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Aerodynamics Abbreviations

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A&L	Approach and Landing
AA	Airplane Avionics
AA	air-to-air
AABNCP	Advanced Airborne National Command Post
AAFE	Advanced Applications Flight Equipment
AAH	Advanced Attack Helicopter
AAL	Above Aerodrome Level
AB	Avionics Bay
ABCP	Airborne Command Post
ABD	Airborne Ballistics Division
ABETS	airborne beacon test set
ABI	Avionics Bus Interface
ABL	aircraft-based laser
ABL	Airborne Laser
ABLE	Airborne Laser Evaluation
ABMCP	airborne military command post
ABNCP	Airborne National Command Post
acap	Advanced Computer Airframe Program
ACARE	Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe
ACE	Attitude Control Electronics
ACEL	Air Crew Equipment Laboratory
ACEU	AeroControl Electronics Unit
ACIP	Aerodynamic Coefficient Identification Package
ACME	Attitude Control and Maneuvering Electronics
ACP	Airborne Command Post
ACS	Aft Crew Station
ACU	Avionics Cooling Unit
ACUO	Avionics Cooling Unit Operator
AdAeS	Advances in Aeronautical Sciences
ADC	Aerospace Defense Command
ADFRF	Ames/Dryden Flight Research Facility
AdR	Aerospace and Defense Research
AE&AT	Aircraft Engineering & Aerospace Technology
AET	Aerosurface End-to-end Test
AFA	Airframe Assembly
AFAPL	Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory
AFC	Automatic Flight Control
AFCAC	African Civil Aviation Commission
AFCS	Automatic Flight Control System
AFD	Assistant Flight Director
AFD	Aft Flight Deck
AFDE	Aft Flight Deck Equipment
AFDO	Aft Flight Deck Operator
AFDR	Ascent Flight Design Review
AFFDL	Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
AFFTC	Air Force Flight Test Center
AFO	Announced Flight Opportunity
AFS	Ascent Flight System
AFSIG	Ascent Flight System Integration Group
AFSRT	avionics flight systems readiness test

AFT	Atmospheric Flight Test
AFTI	Advanced Fighter Technology Integration
AFWAL	Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory
AFWPAL	Air Force Wright-Patterson Aeropropulsion Laboratory
AGARD	Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development
AIA	Aircraft Industries Association
AIAA	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
AIAAJ	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal
AIASJ	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Journal
AIDE	Aerospace Installation Diagnostic Equipment
AIDS	Airborne Integrated Data System
AirSp	Air and Space
AIU	Avionics Interface Unit
AIXM	Aeronautical Information Exchange Model
AL	Approach and Landing
ALAS	Approach/Landing Autopilot Subsystem
ALS	Alternative Landing Site
ALS	Automatic Landing System
ALT	approach and landing test
ALTR	Approach and Landing Test Requirement
ALTS	Avionics LRU Tracking System
AM	Aeromedical Monitor
AMAL	Aeronautical Medical Acceleration Laboratory
AMCA	Aft Motor Controller Assembly
AMEC	Aft Master Events Controller
AMFL	Aeromedical Field Laboratory
AMI	airspeed/Mach indicator
AMI	Alpha/Mach Indicator
AMK	Aircraft Modification Kit
AMO	Aerospace Medical Operations
AMPR	Aeronautical Manufacturers Progress Report
AMPR	aeronautical manufacturer's planning report
ANRWA	Average Number Rotary Wing Aircraft
AOD	Aircraft Operations Division
AOT	Avionics Overall Test
AOT	Avionics Operating Time
APCP	Aerojet Photoelectric Cell Program
API	Aerospace Performance Improvement
ARS	American Rocket Society
ASA	Aerosurface Amplifier
ASA	Advanced System Avionics
AsAer	Astronautics Aeronautics
ASAP	Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
ASD	Aeronautical Systems Division
ASDE	Aerosurface Driver Electronics
ASDM	Aerosurface Driver/Monitor
ASE	Airborne Support Equipment
ASED	Avionics System Engineering Division
ASG	Avionic Subsystems Group
ASG	Aeronautical Standards Group

