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A- Attack; Army; Ampere; Area; Antenna
AA- Approving Authority; Anti-Aircraft
AA- Achieved Availability; Affirmative Actions
A/A- Air to Air
AAA- Anti-Aircraft Artillery; Allocations, Assessments, and Analysis; Awaiting Aircraft Availability; Army Audit Agency; Arrival and Assembly Area
AAAM- Advanced Air-To-Air Missile
AAAS- Anti-Aircraft Artillery Simulator
AAAV- Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
AAB- Aviation Armament Bulletin
AABFS- Amphibious Assault Bulk Fuel System
AAC- Aviation Armament Change
AACG- Arrival Airfield Control Group
ACLS - Automatic Carrier Landing System
AACQ - Auto Acquisition
AACTS- Automatic Anechoic Chamber Test System
AADARS- Afloat Automated Data Acquisition and Retrieval System
AADC- All Applications Digital Computer
AAE- Aerospace Ancillary Equipment; Aircraft Armament Equipment
AA&E- Arms, Ammunition and Explosives
AAFIS- Advanced Avionics Fault Isolation System
AAI- American Armament, Inc.
AAL- Acquisition After Launch; Additional Authorization List; Authorized Allowance List
AALW- Assembled Air Launched Weapon
AAM- Air-to-Air Missile; Automated Acquisition Module
AAMO- Assistant Aircraft Maintenance Officer
AAOE- Arrival and Assembly Operation Elements
AAOG- Arrival and Assembly Operations Group
AAP-Allied Administrative Publications; Allowance Appendix Pages
AAR- Aircraft Accident Report
AARM- Advanced Anti-Radiation Missile
AAS- Automated Accounting System
AASP- Airfield Ammunition Supply Point
AATS- Armament Auxiliaries Test Set
AAURTS- AMRAAM AUR Test Set
AAV- Airborne Assault Vehicle; Amphibious Assault Vehicle
AAVI- AMRAAM Air Vehicle- Instrumented
AAW- Anti-Air Warfare
AAWC- Anti-Air Warfare Commander/Center
AAWS- Automatic Attack Warning System; Anti-Air Warfare System; Airborne Adverse Weather Weapons System; Advanced Anti-tank Weapons System
AB- Aviation Boatswain (mate); Afterburner; Air Base; Air Boss
ABATE- Analog Based Automatic Test Equipment
ABC- Advanced Base Components; After Bottom Center
ABCAIRSTD- ABC Air Standardization Agreement
ABCD- Advanced Base Construction Depot
ABCL- As-Built Configuration List
ABF- Annular Blast Fragmentation; Advanced Bomb Family
ABFC- Advance Base Functional Components
ABFRL- Advanced Base Facilities Requirements List
ABIOL- Advanced Base Initial Outfitting List
ABISL- Advanced Base Initial Support List
ABL- Allegheny Ballistics Lab; Allocated Base Line; Armored Box Launcher
ABLE- Acquisition Based on Logistics Effects; Advanced Base Logistics Envelope
ABM- Anti-Ballistic Missile; Advance Bill of Materials
ABO- Aviators Breathing Oxygen; Air Base Order
ABSCU- Auto Brake System Control Unit
ABSLA- Approved Basic Stock Level Allowance
AC- Alternating Current; Aircraft; Air Controller; Air Traffic Control; Aircrew; Active Component; Associate Contractor; Air Conditioning
A-C; A/C- Aircraft; Account
ACA- Automatic (Aircraft) Collision Avoidance
ACAS- Automatic (Aircraft) Collision Avoidance System
ACAT- Acquisition Category
ACB- Aircrew System Bulletin
ACC- Aircraft Controlling Custodian; Air Combat Command; Active Clearence Control; Air Conditioning Controller
ACCB- Aircraft Configuration Control Board
ACCEL- Acceleration
ACCESS-Afloat Consumption; Cost and Effective Surveillance System
ACCS- Army Command and Control System; Automated Calibration and Checkout System
ACCUM- Accumulated
ACD- Aircraft Change Directive
ACDS- Advanced Combat Direction System
ACDUTRA- Active Duty for Training
ACE- Aircraft Condition Evaluation; AMRAAM Captive-Carry Equipment; Acceptance Checkout Equipment; Aviation/Air Combat Element
ACES- Arrow Continuation Experiments (Israel interceptor missile program)
ACGIH- American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
ACFT- Aircraft
ACHC- Aircraft Handling Crew
ACHO- Aircraft Handling Officer
ACI- Allocated Configuration Identification
ACIB- Air Characteristics Improvement Board
ACIMD- Advanced Concept Intercept Missile Demonstration
