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Suggested Citation:"J Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2006. Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics: Foundation for the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11664.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations

3-D three-dimensional

ACARE Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe

ADS-B automatic dependent surveillance broadcast

AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory

Al-Li aluminum-lithium alloys

ATM air traffic management

CBM condition-based maintenance

CFD computational fluid dynamics

CMC ceramic matrix composite

CNS communications, navigation, and surveillance

CO carbon monoxide

CO2 carbon dioxide

COTS commercial off the shelf

DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DoD Department of Defense

DOE Department of Energy

DHS Department of Homeland Security

DNL day-night average sound level

ESTOL extremely short takeoff and landing

FAA Federal Aviation Administration

FFRDC federally funded research and development center

FOD foreign object damage

GLONASS Global Navigation Satellite System

GNC guidance, navigation, and control

GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites

GPS Global Positioning System

H2O water

Suggested Citation:"J Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2006. Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics: Foundation for the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11664.
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ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization

ILS instrument landing system

ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulations

IVHM integrated vehicle health management

JPDO Joint Planning and Development Office

JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory

JSF Joint Strike Fighter

L/D lift:drag ratio

LDI lean direct injection

LES large eddy simulation

LPP lean, premixed, prevaporized

MDO multidisciplinary design optimization

MEA more-electric aircraft

MEANS Materials Engineering for Affordable New Systems (Program)

METAR meteorological aviation report

MURI Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research

NDE nondestructive evaluation

NGATS Next Generation Air Transportation System

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency

NOx oxides of nitrogen

NRC National Research Council

PIREP pilot report

PM particulate matter

PMAD power management and distribution

QFD quality function deployment

R&D research and development

R&T research and technology

RANS Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes

RNP required navigational performance

RVSM Reduced Vertical Separation Minima

SIGMET significant meteorological information

SMA shape memory alloys

SOx oxides of sulfur

SSTO single stage to orbit

STOL short takeoff and landing

TAF terminal area forecast

TBCC turbine-based combined cycle

TCP Transmission Control Protocol

TPS thermal protection system

TRL technology readiness level

TSTO two stage to orbit

T/W thrust to weight ratio

Suggested Citation:"J Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2006. Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics: Foundation for the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11664.
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UAV unmanned air vehicle

UHC unburned hydrocarbons

USAF United States Air Force

VGC variable geometry chevron

VLJ very light jet

VMS vehicle management systems

VOR very high frequency (VHF) omnidirectional range

V/STOL vertical and short takeoff and landing

VTOL vertical takeoff and landing

Suggested Citation:"J Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2006. Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics: Foundation for the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11664.
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The U.S. air transportation system is very important for our economic well-being and national security. The nation is also the global leader in civil and military aeronautics, a position that needs to be maintained to help assure a strong future for the domestic and international air transportation system. Strong action is needed, however, to ensure that leadership role continues. To that end, the Congress and NASA requested the NRC to undertake a decadal survey of civil aeronautics research and technology (R&T) priorities that would help NASA fulfill its responsibility to preserve U.S. leadership in aeronautics technology. This report presents a set of strategic objectives for the next decade of R&T. It provides a set of high-priority R&T challenges—-characterized by five common themes—-for both NASA and non-NASA researchers, and an analysis of key barriers that must be overcome to reach the strategic objectives. The report also notes the importance of synergies between civil aeronautics R&T objectives and those of national security.

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