JPDO Acronyms



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3D Three-Dimensional
4-D Wx SAS Four-Dimensional Weather Single Authoritative Source
4D, 4-D Four-Dimensional (Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, and Time)
4DT Four-Dimensional Trajectory

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A

A/C Aircraft
A/FD Airport/Facilities Directory (NACO)
A/G Air-to-Ground
A/TA Airlift/Tanker Association
AAAE American Association of Airport Executives
AAC Advanced Airspace Concept (NASA)
AAR Airport Acceptance Rate
AAR Air-to-Air Refueling
AATF Airport and Airway Trust Fund (FAA)
AATT Advanced Air Transportation Technologies (NASA)
ABESS Airline-based En Route Sequencing and Spacing
AC Aircraft
ACAS Airborne Collision Avoidance System
ACC Airport Consultants Council
ACD Automatic Conflict Detection
A-CDA Advanced-Continuous Descent Approach
A-CDM Advanced-Collaborative Decision-Making
ACF Area Control Facility
ACI Aeronautical Communication International
ACI Airports Council International
ACI-NA Airport Council International-North America
ACIP Aviation System Capital Investment Plan
ACM Airborne Conflict Management
ACP ARTS Common Processor
ACSS Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems
ACTD Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
ADAP Airport Development Aid Program
ADAPT Automatic Detection and Processing Terminal
ADC Air Defense Command
ADDS Aviation Digital Data Service
ADG Accommodation Drafting Group (Aeronautical Telecommunication Network)
ADIZ Air Defense Identification Zone
ADL Aeronautical Data-Link
ADS Air Defense Sectors (USAF) (NDP)
ADS-B Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
AEDT Aviation Environmental Design Tool
AF Air Force
AFB Air Force Base
AFC Advanced Flight Controls
AFD Airline Flight Dispatcher
AFIS Automated Flight Inspection System
AFM Airspace Flow Management
AFP Airspace Flow Program
AFSS Automated Flight Service Station
AFSSVS AFSS Voice Switch
AFTN Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network
AFWA Air Force Weather Agency
AGATE Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiments (NASA)
AGFS Aviation Gridded Forecast System
AIA Aerospace Industries Association
AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
AIDAP Aeronautical Integrated Data Access Portal (eNOTAMS)
AIDS Accident/Incident Data System
AIM Aeronautical Information Management
AIP Airport Improvement Program (FAA)
AIPA Aeronautical Information Production Automation
AIRE Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions
AIRMET Airmen’s Meteorological Information
AIRNAV Air Navigation
AIS Aeronautical Information Services
AIS Aeronautical Information System
ALPA Air Line Pilots Association
ALS Approach Lighting System
AMASS Airport Movement Area Safety System
AMC Air Mobility Command (USAF)
AMOS Automatic Meteorological Observing Systems
AMP Airspace Management Program
AMS American Meteorological Society
AMS Arrival Metering and Sequencing
AMSTAR Airborne Merging and Spacing for Terminal Arrivals
ANICS Alaska NAS Interfacility Communications System
ANSP Air Navigation Service Provider
AO Airline Operations
AO Airport Operator
AOC Advanced Operational Capability
AOC Airport Operations Center
AOPA Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
APA Allied Pilots Association
APG Aircraft Performance Group
APMT Aviation Portfolio Management Tool (Environment)
APTS Automated Procedures Tracking System (IAPA)
AR Aerial Refueling
ARC Ames Research Center (NASA)
ARC Aviation Rulemaking Committee
ARMD Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (NASA)
ARSR Air Route Surveillance Radar
ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Center
ARTS Automated Radar Terminal System
ASAP Aviation Safety Action Programs
ASAS Aviation Safety Analysis System
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASD Aircraft Situational Display
ASDE Airport Surface Detection Equipment
ASDI Aircraft Situation Display to Industry
ASIAS Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (formerly known as NASDAC)
ASOS Automated Surface Observing System
ASP Airspace Systems Program (NASA)
ASP Aviation Safety Program (FAA)
ASPIRE Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions
ASR Airport Surveillance Radar
ASRS Aviation Safety Reporting System
ASSP Aviation Safety Strategic (National) Plan
AST Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA)
ATA Air Transport Association
ATAAS Advanced Terminal Area Approach Spacing (NASA)
ATC Air Traffic Control
ATCA Air Traffic Control Association
ATCBI Air Traffic Control Beacon Indicator
ATCRB Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon
ATCSCC Air Traffic Control Systems Command Center
ATCT Airport Traffic Control Tower
ATFM Air Traffic Flow Management
ATIS Automated Terminal Information Service
ATM Air Traffic Management
ATO Air Traffic Operations
ATO Air Traffic Organization (FAA)
ATOS Air Transportation Oversight System (FAA)
ATPAC Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee
ATS Air Traffic Services
ATS Air Transportation System
AVID Airspace Visual Display
AVN Aviation Forecast Weather Model data (NCEP)
AVS Office of Aviation Safety (FAA)
AVT Automated Virtual Tower
AWC Aviation Weather Center
AWIN Aviation Weather Information
AWIPS Advanced Weather Information Processing System (NWS)
AWIS Automatic Weather Information System (ATCT and TRACON)
AWN Automated Weather Network
AWOS Automated Weather Observing System
AWP Aviation Weather Processor (M1FC system and WMSCR @ NNCCs)
AWR Aviation Weather Research