ACL- Aircraft Circular Letter
ACLS- Automated Control and Landing System
ACM- Air Combat Maneuver; Anti-Cruise Missile; Advanced Cluster Munitions; Advanced Cruise Missile; Air Cycle Machine
ACMM- Air Combat Maneuver Mode
ACMI- Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation
ACMR- Air Combat Maneuvering Range
ACN- Advance Change Notice; Activity Control Number
ACNO- Assistant Chief of Naval Operations
ACO- Administrative Contracting Office; Airfield Coordination Officer; Amphibious Contruction Battalion
ACOMTRAK- Aircraft Composition Tracking (system)
ACP- Allied communications Publications; Area Coordinating Paper; Audio Control Panel
ACQ- Acquisition
ACR- Allowance Change Request
ACRA- Airlift Concepts and Requirement Agency
ACRC- Area Calibration and Repair Center
ACS- Aviation Capable Ship; Assistant Chief of Staff; Air Conditioning System
ACSM- Advanced Conventional Standoff Missile
ACSN- Advance Change Study Notice
ACT- Action; Action Taken; Actual Instrument Time
ACTS- Advanced Communications and Technology Satellite
ACU- Assault Craft Unit; Annunciator Control Unit
A/D- Analogue to Digital
AD- Advanced Development; Air Data; Air Defence; Destroyer Tender; Armament Division; Airworthiness Directive
ADA- A higher order programming language developed during the 1970s for the DOD (note: not an acronym, named for first computer programmer, Ada Augusta Byron); Automatic Data Acquistion
ADAC- Auxiliary Data Acquisition System
ADAMS- Attribute Data Management System
ADAPS- Automatic Display and Plotting System
ADAPT-Analog-Digital Automatic Program Tester
ADATS- Anti-Tank Air Defense System; Air Defense Anti-Aircraft Tracking System
ADB- Aircraft Discrepancy Book
AD&C- Ammunition Distribution and control
ADC- Air Data Computer; Air Defense Command; Aircraft Directives Configuration; Analog to Digital Converter
ADCAP- Acquisition Deficiency Corrective Action Program; Advanced Capability
ADCN- Advance Design Change Notice
ADCON- Advise All Concerned; Administrative Control
ADDR- Address
ADDS- Army Data Distribution System
ADEPT- Analysis-Based Data Exchange for Publication and Training
ADF- Automatic Direction Finder; Air Defense Fighter; Acquisition Data Form
ADFS- Automated Data Filing System
ADG- Air Driven Generator
ADI- Attitude Direction Indicator; Air Defense Initiative
ADIMS- Ammunition Disposal Information Management System
ADIRS- Air Data Inertial Reference System
ADIRU- Air Data Inertial Reference Unit
ADIZ- Air Defense Identification Zone
ADJ- Adjustment
ADL- Authorized Data List; Automated Data List; Ammunition Data List; Air Datum Line
ADM- Administrative Lead Time; Advanced Development Model; Air Data Module
ADMAPS- Automated Document Management and Publishing System
ADMIN- Administrative
ADMRL- Application Data Material Readiness List
ADMSG- Advise by Message
ADO- Advance Development Objective
ADP- Automatic Data Processing; AMRAAM Data Processor; Acceptance Data Package; Advanced Development Proposal
ADPA- American Defense Preparedness Association
ADPC- Automatic Data Processing Center
ADPCM- Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ADPE- Automatic Data Processing Equipment
ADPEC- Automatic Data Processing Equipment Code
ADPM- Automatic Data Processing Machine
ADPMU- Automatic Data Processing Maintenance Unit
ADPO- Advanced Development Project Officer
ADPOU- Automatic Data Processing Operations Unit
ADPS- Automatic Data Processing System
ADR- Aircraft Discrepancy Report; Applied Data Research
ADS- Address Directory System; Automatic Data System; Automatic Dependent Surveillance
ADS-B- ADS (Automatic Depedent Surveillance)-Broadcast
ADSHIPDA- Advise Shipping Data
ADT- Administrative Delay Time; Automatic Detection and Tracking; Air Data Tester
ADTAC- Air Defense Tactical Air Command
ADTAXE- Advise Action Taken
ADTS- Automated Deliverable Tracking System
ADU- Adapter Unit; Azimuth Display Unit
ADVANCE- Army Data Validation and Netting Capability Establishment
