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(A) - Alphabetic Designator

A- Army, Amperes, Area, Antenna

AA- Approving Authority, Anti-Aircraft

AA- Achieved Availability

A/A- Air to Air

AAA- Anti-Aircraft Artillery; Allocations, Assessments, and Analysis; Awaiting Aircraft Availability; Army Audit Agency; Arrival and Assembly Area

AAAM- Advanced Air-To-Air Missile

AAAS- Anti-Aircraft Artillery Simulator

AAB- Aviation Armament Bulletin

AABFS- Amphibious Assault Bulk Fuel System

AAC- Aviation Armament Change

AACG- Arrival Airfield Control Group

AACTS- Automatic Anechoic Chamber Test System

AADARS- Afloat Automated Data Acquisition and Retrieval System

AADC- All Applications Digital Computer

AAE- Aerospace Ancillary Equipment; Aircraft Armament Equipment

AA&E- Arms, Ammunition and Explosives

AAFIS- Advanced Avionics Fault Isolation System

AAI- American Armament, Inc.

AAL- Acquisition After Launch; Additional Authorization List; Authorized Allowance List

AALW- Assembled Air Launched Weapon

AAM- Air-to-Air Missile; Automated Acquisition Module

AAMO- Assistant Aircraft Maintenance Officer

AAOE- Arrival and Assembly Operation Elements

AAOG- Arrival and Assembly Operations Group

AAP-Allied Administrative Publications; Allowance Appendix Pages

AAR- Aircraft Accident Report

AARM- Advanced Anti-Radiation Missile

AAS- Automated Accounting System

AASP- Airfield Ammunition Supply Point

AATS- Armament Auxiliaries Test Set

AAURTS- AMRAAM AUR Test Set

AAV- Airborne Assault Vehicle; Amphibious Assault Vehicle

AAVI- AMRAAM Air Vehicle- Instrumented

AAW- Anti-Air Warfare

AAWC- Anti-Air Warfare Commander/Center

AAWS- Automatic Attack Warning System; Anti-Air Warfare System; Airborne Adverse Weather Weapons System

AB- Aviation Boatswain (mate); Afterburner; Air Base

ABATE- Analog Based Automatic Test Equipment

ABC- Advanced Base Components

ABCAIRSTD- ABC Air Standardization Agreement

ABCD- Advanced Base Construction Depot

ABCL- As-Built Configuration List

ABF- Annular Blast Fragmentation; Advanced Bomb Family

ABFC- Advance Base Functional Components

ABFRL- Advanced Base Facilities Requirements List

ABIOL- Advanced Base Initial Outfitting List

ABISL- Advanced Base Initial Support List

ABL- Allegheny Ballistics Lab; Allocated Base Line, Armored Box Launcher

ABLE- Acquisition Based on Logistics Effects; Advanced Base Logistics Envelope

ABM- Anti-Ballistic Missile; Advance Bill of Materials

ABO- Aviators Breathing Oxygen; Air Base Order

ABSLA- Approved Basic Stock Level Allowance

AC- Alternating Current; Aircraft; Air Controller; Air Traffic Control; Aircrew; Active Component; Associate Contractor

A-C, A/C- Aircraft; Account

ACA- Automatic Collision Avoidance

ACAT- Acquisition Category

ACB- Aircrew System Bulletin

ACC- Aircraft Controlling Custodian

ACCB- Aircraft Configuration Control Board

ACCESS-Afloat Consumption, Cost and Effective Surveillance System

ACCS- Army Command and Control System; Automated Calibration and Checkout System

ACCUM- Accumulated

ACD- Aircraft Change Directive

ACDS- Advanced Combat Direction System

ACDUTRA- Active Duty for Training

ACE- Aircraft Condition Evaluation; AMRAAM Captive-Carry Equipment; Acceptance Checkout Equipment; Aviation Combat Element

ACES- Arrow Continuation Experiments (Israel interceptor missile program)

ACGIH- American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

ACFT- Aircraft

ACHC- Aircraft Handling Crew

ACHO- Aircraft Handling Officer

ACI- Allocated Configuration Identification

ACIB- Air Characteristics Improvement Board

ACIMD- Advanced Concept Intercept Missile Demonstration

ACL- Aircraft Circular Letter

ACLS- Automated Control and Landing System

ACM- Air Combat Maneuver; Anti-Cruise Missile; Advanced Cluster Munitions; Advanced Missile Cruise

ACMM- Air Combat Maneuver Mode

ACMI- Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation

ACMR- Air Combat Maneuvering Range

ACN- Advance Change Notice; Activity Control Number

ACNO- Assistant Chief of Naval Operations

ACO- Administrative Contracting Office; Airfield Coordination Officer; Amphibious Contruction Battalion

ACOMTRAK- Aircraft Composition Tracking (system)

ACP- Allied communications Publications; Area Coordinating Paper

ACQ- Acquisition

ACR- Allowance Change Request

ACRA- Airlift Concepts and Requirement Agency

ACRC- Area Calibration and Repair Center

ACS- Aviation Capable Ship, Assistant Chief of Staff

ACSM- Advanced Conventional Standoff Missile

ACSN- Advance Change Study Notice

ACT- Action; Action Taken; Actual Instrument Time

ACTS- Advanced Communications and Technology Satellite

ACU- Assault Craft Unit

AD- Advanced Development; Air Data; Destroyer Tender; Armament Division

ADA- DOD Computer Programming Language; Automatic Data Acquistion

ADAMS- Attribute Data Management System

ADAPS- Automatic Display and Plotting System

ADAPT-Analog-Digital Automatic Program Tester

ADATS- Anti-Tank Air Defense System; Air Defense Anti-Aircraft Tracking System

ADB- Aircraft Discrepancy Book

AD&C- Ammunition Distribution and control

ADC- Air Data Computer; Air Defense Command; Aircraft Directives Configuration; Analog to Digital Converter

ADCAP- Acquisition Deficiency Corrective Action Program, Advanced Capability

ADCN- Advance Design Change Notice

ADCON- Advise All Concerned; Administrative Control

ADDS- Army Data Distribution System

ADEPT- Analysis-Based Data Exchange for Publication and Training

ADF- Automatic Direction Finder; Air Defense Fighter; Acquisition Data Form

ADFS- Automated Data Filing System

ADI- Attitude Direction Indicator; Air Defense Initiative

ADIMS- Ammunition Disposal Information Management System

ADIZ- Air Defense Identification Zone

ADJ- Adjustment

ADL- Authorized Data List; Automated Data List; Ammunition Data List; Air Datum Line

ADM- Administrative Lead Time; Advanced Development Model

ADMAPS- Automated Document Management and Publishing System

ADMIN- Administrative

ADMRL- Application Data Material Readiness List

ADMSG- Advise by Message

ADO- Advance Development Objective

ADP- Automatic Data Processing; AMRAAM Data Processor; Acceptance Data Package; Advanced Development Proposal

ADPA- American Defense Preparedness Association

ADPC- Automatic Data Processing Center

ADPCM- Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation

ADPE- Automatic Data Processing Equipment

ADPEC- Automatic Data Processing Equipment Code

ADPM- Automatic Data Processing Machine

ADPMU- Automatic Data Processing Maintenance Unit

ADPO- Advanced Development Project Officer

ADPOU- Automatic Data Processing Operations Unit

ADPS- Automatic Data Processing System

ADR- Aircraft Discrepancy Report; Applied Data Research

ADS- Address Directory System; Automatic Data System

ADSHIPDA- Advise Shipping Data

ADT- Administrative Delay Time; Automatic Detection and Tracking

ADTAC- Air Defense Tactical Air Command

ADTAXE- Advise Action Taken

ADTS- Automated Deliverable Tracking System

ADU- Adapter Unit; Azimuth Display Unit

ADVANCE- Army Data Validation and Netting Capability Establishment

ADVCAP- Advanced Capability

ADVON- Advanced Echelon

A&E- Architectural/Engineering; Ammunition and Explosives

AE- Ammunition Ship; Aviation Electrician; Assault Echelon; Active Emitter; Age Exploration

AEA- Acquisition Engineering Agent

AEC- Atomic Energy Commission; Architure Engineering Construction; Armament Equipment Change

AECL- Aircraft and Equipment Configuration List

AED- Automated Engineering Design; Active Emitter Decoy

AEDA- Ammunition Explosives and Dangerous Articles

AEGIS- Automatic Electronic Guided Intercept System

AEL- Allowance Equipage List

AEMS- Aircraft Engine Management System

AEP- Allied Equipment Publications

AFPI- Air Force Procurement Instruction

AEPS- Aircrew Escape Propulsion System

AER- Alteration Equivalent to Repair

AERO- Automatic Engineering Readout; Aeronautical Equipment Reference Ordinal

AERPA- Advanced Equipment Repair Program

AESF- AMRAAM Engineering Support Office

AESO- Aircraft Environmental Support Office

AESR- Aeronautical Equipment Service Record

AESS-Aircraft Electrical Servicing Station

AETAS- Active Emitter Target Auxiliary System

AETSP- Active Emitter Threat Simulation Program

AEW- Airborne Early Warning; Airborne Electronic Warfare

AEWTS- Advanced Electronic Warfare Test Set

AF- Air Force; Audio Frequency; Stores Ship

A/F- Arm/Fire

AFAD- Air Force Acquisition

AFALC- Air Force Acquisition Logistic Center

AFAO- Approved Force Acquisition Objective

AFB- Approved Force Acquisition Objective

AFB- Airframe Bulletin; Air Force Base

AFC- Airframe Change

AFCMC- Air Force Contract Maintenance Center

AFCS- Automatic Flight Control System

AFCOLA- Air Force Coordinated Office for Logistics Analysis

AFCOLR- Air Force Coordinating Committee for Logistics Research

AFCOS- Armed Forces Courier Service

AFD- Arm/Fire Device

AFEMMIS- Air Force Equipment Management Information System

AFFF- Aqueous Film Forming Foam

AFFTC- Air Force Flight Test Center

AFIMMSS- Air Force Information Maintenance Manufacturing Support System

AFIMS- Air Force Information Management System

AFISA- USAF Intelligence Service

AFIT- Air Force Institute of Technology

AFLC- Air Force Logistics Command

AFLCR- Air Force Logistics Command Regulation

AFM- Aviation Fleet Maintenance; Air Force Manual

AFMETCALP-Air Force Metrology and Calibration Program

AFOG- Airfield Operation Group

AFOTEC- Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center

AFP- Approval for Full Production; Armed Forces of the Philippines

AFPCH- Army Force Planning Cost Handbook

AFPE- Air Force Preliminary Evaluation

AFPI- Air Force Procurement Instruction

AFPR- Air Force Plant Representative

AFPRO- Air Force Plant Representative's Office

AFQT- Armed Forces Qualification Test

AFR- Aircraft Flight Record; Air Force Regulation

AFREP- Aviation Supply Office Field Representative

AFRS- Automatic Flight Reference System

AFS- Combat Stores Ship

AFSC- Air Force Systems Command; Air Force Specialty Code

AFSCM- Air Force Systems Command Manual

AFSK- Audio Frequency Shift Keying

AFSWP- Armed Forces Special Weapon Project

AFTA- Avionics Fault Tree Analysis

AFTEC- Air Force Test and Evaluation Center

AFTO- Air Force Technical Order

AFTOMS- Air Force Technical Order Management System (formerly ATOS)

