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Acronyms List
ABCT | Armored Brigade Combat Team |
ACE | Advanced Combat Engine |
ACT | Advanced Combat Transmission |
AECP | All Electric Combat Powertrain |
AISG | APD Integrated Starter/Generator |
AMEP | Advanced Mobility Experimental Prototype |
AMMPS | Advanced Medium Mobile Power Source |
APD | Advanced Powertrain Demonstrator |
APOP | Advanced Propulsion with On-board Power |
APU | auxiliary power unit |
ARL | Army Research Laboratory |
ARPA-E | Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy |
ATJ | alcohol-to-jet |
ATM(S) | Advanced Thermal Management (System) |
ATTAM | Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission-Capability |
BEV | battery electric vehicle; all-battery electric vehicle |
BOARD | Board on Army Research and Development |
BOP | balance of the plant |
CAD | computer-aided design |
CASCOM | Combined Arms Support Command |
CNG | compressed natural gas |
DASA(RT) | Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology |
DF1 | diesel fuel 1 |
DoD | Department of Defense |
DOE | Department of Energy |
DPGDS | Deployable Power Generation and Distribution System |
EC | electrochemical capacitor |
EDLC | electrolytic double-layer capacitor |
EIO | Energy-Informed Operations |
EV | electric vehicle |
FOB | forward operating base |
FY | fiscal year |
GCI | gasoline compression ignition |
GVSC | (U.S. Army DEVCOM) Ground Vehicle Systems Center |
HMMWV | High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (i.e. “Humvee”) |
ICE | internal combustion engine |
IoT | Internet of Things |
ISG | Integrated Starter Generator |
JCESR | Joint Center for Energy Storage Research |
JLTV | Joint Light Tactical Vehicle |
JP8 | Jet Propellant 8 |
LNG | liquefied natural gas |
LSCF | lanthanum strontium cobalt ferrite |
LW | Land Warrior |
MANET | mobile ad hoc network |
MDO | multi-domain operations |
MEPS | Mobile Electric Power Solution |
MMC | metal matrix composite |
MNR | micro nuclear reactor or modular nuclear reactor |
MOF | metal-organic frameworks |
MOTS | military on-the-shelf |
MUTT | Multi-Utility Tactical Transport |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NSRL | Network Science Research Laboratory |
OPLOG | Operational Logistics |
P&E | power and energy |
PEM | proton exchange membrane |
PFTE | polytetrafluoroethylene |
PPU | Prime Power Unit |
PV | photovoltaic |
RCV | robotic combat vehicle |
RDECOM | U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command |
RTG | radioisotope thermoelectric generator |
SiRPA | silica-reinforced porous, anodized aluminum |
SMET | small multi-purpose equipment transport |
SOFC | solid oxide fuel cell |
SSP | soldier silent power |
STAMP | Secure Tactical Advanced Mobile Power |
TBC | thermal barrier coating |
TESU | Tactical Energy Storage Unit |
TIG | Transmission Integrated Generator |
TMS | Tactical Microgrid Standard |
TPV | thermophotovoltaic |
TRISO | tri-structural isotropic |
TVEK | (U.S. Army) Tactical Vehicle Electrification Kit |
UAV | unmanned aerial vehicle |
UGV | unmanned ground vehicle |
USD(AT&L) | Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics |
VEA | Vehicle Electric Architecture |
VMD | Vehicle Mobile Demonstrator |
YSZ | yttria-stabilized zirconia |