ADVCAP- Advanced Capability
ADVON- Advanced Echelon
A&E- Architectural/Engineering; Ammunition and Explosives
AE- Ammunition Ship; Aviation Electrician; Assault Echelon; Active Emitter; Age Exploration
AEA- Acquisition Engineering Agent; Association of European Airlines
AEC- Atomic Energy Commission; Architure Engineering Construction; Armament Equipment Change
AECL- Aircraft and Equipment Configuration List
AED- Automated Engineering Design; Active Emitter Decoy
AEDA- Ammunition Explosives and Dangerous Articles
AEEC- Airlines Electronic Engineering Commitee
AEGIS- Automatic Electronic Guided Intercept System
AEF- DME arc to a fixed point
AEL- Allowance Equipage List
AEMS- Aircraft Engine Management System
AEP- Allied Equipment Publications
AFPI- Air Force Procurement Instruction
AEPS- Aircrew Escape Propulsion System
AER- Alteration Equivalent to Repair
AERO- Automatic Engineering Readout; Aeronautical Equipment Reference Ordinal
AERPA- Advanced Equipment Repair Program
AES- Aircraft Earth Station
AESF- AMRAAM Engineering Support Office
AESO- Aircraft Environmental Support Office
AESR- Aeronautical Equipment Service Record
AESS-Aircraft Electrical Servicing Station
AETAS- Active Emitter Target Auxiliary Systém
AETC - Air Education and Training Command (USA)
AETSP- Active Emitter Threat Simulation Program
AEW- Airborne Early Warning; Airborne Electronic Warfare
AEWTS- Advanced Electronic Warfare Test Set
AF- Air Force; Audio Frequency; Stores Ship
A/F- Arm/Fire
AFAC - Airborne Forward Air Controller.
AFAD- Air Force Acquisition
AFALC- Air Force Acquisition Logistic Center
AFAO- Approved Force Acquisition Objective
AFB- Approved Force Acquisition Objective
AFB- Airframe Bulletin; Air Force Base
AFC- Airframe Change
AFCMC- Air Force Contract Maintenance Center
AFCS- Automatic Flight Control System
AFCOLA- Air Force Coordinated Office for Logistics Analysis
AFCOLR- Air Force Coordinating Committee for Logistics Research
AFCOS- Armed Forces Courier Service
AFD- Arm/Fire Device
AFEMMIS- Air Force Equipment Management Information System
AFFF- Aqueous Film Forming Foam
AFFTC- Air Force Flight Test Center
AFIMMSS- Air Force Information Maintenance Manufacturing Support System
AFIMS- Air Force Information Management System
AFIS- Airborne Flight Information Service
AFISA- USAF Intelligence Service
AFIT- Air Force Institute of Technology
AFLC- Air Force Logistics Command
AFLCR- Air Force Logistics Command Regulation
AFM- Aviation Fleet Maintenance; Air Force Manual
AFMETCALP-Air Force Metrology and Calibration Program
AFMS- Advanced Flight Management System
AFOG- Airfield Operation Group
AFOTEC- Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center
AFP- Approval for Full Production; Armed Forces of the Philippines
AFPCH- Army Force Planning Cost Handbook
AFPE- Air Force Preliminary Evaluation
AFPI- Air Force Procurement Instruction
AFPLA - Air Force of the People’s Liberation Army (China)
AFPR- Air Force Plant Representative
AFPRO- Advanced Fuel Quantity Gaging System
AFQGS- Army Data Distribution System
AFQT- Armed Forces Qualification Test
AFR- Aircraft Flight Record; Air Force Regulation
AFREP- Aviation Supply Office Field Representative
AFRES - Air Force Reserve
AFRS- Automatic Flight Reference System
AFS- Auto Flight System; Combat Stores Ship
AFSC- Air Force Systems Command; Air Force Specialty Code; Ancillary Fuel System Controller
AFSCM- Air Force Systems Command Manual
AFSCP- Automatic Flight System Control Panel
AFSK- Audio Frequency Shift Keying
AFSWP- Armed Forces Special Weapon Project
AFTA- Avionics Fault Tree Analysis
AFTEC- Air Force Test and Evaluation Center
AFTI - Advanced Fighter Technology Integration
AFTO- Air Force Technical Order
AFTOMS- Air Force Technical Order Management System (formerly ATOS)
AFTP- AMRAAM Flight Test Plan
AFTPWG- AMRAAM Flight Test Plan Working Group
AFTS- Airborne Flight Termination System
AFTU- Airborne Flight Termination Unit
AFV- Armored Family of Vehicles