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B

BLOS Beyond Line-of-Sight
BRAC Base Realignment and Closure
BRITE Bright Radar Indicator Terminal Equipment
BRL Building Restriction Line
BUEC Back-up Emergency Communications
BUFR Binary Universal Form for the Representation of Meteorological data (a WMO data encoding scheme)

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C

C&V Ceiling & Visibility
CAA Cargo Airline Association
CAA Civil Aviation Authority
CAASD Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (The MITRE Corporation)
CAEP Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection
CANSO Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation
CAP Civil Air Patrol
CAR Civil Air Regulations
CARATS Comprehensive Assessment and Restructure of the Air Traffic Services
CARTS Common ARTS
CAST Commercial Aviation Safety Team
CAT Category
CATM Collaborative Air Traffic Management
CBM Component Business Model
CBP Customs and Border Protection
CBRNE Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosive
CCFP Collaborative Convective Forecast Product
CCS Central Communications System
CD Common Digitizer
CDA Continuous Descent Approach (preferred)
CDA Continuous Descent Arrivals
CDM Collaborative Decision-Making
CDR Coded Departure Routes
CDTI Cockpit Display of Traffic Information
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CIP Capital Improvement Program
CIWS Corridor Integrated Weather System
CLEEN Continuous Low Energy, Emissions and Noise (Consortium)
CM Capacity Management
CNS Communication, Navigation and Surveillance
CO Carbon Monoxide
CO2 Carbon Dioxide
COI Communities of Interest
ConOps Concept of Operations (JPDO)
CONUS Continental United States
CONUSE Concept of Use
COTR Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative
CR Continuing Resolution
CR Cosmic Radiation
CRA Conflict Resolution Advisory
CSC Computer Sciences Corporation
CSCE Certified Supply Chain Entity
CSPA Closely Spaced Parallel Approach
CST Commercial Space Transportation
CTA Controlled Time of Arrival
CTAF Common Traffic Advisory Frequency
CUTE Common-Use Terminal Equipment
CWF Convective Weather Forecast
CWP Controller Workstation Processor
CWSU Center Weather Service Unit

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D

DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DoD)
DASI Digital Altimeter Setting Indicator
DataComm Data Communications (NextGen)
DB Database
dBHz Decibels Relative to One Hertz
DBRITE Digital Bright Radar Indicator Tower Equipment
DBS Direct Broadcast Satellite
DC Direct Current
DCVR Digital Crystal Video Receiver
DGNSS Differential Global Navigation Satellite System
DGPS Differential GPS
DGT Digital GPS Translator (Interstate Electronics)
DH Decision Height
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DISA Defense Information Systems Agency
DLSG Data Link Steering Group
DME Distance Measuring Equipment
DMEAN Dynamic Management of the European Airspace Network (EUROCONTROL)
DMN Data Multiplexing Network
DNA/STNA Direction de la Navigation Aérienne/Service Technique de la Navigation Aérienne (France)
DOC Department of Commerce
DoD Department of Defense
DOJ Department of Justice
DOT Department of Transportation
DOTS Dynamic Ocean Track System
DPU Data Processing Unit
DSP Defense Service Provider
DSP Departure Spacing Program
DSR-R Display System Replacement-Radar Position
DSS Decision Support System
DST Daylight Saving Time
DST Decision Support Tool
DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency
DUAT Direct User Access Terminal
DVRS Digital Voice Recording System
DVRSM Domestic Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum
DVSR Defense VFR

