Fahrenheit
|
| FAAD |
Forward Area Air Defense
|
| FCR |
Fire Control Radar
|
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration
|
| FEL |
Free Electron Laser
|
| FLC |
Federal Laboratory Consortium
|
| FPA |
Focal Plane Arrays
|
| FY |
Fiscal Year
|
| GBI |
Ground-Based Interceptor
|
| GBR |
Ground-Based Radar
|
| GBR-P |
Ground-Based Interceptor-Prototype
|
| GBS |
Ground-Based Sensor
|
| GPS |
Global Positioning System
|
| GSE |
Ground Support Equipment
|
| HALO |
High Altitude Observatory
|
| HE |
High Explosive
|
| HELLO |
High Energy Laser Light Opportunity
|
| HELSTF |
High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility
|
| HEMP |
High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
|
| HMMWV |
High Mobility, Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
|
| HPM |
High Powered Microwave
|
| HTK |
Hit-to-Kill
|
| HVL |
Hypervelocity Launcher
|
| Hz |
Hertz
|
| IBM |
International Business Machines
|
| ICBM |
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
|
| InSb |
Indium Antimonide
|
| IR |
Infrared
|
| ISC |
Irvine Sensors Corporation
|
| JCS |
Joint Chiefs of Staff
|
| JTAGS |
Joint Tactical Ground Station
|
| K |
Degrees Kelvin
|
| kb |
Kilobits
|
| kbps |
Kilobits per Second
|
| KDEC |
Kinetic Energy Weapon Digital Emulation Center
|
| KE |
Kinetic Energy
|
| KE ASAT |
Kinetic Energy Anti-Satellite
|
| KEW |
Kinetic Energy Weapon
|
| km |
Kilometer
|
| KMR |
Kwajalein Missile Range
|
| LADAR |
Laser Radar
|
| LDS |
Lexington Discrimination System
|
| LEAP |
Lightweight Exoatmospheric Projectile
|
| LWIR |
Long Wavelength Infrared
|
| MADCAP |
Mosaic Array Data Compression and Processing
|
| Mbps |
Million Bits per Second
|
| MD |
Missile Defense
|
| MDBIC |
Missile Defense Battel Integration Center
|
| MDDC |
Missile Data Center
|
| MDSTC |
Missile Defense & Space Technology Center
|
| MFL |
Multiple Folded Ladar
|
| MICOM |
U.S. Army Missile Command
|
| MIRACL |
Mid-Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser
|
| MIT |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
| MLRS |
Multiple Launch Rocket System
|
| mm |
Millimeter
|
| MMIC |
Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit
|
| MMW |
Millimeter Wave
|
| MNS |
Mission Need Statement
|
| MOSTT |
Mosaic Optical Sensor Technology Test Bed
|
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding
|
| MSPS |
Mega Sample Per Second
|
| MSX |
Midcourse Space Experiment
|
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
|
| NAVSTAR |
Navigational Satellite
|
| NIH |
National Institute of Health
|
| nm |
nanometer
|
| NMD |
National Missile Defense
|
| NSA |
National Security Agency
|
| NTB |
National Test Bed
|
| ODA |
Optical Discrimination Algorithms
|
| OGA |
Other Government Agencies
|
| ORD |
Operational Requirements Document
|
| ORTA |
Office of Research and Technology Application
|
| OSC |
Optical Signatures Code
|
| OSD |
Office of the Secretary of Defense
|
| P3I |
Pre-Planned Product Improvement
|
| PA&ID |
Program Analysis and Integration Directorate
|
| PAC-3 |
PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3
|
| PATRIOT |
Phased Array Tracking to Intercept of Target
|
| PEO |
Program Executive Office
|
| PEO AMD |
Program Executive Officer for Air and Missile
Defense
|
| PET |
Pilot-line Experiment Technology
|
| PLA |
Patent License Agreement
|
| PM |
Program Manager/Project Manager
|
| PMA |
Program Management Agreement
|
| PMRF |
Pacific Missile Range Facility
|
| POC |
Point of Contact
|
| POP |
Proof-of-Principle
|
| POST |
Portable Optical Sensor Tester
|
| PtSi |
Platinum Silicide
|
| R&D |
Research and Development
|
| RadHard |
Radiation Hardened
|
| RADOT |
Recording Automatic Digital Optical Tracker
|
| RAM |
Random Access Memory
|
| RDT&E |
Research, Development, Test & Engineering
|
| RF |
Radio Frequency
|
| ROBS |
Rapid Optical Beam Steering
|
| RSTA |
Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target
Acquisition
|
| RV |
Reentry Vehicle
|
| S/O |
Survivability/Operability
|
| S/SU/AC |
System/System Upgrade/Advanced Concept
|
| SAIP |
Semi-Automated Imagery Processing
|
| SATCOM |
Satellite Communications
|
| SATP |
Space Applications Technology Program
|
| SBE |
Synthetic Battlefield Environment
|
| SBIR |
Small Business Innovative Research
|
| SC |
Simulation Center
|
| SEO |
Survivability Enhancement Option
|
| SHAPE |
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
|
| SiC |
Silicon Carbide
|
| SLBD |
Sea Lite Beam Director
|
| SMTS |
Space and Missile Tracking System
|
| SRAM |
Static Random Access Memories
|
| SSDC |
Space & Strategic Defense Command
|
| SSR |
Specific System Representations
|
| STARS |
Strategic Target System
|
| STB |
Surveillance Test Bed
|
| STO |
Science & Technology Objective
|
| STOW |
Synthetic Theater of War
|
| STRV |
Space Technology Research Vehicle
|
| STTR |
Small Business Technology Transfer
|
| SVS |
Scientific Visualization Suite
|
| SWSA |
Spatial Weapons System Analysis
|
| T,T&E |
Targets, Test and Evaluation
|
| T2 |
Technology Transfer
|
| TA |
Test Articles
|
| TBM |
Tactical Ballistic Missile
|
| TCMP |
Theater Missile Defense Critical Measurements
Program
|
| TENCAP |
Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities
|
| TFRAMES |
Tools to Facilitate the Rapid Assembly of Missile
Engagement Simulations
|
| THAAD |
Theater High Altitude Area Defense
|
| THEL |
Tactical High Energy Laser
|
| TMD |
Theater Missile Defense
|
| TOC |
Tactical Operations Center
|
| TRADEX |
Target Resolution and Discrimination Experiment
|
| TRADOC |
Training and Doctrine Command
|
| TTP |
Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
|
| UAV |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
|
| UHF |
Ultra High Frequency
|
| ULSIC |
Ultra Large Scale Integrated Circuit
|
| UOES |
User Operational Evaluation System
|
| USAF |
U.S. Air Force
|
| USAKA |
U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll
|
| USARSPACE |
U.S. Army Space Command
|
| USASSDC |
U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command
|
| USCINCSPACE |
United States Commander-in-Chief Space
|
| USMC |
U.S. Marine Corps
|
| USSPACECOM |
United States Space Command
|
| VHF |
Very High Frequency
|
| VLSI |
Very Large-Scale Integration
|
| W |
Watts
|
| WSMR |
White Sands Missile Range
|
Annex D. Space And Missile Defense Technologies