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Appendix D
Abbreviations

ACT-R Adaptive Control of Thought-Rational (software)

ALEGRA Arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian General Research Applications

AMRDEC Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center

APG Aberdeen Proving Ground

APS active protection systems

ARDA Advanced Research and Development Activity

ARL Army Research Laboratory

ARLTAB Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board

ARO Army Research Office

ASCED Active Stall Control Engine Demonstration

ATO Army Technology Objective

BED Battlefield Environment Division

BRAC Base Realignment and Closure

C2CUT Command and Control in Complex and Urban Terrains

C3TRACE Command, Control and Communications Techniques for Reliable Assessment of Concept Execution (software)

CAT-ATD Crew Integration and Automation Test Bed Advanced Technology Demonstrator

CECOM Communications and Electronics Command

CFD computational fluid dynamics

CISD Computational and Information Sciences Directorate

CTA Collaborative Technology Alliance

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DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DMP decision-making process

DoD Department of Defense

DOE Department of Energy

EMA electromagnetic armor

FALCon Forward Area Language Converter (software)

FCS Future Combat Systems

FM frequency modulation, frequency modulated

GPS Global Positioning System

HBA Human Behavior Architecture

HC-NEBC Human-Centric–Network Enabled Battle Command (software)

HPC high-performance computing

HRED Human Research and Engineering Directorate

IA information assurance

IED improvised explosive device

IMPRINT Improved Performance Research Integration Tool (software)

IR infrared

ISR intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance

ITA International Technology Alliance

JGRE Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise

KE kinetic energy

Li lithium

MANPRINT manpower integration

MATREX Modeling Architecture for Technology, Research and Experimentation (software)

MEMS microelectromechanical systems

MMF Mission and Means Framework (software)

MURI Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative

MUVES Modular UNIX-based Vulnerability Estimation Suite (software)

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NBC Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical

NDE nondestructive evaluation

NMSU New Mexico State University

NRC National Research Council

NVESD Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2007. 2005-2006 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12047.
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PDA personal digital assistant

PZT lead zirconium titanate

QKD quantum key distribution

R&D research and development

RDEC Research, Development and Engineering Center

RDT&E research, development, test and evaluation

RF radio frequency

S4 Systems of Systems Survivability Simulation (software)

S&Es scientists and engineers

SANS System Administration, Networking, and Security

SEDD Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate

SiC silicon carbide

SLAD Survivability and Lethality Analysis Directorate

SLV survivability, lethality, and vulnerability

SoS system of systems

SPOOCEFEM Simple Parallel Object-Oriented Computing Environment for the Finite Element Method

STI Strategic Technology Initiative

STO science and technology objective

STTC Simulation and Training Technology Center

SUNY State University of New York

THz terahertz

TILV Target Interaction Lethality Vulnerability (software)

TRADOC Training and Doctrine Command

UAV unmanned aerial vehicle

UGV unmanned ground vehicle

UML unified modeling language

UV ultraviolet

UWB ultrawideband

VTD Vehicle Technology Directorate

VV&A validation, verification, and accreditation

WMRD Weapons and Materials Research Directorate

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