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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
For the Radio Frequency Design, DoD, Contracting, Project Management, and Technical Services Industries
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2G 3G 4G A/C ADC ADIU AE AFC AFCEA AFOSR AFOTEC AFRL AGC ALC ALE AM AMF ANDVT ARDS ARRL ARTM ASCII ASFI ASIC ASK AST ASW ATE ATP ATR AUMSS AWGN BAA BAIS BEAM BER BIT BLOS BMDO BPF BW C2ISR
C3I C4ISR
CAD CAD/CAM CAGE CATV CBC CDL CDMA CDRL CECOM CERDEC
CFR CIC CINC CFTM C/N C/NA COMINT COMM COMSEC CONOPS CONUS COTR COTS CPTU CPU CRAA CRC CRIIS CSMA/CD CTEIP CW DAMA DARPA dB DC DCMA DCSN DDS DF DFAR DHS DIA DISA DLT DMR DoD DPAS DRT DSP DTIC DTRA DUNS EA ECCM ECP EIA ELINT EM EMC EMI EMCON EMP EO EOB ERP ESC ESM ETOSS EVM EW FAA FAQ FAR FAR FAT FCC FCS FDMA FET FFP FFT FIPS FM FNC FORD FORJ FOUO FPGA FSK GaAs GaN GMR GMT GND GPS GPSJ GS GSA GSM GUI GWOT HBT HDL HF HILNA HiPerTUNER HMD HMS HPA HPF HPM HSARPA I2WD IC ICE IDIQ IEEE IETF IF ILS iNET InP IPR IR IR&D IREMBASS IRIG ISI ISM ISO ISR ITAR JCS JPO JSTARS JTRS KV LADAR LAN LASINT LATR LEO LNA LNB LOS LPF LPI LRU LSB LSI MASINT MAV MBITR MEMS MDS MIDS MIMIC MNS MRL MRTFB MSB MTBF NAICS NARDIC NASA NATO NAWC NDA NDI NF NLA NLOS NLT NRL NRZ NSF NuWaves NW OEF OEM OFDM OIF ONR OPAMP OPS OPSEC ORD OT&E OTH PA PAPR PCB PCM PDR PEO PER PLL PM PM PMP PNAS PPM PPS PSK PVT PWB QA QAM QoS QPSK QTP R&D RADAR RAM RCC RDF REM REMBASS RL ROCM RoF ROM ROM RF RFDU RFI RFI RFID RFP RPI RSSI RSTA RX SADBU SAR SAR SAW SBDC SBIR SCIF SDR SEIWG SET SFDR SFSS SIC SIGINT SINCGARS SMD SNR SOF SPAWAR SPO SPO SOW SRAM SRBOC SRW SSPA STTR SURSS SWAP TA TASS TBD TDL TDMA TDRSS TEFOS TM T&E T&M TOI TO TSPI TRSS TSWG TX UAV UCAV UE UGS UGV UHF UIC UPS URE UUT UUV UWB VAR VAC VDC VHF VLF VLSI VSWR WBG WiMAX WPAFB WSMR XCVR |
2nd Generation Wireless 3rd Generation Wireless 4th Generation Wireless Aircraft Analog-to-Digital Converters Advanced Digital Interface Unit Antenna Electronics Automatic Frequency Control Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Air Force Office of Scientific Research Air Force Operational Test & Evaluation Center Automatic Gain Control Automatic Level Control Automatic Link Establishment Amplitude Modulation Airborne, Maritime, and Fixed Site Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal Advanced Range Data System American Standard Code for Information Interchange Army Single Face
to Industry Amplitude Shift Keying Applied Signal Technology Anti-Submarine Warfare Automatic Test Equipment Acceptance Test Procedure Automatic Target Recognition Army Unattended MASINT Sensor System Additive White Gaussian Noise Broad Agency Announcement Battlefield Anti-Intrusion System Bit Error Rate Built In Test Beyond Line of Sight Band Pass Filter Bandwidth Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Computer Aided Design Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing Commercial and Government Entity Cable Antenna Television Cross Band Coupler Command Data Link Code Division Multiple Access Contract Deliverable Requirement List Communications Electronics Command Communications
Electronics Research and Development Engineering Command Combat Information Center Commander-In-Chief Common Flight Test Module Carrier-to-Noise Ratio Communications/Navigation Aid Communications Intelligence Communications Communications Security Concept of Operations Continental United States Contracting Officer Technical Representative Commercial Off-The-Shelf Common Portable Test Unit Central Processing Unit Capability Review and Risk Assessment Cyclical Redundancy Check Common Range
Integrated Instrumentation System Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program Continuous Wave Demand Assigned Multiple Access Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Decibel Direct Current Defense Contract Management Agency Digital Control Signals Network Direct Digital Synthesis Direction Finding Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Department of Homeland Security Defense Intelligence Agency Defense Information Systems Agency Data Link Transceiver Digital Modular Radio Department of Defense Defense Priorities and Allocations System Digital Receiver Technology Digital Signal Processing Defense Technical Information Center Defense Threat Reduction Agency Data Universal Numbering System Electronic Attack Electronic Counter-Counter Measures Engineering Change Proposal Electronics Industries Association Electronics Intelligence Electromagnetic Electromagnetic Compatibility Electromagnetic Interference Emission Control Electromagnetic Pulse Electro-Optical Electronic Order of Battle Effective Radiated Power Electronic Systems Center Electronic Support Measures Engineering, Technical, and Operational Support Services Error Vector Magnitude Electronic Warfare Federal Aviation Administration Frequently Asked Questions False Alarm Rate Federal Acquisition Regulation Factory Acceptance Test Federal
Communications Commission Frequency Division Multiple Access Field Effect Transistor Firm Fixed
Price Federal Information Processing Standards
Frequency Modulation Fiber Optic Rotary Joint For Official Use Only Field Programmable Gated Array Frequency Shift Keying Gallium Arsenide Gallium Nitride Ground Mobile Radio (formerly JTRS Cluster 1) Ground Moving Target Ground Global Positioning System Global Positioning System Jammer Ground Station General