AFTP- AMRAAM Flight Test Plan

AFTPWG- AMRAAM Flight Test Plan Working Group

AFTS- Airborne Flight Termination System

AFTU- Airborne Flight Termination Unit

AFV- Armored Family of Vehicles

AFWTF- Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility

AG- Arresting Gear; Angle Gate

AGC- Automatic Gain Control

AGDS- Deep Submergence Support Ship

AGE- Aerospace Ground Equipment; Angle Gate Enable

AGERD- Aerospace Ground Equipment Requirement Document

AGES- Air-to-Ground Engagement System

AGFCS- Automatic Gunfire Control System

AGI- Auxiliary Gathering Intelligence

AGL- Above Ground Level

AGM- Air to Ground Missile; Missile Range Instrumentation Ships, Air Surface Attack Missile

AGM-88A- Air to Ground Missile 88A

AGMC- Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center

AGOR- Oceanographic Research Ship

AGP- Aircraft Gun Pod

AGS- Aircraft Generation Squadron, Surveying Ship

AHIP- Army Helicopter Improvement Program

AHRS- Attitude Heading Reference System

AI- Airborne Intercept; Artificial Intelligence; Airspeed Indicator; Action Item

AIA- Aerospace Industries Association Autopilot Integral Antenna

AIAA- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

AIAAM- Advanced Intercept Air to Air Missile (Phoenix Follow-On)

AIC- Allowance Item Code; Air Intercept Controller; Activity Identification Code

AICUZ- Air Installations Compatible Use Zone

AIG- Address Indicator Group

AII- Automated Item Identification

AIIM- Association of Information and Image Management

AIK- Assistance In Kind

A/I/M- Accident/ Incident/ Malfunction

AILC- AMRAAM International Licensing Company

AILS- Automated Integrated Logistic System

AIM- Air Intercept Aerial Missile; Authoring of Instructional Material; Airmen Information Manual; Air Launched, Aerial Intercept, Guided Missile

AIMD- Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department

AIMI- Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Improvement Program

AIMS- Airborne Inert Missile Simulator; Aircraft In-flight Monitoring System; Navy ATC Radar Beacon System Identification, Friend or Foe MK XII System

AIMSO- Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Support Office

AIMT- Artificial Intelligence- Based Maintenance Tutor

AIP- Ammunition Issue Point

AIPS- Advanced Integrated Propulsion System

AIR- Aviation Item Reports; Aircraft Incident Report; Aircraft Inventory Record; Aerospace Information Report

AIRLANT- Commander, Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

AIRPAC- Commander, Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

AIS- Automated Information System; Avionics Intermediate Shop; Airborne Instrumentation Station; Aircraft Instrumentation Subsystem

AISF- Avionics Integrated Support Facility

AIT- Advanced Infantry Training; Advanced Individual Training

AITI- Automated Interchange of Technical Information

AIU- Airborne Instrumentation Unit

AIWS- Advanced Interdiction Weapon System

AKR- Vehicle Cargo Ship

AL- Acquisition Logistician

ALADIM- Air Base Local Area Digital Network

 AMFSO- (Launch) Area Support Ship Missile Flight Safety Officer

AMH- Aviation Structural Mechanic

AMHAZ- Ammunition & Hazardous Material Handling

AMIS- Acquisition Management Information System; Advanced Management Information System; Automated Maintenance Information System

AMM- Anti-Missile Missile

AMMH- Annual Maintenance Man-Hours

AMMRL- Aircraft Maintenance Material Readiness List

AMO- Aircraft Material office (Norfolk, San Diego); Aircraft Maintenance Officer

AMP- Analytical Maintenance Program; Ampere; Avionics Modernization Program; Acquisition Management Plan

AMPHIB- Amphibious

AMPS- Airborne Meteorological Pod System

AMR- Aircraft Maintenance Radio; Advanced Material Request

AMRAAM- Advanced Medium Range Air-To-Air Missile (AIM-120)

AMRF- Automated Manufacturing Research Facility

AMRIU- Advanced Missile Remote Interface Unit

AMS- Air Missile System; Automated Management Support; Aerospace Material Specification; Automated Maintenance System (C-5 Aircraft); Aviation Structural Mechanic Structures

AMSC- Acquisition Method Suffix Code; Acquisition Management System Control; Aircraft Structural Mechanic

AMSDL- Acquisition Management System and Data Requirement Control List

AMSE- Aircraft Maintenance Support Equipment

AMSL- Acquisition Management System List

AMSU- Aeronautical Material Screening Unit; Aircraft Maintenance Support Unit

AMU- Aviation Monitoring Unit

AN- Air Force - Navy (Standard or Specification); Army-Navy (Standard)

ANA- Association of Naval Aviation

ANC- Analysis Console

(A/N)- Alpha-Numeric Designator

AN/AWG- Army-Navy/Air Weapons Guidance

AND- Air Force-Navy Design or Army-Navy Design

AN/DSM- Army-Navy/Display System Multipurpose

ANG- Air National Guard

A-NORS- Anticipated - Not Operational Ready Supply

ANOVA- Analysis of Variance

ANSI- American National Standards Institute

ANZUS- Australia-New Zealand-United States Treaty

AO- Aviation Ordnance; Fleet Oiler; Action Officer, Oiler Sailor

AOA- Angle of Attack; Airborne optical Adjunct; Amphibious Objective Area; Aviation Ordnance Association

AOC- Auxiliary Output Chips; Aviation Ordnance Chief

AOCP- Aircraft Out of Commission for Parts (see Nors)

AOD- Age of Data; As of Date

AODE- Age of Data Ephemeris

AOE- Fast Combat Support Ships; Multi-purpose Stores Ships

AOG- Gasoline Tanker

AOH- Awaiting Overhaul

AOI- Area of Interest

AOJ- Angle of Jam

AOL- All Operator Letter

AOO- Aviation Ordnance Officer

AOOCP- Aviation Ordnance Officer Career Progression (Course)

AOQL- Average Outgoing Quality Limit

AOR- Auxiliary Oiler Ship; Allowance Overrides; Replenishment Oiler; Area of Responsibility

AOS- Acquisition of Signal

AOT- Active on Target; Acquisition On Target, Tanker Ship

AOTD- Active Optical Target Detector

AOWS- Aircraft Overhaul Work Stoppage

AP- Acquisition Plan; Anti-personnel; Armor Piercing

APA- Appropriation Purchase(s)/(ing) Account; Antenna Processor Assembly

APADE- Automation of Procurement and Accounting Data Entry

APAN- Anti-Personal/Anti-Material

APC- Approach Power Control; Approach Control; Accelerated Provision Concepts; Assistant Project Coordinator; Armored Personnel Carrier; Air Project Coordinator, Air Program Coordinator

APD- Advanced Planning Document

APDF- Aircraft Program Data File

APDS- Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot

API- Armor Piercing Incendiary

APICS- American Production and Inventory Control Society

APL- Allowance Parts List

APL/JHU- Applied Physics Lab, John Hopkins Univ.

APM-L- Assistant Program Manager-Logistics

APM (L)- Assistant Program Manager-Logistics

APML- Assistant Program Manager for Logistics

APMSE- Assistant Program Manager for Systems Engineering

APMT&E- Assistant Program Manager for Test & Evaluation

APN- Aircraft Procurement, Navy

APO- Acquisition Program Office

APOES- Antipersonnel Obstacle Breaching System

APOD- Aerial Port of Debarkation

APOE- Aerial Port of Embarkation

APP- Advance Procurement Plan

APPL- Application Rate

APPN- Appropriation

APPS- Automated Publications Production System (Army) Automated Publications Preparation System

APR- Agency Procurement Request

APRB- Acquisition Program Review Board

APREP- AMRAAM Productibility Enhancement Program

APS- Auxiliary Power Supply

APT- Automated Programming of Tools, Armor Piercing Tracer

APTS- Advanced Programmable Test Set

APU- Autopilot Unit; Auxiliary Power Unit

APUS- Automated Publications Update System

AOM- Air Launched Target Drone

AOS- Air Launched Sonar Surveillance System

AQ- Aviation Fire Control Tech

AQL- Acceptable Quality Level

AQM-37C- High Altitude, High Speed Target

AR- Assembled Round; Aeronautical Requirement; Army Regulation; As Required; Repair Ship, Anti-radiation Missile

A/R- Arrests/RAST

ARA- Attitude Reference Assembly; Aircraft Replaceable Assembly; Assigned Responsible Agency

ARABS- Active Radar Augmenter Beacon System

AP-ADMAC- U.S. Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center

ARAR- Applicable and relevant or appropriate requirements

ARB- Acquisition Review Board; Aircraft Recovery Bulletin

ARBUT- Automatic Resupply and Buildup Time

ARC- Atlantic Research Corp.; Acquisition Review Council, Ames Research Center; Accessory Record Card; Acquisition Review Committee; Cable Repairing Board

ARD- Acceptance Requirement Document

ARDS- Advanced Range Data System

AREC- Air Element Coordinator

ARIA- Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft

ARL- Average Run Length

ARM- Anti-Radiation Missile; Automated Requisition Module

ARM-88A- Air Training Missile 88A

ARMMS- Automated Reliability Maintainability Measurement System

ARMS- Aircraft Resources Management System

ARN- Additional Reference Number

ARO- After Receipt of Order; Asset Readiness objective

ARP- Analytical Rework Program; Aerospace Recommended Practice

ARPA- Advanced Research Projects Agency; Archaeological Resources Protection Act

ARPANET- Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

ARPN- Aircraft and Related Procurement, Navy

ARR- Allocated Requirements Review; Allowance Requirements Register

ARRCOM- Armament Readiness Command (Army)

ARS- Analysis and Reporting System (formerly PMS); Salvage Ship; Aerial Refueling System

ARSR- Automatic Range Surveillance System Radar

ARSSS- Automated Ready Supply Stores System

ARTS- Automated Remote Tracking Station (AF)

AS- Approved Source; Submarine Tender; Analysis System; Aerospace Standard; Anti-Spoofing; Aviation Support Equipment Technician

