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Suggested Citation:"B Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1997. Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st-Century Force: Volume 2: Technology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5863.
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B Acronyms and Abbreviations


ABM
Antiballistic missile

AC
Alternating current

ACTD
Advanced concept technology demonstration

A/D
Analog-to-digital

ADC
Analog-to-digital conversion (converter)

ADM
Advanced development model

AgZn
Silver zinc

AI
Artificial intelligence

AIMS
Agile infrastructure for manufacturing

AlGaAs
Aluminum gallium arsenide

AMRFS
Advanced multifunction radio-frequency system

ARG
Amphibious-ready group

ARM
Antiradar missile

ASAT
Antisatellite

ASIC
Application-specific integrated circuit

ASMP
Advanced Surface Machinery Program

ASW
Antisubmarine warfare

ATR
Automatic target recognition

AWACS
Airborne Warning and Control System

BASS
Bulk avalanche semiconductor switch

BAT
Brilliant antitank

bhp
Brake horsepower

C3
Command, control, and communications

C/A
Coarse/acquisition (code)


Suggested Citation:"B Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1997. Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st-Century Force: Volume 2: Technology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5863.
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CAD
Computer-aided design

CBW
Chemical and biological warfare

CCD
Charge-coupled device

CD
Compact disk

CEC
Cooperative engagement capability

CEP
Circular error of probability

CFAR
Constant false alarm

CFC
Chlorofluorocarbon

CFD
Computational fluid dynamics

CHRIMP
Consolidated Hazardous Material Re-utilization and Inventory Management Program

CIC
Combat information center

CID
Combat identification

CINC
Commander in Chief

CINCPAC
Commander in Chief, Pacific

CISC
Complex instruction set computing (computer)

CMOS
Complementary metal oxide semiconductor

CMR
Colossal magnetoresistance

CNO
Chief of Naval Operations

CO2
Carbon dioxide

COAMPS
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System

COADS
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics Systems

COEA
Cost and operational-effectiveness analysis

CONUS
Continental United States

CORBA
Common object request broker architecture

COTS
Commercial off-the-shelf

CPS
Collective Protection system

CPU
Central processing unit

CVD
Chemical vapor deposition

CVX
Next-generation aircraft carrier

CW
Continuous wave

D/A
Digital-to-analog

DAC
Digital-to-analog conversion

DBDB
Digital bathymetric database

dc
Direct current

DC
Digital circuit

DDS
Direct digital synthesis

DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DEW
Directed-energy weapon

DFB
Distributed feedback

DMP
Dynamic mission planning

DOD
Department of Defense

DOE
Department of Energy


Suggested Citation:"B Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1997. Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st-Century Force: Volume 2: Technology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5863.
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DRAM
Dynamic random access memory

DSB
Defense Science Board

DSP
Digital signal processing

ECAC
Electromagnetic Compatibility Analysis Center

ECL
Emitter control logic

EEG
Electroencephalogram

EHF
Extremely high frequency

EM
Electromagnetic

EMI
Electromagnetic interference

EMP
Electromagnetic pulse

ENIAC
Electronic Numerical Intergrator and Computer

EO
Electro-optic

ESM
Electronic support measure

ETC
Electrothermal chemical

EW
Electronic warfare

FET
Field-effect transitor

FFT
Fast Fourier transform

FLIR
Forward-looking infrared radar

FM
Frequency modulation

FP
Function point

FPA
Focal plane array

FSAD
Full-scale advanced development

GaAs
Gallium arsenide

GAMOT
Global acoustic monitoring of ocean thermometry

GaN
Gallium nitride

GCCS
Global Command and Control System

GLONASS
Global Navigation Satellite System

GMR
Giant magnetoresistance

GPS
Global Positioning System

HCS
Human-centered system

HDTV
High-definition television

HEMT
High-electron mobility transistor

HEPA
High-efficiency particulate air (filter)

