ACRONYMS
AAA anti-aircraft artillery
AFV armored fighting vehicle
AP armor-piercing projectile
API armor-piercing projectile with incendiaries
BAST Board on Army Science and Technology
BRL Ballistic Research Laboratory
BRL-CAD Ballistic Research Laboratory Computer-Aided Design program
COVART Computation of Vulnerable Area and Repair Time
DDDR&E (T&E)/TWP Deputy Director, Defense Research and Engineering (Test and Evaluation)/Tactical Warfare Programs
DEM/VAL demonstration and validation
DoD Department of Defense
DoDI Department of Defense Instruction
DT developmental tests
DT&E development test and evaluation
EMD engineering, manufacturing and development
FEBA Forward Edge of the Battle Area
FMEA Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
FTA Fault Tree Analysis
FY fiscal year
GAO U.S. General Accounting Office
HE high explosive
HEI high explosive with incendiaries
HEIVAM HEI Vulnerability Assessment Model
HEVART High Explosive Vulnerable Area and Repair Time
IDA Institute for Defense Analyses
IOT&E initial operational test and evaluation
JLF Joint Live Fire
JSEM Joint Services Endgame Model
JTCG/AS Joint Technical Coordinating Group on Aircraft Survivability
JTCG/ME Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Munitions Effectiveness
LFT Live Fire Test
LFT&E Live Fire Test and Evaluation
LOX liquid oxygen
LRIP low-rate initial production
MECA Modular Endgame Computer Assessment
N/A not applicable
NRC National Research Council
OBIGGS on-board inert gas-generating system
OBOGS on-board oxygen-generating system
ORD Operational Requirements Document
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
PM Program Manager
SAM surface-to-air-missile
SQuASH Stochastic Qualitative Analysis of System Hierarchies
STAR System Threat Assessment Report
SURVIAC Survivability/Vulnerability Information and Analysis Center
T&E test and evaluation
TBD to be determined
TEC Test and Evaluation Committee
TEMP Test and Evaluation Master Plan
WPAFB Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
WWII World War II