ASA- American Standard Association; Aspect Angle

ASAC- Antisubmarine Air Controller

ASAP- As Soon As Possible; Army Streamlined Acquisition Process

ASAPR- Accelerated Strike Aircraft Program Requirements

ASAR- Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile; Air Search Acquisition Radar

ASAT- Anti-Satellite

ASBCOS- Assembly Cost

ASBISS- Assembly Storage Space

ASWT- Assembly Shipping Weight

ASC- Aircraft Service Change; Advanced Systems Concept

ASCAC- Anti-Submarine Classification and Analysis Center

ASCAT- Antisubmarine Classification Analysis Team

ASCII- American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASCS- Advanced Satellite Control System

ASCTS- At Sea Combat Training System

ASCU- Air Support Control Unit; Armament Station Control Unit

ASCM- Anti-Ship Cruise Missile

ASD- Activity Support Date; Aircraft Statistical Data; Assistant Secretary of Defense; Aeronautical Systems Division (AF)

ASDR- Automatic Surface Detection Radar

ASHARE- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers

ASI- Authorized Shipping Instructions; Automated Shore Interface; Additional skill Identifier

ASIC- Application Specific Integrated Circuits

ASIDE- Associated Support Items of Equipment

ASIM- Aircraft/Stores Interface Manual

ASIMS- Air Staff Information Management System

ASIS- Amphibious Support Information System

ASL- Authorized Stockage List

ASM- Air-To-Surface Missile; Analog Switch Matrix; Aviation Support Equipment Technician

ASMD- Anti-ship Missile Defense

ASME- American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASMRA- Adjustment of Scheduled Maintenance Requirements through Analysis Program

ASMU- Aeronautical Matrix Screening Unit

ASN- Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Average Sample Number

ASN (RE&S)- Assistant Secretary of the Navy Research, Engineering & Systems

ASN (S&L)- Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Shipbuilding and Logistics)

ASO- Navy Aviation Supply Office; Aviation Support Office

ASOJ- Anti-Standoff Jammer

ASOW- Anti-Ship Standoff Weapon

ASP- Aspect

ASPA- Aircraft Service Period Adjustment

ASPC- Aerojet Solid Propellant Company

ASPIRE- Automatic Status of Purchase Information Recorded Electronically

ASPJ- Airborne Self-Protection Jammer

ASPR- Armed Services Procurement Regulations (Defunct)

ASQC- American Society for Quality Control

AS/QVPL- Approved Source/Quality Verified Parts List

ASR- Air Surveillance Radar; Assembly Service Record; Submarine Rescue Ship; Assault Support Point

ASRAAM- Advanced Short-Range Range Air-to-Air Missile

ASROC- Anti-Submarine Rocket

ASRT- Air Support Request

ASSD- Avionics Systems Support Division; Avionics Systems Support Department

ASSP- Army Secondary Stock Point

ASSR- Airborne System Support Requirement

ASSW- Application Support Software

ASSY- Assembly

AST- Aircrew Systems Trainers

ASTE- Armament System Test Equipment

ASTM- American Society for Testing and Materials

ASU- Approval for Service Use; Administrative Screening Unit

ASUW- Anti-Surface Warfare

ASW- Anti-Submarine Warfare

ASWEPS- Antisubmarine Warfare Environmental Prediction System

ASWOC- Antisubmarine Warfare Operations Center

AT- Airtask; Aviation Electronics Tech; Action Taken; Acceptance Trial; Anti-tank

A&T- Assembly and Test

ATA- Advanced Tactical Aircraft; Antenna Train Angle; Advanced Tactical Assessment

ATAAM- Advanced Tactical Air-to-Air Missile

ATAC- Advanced Traceability and Control

ATACMS- Army Tactical Missile System

ATAP- Average Time Awaiting Parts

ATAR- Advanced Tactical Air Reconnaissance System

ATB- Advanced Tactical Bomber

ATC- Air Traffic Control; Air Training Command; Allowance Type Code, Active Transfer Command

ATCF- Air Traffic Control Facility

ATCRBS- Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System

ATDR- Aeronautical Technical Directive Requirement

ATDS- Airborne Tactical Data System

ATE- Automatic Test Equipment; Automated Test Equipment

ATF- Advanced Tactical Fighter (AF); Ocean Tug

ATFR- Advanced Terrain Following Radar

ATDR- Aeronautical Technical Directive Requirements

ATDS- Aviation/Airborne Tactical Data System

ATI- Automated Technical Information; Average Total Inspection; Active Transfer Initiate

ATIDS- Airborne Tactical Data System

ATIGS- Advanced Tactical Inertial Quidance System

ATIMS- Airborne Turret Infrared Measurement System

ATIP- Aviation Training Improvement Program

ATIS- Advanced Telemetry Instrumentation System; Airport Terminal Information System

ATKRON- Attack Squadron

ATLAS- Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems

ATM- Air Training Missile; Anti-Tactical Missile

ATM-L- Assistant Technical Manager/Logistics

ATO- Aircraft Transfer Order; Air Tasking Order

ATOS- Automated Technical Order System (AF) (now AFIOMS)

ATP- Acceptance Test Procedure; Allied Tactical Publications; Authority/Authorized to Proceed

ATR- Ammunition Transaction Report; Automated Transaction Report; Ammunition Transaction Record

ATS- Automatic Test Set/System; Air Tracking System; Aircrew Training System, Salvage and Rescue Ship

ATSDR- Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry

ATSS- Aviation Training Support System

ATT- Advanced Tactical Transport; Attenuator

ATTD- Advanced Technical Transition Demonstration

ATTMA- Advanced Technology Transport Mission Analysis

ATTR- Average-Time-To-Repair

ATTS- Automated Test Technology Standards

ATU- Airspeed Transducer Unit

ATV- Aerodynamic Test Vehicle

ATW- Authorized to Work

ATWS- Automatic Track While Scan

AUL- Authorized Use List

AUOL- Age Unfilled Order List

AUR- All-Up-Round

AURC- All-Up-Round Container

AURT- All-Up-Round Tester

AURTG- All-Up-Round Test Group

AUTEC- Atlantic Underwater Test and Evaluation Center

AUTODIN- Automatic Digital Network

AUTOVON- Automatic Voice Network (See DSN)

AUW- Advanced Undersea Weapon

AUWC- Advanced Undersea Weapon Circuitry

AUXMEA- Auxiliary Maintenance Engineering Analysis

AVB- Avionics Bulletin

AVC- Avionics Change

AVCAL- Aviation Consolidated Allowance List

AVCO- Active Voltage Controlled oscillator

AVDLR- Aviation Depot Level Repairable

AVE- Aerospace Vehicle Equipment

AVGFE- Aviation Gas Free Engineering

AVIP- Avionics Integrity Program

AVLETS- Air Vehicle Launch Equipment Test Set

AVM- Guided Missile Ship

AVMI- Automated Video Maintenance Information System

AVO- Avionics Officer

AVP- Advanced Video Processor

AVR- Aviation Rescue Boat

AVSCCM- Army Aviation Systems Command

AV3M- Aviation Maintenance and Material Management

AV/WEPS- Avionics/Weapons

A/V- Air Vehicle

AVT- Auxiliary Aircraft Landing Training Ship

AWACS- Airborne Warning and Control System

AWARS- Airborne Weapons Analysis Reporting System

AWE- Airborne Weapon Bulletin

AWC- Air Weapon Change; Airborne Weapons Change

AWCAP- Airborne Weapons Corrective Action Program

AWCLS- All-Weather Carrier Landing System

AWCRE- Airborne Weapons Control and Release Equipment

AWD- Air Weapons Department

AWG- Air Weapons Guidance

AWIS- Airborne Weapons Information System

AWM- Awaiting Maintenance

AWP- Awaiting Parts

AWPU- Awaiting Parts Unit

AWS- Airborne Weapon System; American Welding Society

AWSE- Armament/Weapon Support Equipment

AWSEP- Armament/Weapons Support Equipment Program

AWSM- Automated Weapons System Management

AWTU- Air Weapons Training Unit

AWWS- Airborne Weapons Workload Schedule

AYE- Accessory Bulletin

AYC- Accessory Change

AZ- Azimuth

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B- Byte; Binary Number

BA- Budget Activity; Budget Authority

BACE- Basic Automatic Checkout Equipment

BAFO- Best and Final Offer

IBAM- Basic Accounting Module

BARCAP- Barrier Combat Air Patrol

BARJAM- Barrage Jammer

BARSTUR- Barking Sands Tactical Underwater Range

BASIC- Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BAT- Boresight Alignment Tool; Ballistic Aerial Target; Best available technology

BATAE- Best available technology economically achievable

BATDD- Battlefield Automation Technical Data Directorate

BATIS- Basic Air Training Information System

BATS- Ballistic Aerial Target System

BATV- Ballistic Aerodynamic Test Vehicle

BB- Building Block; Battle Ship

BBDL- Basic Binary Disk Loader

BCB- Battery Switchboard

BCCB- Base Configuration Control Board

BCD- Binary Coded Decimal; Bad Conduct Discharge

BCE- Baseline Cost Estimate

BCM- Beyond Capability of Intermediate Maintenance

BCM- Beyond Capability of Maintenance;

BCNR- Board for Correction of Naval Records

BCR- Bar Code Reader

BCS- Baseline Comparison System

BCT- Best conventional technology

BDA- Bomb Damage Assessment; Battle Damage Assessment

BDAT- Best demonstrated available technology

BDE- Brigade, Basic Design Engineering

BDSR- Below Depot Scrap Rate

BDTSS- Bullseye Data Transfer Subsystem

BDU- Bomb, Dummy Units, Aircraft, Simulated, Unit

BE- Batch Environment

BENESUG- Beneficial Suggestion

BER- BIT Error Rate; Beyond Economic Repair

BETA- Battlefield Exploitation Target Acquisition System

BEU- Battery Emergency Unit

BFC- Battle Force Capable

BFDL- Blue Force Data Link

BFIT- Battle Force In-Port Training

BFO- Best & Final Offer

BFPRB- Budget, Funding, and Procurement Review Board

BFRL- Basic Facilities Requirements List

BFTS- Bomber-Fighter Training System

BFV- Bradley Fighting Vehicle

BG- Battle Group

BGM- Multiple Platform Missile

BGPHES- Battle Group Passive Horizon Extension System

BGU- Basic Generation Unit

BI- Background Investigation

BII- Basic Issue Item

BIIL- Basic Issue Items List

BIL- Bulk Items List

BIN- Binary

BIS- Board of Inspection and Survey

BIST- Built-In-Self-Test; built-in Systems Test

BISTEP- Binary Stream

BIT- Built-In-Test

BITE- Built-In-Test-Equipment

BJM- Budget Justification Materials

B/L- Bill of Lading

BL- Base Locator; Baseline

BLAHA- Basic Load Ammunition Holding Area

BLIS- Base Level Inventory System

BLR- Basic Labor Rate

BLSS- Base Level self-sufficiency Spares

BLU- Bomb/Mine Live Unit; Bombs, Explosives or loaded Units

BMD- Ballistic Missile Defense

BMEP- Brake Mean Effective Pressure

BMEW- Ballistic Missile Early Warning

BMH- Base (Repair) Man Hours

BMIC- Battle Management Interoperability Center

BMO- Ballistic Missile Office

BMR- Base (Consumable) Material(s) Rate

BMTS- Booster Motor Test Set

BMU- Beachmaster Unit

B/N- Bombing/Navigation

BO- Back Order

BOA- Basic Ordering Agreement; Broad Ocean Area

BOAF- Birds of a Feather

BOB- Bureau Of Budgets (Now Office of Management and Budget)