AFWTF- Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility
A/G – Air-to-Ground
AG- Arresting Gear; Angle Gate
AGB- Accessory Gear Box; Angle Gear Box
AGC- Automatic Gain Control
AGDS- Deep Submergence Support Ship
AGE- Aerospace Ground Equipment; Angle Gate Enable
AGERD- Aerospace Ground Equipment Requirement Document
AGES- Air-to-Ground Engagement System
AGFCS- Automatic Gunfire Control System
AGI- Auxiliary Gathering Intelligence
AGL- Above Ground Level
AGM- Air to Ground Missile; Missile Range Instrumentation Ships; Air Surface Attack Missile
AGM-88A- Air to Ground Missile 88A (HARM)
AGMC- Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center
AGOR- Oceanographic Research Ship
AGP- Aircraft Gun Pod
AGS- Aircraft Generation Squadron; Surveying Ship; Auto Ground Spoiler
AGSTR- Ac Ground Service Tie Relay
AH - Attack Helicopter
AHC – Advanced/Aircraft Handling Characteristics
AHIP- Army Helicopter Improvement Program
AHRS- Attitude Heading Reference System
AHRU- Attitude Heading and Reference Unit
AHS- American Helicopter Association
AI- Airborne Interceptor; Artificial Intelligence; Airspeed Indicator; Action Item
AIA- Aerospace Industries Association; Autopilot Integral Antenna
AIAA- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
AIAAM- Advanced Intercept Air to Air Missile (Phoenix Follow-On)
AIC- Allowance Item Code; Air Intercept Controller; Activity Identification Code
AICUZ- Air Installations Compatible Use Zone
AIDS- Airborne Integrate Data System
AIG- Address Indicator Group
AII- Automated Item Identification
AIIM- Association of Information and Image Management
AIK- Assistance In Kind
AIL- Aileron
AILC- AMRAAM International Licensing Company
AILS- Automated Integrated Logistic System
A/I/M- Accident/ Incident/ Malfunction
AIM- Air Intercept Aerial Missile; Authoring of Instructional Material; Airman's Information Manual; Air Launched; Aerial Intercept; Guided Missile
AIMD- Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department
AIMI- Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Improvement Program
AIMS- Airborne Inert Missile Simulator; Aircraft In-flight Monitoring System; Navy ATC Radar Beacon System Identification; Friend or Foe MK XII System; Airplane Information Management System (Boeing 777
AIMSO- Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Support Office
AIMT- Artificial Intelligence- Based Maintenance Tutor
AIP- Ammunition Issue Point; Anti Ice Panel; Aeronautical Information Publication
AIPS- Advanced Integrated Propulsion System
AIR- Aviation Item Reports; Aircraft Incident Report; Aircraft Inventory Record; Aerospace Information Report
AIRAC- Aeronautical Information Regulation and Control
AIRLANT- Commander; Air Force; U.S. Atlantic Fleet
AIRPAC- Commander; Air Force; U.S. Pacific Fleet
AIS- Automated Information System; Avionics Intermediate Shop; Airborne Instrumentation Station; Aircraft Instrumentation Subsystem; Aeronautical Information Service
AISF- Avionics Integrated Support Facility
AIT- Advanced Infantry Training; Advanced Individual Training
AITI- Automated Interchange of Technical Information
AIU- Airborne Instrumentation Unit
AIWS- Advanced Interdiction Weapon System
AJ- Area of Jet nozzle
AKR- Vehicle Cargo Ship
AL- Acquisition Logistician
ALADIM- Air Base Local Area Digital Network
ALARM - Air-Launched Anti-Radiation Missile
ALCM - Air Launched Cruise Missile
ALDCS- Active Lift Distribution Control Subsystem
ALIC - Aircraft Launcher Interface Computer
ALO - Air Liaison Officer
ALPA - Airline Pilots Association
ALT - Altitude; Alternate
ALTN - Alternate (airport)
AMC - Air Mobility Command (USA); Air Mission Commander; Avionics Maintenance Conference
AMD - Advisory Map Display
AM/FM- Annunciator Mode/Function Module
AMFSO- (Launch) Area Support Ship Missile Flight Safety Officer
AMH- Aviation Structural Mechanic
AMHAZ- Ammunition & Hazardous Material Handling
AMI - Airline Modifiable Information; Airspeed Mach Indicator
