A/C |
Aircraft |
AAA |
Anti-Aircraft Artillery |
AAAS |
American Association for the Advancement of Science |
AAC |
Air Armament Center |
AAD |
Active Airborne Denial |
AALC |
Autonomous Approach Landing Capability |
AAM |
Air to Air Missile |
AAR |
Automated Aerial Refueling |
AAR |
Air to Air Refueling |
AAVP |
Advanced Aircrew Vision Protection |
AAW |
Active Aeroelastic Wing |
ABDR |
Aircraft Battle Damage Repair |
ABL |
Airborne Laser |
ABLE ACE |
Airborne Laser Extended Atmospheric Characterization Experiment |
ABLEX |
Airborne Laser Experiment |
ABO |
Annular Beam Oscillator |
ABR |
Aero-Ballistic Rocket |
ACAS |
Aircraft Collision Avoidance System |
ACAS |
Automated Collision Avoidance System |
ACC |
Air Combat Command |
ACC |
American Control Conference |
ACCINTNET |
ACC Intelligence Network |
AceTR |
Air core enhanced Turbo Rocket |
ACL |
Autonomous Control Level |
ACM |
Artificial Compression Method |
ACM |
Air Combat Maneuvering |
ACS |
Aerospace Medicine Consultation Service |
ACTD |
Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration |
ACTIVE |
Advanced Controls Technology for Integrated Vehicles |
ADC |
Analog to Digital Converter |
ADM |
Advanced Development Model |
ADONIS |
AMOS Daytime Optical Near-Infrared Imaging System |
ADS |
Advanced Distributed Simulation |
ADT |
Active Denial Technology |
AEA |
Airborne Electronic Attack |
AEDC |
Arnold Engineering Development Center (Tullahoma) |
AEF |
Aerospace Engineering Facility |
AEOS |
Advanced Electro-Optical System |
AETC |
Air Education and Training Command |
AEW |
Airborne Early Warning |
AF |
Air Force |
AF/XOR |
Air Force/ Executive Order |
AFAE |
Air Force Acquisition Executive |
AFB |
Air Force Base |
AFC |
Active Flow Control |
AFCEE |
Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence |
AFCS |
Automatic Flight Control System |
AFD |
Approximate Fair Dropping |
AFEWES |
Air Force Electronic Warfare Effectiveness Simulator |
AFGIHS |
Air Force Geographic Information Handling System |
AFIT |
Air Force Institute of Technology |
AFMC |
Air Force Materiel Command |
AFMSS |
Air Force Mission Support System |
AFOSR |
Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
AFRES |
Air Force Reserves |
AFRL |
Air Force Research Laboratory |
AFSAA |
Air Force Studies and Analysis Agency |
AFSEO |
Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office |
AFSFC |
Air Force Space Forcasting Center |
AFSOC |
Air Force Special Operations Command |
AFSPC |
Air Force Space Command |
AFTAC |
Air Force Technical Applications Center |
AFV |
Alterante Fuel Vehicle |
AG&C |
Advanced Guidance and Control |
AGARD |
Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development |
AGC |
Automatic Gain Control |
AGE |
Aerospace Ground Equipment |
AGL |
Above Ground Level |
AGL |
Air to Ground Laser |
AGM |
Air to Ground Missile |
AGRF |
Advanced Guidance Research Facility |
AHDL |
Analog Hardware Descriptive Language |
AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
AIA |
Air Intelligence Agency |
AIAA |
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. |
AIM |
Air Intercept Missile |
AIP |
Aerodynamic Interface Plane |
AIRST |
Advanced Infrared Search and Track |
AIT |
Active Imaging Testbed |
AJ |
Anti-Jam |
AL |
Armstrong Lab |
ALARM |
Air-Launched Anti-Radiation Missile |
ALC |
Air Logistics Center |
ALCM |
Air Launched Cruise Missile |
ALG |
Autonomous Landing Guidance |
ALH |
Advanced Liquid Hydrogen |
AMC |
Air Mobility Command |
AMDRFM |
Advanced Monolithic Digital Radio Frequency Memory |
AMFABS |
Advanced Maintenance Free Aircraft Battery System |
AMI |
Airborne Measurement Instrument |
AMLCD |
Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display |
AMOS |
Air Force Maui Optical Station |
AMRAAM |
Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile |
AMTI |
Air Moving Target Indicator |
ANG |
Air National Guard |
AOA |
Analysis of Alternatives (formerly: COEA) |
AOA |
Angle of Attack |
AOARD |
Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development |
AOIB |
All-Optical Imaging Brassboard |
API |
Airframe Propulsion Integration |
API |
Application Process Integration |
APS |
American Physical Society |
APSI |
Aircraft Propulsion Subsystem Integration (JTDE & JETEC) |
APT |
Advanced Personnel Testing |
APU |
Auxiliary Power Unit |
AQM |
Asynchronous Queue Management |
ARA |
Applied Research Associates, Inc. |
ARES |
Affordable Responsive Spacelift |
ARGOS |
Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite |
ARM |
Anti-radiation Missile |
ARSFSS |
Advanced Reduced Scale Fuel System Simulator |
ASAN |
Assessment System for Aircraft Noise |
ASAS |
Advanced Solid Axial Stage |
ASAT |
Antisatellite |
ASC |
Aeronautical Systems Center |
ASC |
Advanced Structural Components |
ASC/RA |
Aeronautical System Center/ Reconnaissance Aircraft System Group |
ASIP |
Airframe Structural Integrity Program |
ASME |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
ASP |
Aircraft Self-Protection |
ASRAAM |
Advanced Short-Range Air to Air Missile |
ASSET |
Aerothermodynamics/Elastic Strucural Systems Environmental Tests |
ASTAT |
Affordable Sensor Technology for Aerial Targeting |
ASTREX |
Advanced Space Structures Technology Research Experiment |
AT&L |
Acquisition Technology and Logistics |
ATACMS |
Army Tactical Missile System |
ATAF |
Allied Tactical Air Forces |
ATAGS |
Advanced Technology Anti-G Suit |
ATARR |
Advanced Turbine Aerothermal Research Rig |
ATC |
Air Traffic Control |
ATD |
Advanced Technology Demonstration |
ATEGG |
Advanced Turbine Engine Gas Generator |
ATF |
Advanced Tactical Fighter |
ATIRCM |
Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures |
ATL |
Atlanta, GA, USA |
ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
ATR |
Air Turbo Rocket |
ATR |
Automatic Target Recognition |
ATRI |
Advanced Thermionics Research Initiative |
ATS |
Automatic Test System |
ATTD |
Advanced Technology Transition Demonstration |
AVBATTS |
Aviation Battery Standardization |
AWACS |
Airborne Warning and Control System |