BOD- Beneficial Occupancy Date (Facilities)

BOE- Bureau of Explosives

BOG- Beach Operations Group

BOI- Basis of Issue; Break of Inspection

BOIP- Basis of Issue Plan

BOL- Bill of Labor

BOM- Bill of Materials, Multiple Rack Target Drone Missile

BOP- Balance of Payments

BOSS- Buy Our Spares Smart; Barking Sands Operational Support System

BP- Budget Project

BPA- Battery Power Assembly

BPCT- Best practical control technology

BPDS- Basic Point Defense System

BPDSMS- Basic Point Defense Surface Missile System

BPG- Beach Party Group

BPI- Bits Per Inch

BPN- Budget Project Number

BPRN- Blinking Pseudo-Random Noise

BPS- Bytes Per Second

BPU- Barometric Pressure Unit

BRA- Bench Replacement Assembly

BRAM- Bysolor Random Access Memory

BRAS- Bench Replaceable Assemblies

BRASC- Branch Aviation Supply Office

BRCT- Base Repair Cycle Time

BRM- Budget Renovation Model

BRN- Burn-In-Test

BRP- Blue Ribbon Panel

BRU- Bomb Release Unit, or Bomb Rack Unit

BSA- Base Support Area

BSSG- Brigade Service Support Group

BSTR- Booster

BSTS- Boost Surveillance and Tracking System;, Base-Shop Test Station

BT- Builder Trials

BTA- Best Technical Approach

BTD- Bulletin Technical Directive

BTI- Balanced Technology Initiative

BTU- British Thermal Unit

BTV- Blast Test Vehicle

BULA BULA- Direct Hit

BUMED- Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

BUNO- Bureau Number, or Aircraft Serial Number

BUPERS- Bureau of Personnel

BUWEPS- Bureau of Weapons

BW- Bandwidth

BWAR- Budget-Workload Analysis and Report

BY- Budget Year

BZ- (Bravo/Zulu) Well Done; Good Job

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C- Celsius; Cancelled; Centigrade

C-DAY- The unnamed day on which a deployment operation commences or it is to commence

C2- Command and Control

C3- Command, Control, and Communications

C3I- Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence

CA- Criticality Analysis; California; Contract Award

CAA- Clean Air Act

C/A- Course/Acquisition

CAB- Cost Analysis Brief; Contract Adjustment Board

CAAS- Contracted Advisory and Assistance Services

CAC- Cumulative Average Cost; Combat Analysis Capability

CACO- Corporate Administrative Contracting Officer; Casualty Assistance Calls Officer

CAD- Cartridge Actuated Device; Computer Aided Design; Contract Award Date; Contingency Augmentation Detachment

CADC- Central Air Data Computer

CADESS- Computer-Aided Data Exchange Standards/Specification

CADMSS- Configuration Automated Data Management Support System

CADS- Computer Aided Design System

CAD- Computer Aided Design

CAE- Computer-Aided Engineering; Control Area Extension

CAEDOS- Computer-Aided Engineering and Documentation System

CAFIT- Computer-Aided Fault Isolation Testability

CAFSU- Carrier and Field.Service Unit

CAG- Catapult and Arresting Gear; Carrier Air Group

CAGE- Commercial And Government Entity (Replaces FSCM)

CAGEL- Combined Aerospace Ground Equipment List

CAI- Computer Aided Instruction

CAIG- Cost Analysis Improvement Group

CAIMS- Conventional Ammunition Integrated Management System

CAINS- Carrier Aircraft Inertial Navigation System

CAL- Calibration

CALA- Combat Aircraft Loading Area

CALMMS- Computerized Air Launched Missile Management System

CALMS- Computer Aided Logistics Management Systems

CALMSS- Conventional Ammunition Logistics Management Support System

CALS- Computer-Aided (Acquisition and) Logistic Support

CALSA- Computer-Aided Logistic Support Analysis

CAM- Computer-Aided Manufacturing; Crisis Action Module

CAMEL- Critical Aeronautical Material Equipment List

CAMI- Continued Action Maintenance Instruction

CAMPEN- Camp Pendleton Marine Base

CAMS- Central Air Monitoring System; Core Automated Maintenance System

CAMSEE- Carrier Aircraft Maintenance/Supply Effectiveness Evaluation

CANN- Cannibalization

CANTRAC- Catalog of Navy Training Courses

CAO- Contracts Administration Office; Collateral Action Office

CAP- Combat Air-patrol; Civil Air-patrol; Contract Administration Panel

CAP/CAN- Capsule/Container; Capsule/Canister

CAPP- Computer Aided Production Planning

CAPS- CINCPACFLT Automated Priority System

CAR- Configuration Audit Review; Corrective Action Request

CARDS- Catalog of Approved Requirements Documents

CARMISH- Commander, Army Mission

CAL- Aircraft Carrier Qualifications for Pilots

CRS- Cost Analysis Reporting System

CART- Central Automated Replenishment Technique

CAS- Corrective Action System; Contract Administrative Services; Calibrated; Airspeed; Center/Aft Section (IR MAVERICK); Consolidated Aircraft Support; Contract Action Status; Crisis Action System; Close Air Support; Combat Ammunition System

CASCA- Casualty Cancelled

CASCOR- Casualty Corrected

CASEE- Comprehensive Aircraft Support Effectiveness Evaluation

CASO- Contract Administration Services Office

CASP- Centralized Ammunition Stock Point

CASPER- Computer-Aided Spares Evaluation and Reporting

CASREP- Casualty Report

CASS- Command Active Sonobuoy System; Consolidated Automated Support System

CAT- Catapult; Civilian Augmented Training; Correlated Angle Threshold; Computed Aided Testing, Category

CATCC- Carrier Air Traffic Control Center

CATEN- Correlated Angle Threshold Enable

CATF- Commander Amphibious Task Force

CAT I QDR- Category I Quality Deficiency Report

CAT II QDR- Category II Quality Deficiency Report

CATIS- Computer Aided Technical Information System

CATM- Captive Air Training Missile

CATOT- CAT on Target

CATT- Combined Arms Tactical Trainer

CAU- Customer Assist Unit

CAVU- Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited

CB- Citizen's Band

CEAT- Computer-Based Aid for Troubleshooting

CBC- Cipher Block Chaining; Construction Battalion Center

CBD- Commerce Business Daily (a Government publication)

CBEMA- Computer and Business Computer Manufacturers Association

CBI- Computer Based Instruction

CBIL- Common (and) Bulk Items List

CBL- Commercial Bill of Lading; Conceptual Base Line; Central Bedders List

CEO- Congressional Budget office

CBR- Chemical, Biological and Radiological

CBS- Cost Breakdown Structure

CBT- Computer-Based Training

CBU- Cluster Bomb Unit

CBX- Copilot Control Box

CC- Consumable Code

CCB- Change Control Board; Configuration Control Board; Cognizant Controlling Custodian

CCBD- Configuration Control Board Directive

CCC- Change Control Center; Center Computer Complex

CCCB- Component Configuration Control Board

CCD- Charge Coupled Device; Computer Controlled Display

CCEU- Component Control Expeditor Unit

CCF- Configuration Control Form; Component Characteristics File

CCITT- Consultative Committee on International Telegraphy Telephony

CCIU- Component Control Issue Unit

CCM- Counter-Countermeasure; Completed Controlling Method

CCMP- Computer Centralization and Modernization Program

CCN- Contract Change Notice

CCO- Contract Change Order

CCP- Contract Change Proposal; Consolidated Cryptologic Program; Computer Connector Panel

CCPO- Consolidated Civilian Personnel Office

CCR- Component Characteristics (Record Card) (Register); Critically Constrained Resources

CCRP- Captive Carry Reliability Program

CCRV- Captive Carry Reliability Vehicle

CCS- Component control Section; Control and Computation Subsystem; Command and Control System; Central Control System

CCSR- Contract Change Status Report

CCSS- Commodity, Command Standard System (Army)

CCST- Control Sector Tester; Classroom Systems Trainer

CCT- Center Channel Track

CCTR- Captive Carry Training Round

CCTT- Close Combat Tactical Training

CCTV- Closed Circuit Television

CCU- Component Control Unit; Cockpit Control Unit, Cartridge Unit, Actuator Cartridge

CD- Collateral Duty; Compact Disk; Change Directive; Classification of Defects; Contract Definition

CDA- Command and Data Acquisition, Central Design Inspector

CDB- Control Distribution Box

CDC- Combat Direction Center; Control Data Corporation

CDCA- Central Data Collection Agency

CDF- Controlled Detonating Fuze

CDI- Collateral Duty Inspector; Conventional Defense Improvements

CDM- Configuration Data Manager

CDMS- Contract Data Management System

CDN- Central Design Agent

CDO- Change Design Order; Command Duty officer

CDO- Crash Damage Overhaul

CDP- Course Data Processing

CDQAR- Collateral Duty Quality Assurance Representative

CDR- Commander; Critical Design Review

CDRL- Contract Data Requirements List

CD-ROM- Compact Disc - Read Only Memory

CDRS- Container Design Retrieval System

CDS- Console Display Subsystem; Centralized Data System (F-16), Countermeasures Dispensing Set; Container Delivery System

CDT- Contract Development Test; Command Destruct Transmitter

CDU- Control and Display Unit

CE- Concept Exploration; Conducted Emissions; Cost Effective; Critical Examination; Command Element

CEB- CNO Executive Board

CEC- Change Entry Certification

CECR- Change Evaluation Requirements Board

CECOM- Communications Electronics Command

CEE- Commercial Equivalent Equipment

CEI- Contract End Item

CEIL- Controlled Equipage Item List

CEIN- Contract End Item Number

CEM- Combined Effects Munitions

CENO- Central Nomis Office

CENTCOM- Central Command

CENTO- Central Treaty Organization

CEP- Circular Error Probability; Concept Exploration Phase

CEQ- Council on Environmental Quality

CER- Cost Estimating Relationship; Complete Engine Repair

CERCLA- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

CERRC- Complete Engine Repair Requirements Cards

CERR/SCC- Complete Engine Repair Requirements /Sequence.control Chart/Card

CERT- Combined Environmental Reliability Test

CES- Contractor Evaluation System

CESE- Civil Engineering Support Equipment

CEST- Classroom EOD System Trainer

CETM- Captive Exercise Training Missile

CETR- CDRL External Tracking Report

CETS- Contractor Engineering and Technical Services (Personnel)

CEU- Continuing Education Unit

CF- Captive Flight; Concept Formulation

CFA- Cognizant Field Activity; Contractor Furnished Accessories

CFAE- Contractor Furnished Aerospace/Aeronautical Equipment

CFC- Chlorofluorocarbons

CFE- Contractor Furnished Equipment

CFI- Card Format Identifier

CFIUS- Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.

