Appendix C
Acronyms and Abbreviations
AAW Antiair warfare
AEW Airborne early warning
AIP Air-independent propulsion
AMCM Airborne mine countermeasures
ARG Amphibious ready group
ASUW Antisurface warfare
ASW Antisubmarine warfare
ATACMS Army Tactical Missile System
ATBM Antitactical or antitheater ballistic missile
BFTT Battle Force Tactical Trainer
BUR Bottom Up Review
BW/CW Biological warfare/Chemical warfare
C3I Command, control, communications, and intelligence
C4ISR Command, control, communications, computing, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
CEC Cooperative engagement capability
CEP Circular error of probability
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CINC Commander-in-chief
CLZ Craft landing zone
CONUS Continental United States
COTS Commercial off the shelf
CRAF Civil Reserve Airlift Fleet
DARO Defense Aerial Reconnaissance Office
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DET Explosive net (mine warfare)
DIA Defense Intelligency Agency
DIS Distributed interactive simulation
DOD Department of Defense
EER Explosive echo ranging
ELINT Electronic intelligence
EMCON Emission control
EMNV Expendable mine neutralization vehicle
EMP Electromagnetic pulse
EOD Explosive ordnance disposal
ERGM Extended-range guided munition
ESL End of service life
ESM Electronic support measures
ESSM Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile
EW Electronic warfare
FARP Forward arming and refueling point
GPS Global Positioning System
ICBM Intercontinental ballistic missile
IHPTET Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology (program)
IR Infrared
IRST Infrared search and track
ISR Intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance
JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff
JSIMS Joint Staff Simulation System
JSTARS Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System
JWARS Joint Warfare System
LFA Low-frequency active
LIDAR Light detection and ranging
LOTS Logistics (delivery) over the shore
LPI Low probability of intercept
MARSIM Maritime operation simulation
MCM Mine countermeasures
MEMS Microelectromechanical systems
MHD Magnetohydrodynamics
MPA Maritime patrol aircraft
MPF Maritime prepositioning force
M&S Modeling and simulation
MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NIMA National Image and Mapping Agency
NRO National Reconnaissance Office
NSA National Security Agency
NSFS Naval surface fire support
NSS Naval Simulation System
NTACMS Navy Tactical Missile System
OMFTS Operational Maneuver From the Sea
OOTW Operations other than war
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
PEBB Power electronic building block
QOL Quality of life
R&D Research and development
RAMICS Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System
SABRE Rocket-propelled line charge (mine warfare)
SAM Surface-to-air missile
SAR Synthetic aperture radar
SOF Special operating forces
SQUID Superconductor quantum interference device
SSBN Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine
START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
STOL Short takeoff and landing
STOVL Short takeoff and vertical landing
SZ Surf zone
TBM Tactical or theater ballistic missile
UAV Unmanned aerial vehicle
UCAV Uninhabited combat air vehicle
UGV Unmanned ground vehicle
USAF U.S. Air Force
UUV Unmanned underwater vehicle
VLS Vertical launch system
VSTOL Vertical and short takeoff and landing
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