ASI	Airspeed Indicator
ASO	Aviation Safety Office
ASP	Aerosurface Position
ASPI	Aerosurface Position Indicator
ASR	Avionic System Review
ASTF	Aeropropulsion System Test Facility
ASTG	Aerospace Test Group
ASTRO	Ascent Trajectory Optimization
ASTS	Avionic System Test Specification
ATA	Avionics Test Article
ATAL	Alternate Transoceanic Abort Landing
ATC	Aircraft Target Computer
ATDAP	aircraft target data acquisition program
ATDP	Aircraft Target Data Program
ATG	Aerospace Test Group
ATL	Avionics Test Laboratory
ATR	Air Transport Radio
ATR	Air Transport Rack
AUB	Aft Utility Bridge
AUVSI	Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International
AVIM	Aviation Intermediate Maintenance
AVL	Avionics Verification Laboratory
AVRADA	Army Avionics Research and Development Activity
AVUM	Aviation Unit Maintenance
AW&ST	Aviation Week & Space Technology
AZBA	Airport Zoning Board of Adjustment
BAC	Boeing Aerospace Company
BAC	Boeing Aircraft Company
BAE	British Aerospace Systems, LTD
BAI	Barometric Altitude Indicator
BASD	Ball Aerospace Systems Division
BASS	Backup Avionics System Software
BFC	Backup Flight Computer
BFC	Backup Flight Control
BFCS	Backup Flight Control System
BFS	Backup Flight System
BFS	Backup Flight Software
BFSS	Backup Flight Software System
BOPACE	Boeing Plastic Analysis Capability for Engines
BUAAJ	Beijing University Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal
BUFC	Backup Flight Controller
CA	Carrier Aircraft
CAA	Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAB	Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB	Civil Aviation Board
CAL	Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
CALST	Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory Shock Tunnel
CAM	Civil Aeronautics Manual
CAM	Carrier Aircraft Modification
CASJ	Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal

CASJQ	Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal Quarter
CAUG	Civil Aviation Users Group
CAVOK	Ceiling And Visibility OK (Kav-okay)
CCAFS	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, an air force base in Florida where NASA launches satellites from.
CFAE	contractor-furnished airborne equipment
CFP	Conceptual Flight Profile
ChJA	Chinese Journal of Aeronautics
CLS	Contingency Landing Site(s)
CoFR	Certificate of Flight Readiness
COFW	Certificate of Flight Worthiness
CPF	Cost Per Flight
CTF	Commit To Flight
CWL	Cardiff International Airport, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
DAIS	Data Avionics Information System
DAP	Descent Analysis Program
DAS	Digital Avionics System
DC	Delta Clipper
DCP	Design Change Package
DCP	D-alanyl carrier protein
DF	Direct Flight
DF	Development Flight
DFCS	Digital Flight Control System
DFCS	Digital Flight Control Software
DFI	Development Flight Instrumentation
DFI	Development Flight Integration
DFRC	Dryden Flight Research Center
DFRF	Dryden Flight Research Facility
DFS	Dynamic Flight Simulator
EALA	European Air Law Association
EAS	Equivalent Airspeed
EASA	European Aviation Safety Agency
EC	Engine Control
ECAC	European Civil Aviation Conference
ECATA	European Consortium for Advanced Training in Aerospace
EES	Emergency Ejection Suit
EES	Ejection Escape Suit
EFA	Experiment Flight Application
ELV	Expendable Launch Vehicle
ELV	Earth Launch Vehicle
EOPF	End of Powered Flight
ERAP	Earth Resources Aircraft Program
ERS	Entry and Recovery Simulation
EUROCAE	European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment
FAA	Federal Aviation Administration
FAB	Flight Assignment Baseline
FACT	Flight Acceptance Composite Test
FAD	Flight Assessment Delta
FAF	First Aerodynamic Flight
FAFS	Falcon Air Force Station
FAL	First Approach and Landing

FAMOS	Flight Acceleration Monitor System
FAO	FLIGHT ACTIVITIES OFFICER
FAR	Flight Analysis Review
FAR	Federal Aviation Regulation
FAR	Flight Acceptance Review
FAS	Flight Analysis System
FASCOS	Flight Acceleration Safety Cutoff System
FAWG	Flight Assignment Working Group
FBAS	fixed-base aft station
FBB	Flyback Booster
FC	Flight Control
FC	Flight Computer
FC	Flight-Critical
FCAF	Flight Crew Accommodation Facility
FCAP	Flight Control Applications Program
FCD	Flight Control Division
FCDB	Flight Control Data Bus
FCE	Flight Control Equipment
FCE	Flight Crew Equipment
FCEF	Flight Crew Equipment Facility (At KSC)
FCF	Functional Check Flight
FCF	First Captive Flight
FCH	Flight Controllers Handbook
FCHL	Flight Control Hydraulics Laboratory
FCI	Flight Control Indicator
FCI	Flight Crew Integration
FCIM	Flight Control Interface Module
FCIP	Flight Cargo Implementation Plan
FCO	Flight Crew Operations
FCOB	Flight Crew Operations Branch
FCOD	Flight Crew Operations Directorate
FCOH	Flight Controllers Operational Handbook
FCOS	Flight Computer Operating System (Orbiter)
FCOS	Flight Control Operational Software
FCP	Flight Correction Proposal
FcR	Flight Configuration Review
FCR	Flight Control Room
FCS	Flight Control Simulator
FCS	Flight Control System (Subsystem)
FCS	Flight Crew System
FCSD	Flight Crew Support Division
FCSM	Flight Combustion Stability Monitor
FCT	Flight Controller Trainer
FCT	Flight Crew Trainer
FCT	flight control team
FCTB	Flight Crew Training Building
FCTR	Flight Controller Training Room
FCTS	Flight Crew Trainer Simulator
FD	Flight Director
FD	Flight Day

FDA	Flight Deck Assembly (FDF)
FDAI	Flight Director Attitude Indicator
FDCF	Flight Design Control Facility
FDF	Flight Data File
FDF	First Drop Flight
FDI	Flight Director Instituteument
FDI	Flight Director Instrument
FDI	Flight Detection and Isolation
FDK	Flight Display Keyboard
FDL	Flight Director Loop
FDM	Flight Data Manager
FDM	Flight Design Manager
FDO	Flight Dynamics Officer
FDO	Flight Director's Office
FDOR	Flight Design Operations Review
FDP	Flight Design Panel
FDR	Flight Definition Requirement
FDRD	flight definition and requirements document
FDRD	Flight Definition and Requirements Directive
FDRD	Flight Determination and Requirements Directive
FDRI	Flight Director Rate Indicator
FDS	Flight Dynamics Support
FDS	Flight Design System
FDS	Flight Dynamics Software
FDS	Flight Design and Scheduling
FDS	Flight Dynamics System
FDS	flight dynamics simulator
FDSC	Flight Dynamics Simulation Complex
FDSC	Flight Dynamics Situation Complex
FE	Flight Experiment
FEA	Flight Experiment Apparatus
FED	Flight Events Demonstration
FEDB	Flight Execution Data Base
FEDP	Facility and Equipment Design Plan
FEID	Flight Equipment Interface Design
FEID	Flight Equipment Interface Device
FEM	Flight-Engineering Model
FEPC	Flight Equipment Processing Contractor
FES	Flight Element Set
FESP	Flight Execution Support Plan
FET	Flight Elapsed Time
FEWG	Flight Evaluation Working Group
FF	Forward Fuselage
FFC	Final Flight Certification
FFC	First-Flight Capability
FFM	free-flying module
FFR	Flight Feasibility Review
FFRR	First-Flight Readiness Review
FFTO	Free-Flying Teleoperator
FHC	flight half-coupling

FHF	First Horizontal Flight
FIA	Flight Integration Assessment
FIAB	Flight Integration Assessment BOard
FID	Flight Implementation Directive
FIE	Flight Instituteumentation Engineer
FIE	Flight Instrumentation Engineer
FKB	flight display keyboard
FLAPS	Flight Application Software
FLPS	Flight Load Planning System
FLR	Flight Log Recorder
FM	Flight Model
FMAHTS	Flight Manifest and Hardware Tracking System
FMCF	First Manned Captive Flight
FMD&C	flight mechanics, dynamics, and control
FMO	Flight Medical Officer
FMOF	First Manned Operational Flight
FMT	Flight Management Team
FOB	Flight Operations Building
FOC	Fleet Operational Capability
FOD	Flight Operations Directorate
FOE	Flight Operations Engineer
FOF	Flight Operations Facility
FOF	First Operational Flight
FOIH	Flight Operations Integration Handbook
FOP	flight operations plan
FOP	Flight Operations Panel
FOPG	Flight Operations Planning Group
FOPS	Flight Operations Planning Schedule
FOPSS	flight operation product scheduling system
FOR	Flight Operations Review
FORD	Flight Operations Requirement Document
FOS	Flight Operations Support
FOS	Flight Operation Security
FOSA	Flight Operations Support Annex
FOSO	Flight Operations Scheduling Officer
FOSP	Flight Operations Support Personnel
FOST	Flight Operations SUPPOrt Team
FOT	Flight Operation Trainer
FOWG	Flight Operations Working Group
FP	Flight Plan
FPD	Flight Projects Directorate
FPH	Flight Procedures Handbook
FPR	Flight Performance Reserve
FPRV	flight product requirements verification
FPSR	Flight Planning and Stowage Review
FQ	Flight Qualification
FQF	First Qualification Flight
FQI	Flight Qualification Instrumentation
FQI	Flight Qualification Instituteumentation
FQR	Flight Qualification Recorder

FR	Flight Rule
FRC	Flight Readiness Certification
FRCB	Flight RUles Control BOard
FRCB	Flight Rules Change Board
FRD	Flight Requirements Document
FRDI	Flight Research and Development Instituteumentation
FRDI	Flight Research and Development Instrumentation
FRDR	Flight Readiness Design Review
FRE	flight-related element
FRF	Flight Readiness Firing
FRFT	Flight Readiness Firing Test
FRP	Fuselage Reference Plane
FRR	Flight Readiness Review
FRRID	Flight Readiness Review Item DisPosition
FRT	Flight Readiness Test
FS	Fuselage Station
FS	Flight System
FSAA	Flight Simulator for Advanced Aircraft
FSCP	Flight Support Computer Program
FSD	Flight Simulation Division (JSC)
FSD&P	flight systems design and performance
FSE	Flight Support Equipment
FSE	Flight Simulation Engineer
FSI	Flight Software Integration
FSIWG	Flight System Interface Working Group
FSL	Flight Simulation Laboratory
FSLP	First Spacelab Payload
FSP	Flight Safety Plan
FSR	Flight Support Request
FSR	Flight Support Room
FSRR	Flight System Readiness Review
FSRR	Flight Software Readiness Review
FSRS	Flight System Recording System
FSS	flight support system
FSS	Flight Support Station (for MMU)
FSS	Flight Systems Simulator
FSS	Flight Support Structure
FSSE	Flight Sensor Stimuli Equipment
FSSR	Flight System Software Request
FT	Flight Test
FT	Flight Team
FTA	Flight Test Article
FTC	Flight Test Conductor
FTD	Flight Test Directive
FTE	Flight Test Engineer
FTIS	Flight Test Instrumentation System
FTIS	Flight Test Instituteumentation System
FTO	Flight Test Objective
FTOH	Flight Test Operations Handbook
FTP	Flight Test Procedure

FTPF	Flight and Training Planning Facility
FTR	Flight Test Requirement
FTRD	Flight Test Requirements Document
FTS	Flight Termination System
FTS	Flight Telerobotic Service
FTS	Flight Test System
FTS	Flight Test Station
FU	Flight Unit
FUT	Flight Unit Test
FV	Flight Version
FVF	First Vertical Flight
GA	Ground to Air
GAC	Grumman Aerospace Corporation
GACU	Ground Avionics Cooling Unit
GAEC	Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
GDCA	General Dynamics Convair Aircraft
GETL	Ground Elapsed Time of Landing
GFAE	government-furnished aircraft equipment
GLAADS	Gun Low-Altitude Air Defense System
GNCFTS	Guidance, Navigation and Control Flight Test Station
GOAL	Ground Operations Aerospace Language
GPAS	general-purpose airborne simulator
HAAS	High Altitude Aircrafts and Airships
HABP	Hypersonic Arbitrary Body Program
HAFB	Hill Air Force Base
HAFB	Holloman Air Force Base
HEACE	Health Effect of Aircraft Cabin Environment
HF	Horizontal Flight
HFC	Hydraulic Flight Control
HFCL	Hydraulic Flight Control Laboratory
HFCT	Hydraulic Flight Control Test
HFS	Horizontal Flight Simulator
HFT	Horizontal Flight Test
HFTF	Horizontal Flight Test Facility
HFTS	Horizontal Flight Test Simulator
HIAD	Handbook of Information for Aircraft Designers
HIAD	High-Altitude Defense Program
HICAMP	Highly Calibrated Airborne Measurements Program
HiMAT	Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology
HLLV	Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle
HP	Perigee Altitude
HTH	Heavy Transport Helicopter
HTO	Horizontal Takeoff
HTP	Horizontal Tail Plane
IARC	International Aerial Robotics Competition
IAS	Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
IAS	Integrated Avionics Subsystem
IAT	Integrated Avionics Test
ICAO	International Civil Aviation Organization
ICE	Ideal Cabin Environment

ICG	In-Flight Coverall Garment
IFA	In-Flight Analysis
IFOT	In-Flight Operations And Training
IFRU	In-Flight Replaceable Unit
IFS	Integrated Flight Simulator
IFT	in-flight test
IFTM	in-flight test and maintenance
IFTS	In-Flight Test System
ILA	Instituteument Landing Approach
ILA	Instrument Landing Approach
ILAS	Instituteument Landing Approach System
ILAS	Instrument Landing Approach System
ILS	Instituteument Landing System
IMSS	In-Flight Medical Support System
InJAE	Indian Journal of Aerospace Engineering Division
IntSM	Interavia Space Markets
IOF	Initial Operational Flight
IP	Instructor Pilot
IP	Instituteuctor Pilot
IPAD	Integrated Program For Aerospace Vehicle Design
JAA	Joint Aviation Authorities
JAEL	JSC Avionics Engineering Laboratory
JAerE	Journal of Aerospace Engineering
JAS	Journal of Aerospace Science
JFACT	Joint Flight Acceptance Composite Test
JP	Jet Propellant
JSASJ	Japan Society of Aeronautical Space Sciences Journal
JSASS	Japan Society of Aeronautical Space Sciences
JSAST	Japan Society of Aeronautical Space Sciences Transactions
Kats	Ksc Avionics Test Set
L&D	Landing And Deceleration
LACB	Landing Aids Control Building (SLF At KSC)
LAGS	Launch Abort Guide Simulation
LAIU	Launch Abort Interface Unit
LAMPS	Light Airborne Multipurpose System (Helicopter)
LARSSYAA	Laboratory for Application of Remote Sensing Aircraft Analysis
LASV	low-altitude supersonic vehicle
LDS	Landing, Deservicing and Safing
LFT	Lufthansa Flight Training
LME	Launch Monitor Equipment
LMF	Lower Mid-Fuselage
LOA	Landing Operations Area
LOAD	Low-Altitude Defense
LOSP	Landing Operations Support Panel
LOWG	Landing Operations Working Group
LPD	Landing Point Designator
LRCA	Long-Range Combat Aircraft
LVFRR	launch vehicle flight readiness review
LVIP	Launch Vehicle Integration Plan
LVO	Launch Vehicle Operations

LVS	Launch Vehicle Simulator
MAA	Maximum Authorized Altitude
MAC	Mean Aerodynamic Chord
MAC	Military Airlift Command
MAEP	Minimum Autoland Entry Point
MAL	Mobile Airlock
MAN	Microwave Aerospace Navigation
MARS	Modular Airborne Recorder System
MAS	Medium-Altitude Sensor
MCA	Maximum Crossing Altitude
MCAT	Missile Carrier Air Transport
MCT	Maximum Climb Thrust
MFC	multiple-flight computer
MFC	multiple-flight controller
MFC	Manual Flight Control
MFCS	Manual Flight Control System
MFF	MDM Flight Forward
MFP	Mission Flight Plan
MFR	Maximum Flight Rate
MFT	Mean Flight Time
MFTAD	Master Flight Test Assignment Document (JSC)
MLG	Main Landing Gear
MLGD	Main Landing Gear Door
MLGS	Microwave Landing Guidance System
MLS	Microwave Landing System
MLV	Medium Launch Vehicle
MLW	Maximum Landing Weight
MMLS	Martin Marietta Launch Services
MOAT	Missile on Aircraft Test
MPRAS	multipath redundant avionics suite
MSBLS	microwave scan-beam landing system
MTOGW	Maximum Takeoff Gross Weight
MTOW	Maximum Takeoff Weight
MUA	Maximum Usable Altitude
MVF	Manned Vertical Flight
NAA	North American Aircraft
NAC	Naval Avionics Center (indianapolis)
NACA	National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
NAEC	Naval Air Engineering Center
NAS	Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation
NAS	Naval Air Station
NAS	National Aircraft Standard
NAS	Nonavionics Simulator
NAS	National Airspace System
NASM	National Air and Space Museum
NASP	National Aerospace Plane
NATF	Naval Air Test Facility
NAVDAD	Navigational Derived Air Data
NEACP	National Emergency Airborne Command Post
NORAD	North American Air Defense (Command)

NUAAJ	Nanjing University Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal
NVAFB	North Vandenberg Air Force Base
OAFTO	Orbiter Atmospheric Flight Test Office
OAHTS	orbiter avionics hardware tracking system
OALC	Ogden Air Logistics Center
OAMP	Optical Airborne Measurements Program
OAMP	Optical Aircraft Measurements Program
OARS	Orbiter Avionics Radiation Specification
OAS	Orbiter Atmospheric Simulator
OAS	Orbiter Aeroflight Simulator
OAS	Orbiter Avionics Simulator
OAS	Orbiter Avionics System
OASCB	Orbiter Avionics Software Control Board
OASIS	Orbit Avionics Software Integration Study
OASM	Office of Aerospace Medicine
OAST	Office of Aeronautics & Space Technology
OATS	Orbiter Avionics Tracking System
OCALC	Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center
OFI	Operational Flight Instituteumentation
OFI	Operational Flight Instrumentation
OFK	OPtical Flight Kit
OFP	Operational Flight Profile
OFP	Operational Flight Program
OFT	Operational Flight Test
OISTP	Oxygen-Iodine Supersonic Technology Program
OTA	Operational Trajectory Analysis
PAFB	Patrick Air Force Base
PALS	precision approach and landing system
PAM	Propulsion Avionics Module
PASS	Primary Avionics Software System
PATH	Postflight Attitude and Trajectory History
PATS	Payload Avionics Test Station
PCIL	Pilot-Controlled Instituteument Landing
PCIL	pilot-controlled instrument landing
PCS	Probability of Crew Safety
PCVL	pilot-controlled visual landing
PF	Powered Flight
PFC	Performance Flight Certification
PFC	Postflight Checklist
PFC	Preliminary Flight Configuration
PFCF	Payload Flight Control Facility
PFCS	Primary Flight Control System
Pfl	Propulsion Field Laboratory
PFP	Powered Flight Program
PFRT	Preliminary Flight Rating Test
PFS	Primary Flight System
PFS	Primary Flight Software
PFT	Postflight Testing
PIO	Pilot-Induced Oscillation
PL	Postlanding (P/L Preferred)

PLA	Parachute Location Aid
PLACE	Position Location Aircraft Communications Equipment
PLS	Postlanding and Safing
PLS	Primary Landing Site
PLV	Postlanding Valve
PLV	Postlanding Ventilation
PLVC	postlanding vent control
PMALS	preliminary miniature air-launched system
POE	Pilot Operational Equipment
POP	Prelaunch Operations Plan
POP	Preflight Operations Procedure
POST	Program to Ootimize Simulated Trajectories
PrAA	Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics
PRB	Parachute Refurbishment Building
PRR	Preflight Readiness Review
PS	Parachute System
PSA	Payload Support Avionics
PSS	Propellant Supply Subsystem
PVT	Preflight Verification Test
PWA	Pratt and Whitney Aircraft
RAE	Royal Aerospace Establishment
RAI	Radar Altimeter Indicator
RALT	Radar Altimeter
RAPCON	radar approach and control
RATCC	Radar Air Traffic Control Center
RFHA	Reusable Flight Hardware Authorization
RJ	Reaction Jet
RJ/EC	Reaction Jet/Engine Control
RJC	Reaction Jet Control
RJD	Reaction Jet Device
RJD	Reaction Jet Driver
RJDA	Reaction Jet Driver Aft
RJDF	Reaction Jet Driver Forward
RJOD	reaction jet/OMS driver
Rm	Rendezvous Maneuver
RR	Rendezvous Radar
RRDA	rendezvous radar deployment actuator
RSRA	rotor system research aircraft
RTCA	Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics
RTF	Return To Flight
RTFSS	real-time flight safety software
RTLS	Return To Launch Site
SAALC	San Antonio Air Logistics Center
SACS	Software Avionics Command SuPport
SAEPP	Sophicated Aero Engine Performance Program
SAFIRE	Service des Avions Français Instituteumentés pour la Recherche en Environnement
SAFIRE	Service des Avions Français Instrumentés pour la Recherche en Environnement
sal	Supersonic Aerophysics Laboratory
SAL	Shuttle Avionics Laboratory
SALC	Sacramento Air Logistics Center

SAM	School of Aerospace Medicine
SAM	Special Air Mission
SANDAC	Sandia airborne computer guidance system
SASCB	Shuttle Avionics Software Control Board
sasr	Shuttle Avionics System Review
sats	Shuttle Avionics Test Set
sats	Shuttle Avionics Test Station
SCA	Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
scan	Selected Current Aerospace Notice
SESAR	Single European Sky ATM Research
SFACI	Software Flight Article Configuration Inspection
SFCS	Survival Flight Control System
SFP	Summary Flight Plan
SFT	Simulated Flight Test
SI/FS	system integration and flight software
SLAR	Side-Looking Airborne Radar
SLS	Secondary Landing Site
SLSA	Shuttle Logistics Support Aircraft
SOF	Safety Of Flight
soft	Space Operations and Flight Technique
SPP	Simulation Planning Panel
SSA	Shuttle Simulation Aircraft
sst	States Supersonic Transport
STOL	Short Takeoff And Landing
SWT	Supersonic Wind Tunnel
SYNAMEC	Synthesis Tool for Aeronautical Mechanisms Design
SYNCOMECS	SYNthesis of Aeronautical COmpliant MEChanical Systems
tacan	Tactical Air Control And Navigation
TACANS	tactical air control and navigation system
TACC	Tactical Air Control Center (USN, UK)
TALAR	tactical approach and landing radar
TFI	Technology Flight Instrumentation
TFI	Technology Flight Instituteumentation
TIFS	Total In-Flight Simulator
TMA	Trans Mediterranean Airways
TMA	Terminal Manoeuvre Area
TO	Takeoff
UMVF	Unmanned Vertical Flight
UVF	Unmanned Vertical Flight
VF	Vertical Flight
VFI	Verification Flight Instrumentation
VFI	Verification Flight Instituteumentation
VFR	Visual Flight Rule
vft	Vertical Flight Test
VFT	Verification Flight Test
VHAA	Very High Altitude Abort
VIVACE	Value Improvement through a Virtual Aeronautical Collaborative Enterprise
vlf	Vertical Launch Facility
VLS	Vertical Launch System
VSA	variable-stability aircraft

VTO	Vertical Takeoff
WAC	World Aeronautical Chart
WFF	Wallops Flight Facility
WPANL	Wright-Patterson Aeronautical Laboratory