CFM- Contractor Furnished Material

CFP- Contractor Furnished Property; Concept Formulation Package

CFR- Code of Federal Regulation; Crash, Fire and Rescue

CFS- Coolant Flush Station; Contract or Field Services Personnel; Contract or Field Services; Contractor Field Service

CFSE- Contractor Furnished Support Equipment

CFSR- Contract Funds Status Report

CFSS- Contractor Field Support Services

CFST- Contaminated fuel settling tank

CFT- Captive Flight Test

CFY- Current Fiscal Year

CG- Guided Missile Cruiser; Cruiser, Guided Missile; Center of Gravity; Commanding General; Coast Guard

CGA- Compressed Gas Association

CGFMF- Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force

CGFMFLANT- Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic

CGFMFPAC- Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific

CGI- Computer-Generated Imagery

CGL- Command Guidance Link

CGLVP- Command Guidance Link Video Pulse

CGM- Computer Graphics Metafile

CGMARBDE- Commanding General, Marine Brigade

CGMAW- Commanding General, Marine Aircraft Wing

CGN-Guided Missile Cruiser Nuclear Powered

CGSE- Common Ground Support Equipment

CGSEL- Common/Consolidated Ground Support Equipment List

CHD- Cargo Handling Detachment

CHIL- Consolidated Hazardous Items List

CHINFO- Chief of Information

CHOP- Change Operational Control

CHNAVMAT- Chief of Naval Material

CHT- Common Hand Tool; Collection, holding and transfer

CI- Configuration Item; Control Indicator; Counter Insurgency; Contractor Inquiry

CIA- Central Intelligence Agency

CIAC- Career Information and Counseling

CIC- Combat Information Center

CICA- Competition in Contracting Act

CID- Component Identification Document; Change in Design, Commercial Item Description

CIFS- Close in Fire Support

CII- Configuration Item Index or Identification

CIL- Configuration Identification List; Cargo Load Allowance

CILOP- Conversion In Lieu of Procurement, Conversion of Production

CIM- Computer-Integrated Manufacturing; Corporate Information Management

CIMM- Commodity Integrated Material Manager

CIN-Change or Configuration Identification Number; Course Identification Number

CINC-Commander-in-Charge

CINCLANTFLT- Commander-In-Charge U.S. Atlantic Fleet

CINCLANTFLT-Commander-In-Charge US Atlantic Fleet

CINCPACFLT- Commander-In-Charge U.S. Pacific Fleet

CINCUSNAVEUR- Commander in Charge, United States Naval Forces, Europe

CIO- Common Item Order

CIP- Class Improvement Plan; Cost Improvement Proposal

CIPL- CI Parts List

CIR- Cost Information Reports; Change Incorporation Record

CIRS- Combat Information Retrieval System

CITIS- Contractor Integrated Technical Information System, Central Integrated Test System (3-12)

CITR- CDRL Internal Tracking

CITS- Commercial Industrial Type Activity

CIVR- Configuration Item Verification Review

CIWS- Close In Weapons System (PHALANX)

CL- CENTER Line; Car Load

CLAMP- Closed Loop Aeronautical Management Program

CLASS- Comprehensive Logistics Analysis Support System

CLC- Command Launch Computer

CLE- Commodity Logistics Engineer

CLF- Combat Logistics Force; Commander Landing Force

CLI- Contract Line Item

CLIFS- Coordination, Life, Interchangeability, Function and Safety

CLIN- Contract Line Item Number

CLL- Consolidated Load List

CLM- Council of Logistics Management

CLS- Contractor Logistics Support

CLSA- Cooperative Logistics Support Arrangements

CM- Configuration Management; Corrective Maintenance

CMA- Configuration Management Agent; Central Magazine Area

CMADS- Camel-mounted Air-Defense System

CMAS- Computer-Based Maintenance Aid System (AF)

CMB- Configuration Management Bulletin

CMBL- Commercial Bill of Lading

CMC- Commandant of the Marine Corps, Headquarters

CMCO- Classified Material Control Officer

CMCRL- Consolidated Master Cross-Reference List

CMD- Configuration Management Directive; Catalog Management Data

CMEP- Class Maintenance Employment Profile

C/MH- Cost Per Man-hour

CMM- Contractor Monitoring Module; Configuration Management Manager

CMMH- Cannibalization Per Maintenance Man-Hour

CMO- Configuration Management Office

CMOML- Consumable Maintenance and Overhaul Material List

CMOS- Complementary Metal-oxide Semiconductor

CMP- Configuration Management Plan; CASS MTS Program; Class Maintenance Plan

CMPF- Commander Maritime Prepositioning Force

CMRI- Combined Maintenance Removal Interval

CMRS- Calibration/Measurement Requirements Summary

CMS- Contractor Maintenance Services; Consumable Material Section, Crypto Materials Security; Communications Material Security Systems; Combat Maintenance System

CMT- Change Management Team

CNBATRA- Chief, Naval Air Basic Training

CNAL- Commander Naval Air Force US Atlantic Fleet

CNAP- Commander Naval Air Force US Pacific Fleet

CNARES- Chief Naval Air Reserves

CNARF- Commander Naval Air Reserve Force

CNAT- Chief of Naval Air Training

CNATECHTRA- Chief, Naval Air Technical Training

CNATRA- Commander/Chief Naval Air Training

CNATRAINST- Commander, Naval Air Training Instruction

CNAVRES- Chief of Naval Reserve

CNAVRESINST- Commander, Naval Reserve Instruction

CNC- Central Navigation Computer; Change Notice Code

CND- Charge Number Document, Chief of Naval Development

CNET- Chief of Naval Education and Training

CNI- Command, Navigation and Information

CNM- Chief of Naval Material (CHNAVMAT)

CNO- Chief of Naval Operations

CNP- Control/Navigation Processor; Chief of Naval Personnel

CNS-Committee for National Security

CNSE- Commander Navy Support Element

CNTECHTRA- Chief of Naval Technical Training

CNTNR- Container

CNTRL- Control Section

CNU- Container, Miscellaneous, Unit

CO- Commanding Officer; Contracting Officer; Change Order

COB- Close of Business; Collocated Operating Base

COBOL- Common Business Oriented Language

COC- Certificate of Competency

COCO- Contractor Owned-Contractor Operated

COD- Correction of Deficiency; Carrier Onboard Delivery, Cash on Delivery

CODSIA- Council of Defense and Space Industries Association

COE- Certification of Equivalency; Center Of Excellence; Corps of engineers

COEIL- Component of End Item List

COFT- Conduct-of-Fire Trainer

COG- Cognizant; Cognizance; Cognizance Symbol; Center of Gravity

COGB- Certified Official Government Business

COGSEL- Consolidated Ground Support Equipment List

COH- Complex Overhaul

COI- Critical Operational Issues; Course of Instruction

COL- Computer Oriented Language

COLDS- Common Optical-Electronic Laser Depletion System

COLSP- Consolidated Operational Logistic Support Plan

COLTS- CASS O-Level Test Set

COM- Computer Output Microfilm; Common

COMCARGRU- Commander Carrier Group

COMCRUDESGRU-Commander Cruiser Destroyer Group

COMDESRCN- Commander Destroyer Squadron

COMFAIR- Commander Fleet Air

COMFAIRWESTPAC-Commander Fleet Air Western Pacific Detachment PAC DET

COMFEWSG- Commander, Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group

COMFITAEWWINGPAC- Commander Fighter Air Early Warning Wing Pacific

COMFLEACTS/CFA- Commander Fleet Activities

COMFLETRAGRU- Commander, Fleet Training Group

COMINEDIV- Commander, Mine Division

COMINEWARCOM- Commander, Mine Warfare Command

COMLOG- Communications Log

COMLOGRU- Commander Logistics Group

COMLOGWESTPAC- Commander Logistics Forces Western Pacific

COMM- Communications

COMMARFORPAC- Commander Marine Forces Pacific

COMMCABS- Commander, Marine Corps Air Bases

COMMARFORLANT- Commander, Marine Forces Atlantic

COMNAB- Commander, Naval Base

COMNALC- Commander, Naval Aviation Logistics Center

COMNAVACT- Commander, Naval Activities

COMNAVAIRESFOR- Commander Naval Air Reserve Force

COMNAVAIRLANT- Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

COMNAVAIRLANTINST- Commander, Naval Air Force, Atlantic Instruction

COMNAVAIRPAC- Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

COMNAVAIRPACINST- Commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific Instruction

COMNAVAIRSYSCOM- Commander, Naval Air System Command

COMNAVDAC- Commander, Naval Data Automation

COMNAVFACENGCOM- Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command

COMNAVLEXSYSCOM- Commander Naval Electronic Systems Command

COMNAVRESFOR- Commander Naval Reserve Forces

COMNAVSEASYSCOM- Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command

COMNAVSUPCOM- Commander Naval Supply Systems

COMNAVSUPSYSCOM- Commander Naval Supply Systems Command

COMNAVSURFLANT- Commander Naval Surface Forces Atlantic

COMNAVSURFPAC- Commander Naval Surface Forces Pacific

COMNAVSURFWARCENDIV- Commander Naval Surface Warfare Center Division

COMNAVTRADET- Commander, Naval Air Maintenance Training Detachment

COMVAWC- Commander Naval Air Warfare Center

COMNUWPNTRAGRULANT- Commander, Nuclear Weapon- Training Group, Atlantic

COMNUWPNTRAGRUPAC- Commander, Nuclear Weapons Training Group, Pacific

COMO- Combat Oriented Maintenance Organization

COMOPTEVFOR- Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force

COMPACMISTESTCEN- Commander, Pacific Missile Test Center

COMPHIEGRU- Commander, Amphibious Group

COMPHIBRON- Commander, Amphibious Squadron

COMSC- Commander Military Sealift Command

COMSEC- Communications Security

COMSERVGRU- Commander, Service Group

COMSERVLANT INST - Commander Service Forces Atlantic Instruction

COMSERVLOGPAC- Commander, Service Logistics, Pacific

COMSPAWARSYSCOM- Commander Space and Naval Warfare Syscom

COMSUBLANT- Commander, Submarine Forces, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