AMIS- Acquisition Management Information System; Advanced Management Information System; Automated Maintenance Information System
AMLCD - Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
AMM- Anti-Missile Missile
AMMH- Annual Maintenance Man-Hours
AMMRL- Aircraft Maintenance Material Readiness List
AMO- Aircraft Material office (Norfolk; San Diego); Aircraft Maintenance Officer
AMOSS - Airline Maintenance and Operation Support System
AMP- Analytical Maintenance Program; Ampere; Avionics Modernization Program; Acquisition Management Plan; Amplifier
AMPHIB- Amphibious
AMPS- Airborne Meteorological Pod System
AMR- Aircraft Maintenance Radio; Advanced Material Request
AMRAAM- Advanced Medium Range Air-To-Air Missile (AIM-120)
AMRF- Automated Manufacturing Research Facility
AMRIU- Advanced Missile Remote Interface Unit
AMS- Air Missile System; Automated Management Support; Aerospace Material Specification; Automated Maintenance System (C-5 Aircraft); Aviation Structural Mechanic Structures
AMSC- Acquisition Method Suffix Code; Acquisition Management System Control; Aircraft Structural Mechanic
AMSDL- Acquisition Management System and Data Requirement Control List
AMSE- Aircraft Maintenance Support Equipment
AMSL- Acquisition Management System List; Above Mean Sea Level
AMSS- Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Service
AMSU- Aeronautical Material Screening Unit; Aircraft Maintenance Support Unit
AMU- Aviation Monitoring Unit; Audio Management Unit
AN- Air Force - Navy (Standard or Specification); Army-Navy (Standard)
ANA- Association of Naval Aviation
ANC- Analysis Console
(A/N)- Alpha-Numeric Designator
AN/AWG- Army-Navy/Air Weapons Guidance
AND- Air Force-Navy Design; Army-Navy Design; Aircraft Nose Down
AN/DSM- Army-Navy/Display System Multipurpose
ANG- Air National Guard
A-NORS- Anticipated - Not Operational Ready Supply
ANOVA- Analysis of Variance
ANR- Air Navigation Routes
ANSI- American National Standards Institute
ANSIR- Advanced Navigation System Inertial Reference
ANT- Antenna
ANU- Aircraft Nose Up
ANZUS- Australia-New Zealand-United States Treaty
AO- Aviation Ordnance; Fleet Oiler; Action Officer; Oiler Sailor; Aircraft Operator
AOA- Angle-Of-Attack; Airborne Optical Adjunct; Amphibious Objective Area; Aviation Ordnance Association
AOAS- Angle-Of-Attack Sensor
AOB - Air Order of Battle.
AOC- Auxiliary Output Chips; Aviation Ordnance Chief; Air/Oil Cooler; Approach On Course
AOCP- Aircraft Out of Commission for Parts (see Nors)
AOD- Age of Data; As of Date
AODE- Age of Data Ephemeris
AOE- Fast Combat Support Ships; Multi-purpose Stores Ships
AOG- Aircraft-On-Ground; Gasoline Tanker
AOH- Awaiting Overhaul
AOI- Area of Interest
AOJ- Angle of Jam
AOL- All Operator Letter
AOM- Aircraft Operating Manual
AOO- Aviation Ordnance Officer
AOOCP- Aviation Ordnance Officer Career Progression (Course)
AOQL- Average Outgoing Quality Limit
AOPA- Aircrafts Owners and Pilots Association
AOR- Auxiliary Oiler Ship; Allowance Overrides; Replenishment Oiler; Area of Responsibility; Area of Operations
AOS- Acquisition of Signal
AOT- Active on Target; Acquisition On Target; Tanker Ship
AOTD- Active Optical Target Detector
AOWS- Aircraft Overhaul Work Stoppage
A/P - Autopilot
AP- Acquisition Plan; Anti-personnel; Armor Piercing; Access Port; Autopilot
APA- Appropriation Purchase(s)/(ing) Account; Antenna Processor Assembly
APADE- Automation of Procurement and Accounting Data Entry
APAN- Anti-Personal/Anti-Material
APC- Approach Power Control; Approach Control; Accelerated Provision Concepts; Assistant Project Coordinator; Armored Personnel Carrier; Air Project Coordinator; Air Program Coordinator
APD- Advanced Planning Document
APDF- Aircraft Program Data File
APDS- Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot
API- Armor Piercing Incendiary
APICS- American Production and Inventory Control Society
APL- Allowance Parts List; Airplane
APL/JHU- Applied Physics Lab/John Hopkins Univ.