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E

EA Enterprise Architecture (JPDO)
EAA Experimental Aircraft Association
EADS European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company
EAED Enterprise Architecture & Engineering Division (JPDO)
EARTS En Route Automated Radar Tracking System
EBUS Enhanced Back-up Surveillance
EC Executive Committee (JPDO)
EC European Commission
ECAC European Civil Aviation Conference
ECC European Communications Committee
ECCAIRS European Co-ordination Centre for Aviation Incident Reporting Systems
ECEF Earth-Centered, Earth-Fixed (orthogonal coordinate system)
ECG En Route Communications Gateway
ECSS European Cooperation for Space Standardization
EDA Enterprise Data Architecture
EDA European Defence Agency
EDCT Estimated Departure Clearance Time
EDT Eastern Daylight Time
EFIS Electronic Flight Information System
EFSTS Electronic Flight Strip Transfer System
EFVS Enhanced Flight Vision System
EGNOS European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
ELT Emergency Locator Transmitter
ELV Expendable Launch Vehicle
EMAS Engineered Material Arresting System
EMP Electromagnetic Pulse
EMS Environmental Management System
E-MSAW En-Route Minimum Safe Altitude Warning
EMSS Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services
EOC End of Contract
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPATS European Personal Air Transportation System
ERAM En Route Automation Modernization
ERASMUS En Route Air Traffic Management Ultimate System (EU)
ERAU Emory-Riddle Aeronautical University
ERIDS En Route Information Display System
ESA European Space Agency
ETA Estimated Time of Arrival (or Expected Time of Arrival)
ETMS Enhanced Traffic Management System
EU European Union
EUR Euro
EUROCAE European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment
EUROCONTROL European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation
Eurofix A system used in Europe for position location (Loran-C and GPS)
EVCS Emergency Voice Communications System
EVFR Electronic Visual Flight Rules
EVO Equivalent Visual Operations
Exhibit 300 Exhibit 300: Capital Asset Plan and Business Case Summary

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F

F&E Facilities and Equipment
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FAATC FAA Technical Center
FAMS Federal Air Marshal Service
FANS Future Air Navigation System
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FAR Federal Aviation Regulation
FASTI First Air Traffic Control Support Tools Implementation (EUROCONTROL)
FCA Flow Constrained Area
FCAPS Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security
FCM Flow Contingency Management
FCT FAA Contract Tower
FCU Flight Control Unit
FDE Fault Detection and Exclusion (or Fault Detection and Elimination)
FDEP Flight Data Entry and Printout
FDIO Flight Data Input/Output
FDM Flight Data Monitoring
FDMS Flight Data Management Systems
FDP Flight Data Processing
FDP2000 Flight Data Processing 2000 (Oceanic)
FDPS Flight Data Processing System
FEA Flow Evaluation Area
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS)
FICAN Federal Interagency Committee on Aviation Noise
FIDS Flight Information Display System
FIFO First-In-First-Out
FIFPS Flight Inspection Flight Program System
FIND FAA Internet National Directory
FIOO Flight Inspections Operations Office
FIP Forecast Icing Potential
FIR Flight Information Region
FIRPS Flight Inspection Reporting Procedures System (FAA)
FIS Flight Information system
FISDL Flight Information Service-Data Link
FITS FAA-Industry Training Standards
FL Flight Level
FLAIR FAA Library for Aviation Information Research
FMA Final Monitor Aid (TRACON)
FMS Flight Management System
FOC Flight Operations Center
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FOIPS Flight Object Interoperability Proposed Standard (EUROCONTROL)
FOMS Flight Operations Management System (AVN)
FOQA Flight Operational Quality Assurance
FOSA Flight Operations Safety Assessment
FOSL Flight Operations Simulation Laboratory (FAA)
FPS Fixed Position Surveillance (USAF radar)
FRZ Flight Restricted Zone
FSAS Flight Service Automation System
FSDPS Flight Service Data Processing System (M1FC)
FSM Flight Schedule Monitor
FSS Flight Service Station
FST Fuel Storage Tank
FTI FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure
FTO Flight Test Operations
FTR Federal Travel Regulations
FTS Flight Tracking Service
FUA Flexible Use of Airspace
FY Fiscal Year