COMSUBPAC- Commander, Submarine Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet

COMTAC- Combat Tactical

COMTRALANT- Commander, Training Command, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

COMTRAPAC- Commander, Training Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet

CONALOG- Contact Analog

CONAR- Commanding Officer Narrative Report

CONC- Weapons Station Concord

CONREP- Connected Replenishment

CONUS- Continental United States

COOPLOG- Cooperative Logistics

COPE- Conventional Ordnance Performance Evaluation; Computer Operating and Programming Environment

COPS- Contractor Operated Parts Store

COR- Contracting officer Representative

COSA- Combat Operational Support Aircraft

COSAL- Consolidated/Coordinated Shipboard Allowance List

COSBAL- Coordinated Shore Based Allowance List

COSD- CAD/CAM Operation Support Detachment

COSMAL- Coordinated Shore Based Material Allowance List

COMOS- Centralization of Supply Management Operations

COTR- Contracting Officers Technical Representative

COTS- Commercial Off-the-Shelf

CP- Command Post; Central Processor

CPA- Closest Point of Approach; Central Processing Assembly; Critical Path Analysis

CPAF- Cost Plus Award Fee

CPAM- CNO Program Analysis Memorandum; Vehicles for Displaying the Issues, Costs, and Risks Involved in Alternate Programs

CPAR- Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting

CPB- Change Planning Board

CPC- Computer Program Components

CPCEI- Computer Program Contract End-Item

CPCI- Computer Program Configuration Items

CPDP- Computer Program Development Plan

CPE- Contractor Performance Evaluation

CPFF- Cost Plus Fixed Fee

CPG- Change Planning Group

CPI- Computer Program Identification; Change Package Identification; Characters Per Inch

CPIF- Cost Plus Incentive Fee

CPIN- Computer Program Identification Number

CPL- Certified Professional Logistician

CPM- Critical Path Monitoring; Critical Patch Method; Cards Per Minute

CPMM- Central Processor Main Memory

CPN- Critical Path Network

CPO- Civilian Personnel Office; Chief Petty officer

CPP- Claimant Program Proposal

CPPD- Computer Program Product Document

CPR- Component Pilot Rework

CPR- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

CPRP- Component Pilot Repair Program

CPS- Contractor Plant Services; Characters Per Second

CPT- Cockpit Procedures Trainer; Computer Program Tests

CPTS- CASS Portable Test Set

CPU- Central Processing Unit (in a computer)

CR- Contrast Ratio; Capital Recovery; Carriage Return; Change Request

CRA- Component Pilot Rework

CRAB- Caging Retainer and Boresight; Centralized Requisitioning, Accounting and Billing, Civil Servant

CRAD- Contracted Research & Development Funds

CRAF- Civil Air Reserve Air Fleet

CRASP- COSAL Requisitioning and State Procedures

CRAM- Critical Random Access Memory

CRAW- Carrier Replacement Air Wing

CRB- Change Review Board; Carrier Review Board

CRC- Contractor Recommended Code; Cyclic Redundancy Check

CRDP- Composite Readiness Development Plan

CRDS- Component Repair Data Sheets

CREATE- Computational Resources for Engineering and Simulation, Training, and Education

CRF- Configuration Record File; Crypts Repair Facility

CRHE- Continuous Rod High Explosive

CRIMP- Cost Reduction and Improved Management Program

CRIPL- Consolidated Remain-In-Place List

CRISD- Computer Resources Integrated Support Document

CRISP- Computer Resources Integrated Support Plan

CRLCMP- Computer Resources Life Cycle Management Plan

C-RL- Consolidated Cross-Reference List

CRMP- Computer Resources Management Plan

CRN- Contract Release Notice/Change Request Number

CROSS- Cyber Real-time Operating Sub-System Number

CRP- Cost Reduction Program; Component Repair Program; Community Relations Plan

CRS- Calibration Requirements Summary; Computer Resources Support; Component Repair Squadron; Congressional Research Service

CRT- Cathode Ray Tube

CRU- Custody Records Unit

CRWG- Computer Resources Working Group

CRYPTO- Cryptographic

CS- Controlled Space; Control System; Competitive Strategies; Conducted Susceptibility; Control Section

CSA- Configuration Status Accounting; Continuous Semi-Active; Contract Services Association, Countermeasures Set, Acoustic

CSAM- Combat System Alignment Manual

CSAR- Configuration Status Accounting Report

CSAS- Configuration Status Accounting System

CSC- Computer Software Component; Conventional Systems Committee; Card Sequence Code; Computer Sciences Corp

CSCI- Computer Software Configuration Item

CSD- Critical Support Date; Computer Software Documentation; Check Sums Digits

CSDM- Computer System Diagnostic Manual

CSE- Common Support Equipment

CSE (FSD)- Common Support Equipment Floor Space for Discard

CSE (FSI)- Common Support Equipment Floor Space for "I" Repair

CSE (FSR)- Common Support Equipment Floor Space for I'D" Repair

CSEL- Consolidated Support Equipment List

CSF-Configuration Summary Form

CSI- Container Sentencing/Inspection; Contractor Source Inspection

CSIS- Center for Strategic and International Studies

CSL- Component Save List

CSLTS- Coolant System Leak Test Section

CSMP- Current Ships Maintenance Project

CSNAS- Computer Supported Network Automatic System

CSNP- Causeway Section Non-Powered

CSOC- Consolidated Space Operations Center

CSCOM- Computer System Operators Manual

CSP- Contingency Support Package; Causeway Section, Powered

CSPAR- CINC's Preparedness Assessment Report

CSR- Control and Status Register; Change Status Report

CSRDF- Crew Station Research and Development Facility

CSRG- Combat Support Requirement Guidance

CSS- Computer Special Systems

CSSA- Central Supply Support Activity

CSSE- Combat Service Support Element

CSSQT- Combat Systems Ships Qualification Trials

CSTOM- Combat System Technical Operations Manual

CSTS- Control Section Test Set

CSU- Control and Status Unit; Consumable Stocking Unit

CT- Card Type

CTA- Common Table of Allowance

CTAS- Control Target Auxiliary System

CTDO- Central Technical Documentation Office

CTE- Commercial Test Equipment; Contractor Test and Evaluation

CTF- Contractor Test Facility; Commander Task Force

CTIC- Contractor Technical Information Code

CTIS- Central Tire Inflation System

CTN- CALS Test Network

CTNO- CALS Test Network Office

CTPL- Central Technical Publications Library

CTS- Contractor Technical Services; Control Test Sets Course Training Standards; Contact Test Set; Cooperative Tracking System

CTSEL- Consolidated Training Support Equipment List

CTT- Chief of Naval Technical Training

CTV- Certification Training Vehicle

CUFT- Cubic Feet

CURS- Container Utilization/Reapplication System

CURTS- Consolidated Unsatisfactory Report Tracking System

CV- Aircraft Carrier

CVBD- Configuration Verification Baseline

CVBG- Carrier Battle Group

CVCA- Cognizant Verification Coordinating Activity

CIVIC- Aircraft Carrier Information Center

CVN- Aircraft Carrier (nuclear)

CVT- Training Aircraft Carrier, Control Variable Time

CVW- Carrier Air Wing

CVWR- Carrier Air Wing Reserve

CW- Continuous Wave; Command Word

CWA- Clean Water Act

CWC- Composite Warfare Commander

CWI- Continuous Wave Illuminator

CWO- Chief Warrant Officer

CWSE- Common Weapon Support Equipment

CWTPI- Conventional Weapons Technical Proficiency Inspection

CY- Calendar Year

CZMA- Coastal Zone Management Act

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D- Depot- (Level Maintenance); Demonstration, Distance (from Antenna)

D-DAY- The unnamed day on which a particular operation commences or is to commence.

D&V- Demonstration and validation

DA- Department of the Army; Developing Agency; Design Agent, Development Activity

DAAS- Defense Automatic Addressing System

DAASO- Defense Automatic Addressing System Office

DAB- Defense Acquisition Board

DAC- Digital-to-Analog-Converter; Document Availability Code; Douglas Aircraft Company; Data Automation Center

DACG- Departure Airfield Control Group

DACON- Data Control

DACS- Data Analysis Center for Software

DACT- Dissimilar Air Combat Training

DADS- Deficiency Analysis Data System

DAE- Data Analysis Element

DAGC- Delayed Automatic Gain Control

DAGR-AG Dual Air-to-Ground Range

DAIR- Direct Altitude-Identification Readout

DAMA- Demand Assigned Multiple Access

DAP- Depot Acceptance Program; Digital Avionics Processor

DAPML- Deputy APML

DAR- Defense Acquisition Regulation; Daily Audit Report

DARMIS- Data Requirements Management Information System

DART- Decentralized Advanced Replenishment Technique; Automobile Made by Dodge; Detection, Action and Response Technique

DARMDRCOM- Department of the Army Material Development and Readiness Command

DARPA- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DAS- Data Acquisition System; Deep Air Support

DASA- Defense Atomic Support Agency

DASC- Direct Air Support Center

DASD- Deputy, Assistant Secretary of Defense

DASH- Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter

DASS- Defense Automated Supply System

DATM- Dummy Air Training Missile

DATS- Data Acquisition and Transmission System

DBCMH- Depot Bench Check Man-hours

DBD- Data Base Design

DBDD- Data Base Design Document

DBT- Demand Based Item

DBM- Data Base Management

DBMC- Data Base Monitor Controller

DBMS- Data Base Management System

DBS- Drawing Breakdown Structure

DC- Direct Current; District of Columbia; Development Configuration, Dental Corp (Navy Dentist Only)

D/C- Down Converter

DCA- Damage Control Assistant; Digital Computer Assembly; Defense Communications Agency; Defensive Counter AIR

DCAA- Defense Contract Audit Administration

DCAP- Deficiency Corrective Action Program

DCAS- Defense Contract Administration Services (Now DCMC); Data Computer Application software

DCASMA- Defense Contract Administration Services Management Office

DCASPRO- Defense Contract Administration Services Plant Representative Office (Now DPRO)

DCASR- Defense Contract Administration Services Region

DCB- Dynamic Component Bulletin

DCC- Dynamic Component Change; Drone Control Center

DCCR- Design Change Completed Report

DCF- Document Control Form

DCIU- Discrete Command Interface Unit

DCM- Data Communication Module

DCMC- Defense Contract Management Command (See DCAS)

