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Appendix D
Acronyms

A2SF Advanced All-Source Fusion

AC&CSD Advanced Computing and Computational Sciences Division

AC2T Academic Class Composite Tool

ACM Association for Computing Machinery

AEC Army Evaluation Center

AFOSR Air Force Office of Scientific Research

AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory

AHAAH Auditory Hazard Assessment Algorithm for Humans

AMRDEC Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center

APS active protection system

ARL Army Research Laboratory

ARLTAB Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board

ARO Army Research Office

ATO Army Technology Objective

BED Battlefield Environment Division

BND Ballistics and Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Division

BRAC base realignment and closure

BRL-CAD Ballistic Research Laboratory–Computer-Aided Design

CAD computer-aided design

CASEL Cognitive Assessment, Simulation, and Engineering Laboratory

CC capability concept

CERDEC Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2011. 2009-2010 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13137.
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CFD computational fluid dynamics

CIO/G-6 Office of the Chief Information Officer

CISD Computational and Information Sciences Directorate

COTS commercial-off-the-shelf

CTA Collaborative Technology Alliance

DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DE directed energy

DFT density functional theory

DoD Department of Defense

DOE Department of Energy

DSI Director’s Strategic Initiative

DU depleted uranium

EAR Environment for Auditory Research

ECAE equal channel angle extrusion

EEG electroencephalogram

EFP explosively formed penetrator

EM electromagnetic

EMVAF Electro Magnetic Vulnerability Assessment Facility

EOCM electro-optic countermeasures

FAST Field Assistance in Science and Technology

FCS Future Combat Systems

FEA finite element analysis

FEM finite element model

fMRI functional magnetic resonance imaging

FPGA field-programmable gate array

FY fiscal year

GCV Ground Combat Vehicle

GLEEM Gun Liner Emplacement by Elastomeric Materials

GPS Global Positioning System

HPC high-performance computing

HRED Human Research and Engineering Directorate

HRI Human Robot Interaction

HSI Human System Integration

ICA independent component analysis

IED improvised explosive device

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEPD Information and Electronic Protection Division

IM insensitive munitions

IMPRINT Improved Performance Research Integration Tool (software)

IMU inertial measurement unit

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2011. 2009-2010 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13137.
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INSCOM Intelligence Security Command

IO information operations

IR infrared

IRCM infrared countermeasures

ISD Information Sciences Division

ISR intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance

ITA International Technology Alliance

JP-8 Jet Propellant 8 fuel

LED light-emitting diode

LIFE Laser IRCM Flyout Experiment

LWIR long-wavelength infrared

MANPRINT Manpower and Personnel Integration

MASINT Measurement and Signature Intelligence

MAST Micro-Autonomous Systems and Technology

MBT&E Mission-Based Test and Evaluation

MEDE Materials in Extreme Dynamic Environments

MEMS microelectromechanical systems

MMF Mission and Means Framework (software)

MRAP mine-resistant ambush-protected

MT machine translation

MURI Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative

MUVES Modular UNIX-based Vulnerability Estimation Suite (software)

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NDE nondestructive evaluation

NRC National Research Council

NSD Network Sciences Division

OCR optical character recognition

ODE ordinary differential equation

ODT omnidirectional treadmill

ONR Office of Naval Research

OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense

PASS Personal Academic Strategies for Success

PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder

QAM quadrature amplitude modulation

R&D research and development

RDEC Research, Development, and Engineering Center

RDECOM Research, Development, and Engineering Command

RF radio frequency

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2011. 2009-2010 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13137.
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S&T science and technology

S4 System of Systems Survivability Simulation (software)

SAFTE Sleep, Activity, Fatigue and Task Effectiveness

SBAM Scalable Binary Annular Munition

SBIR Small Business Innovation Research

SEDD Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate

SIRE Synchronous Impulse Reconstruction

SLAD Survivability and Lethality Analysis Directorate

SLV survivability, lethality, and vulnerability

SLVA survivability, lethality, and vulnerability assessment

SNA social network analysis

SoS system of systems

SoSA system-of-systems analysis

SPEAR Soldier Performance and Equipment Advanced Research

TARDEC Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center

TBI traumatic brain injury

T&E testing and evaluation

THINK Tactical Human Integration of Networked Knowledge

TILV Target Interaction Lethality/Vulnerability

TNT 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene

TRADOC Training and Doctrine Command

TTPs tactics, techniques, and procedures

TWV tactical wheeled vehicle

UAS unmanned autonomous system

UAV unmanned aerial vehicle

UGV unmanned ground vehicle

UV ultraviolet

V&V validation and verification

VAATE Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engines Program

VAPP Very Affordable Precision Projectile

VARD Vehicle Applied Research Division

VSL Virtual Shot Line

VTD Vehicle Technology Directorate

VTOL vertical take off and landing

WFO warfighter outcome

WMRD Weapons and Materials Research Directorate

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The charge of the Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board (ARLTAB) is to provide biannual assessments of the scientific and technical quality of the research, development, and analysis programs at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL). The advice provided in this report focuses on technical rather than programmatic considerations.

The Board is assisted by six National Research Council (NRC) panels, each of which focuses on the portion of the ARL program conducted by one of ARL's six directorates. When requested to do so by ARL, the Board also examines work that cuts across the directorates. The Board has been performing assessments of ARL since 1996. The current report summarizes its finding for the 2009-2010 period, during which 96 volunteer experts in fields of science and engineering participated in the following activities: visiting ARL annually, receiving formal presentations of technical work, examining facilities, engaging in technical discussions with ARL staff, and reviewing ARL technical materials.

The Board continues to be impressed by the overall quality of ARL's technical staff and their work and applauds ARL for its clear, passionate concern for the end user of its technology--the soldier in the field--and for ARL's demonstrated mindfulness of the importance of transitioning technology to support immediate and longer-term Army needs. ARL staff also continue to expand their involvement with the wider scientific and engineering community. In general, ARL is working very well within an appropriate research and development (R&D) niche and has been demonstrating significant accomplishments.

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