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List Of Acronyms

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FAMUS

Future Air Traffic Management Modernization and Upg rade System

CONTRACT N° FAM.00-77/120

CDRL SEQUENCE N° LOA-PGM-FAM

Prepared for:

Serbia and Montenegro Air Traffic Services Agency Ltd. Trg Nikole Pašića 10 – 11000 Beograd

Serbia

Prepared by:

Thales Air Systems

3, avenue Charles Lindbergh BP 20351

94628 RUNGIS Cedex France

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FAMUS Future Air Traffic Management Modernization and Upgrade System

DOCUMENT TITLE: List Of Acronyms

DOCUMENT CONTENT & PURPOSE: The purpose of this document is to centralise all acronyms used for FAMUS programme.

INTERNAL APPROVALS

REVISION: A 15/07/2009 Signature Date

WRITTEN BY:

E. VALIDE

16/07/2009

CHECKED BY:

C. HEINRICH

16/07/2009

APPROVED BY:

C. HEINRICH

16/07/2009

AUTHORISED BY:

B. GALLY

16/07/2009

PROGRAMME AND CUSTOMER APPROVALS

THALES PROGRAMME QUALITY MANAGER:

B. GALLY

THALES PROGRAMME MANAGER:

C. HEINRICH

SMATSA PROGRAMME MANAGER:

D. GAVRILOVIĆ

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A 15/07/2009 After customer review. E. VALIDE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. SCOPE ........................................................................................................................... 6

1.1 IDENTIFICATION......................................................................................................................................6

1.2 PROGRAMME OVERVIEW......................................................................................................................6

1.3 DOCUMENT OVERVIEW .........................................................................................................................6 1.3.1 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT ....................................................................................................6 1.3.2 APPLICABILITY OF THIS DOCUMENT............................................................................................6 1.3.3 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT ISSUES FOR THIS DOCUMENT............................................6

2. REFERENCED DOCUMENTS ....................................................................................... 7

2.1 CONTRACTUAL DOCUMENTS.............................. .................................................................................7

2.2 THALES GROUP DOCUMENTS ............................. ................................................................................7

2.3 THALES AIR SYSTEMS DOCUMENTS ....................... ...........................................................................7

2.4 PROGRAMME RELATED DOCUMENTS........................ ........................................................................7

2.5 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PLANS........................ ...............................................................................7

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LIST OF APPENDICES

APPENDIX A – LIST OF ACRONYMS

LIST OF FIGURES

Not applicable

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. Programme related documents ............................................................................................................... 7

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1. SCOPE

1.1 IDENTIFICATION

Programme Name : FAMUS

Document Name : List Of Acronyms

Doc. Short Name : LOA

CDRL Number : LOA-PGM-FAM

THALES Number : 61821013 LOA

Revision : A

Revision date : 15/07/2009

File Name : LOA-PGM-FAM_revA.doc

1.2 PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

Refer to Programme Management Plan (PMP) [P1].

1.3 DOCUMENT OVERVIEW

1.3.1 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT

The purpose of this document is to centralise all acronyms used for FAMUS programme

1.3.2 APPLICABILITY OF THIS DOCUMENT

This LOA applies to the management of all FAMUS Programme activities.

The LOA is applicable for the duration of the Programme.

1.3.3 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT ISSUES FOR THIS DOCUMENT

This document is one of the deliverable items of the Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) [P2].

The List Of Acronyms (LOA) therefore shall be maintained under configuration control.

The THALES Data Manager shall be responsible for the archiving of this LOA in the programme library as well as the archiving of the electronic copy in the shared directory of the programme.

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2. REFERENCED DOCUMENTS

2.1 CONTRACTUAL DOCUMENTS

The list of contractual documents is in the PIDI ref. [P3].

2.2 THALES GROUP DOCUMENTS

Not Applicable.

2.3 THALES AIR SYSTEMS DOCUMENTS

Not Applicable.

2.4 PROGRAMME RELATED DOCUMENTS

Index Thales # CDRL # Title

[P1] 61821013 556 PMP-PGM-FAM Programme Management Plan (PMP) [P2] 61821013 CDRL CDR-PGM- FAM Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) [P3] 61821013 PID PID-PGM- FAM Product/Programme Items and Documentation

Index

Table 1. Programme related documents

2.5 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PLANS

Not Applicable.