DCN- Design/Drawing Change Number/Notice

DCNM (L)- Deputy Chief of Naval material (Logistics)

DCNM (T)- Deputy Chief of Naval Material (Technology)

DCNO- Deputy Chief of Naval Operations

DCNO (MP&T)- Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (manpower, personnel, and training)

DCO- Delay Compliance Order

DCP- Designated Collection Point; Decision Coordination Paper; Development Concept Paper; Drone Control Panel

DCPS- Data Communication Protocol Standards

DCR- Data Cassette Recorder, Design Certification Review

DCS- Defense Communication System; Distributed Comnuting System; Deputy Chief of Staff; Data Collection System; Digital Computer System

DCSC- Defense Construction Supply Center

DCU- Document Control Unit, C-Band Diplexer Unit

DCUS- Drone Control Upgrade System

DD- Destroyer; Department of Defense

DDB- Digital Data Bus

DDC- Defense Documentation Center; DC Distribution Unit

DDCMP- Digital Data Communication Message Protocol

DDD- Deadline ' Delivery Date

DDESB- Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board

DDF- Data Descriptive File

DDG- Guided Missile Destroyer

DDI- Digital Data Indicator, Digital Display Indicator

DDMO- Defense Data Management Office

DDN- Defense Data Network

DDR- Delinquent Delivery Report

DDR&E- Director of Defense, Research & Engineering

DDS- Display and Debrief Subsystem

DDU- Disc Drive Unit; Document Distribution Unit

DE- Decoder - Encoder; Development Estimate

DEA- Drug Enforcement Administration

DEC- Digital Equipment Corporation

DECAN- De-containerize

DECAS- Defense Contract Administration Services

DECM- Deceptive Electronics Countermeasures

DED- Data Element Definition/Dictionary

DEDE- Data Element Dictionary Extended

DEEOO- Deputy Equal Employment Opportunity Officer

DEIS- Draft Environmental Impact Statement

DEK- Data Encrypting Key

DEMC- Defense Electronics Management Center

DEMIL- Demilitarization Code

DEMO- Demonstration

DEMVAL- Demonstration and Validation

DEN- Data Element Number

DEP-APM (L)- Deputy Assistant Program Manager (Logistics)

DEPSECDEF- Deputy Secretary of Defense

DERA- Defense Environmental Restoration Account

DERP- Deficient equipage reporting procedure

DES- Data Encryption Standard

DESC- Defense Electronics Supply Center

DESEG- Defense System Electronics Group

DESR- Defense Environmental Status Report

DET- Detachment

DETLANT- Detachment Atlantic

DETPAC- Detachment Pacific

DETREP- Detachment Representative

DETS- Decoder - Encoder Test Set

DEU- Digital Electronics Unit

DEV- Development

DEW-Distant Early Warning

DEWMUS- Deployed Electronic Warfare Memory Update System

DF- Direction Finding

D&F- Determination and Findings

DFA- Designated Field Activity

DFAR- DOD FAR Supplement

DFC- Diagnostic Flow Chart

DFD- Data Flow Diagram

DFM- Diesel fuel, marine

DFOV- Dual Field Of View

DFS- Direct Fleet Support

DFSC- Defense Fuel Supply Center

DG- Defense Guidance

DGIS- DOD Gateway Information Systems

DGSE- Developmental Ground Support Equipment

DHF- Demand History File

DI- Design Instruction; Data Item; Document Identifier

D&I- Disassembly and Inspection

DIA- Diameter; Defense Intelligence Agency

DIAL- Deficiency In Allowance List

DID- Data Item Description

DIDISS- Department of Defense Index of Specifications and Standards

DIDS- Defense Integrated Data System

DIF- Document Interchange Format

DIFAR- Directional Frequency and Ranging; Directional Jezebel Sonobuoy System; Directional Low Frequency Acoustical Recording

DIFM- Due in for Maintenance

DIMES- Defense Integrated Management Engineering System(s)

DIMM- Defense Integrated Material Management

DIN- Document Identification Number

DIPEC- Defense Industrial Plant Equipment Center

DIR- Disassembly Inspection Report; Data Item Requirement, Design Interchange Record

DIRLAUTH- Direct Liaison Authorized

DIS- Data Interface System; Draft International Standard

DISC- Defense Industrial Supply Center

DISCO- Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office

DISSY- Disassembly

DIT- Depot Implementation Team

DIU- Data Interface Unit; Drone Interface Unit; Digital Interface Unit

DIVAD- Division Air Defense (Army)

DIW- Dead In Water

DL- Data List; Data Link; Development Laboratory

DLA- Defense Logistics Agency

D-Level- Depot Level

DLH- Direct Labor Hours

DLM- Depot Level Maintenance

DLMF- Depot Level Maintenance Facility

DLMP- Depot Level Maintenance Plan

DLR- Depot Labor Rate; Depot Level Repairable

DLRA- Data Link Receiver Assembly

DLRP- Data Link Reference Point

DLS- Data Link System

DLSC- Defense Logistics Support/Service Center

DLSIE- Defense Logistics Studies Information Exchange

DM- Data Manager; Data Management; Design Manual

DMA- Data Management Agent; Degraded Mission Assessment; Depot Maintenance Activity; Direct Memory Access; Defense Mapping Agency

DMAP- Depot Maintenance Activation Plan

DMAWG- Depot Maintenance Activation Working Group

DMCSF- Depot Maintenance Data Collection Systems Form I

DMDCS- Depot Maintenance Data Collection System

DME- Distance Measurement Equipment

DMEA- Damage Mode and Effects Analysis

DME/OH- Direct-Maintenance-Effort-Per Operating Hour

DMH- Depot Man-hours

DMI- Direct Material Inventory; Depot Maintenance Interservice

DMI (P)- Depot Maintenance Interservice (Program)

DMISA- Depot Maintenance Interservice Support Agreement

DMM/FC/OH- Direct-Maintenance-Man-hours-Per Flight-Hour or Operating Hour

DMMH- Direct-Maintenance-Man-hours

DMMH/FH- Direct Maintenance Man-hours per Flight Hour

DMMM- Direct Maintenance-Man-Minutes

DMOS- Drone Monitor and Override System

DMPDD- Depot Maintenance Planning Data Document

DMR- Depot (Consumable) Material Rate; Date Material Required

DMS- Data Management System; Defense Materials System; Deployed Maintenance System

DMSMS- Diminishing Manufacturing Source and Material Shortages

DMSO- Director of Major Staff Office

DMSP- Depot Maintenance Support Plan

DMSSO- Defense Material Specification and Standards Of f ice

DMWG- Depot Maintenance Working Group

DMWR- Depot Maintenance Work Requirements

DNA- Does Not Apply

DNEC- Distribution Navy Enlisted Classification

DNL- Downlink

DNSARC- Defense Navy Systems Acquisition Review Council

DO- Drill Ordnance; Delivery Order

DOA- Direction of Arrival; Data Operations Analyst; Designed Overhaul Activity

DOC- Department of Commerce

DOD- Department of Defense

DODAC- Dept of Defense Ammunition Code

DODD- Department of Defense Directive

DODHBK- Department of Defense Handbooks

DODI- Department of Defense Instruction

DODIC- Department of Defense Identification Code

DODDIR- Department of Defense Directive

DODISS- Department of Defense Index of Specifications and Standards

DODMNL- Department of Defense Manuals

DODPSTR- Department of Defense Posters

DODSSP- Department of Defense Single Stock Point

DOE- Department of Energy

DOF- Degree of Freedom

DOI- Department of Interior,

DOIS- Depot Operational Information System

DOJ- Department of Justice

DOL- Department of Labor

DOLT- Date of Last Test

DON- Department of the Navy

DONPPG- Department of the Navy Planning and Programming Guidance

DOP- Designated Overhaul Point; Development Options Paper; Depot Overhaul Point Dilution of Precision

DOR- Depth of Repair

DORTEX- DOD Repository Transaction Exchange

DOS- Disk Operating System; Day of Supply

DOT- Department of Transportation

DOT&E- Director of Operational Test and Evaluation

DP- Date Packaged; Data Processing; Decision Point

DPA- Digital Processing Activity; Destructive Physical Analysis, Designated Procuring Activity

DPAM- Digital Pulse Amplitude Modulation

DPC- Data Process Computer; Data Process Center

DPCTS- Data Processor Computer Test Set

DPDO- Defense Property Disposal Officer

DPFU- Defense Procurement Fraud Unit

DPM- Deputy Program Manager; Direct Procurement Method

DPML- Deputy Program Manager of/for Logistics

DPP- Designated Pick-up Point

DPPG- Defense Policy and Force Planning Guidance

DPRC- Defense Program Review Committee

DPRO Defence Plant Representative Office (Replaces NAVPRO)

DPS Defense Printing Service; Data Processi ng System

DPSC Defence Personnel Support Center; Data Processing Service Center

E)PSO Defense Product Standards Office

DPT Design Proof Test

IDPU Digital Processing Unit

E)R Discrepancy Report; Deficiency Report; Dead Reckoning; Delta Range

E)RA Dead Reckoning Analyzer; Data Rate Adapter

DRAI Dead Reckoning Analyzer Indicator

DRAW Direct Read After Write

DRB Defense Resources Board; Data Review Board

DRC Digital Range Correlator

DRCT Depot Repair Cycle Time

DREO Design Revision Engineering Order

DRF Depot Recovery Factor

DRL Data Requirements List; Deficiency Reporting Log (see DRLOG)

DRLOG Deficiency Reporting Log

IDRM Drafting Requirements Manual; Drawing Room Manual

DRMO Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office

DRN Documentation Revision Notice

DRO Data Readout

DRP Designated Rework Point; Direct Requisitioning Procedure; Distr'lbution Requirements Planning; Drone Recovery Platform

DRR Design Release Review

DRRB Data Requirements Review Board

DRP Designated Rework Point

DRS Deficiency Reporting System

DRSR Depot Repair Status Report; Depot Repair Survival Rate

DRT Dead Reckoning Tracer; Distribution Requirements Tables

DS Data Systems Technician; Direct Support, Discarding Sabot

DSA Defense Supply Agency; Defense Security Agency

DSAA Defense Security Assistance Agency

DSACS Defense Standard Ammunition Computer System

DSA.HBK Defense Sunply Agency Handbook

DSAL Depot Spares Allowance List

DSAIM Defense Su-zlply Agency Manuals

DSAP- Defense Security Assistance Program

DSAR- Defense Supply Agency Regulation

DSARC- Defense Systems Acquisition (and) Review Council

DSB- Defense Science Board

DSC- Defense Supply Center; Defense Satellite Communications

DSCS- Defense Satellite Communications System

DSE- Developmental/Depot Support Equipment

DSF- Defense Services Facility; Data Services Facility

DSL- Data System Lab

DSMC- Defense Systems Management College

DSMOA- Defense/State memorandum of agreement

DSN- Defense Switched Network (formerly AUTOVON)