APM-L- Assistant Program Manager-Logistics
APM (L)- Assistant Program Manager-Logistics
APML- Assistant Program Manager for Logistics
APMSE- Assistant Program Manager for Systems Engineering
APMT&E- Assistant Program Manager for Test & Evaluation
APN- Aircraft Procurement; Navy
APO- Acquisition Program Office
APOES- Antipersonnel Obstacle Breaching System
APOD- Aerial Port of Debarkation
APOE- Aerial Port of Embarkation
APP- Advance Procurement Plan
APPL- Application Rate
APPN- Appropriation
APPR- Approach
APPS- Automated Publications Production System (Army) Automated Publications Preparation System
APR- Agency Procurement Request; Auxiliary Power Unit
APRB- Acquisition Program Review Board
APREP- AMRAAM Productibility Enhancement Program
APS- Auxiliary Power Supply
APT- Automated Programming of Tools; Armor Piercing Tracer
APTS- Advanced Programmable Test Set
APU- Autopilot Unit; Auxiliary Power Unit
APUP- APU Panel
APUS- Automated Publications Update System
AOM- Air Launched Target Drone
AOS- Air Launched Sonar Surveillance System
AQ- Aviation Fire Control Tech
AQL- Acceptable Quality Level
AQM-37C- High Altitude; High Speed Target
AR- Assembled Round; Aeronautical Requirement; Army Regulation; As Required; Repair Ship; Anti-radiation Missile
A/R- Arrests/RAST; As Required
ARA- Attitude Reference Assembly; Aircraft Replaceable Assembly; Assigned Responsible Agency
ARABS- Active Radar Augmenter Beacon System
AP-ADMAC- U.S. Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center
ARAR- Applicable and relevant or appropriate requirements
ARB- Acquisition Review Board; Aircraft Recovery Bulletin
ARBS- Angle-Rate Bombing Set
ARBUT- Automatic Resupply and Buildup Time
ARC- Atlantic Research Corp.; Acquisition Review Council; Ames Research Center; Accessory Record Card; Acquisition Review Committee; Cable Repairing Board
ARCP - Air Refueling Control Point
ARCT - Air Refueling Control Time
ARD- Acceptance Requirement Document
ARDS- Advanced Range Data System
AREC- Air Element Coordinator
ARG- Amphibious Readiness Group
ARH - Active Radar Homing
ARIA- Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft
ARIP - Air Refueling Initial Point
ARL- Average Run Length
ARM- Anti-Radiation Missile; Automated Requisition Module
ARMMS- Automated Reliability Maintainability Measurement System
ARMS- Aircraft Resources Management System
ARN- Additional Reference Number
ARO- After Receipt of Order; Asset Readiness objective; Airport Reporting Office
ARP- Analytical Rework Program; Aerospace Recommended Practice; Airport Reference Point
ARPA- Advanced Research Projects Agency; Archaeological Resources Protection Act
ARPANET- Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
ARPN- Aircraft and Related Procurement; Navy
ARPT- Airport
ARR- Allocated Requirements Review; Allowance Requirements Register; Arrival
ARRCOM- Armament Readiness Command (Army)
ARS- Analysis and Reporting System (formerly PMS); Salvage Ship; Aerial Refueling Systém; Air Rescue Service
ARSA- Airport Radar Service Area
ARSR- Automatic Range Surveillance System Radar
ARSSS- Automated Ready Supply Stores System
ARTS- Automated Remote Tracking Station (AF)
AS- Approved Source; Submarine Tender; Analysis System; Aerospace Standard; Anti-Spoofing; Aviation Support Equipment Technician
ASA- American Standard Association; Aspect Angle
ASAB- Anti Skid Auto Brake
ASAC- Antisubmarine Air Controller
ASAP- As Soon As Possible; Army Streamlined Acquisition Process
ASAPR- Accelerated Strike Aircraft Program Requirements
ASAR- Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile; Air Search Acquisition Radar
ASAT- Anti-Satellite
ASBCOS- Assembly Cost
ASBISS- Assembly Storage Space
ASC- Aircraft Service Change; Advanced Systems Concept; Aircraft System Controller
ASCAC- Anti-Submarine Classification and Analysis Center
ASCAT- Antisubmarine Classification Analysis Team
ASCB- Avionics Standard Communication Bus
ASCII- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASCS- Advanced Satellite Control System
ASCTS- At Sea Combat Training System
ASCU- Air Support Control Unit; Armament Station Control Unit
ASCM- Anti-Ship Cruise Missile
ASCP- Air System Control Panel
ASCU- Anti Skid Control Unit
ASD- Activity Support Date; Aircraft Statistical Data; Assistant Secretary of Defense; Aeronautical Systems Division (AF)
