F
Acronyms
ABET Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
ADVENT Advanced Versatile Engine Technology
AF Air Force
AFB Air Force Base
AFMC Air Force Materiel Command
AFOSR Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory
AFRL/RX Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate
AFSB Air Force Studies Board
AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
ATD advanced technology demonstration
ATEGG Advanced Turbine Engine Gas Generator
BAA broad agency announcement
BIAM Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials
CA collaborative agreement
CAESAR Core and Engine Structural Assessment Research
CBRNE chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives
CFD computational fluid dynamics
CMC ceramic-matrix composite
CMS computational materials science
CONUS continental United States
COSMAT Committee on the Survey of Materials Science and Engineering
C2I command, control, and intelligence
C4ISR command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DDR&E Director, Defense Research and Engineering
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DS directional solidification
EAR Export Administration Regulations
EPM Enabling Propulsion Materials program
ESASP European Space Agency Special Publication
ESPR Engineering Research Association for Supersonic Transport Propulsion System
EU European Union
EuMaT European Technology Platform on Advanced Engineering Materials and Technologies
FETT first engine to test
FlowPAC [University of Notre Dame’s] Institute of Flow Physics and Control
FLTC Focused Long Term Challenge
GE General Electric
GEnx GE next generation
GPR government property right
GRC [GE’s] Global Research Center
HEETE Highly Efficient Embedded Turbine Engine
HFIR high flux isotope reactor
HHS Department of Health and Human Services
HIP hot isostatic pressing
HPC high-pressure compressor
HPT high-pressure turbine
HSCT High Speed Civil Transport
HTAM High Temperature Aerospace Materials
HTML High Temperature Materials Laboratory
ICME Integrated Computational Materials Engineering
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IHPRPT Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology
IHPTET Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology
IMWG IHPRPT Materials Working Group
IP intellectual property
IPD integrated product development
IPDT integrated product development team
IR&D industry research and development
IRAD independent research and development
ISI Institute for Scientific Information
ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulations
JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPO Joint Program Office
JSF Joint Strike Fighter
JTDE Joint Technology Demonstrator
JTO Joint Technology Office
LCF low cycle fatigue
LPC low-pressure compressor
LPT low-pressure turbine
LRE liquid rocket engine
M&P materials and processes
MASAP Materials and Structures Augmentation Program
MDO multidisciplinary optimization
MEANS Materials Engineering for Affordable New Systems
MRL Materials Research Laboratory; manufacturing readiness level
MSE materials science and engineering
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASIC National Air and Space Intelligence Center
NASP National Aerospace Plane
NDA nondisclosure agreement
NDE nondestructive evaluation
NMAB National Materials Advisory Board
NRC National Research Council
NSDD National Security Decision Directive
NSF National Science Foundation
OEM original equipment manufacturer
ONR Office of Naval Research
ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
PA patent
PCC Precision Castparts Corporation
PM powder metallurgy
PPB powder-particle boundaries
QC quality control
R&D research and development
S&T science and technology
SEMATECH Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
SOA Service-oriented architecture
SRM solid rocket motor
STOVL short take-off and vertical landing
TBC thermal barrier coating
TRL technology readiness level
UAV unmanned aerial vehicle
USAF United States Air Force
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
USML United States Munitions List
VAATE Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engine
VAR vacuum arc re-melting
VIAM All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Aviation Materials
VIM vacuum induction melted