DSOT- Daily System Operational Test

DSP- Designated Stock Point; Digital Signal Processor

DSPO- Defense Standardization Program Office

DSR- Depot Scrap Rate

DSREDS- Digital Storage and Retrieval of Engineering Data System

DSRV- Deep Sea Submergence Rescue Vehicle

DSS- Deep Space Surveillance; Deployed Supply System

DSSC- Defense Subsistence Supply Center

DSSP- Defense Supply Support Point

DST- Destructor

DSTE- Digital Subscriber Terminal Equipment

DSU- Target Detecting Device, Unit

DT- Development Testing; Decision Tree

DTA- Decision Tree Analysis; Development Text Article; Differential Thermal Analysis

DTACCS- Directors Telecommunications and Command and Control Systems

DTAT- Depot Turn Around Time

DTC- Design to Cost

DTCS- Drone Target Control System

DTD- Decoder Transfer Data; Document Type Definition

DTE- Data Terminal Equipment

DT&E- Development, Test and Evaluation

DTG- Date Time Group

DTIC- Defense Technical Information Center

DTLCC- Design To Life Cycle Cost

DTLM- Dorsal Telemetering

DTM- Development Telemetry Unit; Data Transport Module (SLAM); Design Trade Model

DTMOS- Data Transfer Module Operational Software (SLAM)

DTMS- Defense Traffic Management Service

DTO- Direct Turn Over

DT/OT- Developmental & Operational Test

DTP- Detailed Test Plan

DTRA- Defense Technical Review Activity

DTRC- David Taylor Research Center

DTRM- Dual-Thrust Rocket Motor

DTU- Data Transfer Unit

DTUPC- Design to Unit Production Cost

DVAL- Demonstration and Validation

D&V- Demonstration and Validation

DVM- Digital Voltmeter

DVP- Depot Verification Program

DVS- Digital Voltage Source

DVU- Design Verification Unit

DW- Data Word

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E- Examination, Electric Field Strength

E3- Electromagnetic Environmental Effects

EA- Electronics Assembly (Part of TDD); End Article; Environmental Assessment

EABSTA- Emergency Air Breathing Station

EAC- Estimate at Completion

EAD- Equipment Availability Date; Estimated Arrival Date

EAF- Expeditionary Air Field

EAG- Extended Active Gate; Element Assembly Group

EAH- Equipment Availability Hours

EALP- Engineering Assembly Parts List

EAM- Electric/Electronic Accounting Machine(s)

EAMP- Engine Analytical Maintenance Program

EAMPTJ- Enlisted Aviation Maintenance Personnel Training and Qualification Jacket

EAR- Electronically Agile Radar

EADS- Extended Area Defense System

EASTPAC- Eastern Pacific

EATS- Extended Area Tracking System; Extended Area Test System

EBCDIC- Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

EBES- Exercise Briefing and Evaluation System

EC- Essentiality Code; Engineering Change

ECA- Equipment Condition Report; Engineering Change Analysis; Electronics Cable Amplifier, Engineering Cognizance Agreement

ECAC- Electromagnetic Compatibility Analysis Center

ECAMS- Enhanced Comprehensive Asset Management System

ECIB- Electronic Code Book

ECC- Error Correcting Code; Evaluation Control Center

ECCM- Electronic Counter Countermeasure

ECD- Estimated Completion Date

ECE- Environmental Compliance Evaluation

ECEF- Earth Centered, Earth Fixed

ECHO- Explosive Component Historical Output

ECI- Engineering Change Instruction

ECIF- Exit Cone Installation Fixture

ECIP- Energy Conservation Investment Program

ECM- Electronic Countermeasures

ECMA- European Computers Manufacturing Association

ECMTAS- Electronic Countermeasure Target Auxiliary System

ECMTSP- Electronic Countermeasures Threat Simulation Program

ECMU- Extended Core Memory Unit

ECN- Engineering Change Notice

ECO- Engineering Change Order

ECOMTRAK- Engine Composition Tracking (System)

ECP- Engineering Change Proposal

ECR- Error Cause Removal; Engineering Change Request

ECRS- Environmental Compliance Reporting System

ECS- Environmental Control System; Engagement Control System

ECSA- Exchange Carrier Standards Association

ECSEL- Electronic Combat Simulation and Evaluation Laboratory

ECSU- Electronic Command Switching Unit

ECTS- Engineering Change Tracking System

ECU- Electrical Conversion Unit; Electronics Control Unit

ED- Engineering Development

EDA- Estimated Date of Arrival

EDAC- Equipment Distribution and Condition (Report)

EDB- Equipment Discrepancy Books

EDCARS- Engineering Data Computer-Assisted Retrieval Systems (AF)

EDD- Estimated Delivery Date

EDF- Engineering Data File

EDG- Exploratory Development Goals

EDI- Electronic Data Interchange

EDIF- Electronics Design Interchange Format

EDL- Expenditure Difference Listing

EDM- Engineering Development Model

EDMICS- Engineering Data Management Information

EDMP- Engineering Drawing Management Program

EDP- Electronic Data Processing; Engineering Department Procedure

EDPM- Electronic Data Processing Machine

EDR/CDR- Engineering Preliminary and Critical Design Review

EDRS- Engineering Data Retrieval System

EDS- Electronic Data Systems; Engine Diagnostic System

EDT- Estimated Delivery Time

EDU- Encoder/Decoder Unit

EDVR- Enlisted Distribution and Verification Report

EE- Electrical Engineer

E&E- Examination and Evaluation

EED- Electro-Explosive Device

EEFI- Essential Element of Friendly Information

EEMI- Electronic Equipment Maintenance Training System

EEO- Equal Employment Opportunity

EEPROM- Electronically Erasable-Programmable Read Only Memory

EET- Environmental Evaluation Test; Extended Evaluation Test; Engineering Evaluation Test Control System

EEU- Engineering Evaluation Unit

EFA- European Fighter Aircraft

EFD- Engineering Field Division

EFS- Electronic Firing Switch

EFTO- Encrypted for Transmission Only

EFTS- Evacuate and Fill Test Station

EGL- Equipment Guide List

EHCAP- Encapsulated HARPOON Collective Action Program

EHCLS- Encapsulated HARPOON Command and Launch (Sub)system/Set

EHCTV- Encapsulated HARPOON Certification Training Vehicle

EHF- Extremely High Frequency (30-300 GHz)

EHIFS- Encapsulated HARPOON Inert Figment Shape

EHM- Extremely Hazardous Material

EHR- Equipment History Record

EHW- Encapsulated HARPOON Weapon

EHWS- Encapsulated HARPOON Weapon System

EI- End Item; Engineering Investigation

EIA- Electronic Industry Association

EIAFR- Electronic Industry Association Feedback Report

EIB- Electronic Information Bulletin

EIC- Equipment Identification Code; Engineer In Charge

EID- End Item Designator/Description; Electronically Identification

EIDS- Electronics Information Delivery/Display System (Army); Extremely Intensive Detonating Substance

EIL- Expanded Intermediate Level (Maintenance)

EIMA- End Item Mission Application

EIMMR- Impact Matrices Report

EIMS- End Item Maintenance Sheet

EIR- Engineering Investigation Report; Equipment Identification Record

EIS- End Item Specification; Equipment In Service; Engineering Information Service/System (AF); Environmental Impact Statement

ELCF- Equivalent Low Cycle Fatigue

ELD- Edge Lighting Display

ELE- Engine Life Expectancy

ELF- Extremely Low Frequency

ELIN- Exhibit Line Item Number

ELINT- Electronic Intelligence

ELITE- Electric Insertion Transfer Experiment

ELV- Expendable Launch Vehicle

ELWG- Executive Level Working Group

EM- Emergency Maintenance; Engineering Model; Electromechanical

EMAIL- Electronic Mail

EMC- Electronic-Magnetic Compatibility

EMCAB- Electromagnetic Compatibility Advisory Board

EMCON- Emission Control

EMDB- Equipment Maintenance Data Base

EMF- Electro-Motive Force; Electric Magnetic Field

EMI- Electro-Magnetic Interference

EMO- Electronics Material Officer

EMP- Electromagnetic Pulse

EMPS- Electronics Maintenance Publication System (ARMY)

EMR- Electro Magnetic Radiation; Explosive Mishap Reporting

EMRC- Engine Maintenance Requirements Card

EMS- Equipment Maintenance Squadron; Engine Monitoring System

EMSEC- Emission Security

EMT- Elapsed Maintenance Time

EMTR- Emitter

EMV- Electromagnetic Vulnerability

ENG- Engine

ENL- Enlisted

ENSYN- Environmental Synthesizer

ENTP- Enable Test Point

EO- Engineering Order; Electro-optical; Executive Order

EOA- Early Operational Assessment

EOE- Expense Operating Budget; Electronic order of Battle

EOC- Engineering Operating Cycle; Equipment Operational Capability

EOD- Explosive Ordnance Disposal

EODB- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bulletin

EODGRU- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group

EODM- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Missile

EOM- End of Month; Equation of Motion; End of Mission

EOQ- End of Quarter; Economic Order Quantity

EOS- Equipment Out of Service Hours; End of Enlistment, Enclosed Operating Station

ECT- Equipment Operating Time

EOTV- Electric Orbital Transfer Vehicle

EOY- End of Year

EPA- Engines per Aircraft; Extended Planning Annex; Environmental Protection Agency

EPAD- Enlisted Personnel Action Document

EPCRA- Emergency Planning and Community Right-toKnow

EPG- Extended Planning Guide

EPIP- Exercise Participant information Package

EPMAC- Enlisted Personnel Management Center

EPE- End Piece of Equipment

EPROM- Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EPS- Electrical Power Supply; Engineering Performance Standards; Engine Performance Standards

EPU- Electrical Power Unit

EQIP- Equipment

EQT- Equipment Qualification Test

ER- Expeditious Repair; Enterprise and Entity and Relationship; Extended Range; Engineering Request

ERAM- Electronics Counter-Countermeasures Requirement and Assessment Manual

ERB- Engineering Review Board; Emergency Recall Bill

ERC- Engine RPM/Cutoff

ERD- Equipment Readiness Date; Equipment Requirements Document

ERDL- Extended Range Data Link

ERIS- Exoatmospheric Reentry Vehicle Interceptor

ERL- Equipment Reference List; Equipment Required List</