Services Administration Graphical User Interface Global War On Terror Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor Hardware Descriptive Language High Frequency (3 MHz to 30 MHz) High Intercept Low Noise Amplifier Helmet/Head Mounted Display Handheld/Manpack/Small Form Factor (formerly JTRS Cluster 5)
High Power Amplifier High Power Microwave Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate Integrated Circuit Intelligence Community Engineering Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity International Electronics and Electrical Institute Internet Engineering Task Force Intermediate Frequency Integrated Logistics Support Integrated Network Enhanced Telemetry Indium Phosphide In-Progress Review Infrared Independent Research & Development Improved Remote Battlefield Sensor System Inter-Range Instrumentation Group Inter-Symbol Interference Industrial, Scientific, and Medical International Standardization Organization Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance International Traffic in Arms Regulation Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Program
Office Kill Vehicle Laser Detection and Ranging Local Area Network Laser Intelligence Large Area Tracking Range Low Earth Orbit Low Noise Block Converter Line Of Sight Low Pass Filter Low Probability of Intercept Line Replaceable Unit Least Significant Bit Lead System Integrator Measurement and Signatures Intelligence Micro Air
Vehicle Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Missile Defense Agency Multifunctional Information Distribution System Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit Mission Need Statement Manufacturing Readiness Level Major Range and Test Facility Base Most Significant Bit Mean Time Between Failure North American Industrial Classification System Navy Acquisition, Research and Development Information Center National Aeronautics & Space Administration North Atlantic Treaty Organization Naval Air Warfare Center Non-Disclosure Agreement Non-Developmental Item Non-Linear Amplifier Non Line of Sight No Later Than Naval Research Laboratory Non Return to Zero RF and Wireless Engineering Design Specialists Operation Enduring Freedom
Original Equipment Manufacturer Operation Iraqi Freedom Operational Amplifier Operations Operations Security Operational Requirements Document Office of the Secretary of Defense Operational Test & Evaluation Over the Horizon Peak-to-Average Power Ratio Pulse Code Modulation Program Design Review Program Executive Office Packet Error Rate Phase Lock Loop Phase Modulation Proceedings of the National Academy of Scientists Pulse Position Modulation Physical
Protection System Position, Velocity, and Time Quality Assurance Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Quadrature Phase Shift Keying Quality Test Procedure Research and Development Radio Detection and Ranging Random Access Memory Radio Direction Finding Range Encryption Module Remote
Battlefield Sensor System Rough Order of Cost Magnitude Radio Over Fiber Rough Order of Magnitude Read-Only Memory Radio Frequency Distribution Unit Radio Frequency Interference Request For Information Radio Frequency Identification Request for Proposals Rapid Prototyping Initiative Received Signal Strength Indicator Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Targeting, and Acquisition Receive Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Program Search and Rescue Synthetic Aperture Radar Surface Acoustic Wave Small Business Development Center Small Business Innovation Research Secure
Compartmented Information Facility Security Equipment Integration Working Group Spectrum Efficient Technologies Spurious Free Dynamic Range Subminiature Flight Safety System Standard Industrial Classification Signal Intelligence Single Channel Ground to Air Radio System Surface Mounted Device Signal to Noise Ratio Special Operations Forces Space & Naval Warfare System Command Special Projects Office System Program Offices Statement of Work Static Random Access Memory Super Rapid Blooming Off-board Chaff Soldier Radio Waveform Solid State Power Amplifier Small Business Technology Transfer Small Unit Reconnaissance and Surveillance System Size, Weight, and Power Test Article Tactical Automated Security System To Be Determined Tactical Data Link Time Division Multiple Access Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System Technical, Engineering, Fabrication, and Operations Support Telemetry Test and Evaluation Time and Materials Third Order Intercept Technical Order Time, Space, and Position Information Tactical Remote Sensor System Technical Support Working Group Transmit Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle User Equipment Unattended Ground Sensor Unmanned Ground Vehicle Ultra High Frequency (300 MHz to 3 GHz) Unit Identification Code Uninterruptible Power Supply Unintended RF Emissions Unit Under Test Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Ultra Wideband Visit Authorization Request Volts Alternating Current (AC) Volts Direct Current (DC) Very High Frequency (30 MHz to 300 MHz) Very Low Frequency Very Large Scale Integration Voltage Standing Wave Ratio Wide Band Gap Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Acess Wright Patterson Air Force Base White Sands Missile Range Transceiver |
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