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Appendix D

Acronyms and Abbreviations

ACM Association for Computing Machinery
AEC Army Evaluation Center
AFOSR Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AMRDEC Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center
AMSAA Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
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
BRAC base realignment and closure
 
CECOM Communications-Electronics Command
CFD computational fluid dynamics
CISD Computational and Information Sciences Directorate
CMD-P Computer Meteorological Data Profiler
CMMI capability maturity model integration
CRA Collaborative Research Alliance
CSD Computational Sciences Division of the CISD
CTA Collaborative Technology Alliance
Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2013. 2011-2012 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18269.
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DAC digital-to-analog converter
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DE directed energy
DFT density functional theory
DMAZ dimethylamino-2-ethylazide
DNS direct numerical simulation
DoD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DRI Director’s Research Initiative
DSI Director’s Strategic Initiative
 
EAR Environment for Auditory Research
EEG electroencephalogram
EMVAF Electro Magnetic Vulnerability Assessment Facility
EO&P Electro-optics and Photonics (Division)
 
FCS Future Combat Systems
 
GCV Ground Combat Vehicle
GNC guidance, navigation, and control
GPS Global Positioning System
GSR galvanic skin response
 
hp horsepower
HPC high-performance computing
HRED Human Research and Engineering Directorate
HRI Human-robot interaction
HSI Human-systems integration
 
IED improvised explosive device
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IMPRINT Improved Performance Research Integration Tool (software)
INVA/DE Integrated Network Vulnerability Assessment/Discovery Exploitation
IPA Intergovernmental Personnel Act
IR infrared
IRCM infrared countermeasures
IRFNA inhibited red fuming nitric acid
ISD Information Sciences Division
ISR intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
ITA International Technology Alliance
 
JP-8 Jet Propellant 8 fuel
 
KE kinetic energy
 
LED light-emitting diode
LES large-eddy simulation
Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2013. 2011-2012 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18269.
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LIF laser-induced fluorescence
Li-ion lithium-ion
 
MADIS Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System
MANPRINT Manpower and Personnel Integration
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)
MSME Multiscale Multidisciplinary Modeling of Electronic Materials
MURI Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
MUVES Modular UNIX-based Vulnerability Estimation Suite (software)
 
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NLOS non-line-of-sight
NOAA National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC National Research Council
NSD Network Sciences Division
NSF National Science Foundation
NWS National Weather Service
 
OA optical augmentation
ODR opportunity-driven research
 
PSL New Mexico State University Physical Sciences Laboratory
 
QWIP quantum-well infrared photodetector
 
R&D research and development
RDEC Research, Development, and Engineering Center
RF radio frequency
RTDS real-time digital simulator
 
S&T science and technology
S4 System-of-Systems Survivability Simulation (software)
SBIR Small Business Innovation Research
SEDD Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate
SEMACS Specialty Electronics, Materials, and Sensors (Program)
SiC silicon carbide
SLAD Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate
SLAM simultaneous localization and mapping
SLV survivability, lethality, and vulnerability
SME subject matter expert
SoS system-of-systems
SoSA system-of-systems analysis
SPEAR Soldier Performance and Equipment Advanced Research
Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2013. 2011-2012 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18269.
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STTC Simulation and Training Technology Center
SWaP size, weight, and power
 
TARDEC Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center
TBI traumatic brain injury
T&E testing and evaluation
TMEDA N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine
TRAC Training and Doctrine Command Analysis Center
TRADOC Training and Doctrine Command
 
UAV unmanned aerial vehicle
UBB underbody blast
UGV unmanned ground vehicle
UV ultraviolet
 
VARD Vehicle Applied Research Division
VTD Vehicle Technology Directorate
VTOL vertical takeoff and landing
 
WIAMan Warrior Injury Assessment Manikin
WMRD Weapons and Materials Research Directorate
WRF weather research and forecast
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The charge of the Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board (ARLTAB) is to provide biennial assessments of the scientific and technical quality of the research, development, and analysis programs at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL). The ARLTAB is assisted by six panels, each of which focuses on the portion of the ARL program conducted by one of ARL's six directorates1. When requested to do so by ARL, the ARLTAB also examines work that cuts across the directorates. For example, during 2011-2012, ARL requested that the ARLTAB examine crosscutting work in the areas of autonomous systems and network science.

The overall quality of ARL's technical staff and their work continues to be impressive. Staff continue to demonstrate clear, passionate mindfulness of the importance of transitioning technology to support immediate and longer-term Army needs. Their involvement with the wider scientific and engineering community continues to expand. Such continued involvement and collaboration are fundamentally important for ARL's scientific and technical activities and need to include the essential elements of peer review and interaction through publications and travel to attend professional meetings, including international professional meetings. In general, ARL is working very well within an appropriate research and development niche and has been demonstrating significant accomplishments, as exemplified in the following discussion, which also addresses opportunities and challenges.

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