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G

G/ATOR Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar
GA General Aviation
GA CDR General Aviation Coded Departure Routes
GA JSC General Aviation Joint Steering Committee
GAAP General Aviation Airport Program
GADAHRS GPS/Air Data/Attitude and Heading Reference System
GAMA General Aviation Manufacturers Association
GAO Government Accountability Office
GARA General Aviation Revitalization Act
GAT Global Air Traffic (Europe)
GATI Global Air Traffic Interoperability
GATM Global Air Traffic Management
GB Gigabytes
GBAS Ground-based Augmentation System
GBNA Ground-based Navigation Aid
GCA Government Contracting Authority
GCA Ground Control Approach
GCAM Ground Collision Avoidance Module
GCAS Ground Collision Avoidance System
GCNSS Global Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance System
GCS Ground Control System
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GDP Ground Delay Program
GEO Geostationary Earth Orbit
GES Ground Earth Station
GGF GBAS Ground Facility
GHG Greenhouse Gas
GHz Giga Hertz (10 ^ 9 Hz)
GIAC GPS Interagency Advisory Council
GIB GPS Integrity Broadcast
GIC GPS Integrity Channel
GIG Global Information Grid (DoD)
GIM Geospatial Information Management
GIS Geographic Information System
GIS Geospatial Information Services
GLS GPS Landing System
GMS GPS-based Monitoring System
GMS Ground Monitoring Station
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GN&C Guidance, Navigation and Control
GNAS General National Airspace System Sector
GND Ground
GNI Ground Network Interface
GNIU Ground Network Interface Unit
GNLU Global Navigation Landing Unit
GNSP Government Navigation Service Provider
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
GOM Gulf of Mexico
GPN Ground-based Radar Navigation Aid
GPS NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (usually denoted as just Global Positioning System)
GPSW Global Positioning Systems Wing (USAF)
GPtS Global Positioning and Timing Service
GPWS Ground Proximity Warning System
GPWxP General Information Processing/Weather Processor
GRIB Gridded Binary (a WMO data encoding scheme)
GS Ground Stop
GS Ground Surveillance
GS/AS Ground Surveillance/Airborne Surveillance
GSE Ground Support Equipment

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H

H/W Hardware
HAA Height Above Airport (feet)
HAI Helicopter Association International
HAP Hazardous Air Pollutants
HF High Frequency (3 to 30 MHz)
HF Human Factors
HFDS Human Factors Design Standard
HFE Human Factors Engineering
HFRO High Frequency Radio Operator
HIRL High Intensity Runway Lights
HITS Helicopter In-flight Tracking System (NASA AATT)
HLA High Level Architecture
HL-LNA High-Level Low-Noise Amplifier
HQ Headquarters
HR Human Resources
HRT Hurricane Response Team
HSA Homeland Security Act
HSW Host Software (FAA Host Computer System)
HTAWS Helicopter TAWS (Terrain Awareness and Warning System)
HUD Heads Up Display
HW Hardware
HWAS Hazardous In-Flight Weather Advisory
Hz Hertz

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I

I/F Interface
I/O Input-Output
IA Information Assurance
IA Interoperability Assessment
IA Investment Analysis
IAA Integrated Airspace Alternative
IAD Interoperability Analysis Document
IAN Integrated Approach Navigation (Boeing)
IAP Instrument Approach Procedure
IAPA Instrument Approach Procedures Automation