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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |