Citation
(2003), "Abbreviations", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 75 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2003.12775dae.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2003, MCB UP Limited
Abbreviations
ACAS Airborne Collision Avoidance System
ACAWS Advisory Caution and Warning System
ACE Actuator Control Electronic Computers
ACO Airspace Co-ordination Order
ACRs Avionics Computing Resource
ACSR Active Control of Structural Response
ACT Active Control Technology
ADS-B Automatic Dependant Surveillance Broadcast
AEA Aircrew Equipment Assembly
AEVM Advanced Engine Monitoring Vibration Unit
AFIS Airbus Inflight Information System
AIS Automatic Identification System
AJAM Aircraft Jigs and Media
AMSS Airborne Mission Support System
ANVC Active Noise and Vibration Control
APU Auxiliary Power Unit
AQP Advanced Qualification Program
AQS Advanced Quality Systems
ARS Advanced Research Simulator
ASICs Application Specific Integrated Circuits
ASM Autothrottle Servo Motors
ATO Air Tasking Order
ATVAs Active Tuned Vibration Attenuators
AVM Airborne Vibration Monitoring
BALD Bleed Air Leak Detection Sensor System
BITE Built-in Test Equipment
BIT Built-in Test
BVID Barely Visible Impact Damage
BVI Blade-vortex Interaction
CAMU Concurrent Assembly Mockup
CAPS Coordinated Aircraft Positioning System
CARP Computed Air Release Point
CCD Charge-Coupled Imaging Device
CCOC Engine Combustion Chamber Outer Casing
CCP Corrosion Control Programme
CCV Control Configured Vehicle
CEE Composite Engineering Environment
CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFEM Composite Fabric Endothermic Material
CFIT Controlled Flight into Terrain
CIDS Cabin Intercommunication Data System
CIP Common Integrated Processor
CLAWS Control Laws
CMM Coordinate Measuring Machine
CNBP Communication-Navigation- Breaker Panel
CNI Communication-Navigation- Identification
CNI-MS Communication-Navigation- Identification Management System
CPCP Corrosion Prevention and Control Programme
CDNU Control Display and Navigation Unit
CHDD Colour Head Down Display
CRM Crew Resource Management
CSD Constant Speed Drive
CSP Certification Standardisation Panel
CTOT Controlled Take Off Time
CTPs Critical Technology Projects
CTS Central Tactical System
CVR Cockpit Voice Recorder
DAC Dual Annular Combustor
DADC Digital Arc Data Computer
DDA Dynamic Dielectric Analysis
DEFORM Design Environment for FORMing
DSDTS Dual-Slotted Data Transfer System
DSG Design Service Goal
DTB Development Test Bed
DVI Direct Voice Imput
DXN Data Exchange Navigator
EAC Environmentally Assisted Cracking
ECAM Electronic Centralised Aircraft Monitor
ECU Embedded Control Units
EEC Electronic Engine Controller
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EICAS Engine Indicating and Crew Alerting
EFIS Electronic Flight Instrument System
EGPWS Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System
EGSE Electronic Ground Support Equipment
EHA Electrohydrostatic Actuation
EHM Engine Health Monitoring
EHUDS Enhanced Health and Usage Diagnostic Systems
EKF Extended Kalman Filter
ELMS Electrical Load Management System
EMA Electromechanical Actuation
EMC Electromagnetic Coupling
EMDAP External Maintenance Data Access Panel
EMPTCA Electromagnetic Pulse Test Bed Aircraft
EMPT Electromagnetic Pulse Transformer
EMT Electromagnetic Topology
EOP End of Packet Marker
EOS Ellipse of Safety
EPCU Electrical Power Control Units
ERAS Electronic Reporting and Analysis System
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
ESG Extended Service Goal
ESL European Simulation Language
ET External Tank
FADEC Full Authority Digital Engine Control
FBW Fly-by-WIRE
FCMC Fuel Control and Monitoring Computers
FDC Fuel Data Concentrators
FDE Flight Data Exceedences
FDR Flight Data Recorder
FEA Finite Element Analysis
FEM Finite Element Model
FEST Flight Engineering Systems Trainer
FHD Fast Hole Drilling
FQI Fuel Quantity Indication
FMCS Flight Management Computer System
FMEA Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
FMS Flight Management System
FMS Flexible Manufacturing System
FMU Fuel Metering Unit
FPGAs Field Programmable Gat Arrays
FPI Fluorescent Dye Penetrant Inspection
FQIS Fuel Quantity Indicating System
FSFT Full Scale Fatigue Tests
FTTR Flexible Transmission Test Rig
FTR Fatigue Type Record
GASP Global Aviation Safety Plan
GATM Global Air Traffic Management
GCAS Ground Collision Avoidance System
GLA Gust Load Alleviation
GPS Global Positioning System
GPWS Ground Proximity Warning System
GSM Generic Systems Management
GATM Global Air Traffic Management
HALT High Accelerated Life Testing
HASP Hardware/Software Avionic System Performance
HFDS Head-up Flight Display System
HIGGER High Integrity GPS Guidance Enhanced Receiver
HIRF High Intensity Radiation
HLFC Hybrid Laminar Flow Control
HMD Helmet Mounted Display
HMT High Mobility Track
HOST Helicopter Overall Simulation Tool
HP High Pressure
HSI Hue Saturation Intensity
HTTB High Technology Test Bed
HUD Head-Up Display
IAP Integrated Actuation Package
IC Integrated Circuits
ICR Inter-Cooled Recuperative
IDE Integrated Development Environment
IDG Integrated Drive Generator
IEPS Integrated Electrical Power System
IMA Integrated Modular Avionics
IMC Industrial Micro Connector
INS Inertial Navigation System
IRP Integrated Refuel Panel
ISS Integrated Sensor System
LAF Load Alleviation Function
LCF Low Cycle Fatigue
LEFT Life extension fatigue tests
LFD Limited Function Display
LP Low Pressure
LPC Low Pressure Compressor
LPCR Low Powered Coloured Radar
LRU Line Replaceable Unit
LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signalling
LVDT Linear Variable Differential Transformer
LVR Low Voltage Electromagnetic Riviting
MAC Mean Aerodynamic Chord
MCDU Multipurpose Control and Display Unit
MDA Minimum Descent Altitude
MED Multi-element-damage
MEMS Microelectromechanical Sensors
MFC Manuel Fuel Control
MFD Mulifunction Display
MLA Manoeuvre Load Distribution
MMS Memory Management System
MOI Magneto-Optic Imaging
MRO Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul
MSD Multiple Site Damage
MTOW Maximum Takeoff Weight
NCAPS Non-Contacting Angular Position Sensors
NDE Non-Destructive Examination
NGV Nozzel Guide Vanes
NOx Nitrogen Oxides
NURBS Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines
NVG Night Vision Goggle
NVIS-A Night Vision Imaging System
NVS Noise and Vibration System
OLM Operational Load Measurement
OOA Object-Oriented Analysis
OPR Overall Pressure Ratio
OSA Open system architecture
PATS Proficiency Assessment and Training System
PBMS Propeller Balance Monitoring System
PCD Pitch Circle Diameter
PCDU Power Conversion Distribution Units
PCP Pilot Control Panel
PDU Power Drive Unit
PEAT Procedural Event Analysis Tool
PFC Primary Flight Computers
PFE Payload Fuel Efficiency
PLA Power Level Angle
PLD Programmable Logic Devices
PLM Product Life Cycle Management
PMW Pulse Width Modulation
PPI Programmable Peripheral Interface
PPS Precise Positioning Service
PROM Programmable Read Only Memory
PSE Priciple structural element
PWES Pneumatic Weapons Ejection System
PWM Pulse Width Modulator
RAM Random Access Memory
RAT Ram Air Turbine
RDCs Remote Data Concentrators
RDGT Reliability Development Growth Testing
REM Reverse Educing Method
RSS Relaxed Static Stability
RRTS Radar Remote Tracking System
RTB Rotor Track and Balance
RTM Requirement Trace Management Tools
RTM Resin Transfer Mouldings
RTOS Real-time Operating System
SAETG Structural Audit Evaluation Task Group
SAM Safety Argument Manager
SAT Static Air Temperature
SCC Stress Corrosion Cracking
SCRJ Supersonic Combustion Ramjet
SDLS Satellite Data Link System
SDT Self Direct Teams
SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy
SEU Single Event Upset
SFDs Secondary Flight Displays
SIDs Supplemental Inspection Document
SMC Sliding Mode Controller
SMDS Starch Media Dry Stripping
SMP Seamless Modelling Paste
SoC System on a Chip
STC Supplemental Type Certification
SSIP Supplemental Structural Inspection Programme
TAWS Terrain Awareness and Warning System
TCAS Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System
TEMATS Test Equipment Management and Asset Tracking Systems
TSFLS Test Sets, First Line
TIT Turbine Inlet Temperature
TLC Thermochromic Liquid Crystals
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
VAR Vacuum Arc Remelting
VIR Vacuum Induction Melting
VMS Vehicle Management System
VPS Virtual Prototyping System
VSD Vertical Situation Display
WFD Widespread Fatigue Damage
ZFW Zero Fuel Weight