HF
High frequency

HgCdTe
Mercury-cadmium-telluride

HM&E
Hull, mechanical, and electrical

HPCI
High performance computing initiative

HPM
High-power microwave

HSLA
High-strength, low-alloy

HTS
High-temperature superconductor

IC
Integrated circuit

IC2
Integrated command and control

ICR
Intercoded recuperated (gas turbine)


Suggested Citation:"B Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1997. Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st-Century Force: Volume 2: Technology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5863.
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IFF
Identification, friend or foe

IGBT
Insulated gate bipolar transistor

IHPTET
Integrated High-performance Turbine Engine Technology (program)

IMPATT
Impact avalanche transit time

InP
Indium phosphide

INS
Inertial navigation system

InSb
Indium antimonide

I/O
Input/output

IPCC
Integrated power conversion center

IPS
Integrated propulsion system

IR
Infrared

IMPATT
Impact avalanche transit-time (diode)

ISC
Integrated ship control

ISDN
Integrated services digital network

ISPM
Integrating smart product model

IW
Information warfare

JCS
Joint Chiefs of Staff

JJ
Josephson junction

JPEG
Joint photographic experts group

JPO
Joint Program Office

JSF
Joint Strike Fighter

JTF
Joint Task Force

ksi
Kips per square inch

kWe/kg
Kilowatts of electric power output per kilogram

LED
Light-emitting diode

LEO
Low Earth orbiting

LHX
Large-deck amphibious ship

LIDAR
Laser detection and ranging

LMRS
Long-term mine reconnaissance system

LNA
Low-noise amplification

LPI
Low probability of intercept

LWIR
Long-wavelength IR

Marisat
Maritime satellite

MARPOL
Marine Pollution (regulations)

MBE
Molecular beam epitaxy

MCM
Multichip module

MEMS
Microelectromechanical systems

MESFET
Metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor

MHD
Magnetohydrodynamics

MIMD
Multiple-instruction, multiple-data

MMIC
Monolithic microwave integrated circuit

MMW
Millimeter wave


Suggested Citation:"B Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1997. Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st-Century Force: Volume 2: Technology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5863.
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MMWI
Millimeter-wave imaging

MOCVD
Metallo-organic chemical vapor deposition

MODFET
Modulation-doped field-effect transistor

MOS
Metal oxide semiconductor

MPP
Massively parallel processor

MQW
Multiple quantum well

MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging

MRLS
Multiple rocket launch system

MUD
Multiuser domain

MWIR
Medium-wavelength infrared

n-MCT
n-type MOS-controlled thyristor

NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NiCd
Nickel cadmium

NiMH
Nickel metal hydride

NiP
Nickel phosphide

NOGAPS
Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System

NORAPS
Navy Operational Regional Atmospheric Prediction System

NRAC
Naval Research Advisory Council

NRaD
Naval Research and Development

NRL
Naval Research Laboratory

NSB
Naval Studies Board

NSCAT
NASA scatterometer

NSF
National Science Foundation

OEIC
Optoelectronic integrated circuit

ONR
Office of Naval Research

OOP
Object-oriented programming

OOT
Object-oriented technology

OPIT
Oxide power in tube (process)

OR
Operations research

OSD
Office of the Secretary of Defense

OTH
Over-the-horizon

P(Y)
Encrypted precision code

PA
Power amplification

PC
Personal computer

PCR
Polymerase chain reaction

PCS
Personal communication system

PEBB
Power electronic building block

PET
Positron emission tomography

PFN
Pulse-forming network

PGM
Power generation module

PHEMT
Pseudomorphic HEMT

PM
Power magnet


Suggested Citation:"B Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1997. Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st-Century Force: Volume 2: Technology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5863.
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PPS
Precise Positioning Service

PRIME
Plastic Removal in Marine Environments

PTO
Power takeoff

PtSi
Platinum silicide

PWM
Pulse-width modulated

R&D
Research and development

RAM
Random access memory

RF
Radio frequency

RSFQ
Rapid single-flux quantum (logic)

RISC
Reduced instruction set computing (computer)

ROM
Read-only memory

ROTHER
Relocatable over-the-horizon radar

ROV
Remotely operated vehicle

RTI
Run-time interface

RTLM
Real-time logistic management

S&T
Science and technology

SADARM
Search-and-destroy armor munition

SAR
Synthetic aperture radar

SAS
Synthetic aperture sonar

SATCOM
Satellite communications

SBA
Simulation-based acquisition

SBD
Simulation-based design

SEED
Self-electron-optic effect device

SEI
Software engineering initiative

SEP
Spherical error of position

SET
Single-electron transistor

SHF
Super-high frequency

SiC
Silicon carbide

SiGe
Silicon germanium

SIMD
Single-instruction, multiple-data

SLOC
Source line of code

SMCS
Standard monitoring control system

SMES
Superconducting magnet energy storage (device)

SOA
State of art

SOHO
Solar Heliospheric Observer

SPM
Smart product model

SQUID
Superconductor quantum interference device

SQW
Single quantum well

SSGTG
Ship service gas turbine generator

SSIM
Ship service inverter module

SSN
Nuclear-powered submarine

STAP
Space-time adaptive processing

STAR
System Threat Assessment Report


Suggested Citation:"B Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1997. Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st-Century Force: Volume 2: Technology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5863.
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STOL
Short takeoff and landing

STOW
Synthetic theater of war

SVD
Singular value decomposition

SWATH
Small waterplane area twin hull

TEWA
Threat Evaluation and Weapon Assessment

TMC
Titanium matrix composite

TOF
Time of flight

T/R
Transmitter/receiver

TRANSCOM
Transportation Command

UAV
Unmanned aerial vehicle

UHF
Ultrahigh frequency

ULCB
Ultralow-carbon bainite

UUV
Unmanned underwater vehicle

UV
Ultraviolet

UWB
Ultrawide bandwidth

Vac
Volts alternating current

Vdc
Volts direct current

VE
Virtual environment

VHF
Very high frequency

VLO
Very low observability

VLSI
Very large scale integrated

VOR
VHF omnidirectional range

VRML
Virtual-reality modeling language

VSTOL
Vertical short takeoff and landing

VTOL
Vertical takeoff and landing

WAAS
Wide area augmentation system

WBS
Wide-bandgap semiconductor

WIMP
Windows, icons, mouse, pointer

ZEDS
Zonal electrical distribution system


Suggested Citation:"B Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1997. Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st-Century Force: Volume 2: Technology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5863.
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The future national security environment will present the naval forces with operational challenges that can best be met through the development of military capabilities that effectively leverage rapidly advancing technologies in many areas. The panel envisions a world where the naval forces will perform missions in the future similar to those they have historically undertaken. These missions will continue to include sea control, deterrence, power projection, sea lift, and so on. The missions will be accomplished through the use of platforms (ships, submarines, aircraft, and spacecraft), weapons (guns, missiles, bombs, torpedoes, and information), manpower, materiel, tactics, and processes (acquisition, logistics,and so on.).

Accordingly, the Panel on Technology attempted to identify those technologies that will be of greatest importance to the future operations of the naval forces and to project trends in their development out to the year 2035. The primary objective of the panel was to determine which are the most critical technologies for the Department of the Navy to pursue to ensure U.S. dominance in future naval operations and to determine the future trends in these technologies and their impact on Navy and Marine Corps superiority. A vision of future naval operations ensued from this effort. These technologies form the base from which products, platforms, weapons, and capabilities are built. By combining multiple technologies with their future attributes, new systems and subsystems can be envisioned.

Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035 Becoming a 21st-Century Force:Volume 2: Technology indentifies those technologies that are unique to the naval forces and whose development the Department of the Navy clearly must fund, as well as commercially dominated technologies that the panel believes the Navy and Marine Corps must learn to adapt as quickly as possible to naval applications. Since the development of many of the critical technologies is becoming global in nature, some consideration is given to foreign capabilities and trends as a way to assess potential adversaries' capabilities. Finally, the panel assessed the current state of the science and technology (S&T) establishment and processes within the Department of the Navy and makes recommendations that would improve the efficiency and effectiveness of this vital area. The panel's findings and recommendations are presented in this report.

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