This glossary includes abbreviations used by the military and in the defence industry. Use the search function to find specific terms or the arrows to view more rows.
| Abbreviation | Source |
|---|---|
| AC | Alternating Current |
| AESA | Active Electronically Steered Arrays |
| AESP | Army Equipment Support Publications |
| AGL | Above Ground Level |
| AIM | Antenna Interface Module |
| AIU | Antenna Interface Unit |
| AR&M | Availability, Reliability and Maintainability |
| ARA | Antenna Research Associations |
| ATC | Air Traffic Control |
| BATCIS | Battlefield and Tactical Communications & Information Systems |
| BW | Bandwidth |
| C | Capacitor |
| C4ISR | Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance |
| CEMA | Cyber and Electromagnetic Activity |
| CLS | Contractor Logistic Support |
| CMOSS | C4ISR Modular Open Suite of Standards |
| COMINT | Communications Intellingence |
| COTS | Commercial off-the Shelf |
| CW | Continuous Wave |
| CWDM | Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
| DAS | Distributed Antenna System |
| dB | Decibels |
| DDCs | Digital Downconverters |
| DF | Direction Finding |
| DLF | Defence Logistics Framework |
| DRACAS | Defect Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System |
| DSEI | Defence and Security Equipment International |
| DWDM | Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
| EA | Electronic Attack |
| ECM | Electronic Countermeasures |
| EIS | Entry Into Service |
| ELINT | Electronic Intelligence |
| EMA | Ease of Maintainance Assessment |
| EMC | Electromagnetic Compatibility |
| EME | Electromagnetic Environment |
| EMI | Electromagnetic Inteference |
| EMP | Electromagnetic Pulse |
| EOD | Explosive Ordnance Disposal |
| ES | Electronic Surveillance |
| ESPD | Equipment Support Policy Document |
| EW | Electronic Warfare |
| FD | Forward Deployed |
| FDE | Forward Deployed Equipment |
| FED | Front End Device |
| FMECA | Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis |
| FOB | Forward Operating Base |
| FORAX | Fibre Optic Remote Antenna eXtension |
| FRACAS | Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System |
| ft | Feet |
| GHz | Gigahertz |
| GNSS | Global Navigation Satellite Systems |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| GVA | Generic Vehicle Architecture |
| HARC | High Antennas for Radio Comms |
| HF | High Frequency |
| HFI | Human Factors Integration |
| HMI | Human-Machine Interface |
| HPA | High Power Amplifiers |
| HWDR | Hyper Wide Dynamic Range |
| IED | Improvised Explosive Device |
| ILS | Integrated Logistics Support |
| ISM | Industiral, Scientific and Medical |
| ISS | In-Service Support |
| ITHC | IT Health Check |
| JICD 4.2 (CS) | Joint Interface Control Document 4.2 (Common Services) |
| kg | Kilograms |
| kHz | Kilohertz |
| Km | Kilometers |
| kW | Kilowatts |
| L | Inductor |
| LCA | Land CEMA Architecture |
| LEO | Low Earth Orbit |
| LMR | Land Mobile Radio |
| LNA | Low Noise Amplifiers |
| LNB | Low Noise Block |
| LO | Local Oscillator |
| LogDemo | Logistics Demonstration |
| LORA | Level of Repair Analysis |
| LSA | Logistics Support Analysis |
| LSAR | Logistic Support Analysis Record |
| LTE | Long-Term Evolution |
| m | Meter |
| MACA | Military Assitance to Civilian Authority |
| MACMT | Mean Active Corrective Maintainance Time |
| MANET | Mobile Ad-hoc Networks |
| MEO | Medium Earth Orbit |
| MHz | Megahertz |
| Milcom | Military Communications |
| MIMO | Multiple Input Multiple Output |
| MMR | Multi-Mode Radio |
| MoD | Ministry of Defence |
| MORA | Modular Open Radio Frequency Architecture |
| MOTS | Military off-the Shelf |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Fail |
| MTTR | Mean Time To Repair |
| NCSC | National Computer Security Centre |
| OEM | Original Equipment Manfacturer |
| Open CPI | Open Component Portability Infrastructure |
| Open VPX | Architecture framework for hardware |
| OTA | Over The Air |
| PDS | Post Design Service |
| PE | Processing Elements |
| PESA | Passive Electronically Scanned Array |
| PGSS | Persistent Ground Surveillance System |
| PTDS | Persistent Threat Detection System |
| R&M | Reliablity and Maintainability |
| RCM | Reliability Centered Maintainance |
| RCS | Radar Cross Section |
| RCV | Remote Controlled Vehicle |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| RFI | Radio Frequency Interference |
| RFoF | Radio Frequency over Fibre |
| RIM | Radio Interface Module |
| RIU | Radio Interface Unit |
| RM | Rack Mount |
| SAT | Systems Approach to Training |
| Satcom | Satellite Communications |
| SDR | Software Defined Radio |
| SFDR | Spurious Free Dynamic Range |
| SHF | Super High Frequency |
| SI | Systems Integration |
| SIGINT | Signals Intelligence |
| SMT | Surface Mountable |
| SOSA | Sensor Open Systems Architecture |
| SWaP | Size, Weight and Power |
| TAOR | Tactical Area of Responsibility |
| TD | Tethered Drone |
| TLC | Through Life Cost Planning |
| TNA | Training Needs Analysis |
| UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
| UOR | Urgent Operational Requirement |
| VHF | Very High Frequency |
| VICTORY | Vehicular Integration for C4ISR/EW Interoperability |
| VIK | Vehicle Integration Kit |
| VLF | Very Low Frequency |
| VRT | VITA49 Radio Transport |
| VSAT | Very Small Aperture Terminal |
| VSWR | Voltage Standing Wave Ratio |
| W | Watts |
| WDCMA | Wideband Code Division Multiple Access |
| WLS | Whole Life Support |