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Airborne Trailblazer
Glossary of Acronyms
- ACARS
- ARINC Communications Addressing and Reporting System
- ACFS
- Advanced Concepts Flight Simulator
- ADEDS
- Advanced Digital Electronic Displays
- AFD
- Aft Flight Deck
- AGCS
- Automatic Guidance and Control System
- ARINC
- Aeronautical Radio, Inc.
- ARTCC
- Air Route Traffic Control Center
- ATA
- Air Transport Association
- ATC
- Air Traffic Control
- ATIS
- Automatic Terminal Information Service
- ATOPS
- Advanced Transport Operating Systems
- AWOP
- AllWeather Operations Panel (of ICAO)
- CARD
- Civil Aviation Research and Development (study)
- CDI
- Course Deviation Indicator
- CDTI
- Cockpit Displayed Traffic Information
- CDU
- Control and Display Unit
- CRT
- Cathode Ray Tube
- CTAS
- Center Tracon Automation System
- CTOL
- Conventional TakeOff and Landing (aircraft)
- CWS
- Control Wheel Steering
- DATAC
- Digital Autonomous Terminal Access Communication (data
bus)
- DME
- Distance Measuring Equipment
- DOT
- Department of Transportation
- EADI
- Electronic Attitude Director Indicator
- EASILY
- Experimental Avionics Simulation and Integration Laboratory
- EFSS
- Experimental Flight Systems Section (at Langley)
- EHSI
- Electronic Horizontal Situation Indicator
- EICAS
- Engine Indication and Crew Advisory System
- EMACS
- Engine Monitoring and Control System
- EPR
- Engine Pressure Ratio
- FAA
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FID
- Flight Instrumentation Division (at Langley)
- FMC
- Flight Management Computer
- FMS
- Flight Management System
- GNSS
- Global Navigation Satellite System
- GPS
- Global Positioning System
- HDD
- Headsdown Display
- HUD
- Headsup Display
- ICAO
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- IFR
- Instrument Flight Rules
- ILS
- Instrument Landing System
- INS
- Inertial Navigation System
- IRU
- Inertial Reference Unit (same as INS)
- JAWS
- Joint Airport Weather Studies
- LEBU
- Large Eddy BreakUp (devices)
- LFM/PD
- Local Flow Management/Profile Descent
- LIDAR
- Light Detecting and Ranging
- LLWAS
- Low Level Windshear Alert System
- MLS
- Microwave Landing System
- NACA
- National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
- NAFEC
- National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center
- NAS
- National Academy of Sciences
- NASA
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NASP
- National Aerospace Plane
- NCAR
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- NTSB
- National Transportation Safety Board
- OAS
- Organization of American States
- OPMIS
- Optical Propulsion Management Interface System
- OST
- Office of Science and Technology (developed into OSTP)
- OSTP
- Office of Science and Technology Policy
- PFD
- Primary Flight Display
- R&D
- Research & Development
- RTCA
- Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics
- SBIR
- Small Business Innovative Research (program)
- SPIFR
- Single Pilot Instrument Flight Rules (program)
- SST
- Supersonic Transport
- STEP
- Service Test and Evaluation Program
- TAP
- Terminal Area Productivity
- TCAS
- Traffic Alert Collision Avoidance System
- TCV
- Terminal Configured Vehicle
- TDWR
- Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
- TECS
- Total Energy Control System
- TOPMS
- TakeOff Performance Monitoring System
- TRSB
- Time Reference Scanning Beam (MLS)
- TSRV
- Transport Systems Research Vehicle
- UHF
- Ultra High Frequency
- VFR
- Visual Flight Rules
- VHF
- Very High Frequency