IVHM Integrated Vehicle Health Management

JPDO Joint Planning and Development Office

MDAO Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis, and Optimization

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NextGen Next Generation Air Transportation System (formerly abbreviated NGATS)

NGATS Next Generation Air Transportation System (now commonly abbreviated as NextGen)

NO_x oxides of nitrogen

NPAT National Partnership for Aeronautical Testing

NRA NASA Research Announcement

NRC National Research Council

NSTC National Science and Technology Council

PI principal investigator

QFD quality function deployment

R&D research and development

R&T research and technology

SCAP Shared Capabilities Assets Program

SFW Subsonic Fixed Wing

SRW Subsonic Rotary Wing

T&E testing and evaluation

UAV unmanned air vehicle

V/STOL vertical and short takeoff and landing