Acronym List

A

• A&T - Acquisition and Technology
• ACAT - Acquisition Category
• ACTD - Advanced Concepts Technology Demonstration
• ADCAP - Advanced Capability
• AFNSEP - Air Force National Security Emergency Preparedness Office
• AMC - Army Materiel Command
• AMSMP - Army Modeling and Simulation Management Program
• AMSWG - Acquisition Modeling and Simulation Working Group
• AOTR - Assessment of Operational Test Readiness
• AQP-TF - Acquisition and Technology Programs Task Force
• AS - Assessments and Support
• ASD - Assistant Secretary of Defense
• ASUW – Anti-Surface Warfare
• ASW – Anti-Submarine Warfare
• AT&L - Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
• ATWCS - Advanced TLAM Weapon Control System

B

• BDRP - Biological Defense Research Program
• BPCh - Best Practices Clearinghouse

C

• C2 - Command and Control
• C4I - Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence
• CAM - Chemical Agent Monitor
• CBDCOM - Chemical Biological Defense Command
• CCS - Combat Control System
• CD - Concept Decision
• CLM - Continuous Learning Module
• CMMI - Capability Maturity Model Integration
• COTS - Commercial-off-the-shelf

D

• DAB - Defense Acquisition Board
• DAE - Defense Acquisition Executive
• DAES - Defense Acquisition Executive Summary
• DAG - Defense Acquisition Guidebook
• DAPS - Defense Acquisition Program Support
• DAWIA - Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act
• DAU - Defense Acquisition University
• DCMA - Defense Contracts Management Agency
• DIA - Defense Intelligence Agency
• DoD - Department of Defense
• DoDRDB - Department of Defense Resources Database
• DoE - Department of Energy
• DoMS - Director of Military Support
• DSB - Defense Science Board
• DSOC - Defense Safety Oversight Committee
• DSWA - Defense Special Weapons Agency
• DT - Developmental Test
• DTE - Developmental Test and Evaluation
• DTEPI - Defense Test and Evaluation Professional Institute
• DTTSG - Defense Test and Training Steering Group
• DUSD - Deputy Under Secretary of Defense

E

• ED - Enterprise Development
• EMD - Engineering Manufacturing and Development
• EOD - Explosive Ordnance Disposal
• EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
• EVM - Earned Value Management
• EW - Electronic Warfare

F

• FAR - Federal Acquisition Regulations
• FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FCO - Federal Coordinating Officer
• FIPS - Federal Information Processing Standards
• FIPT - Functional Integrated Process Team
• FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
• FoS - Family of Systems
• FY - Fiscal Year

G

• GCCS - Global Command and Control system
• GCSS - Global Combat Support System
• GIG - Global Information Grid (formerly DII)
• GOTS - Government-off-the-shelf
• GSA - General Services Administration

H

• HQDA - Headquarters Department of the Army

I

• IA - Information Assurance
• IC - Intelligence Community
• IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
• INCOSE - International Council on Systems Engineering
• INFOSEC - Information Security
• IPT - Integrated Product Teams
• ITAB - Information Technology Acquisition Board
• ITEA - International Test and Evaluation Association
• ITW/AA - Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment
• I-TRAP - Interagency Terrorism Response Awareness Program

J

• JCIDS - Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System
• JITC - Joint Interoperability Test Command
• JMCIS - Joint Maritime Command and Info System
• JMET - Joint Mission Environment Test
• JNMS - Joint Network Management System
• JOA - Joint Operational Architecture
• JTA - Joint Technical Architecture
• JTE - Joint Test and Evaluation
• JTF - Joint Task Force

K

• KPP - Key Performance Parameters

L

M

• M&S - Modeling and Simulation
• MARS - Mobile Analytical Response System
• MDAP - Major Defense Acquisition Programs
• MNS - Mission Needs Statement
• MOSA - Modular Open Systems Applications
• MSCA - Military Support to Civilian Authorities

N

• NBC - Nuclear Biological Chemical
• NC&B - Nuclear, Chemical & Biological
• NCO - Non Commissioned Officer
• NCS - National Communications System
• NDIA - National Defense Industrial Association
• NMRI - Naval Medical Research Institute

O

• OPEVAL - Operational Evaluation
• ORD - Operational Requirements Documents
• OSSE - Operational Safety, Suitability and Effectiveness
• OT - Operational Test

P

• PDD - Presidential Decision Directive
• PEO - Program Executive Office
• PM - Program Manager
• PSR - Program Support Review
• PQM - Production, Quality and Manufacturing

Q

R

• RAM - Reliability, Availability and Maintainability

S

• SA - System Assurance
• SAWG - System Assurance Working Group
• SE - Systems Engineering
• SDD - System Design and Development
• SEI - Software Engineering Institute
• SECARMY - Secretary of the Army
• SEP - Systems Engineering Plan
• SISAIG - Software Intensive Systems Acquisition Improvement Group
• SoS - System of Systems
• SPRDE - Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering
• SSA - Software Engineering and System Assurance
• SSCI - Systems and Software Consortium inc
• SSE - Systems and Software Engineering
• SSTC - Systems and Software Technology Conference
• SW - Software
• SWWG - Software Working Group
• SwE - Software Engineering

T

• T&E - Test and Evaluation
• TECHEVAL - Technical Evaluation
• TEMP - Test and Evaluation Master Plan
• TRMC - Test Resource Management Center

U

• USACE - United States Army Corps of Engineers
• USAMRICD - United States Army Medical Research Institute for Chemical Defense
• USAMRIID - United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease
• USD(AT&L) - Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

V

• VE - Value Engineering

W

• WMD - Weapons of Mass Destruction

X

Y

Z