ASDR- Automatic Surface Detection Radar
ASHARE- American Society of Heating; Refrigerating; and Air Conditioning Engineers
ASI- Authorized Shipping Instructions; Automated Shore Interface; Additional skill Identifier; Airspeed Indicator
ASIC- Application Specific Integrated Circuits
ASIDE- Associated Support Items of Equipment
ASIM- Aircraft/Stores Interface Manual
ASIMS- Air Staff Information Management System
ASIS- Amphibious Support Information System
ASL- Authorized Stockage List; Azimuth Steering Line
ASM- Air-To-Surface Missile; Analog Switch Matrix; Aviation Support Equipment Technician; Air Space Management
ASMD- Anti-ship Missile Defense
ASME- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASMRA- Adjustment of Scheduled Maintenance Requirements through Analysis Program
ASMU- Aeronautical Matrix Screening Unit
ASN- Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Average Sample Number
ASN (RE&S)- Assistant Secretary of the Navy Research; Engineering & Systems
ASN (S&L)- Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Shipbuilding and Logistics)
ASO- Navy Aviation Supply Office; Aviation Support Office
ASOC - Air Support Operations Center
ASOJ- Anti-Standoff Jammer
ASOW- Anti-Ship Standoff Weapon
ASP- Aspect
ASPA- Aircraft Service Period Adjustment
ASPC- Aerojet Solid Propellant Company
ASPIRE- Automatic Status of Purchase Information Recorded Electronically
ASPJ- Airborne Self-Protection Jammer
ASPR- Armed Services Procurement Regulations (Defunct)
ASQC- American Society for Quality Control
AS/QVPL- Approved Source/Quality Verified Parts List
ASR- Air Surveillance Radar; Assembly Service Record; Submarine Rescue Ship; Assault Support Point
ASRAAM- Advanced Short-Range Range Air-to-Air Missile
ASROC- Anti-Submarine Rocket
ASRS- Aviation Safety Reporting System
ASRT- Air Support Request
ASSD- Avionics Systems Support Division; Avionics Systems Support Department
ASSP- Army Secondary Stock Point
ASSR- Airborne System Support Requirement
ASSW- Application Support Software
ASSY- Assembly
AST- Aircrew Systems Trainers
ASTE- Armament System Test Equipment
ASTM- American Society for Testing and Materials
ASTOVL - Advanced Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing
ASU- Approval for Service Use; Administrative Screening Unit
ASUW- Anti-Surface Warfare
ASV - Anti-Surface-Vessel
ASW- Anti-Submarine Warfare
ASWEPS- Antisubmarine Warfare Environmental Prediction System
ASWOC- Antisubmarine Warfare Operations Center
ASWT- Assembly Shipping Weight
A/T- Autothrottle
AT- Airtask; Aviation Electronics Tech; Action Taken; Acceptance Trial; Anti-tank; Advanced Trainer
A&T- Assembly and Test
ATA- Advanced Tactical Aircraft; Antenna Train Angle; Advanced Tactical Assessment; Air Transport Association
ATAAM- Advanced Tactical Air-to-Air Missile
ATAC- Advanced Traceability and Control
ATACMS- Army Tactical Missile System
ATAP- Average Time Awaiting Parts
ATARS- Advanced Tactical Air Reconnaissance System
ATB- Advanced Tactical Bomber
ATC- Air Traffic Control; Air Training Command; Allowance Type Code; Active Transfer Command
ATCF- Air Traffic Control Facility
ATCRBS- Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System
ATDR- Aeronautical Technical Directive Requirement
ATDS- Airborne Tactical Data System
ATE- Automatic Test Equipment; Automated Test Equipment
ATF- Advanced Tactical Fighter (AF); Ocean Tug
ATGM - Anti-Tank Guided Missile
ATGW - Anti-Tank Guided Weapon
ATFR- Advanced Terrain Following Radar
ATI- Automated Technical Information; Average Total Inspection; Active Transfer Initiate; Air Transport Indicator
ATIDS- Airborne Tactical Data System
ATIGS- Advanced Tactical Inertial Quidance System
ATIMS- Airborne Turret Infrared Measurement System
ATIP- Aviation Training Improvement Program
ATIS- Advanced Telemetry Instrumentation System; Airport Terminal Information System
ATKRON- Attack Squadron
ATLAS- Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems; Abbreviated Test Language for Avionics Systems
ATM- Air Training Missile; Anti-Tank Missile; Asynchronous Transfer Mode; Air Traffic Management
ATM-L- Assistant Technical Manager/Logistics
ATN- Aeronautical Telecommunications Network
ATO- Aircraft Transfer Order; Air Tasking Order
ATOC - Allied Tactical Operations Center (NATO).
