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Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2010. Capabilities for the Future: An Assessment of NASA Laboratories for Basic Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12903.
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AA associate administrator

AAPL Aero-Acoustic Propulsion Laboratory

ADAPT Advanced Diagnostics and Prognostics Testbed

AFL Alternate Fuels Laboratory

AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory

ARC Ames Research Center

ARMD Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

ASP Airspace Systems Program

ATC air traffic control

ATOL Air Traffic Operations Laboratory

ATP Aeronautics Test Program

AvSP Aviation Safety Program

B&P bid and proposal

BAA Broad Agency Announcement

BOGL Biomass Optimization Green Laboratory

CAS cross-agency support

CM&O center management and operations

CoF construction of facilities

CRV current replacement value

DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DDF Directors Discretionary Fund

DFRC Dryden Flight Research Center

DM deferred maintenance

DMS Differential Maneuvering Satellite

DOD Department of Defense

DOE Department of Energy

EMD Exploration Mission Directorate

ESMD Exploration Systems Mission Directorate

ETDP Exploration Technology Development Program

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2010. Capabilities for the Future: An Assessment of NASA Laboratories for Basic Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12903.
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FAA Federal Aviation Administration

FAP Fundamental Aeronautics Program

FASAB Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

FCI Facility Condition Index

FFRDC federally funded research and development center

FTE full time equivalent

FY fiscal year

GRC Glenn Research Center

GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center

HFFF Hypervelocity Free-Flight Facility

HITL human-in-the-loop

HTMSL High-Temperature Mass Spectrometry Laboratory

HVAC heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

IIFD integrated intelligent flight deck

IRAC integrated resilient aircraft control

IRAD independent/internal research and development

IRT icing research tunnel

ISRU in situ resource utilization

ISS International Space Station

IT information technology

IVHM Integrated Vehicle Health Management

JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory

JSC Johnson Space Center

KSC Kennedy Space Center

LaRC Langley Research Center

LCROSS Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite

LDRD Laboratory-Directed Research and Development

LSWT low-speed wind tunnel

MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center

NAC NASA Advisory Council

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NFLR NASA Federal Laboratory Review

NGATS Next Generation Air Transportation System

NPL Nanotube Processing Laboratory

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2010. Capabilities for the Future: An Assessment of NASA Laboratories for Basic Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12903.
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NRC National Research Council

NSF National Science Foundation

NSSTC National Space Science and Technology Center

OAST Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology

OMB Office of Management and Budget

PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

PCPL Polymer Composite Processing Laboratory

PI principal investigator

PIV particle image velocimetry

PLDL Pulsed Laser Deposition Laboratory

PMA President’s Management Agenda

PSL Propulsion Systems Laboratory

PSP pressure-sensitive paint

R&D research and development

R&T research and technology

ROSES Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences

SAFETi Systems and Airframe Evaluation Testing and Integration

SBIR Small Business Innovation Research

SBTF Structural Benchmark Testing Facility

SCAP Strategic Capabilities Asset Program

SED Science and Exploration Directorate

SMD Science Mission Directorate

SOFIA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

SOT statement of task

SSC Stennis Space Center

SWT supersonic wind tunnel

TEFIM test equipment and facilities infrastructure management

TFR technical facility restoration

TPS thermal protection system

TRL technology readiness level

TRL 1-3 technology readiness levels 1 through 3

VCSI Von Braun Center for Science and Innovation

VMS vertical motion simulator

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