ATOS- Automated Technical Order System (AF) (now AFIOMS)
ATP- Acceptance Test Procedure; Allied Tactical Publications; Authority/Authorized to Proceed; Air Test Port
ATR- Ammunition Transaction Report; Automated Transaction Report; Ammunition Transaction Record; Air Transport Radio
ATS- Automatic Test Set/System; Air Tracking System; Aircrew Training System; Salvage and Rescue Ship; Air Traffic Systems; Air Transport Systems (Services); Autothrottle System
ATSDR- Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
ATSS- Aviation Training Support System
ATT- Advanced Tactical Transport; Attenuator
ATTD- Advanced Technical Transition Demonstration
ATTMA- Advanced Technology Transport Mission Analysis
ATTR- Average-Time-To-Repair
ATTS- Automated Test Technology Standards
ATU- Airspeed Transducer Unit
ATV- Aerodynamic Test Vehicle
ATW- Authorized to Work
ATWS- Automatic Track While Scan
AUL- Authorized Use List
AUOL- Age Unfilled Order List
AUR- All-Up-Round
AURC- All-Up-Round Container
AURT- All-Up-Round Tester
AURTG- All-Up-Round Test Group
AUTEC- Atlantic Underwater Test and Evaluation Center
AUTO- Automatic
AUTODIN- Automatic Digital Network
AUTOVON- Automatic Voice Network (See DSN)
AUW- Advanced Undersea Weapon
AUWC- Advanced Undersea Weapon Circuitry
AUX- Auxiliary
AUXMEA- Auxiliary Maintenance Engineering Analysis
AVAIL- Available
AVB- Avionics Bulletin
AVC- Avionics Change
AVCAL- Aviation Consolidated Allowance List
AVCO- Active Voltage Controlled oscillator
AVDLR- Aviation Depot Level Repairable
AVE- Aerospace Vehicle Equipment
AVGAS- Aviation Gasoline (piston engines)
AVGFE- Aviation Gas Free Engineering
AVIP- Avionics Integrity Program
AVLETS- Air Vehicle Launch Equipment Test Set
AVM- Guided Missile Ship; Airborne Vibration Monitor
AVMF - Aviatsiya Voenno-Morsko Flota (Naval Air Force - Russia)
AVMI- Automated Video Maintenance Information System
AVO- Avionics Officer
AVP- Advanced Video Processor
AVR- Aviation Rescue Boat
AVSAT- Aviation Satellite
AVSCCM- Army Aviation Systems Command
AV3M- Aviation Maintenance and Material Management
AV/WEPS- Avionics/Weapons
A/V- Air Vehicle
AVT- Auxiliary Aircraft Landing Training Ship
AVVI- Altitude Vertical Velocity Indicator
AWACS- Airborne Warning and Control System
AWARS- Airborne Weapons Analysis Reporting System
AWE- Airborne Weapon Bulletin
AWC- Air Weapon Change; Airborne Weapons Change
AWCAP- Airborne Weapons Corrective Action Program
AWCLS- All-Weather Carrier Landing System
AWCRE- Airborne Weapons Control and Release Equipment
AWD- Air Weapons Department
AWG- Air Weapons Guidance
AWIS- Airborne Weapons Information System
AWLU- Aircraft Wireless LAN Unit
AWM- Awaiting Maintenance
AWOL- Absent Without Leave
AWP- Awaiting Parts
AWPU- Awaiting Parts Unit
AWS- Airborne Weapon System; American Welding Society
AWSE- Armament/Weapon Support Equipment
AWSEP- Armament/Weapons Support Equipment Program
AWSM- Automated Weapons System Management
AWTU- Air Weapons Training Unit
AWWS- Airborne Weapons Workload Schedule
AWY- Airway
AYE- Accessory Bulletin
AYC- Accessory Change
AZ- Azimuth

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