(End of Main Document)

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APPENDIX A – LIST OF ACRONYMS

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A

Acronym Description

A/C Aircraft

A/G Air to Ground

A/G/A Air/Ground/Air

AACC Area Approach Control Centre

AB Action (data input) Button

ABD Mission" or "Availability" Block Diagram

ABI Advanced Boundary Information (message)

AC Alternate Current

ACAS Airborne Collision Avoidance System

ACARS Aircraft Communication(s) Addressing and Reporting System

ACC Area Control Centre

ACC Acceptance Certificate

ACC/TMAC Area Control Centre/Terminal Management Area Centre

ACH ATC Flight Plan Change

ACI Action Item/Clarification/Inquiry sheet

ACID Air Craft Identification

ACIL ACI List

ACK ACKnowledgement

ACL ATC CLearances

ACM ATC Communication Management

ACP Acceptance (message)

ACT Activate (message)

ADA High level programming language

ADAPT Aircraft Data Aiming at Predicting the Trajectory

ADE Application Development Environment

ADEP Airport of Departure

ADES Airport/Aerodrome of Destination

ADEXP ATS Data Exchange Protocol

ADGE Air Defense Ground Environment

ADM Aeronautical Database Management

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Acronym Description

ADMS Aeronautical Database Management System

ADNC Air Defense Notification Centre

ADR All-purpose Data Stream Replicator

ADS Automatic Dependent Surveillance

AEMS Automatic External Message Simulator

AETX Actual Estimated Time Over FCOPX

AFC Area Forecast Centre

AFG Afterglow (history symbol)

AFIL Airborne Flight Informed Locally

AFL Actual Flight Level

AFN ATS Facility Notification

AFTN/AMHS Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network / Air Traffic Services (ATS) Message Handling System

AFP ATC Flight Plan

AFS Aeronautical Fixed Services

AFTN Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network

AGCS Air Ground Communication System (for CM and CPDLC based data link services)

AGDG Air Ground Data Generator

AGDL Air Ground Data Link

AGDP Air Ground Data link Processing

AGN Agenda

AGP Accelerated Graphics Port

AHDG Assigned Heading

AI Action Item

AIC Aeronautical Information Circular

AIG Automatic Input Generator

AIL Action Item List

AIP Aeronautical Information Publication

AIPS Aeronautical Information Processing System

AIRAC Aeronautical Information Regulation And Control

AIREP Air Report (message)

AIS Aeronautical Information Service or System

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Acronym Description

AL Assurance Level

ALARP As Low As Reasonably Practicable

ALO Aerodrome Local Owners

ALR Alerting (message)

ALRT ALeRTe message

ALT Alternate Destination Aerodrome

AMC Airspace Management Cell

AMD Avis de Mise à Disposition

AMHS Aeronautical Message Handling System

AMID Approach Multi-Input Device

AMP AFTN Messages Processor

ANS Air Navigation System(s)/Service(s)

ANSP Air Navigation Services Provider

ANSI American National Standards Institute

Ao Operational Availability

AOC Assume Of Control

AOI Area of Operational Interest

AOR Area of Responsibility

AOS ATM Operations Manager

APATSI Airport Air Traffic Systems Interface

APE Analysis Programme for Evaluation

API Application Programmers Interface

APL ATC Flight Plan

APM Approach Path Monitoring

APP Approach control

APR Automatic Position Reporting

APW Area Proximity Warning

AQAP Allied Quality Assurance Publication

AR Acceptance Review

AR Airspace Reservation

ARC Assigned Rate of Climb/descent

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Acronym Description

ARCID Aircraft Identification (callsign)

ARN ATS Route Network / Air Route Network

ARP Address Resolution Protocol

ARP AiRPorts

ARR ARRival (message)

ARTAS Advanced Radar Tracker And Server

ARTTS Asynchronous Real-Time and Telecommunication System

ARU Airspace Reservations Unit

ARUNW Allocated arrival RUNWay

ARWY Arrival RunWaY

ASCII American national Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASD Air Situation Display

ASF Airspace Support Function

ASI Assuming Sector Indicator

ASN Abstract Syntax Notation

ASNO Approach Sequence Number

ASP Assigned Speed

ASPB Air Situation Play Back

ASSR Assigned SSR code

ASTERIX All-purpose Structured Eurocontrol Radar Information eXchange

ASW Air Situation Window

ATA Actual Time of Arrival

ATC Air Traffic Control

ATCA Air Traffic Control Assistant

ATCC Air Traffic Control Centre

ATCO Air Traffic Control Officer

ATCCOMM Air Traffic Control Communications

ATCS Air Traffic Control System

ATD Actual Time of Departure

ATFCM Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management

ATFM Air Traffic Flow Management

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Acronym Description

ATFMU Air Traffic Flow Management Unit

ATG Air Traffic Generator

ATI Air Terminal Information

ATIS Automatic Terminal Information Service

ATM Air Traffic Management

ATM-DPS Air Traffic Management-Data Processing System

ATN Aeronautical Telecommunication Network

ATO Actual Time Over

ATOW Actual Take Off Weight

ATP Acceptance Test Procedure

ATP Acceptance Test Plan

ATP Air Trajectory Plotting

ATPS Acceptance Test Plan and Specification

ATS Air Traffic Service

ATSA Air Traffic Services Assistant

ATSC Air Traffic Services Centre

ATSN Air Traffic Service Network

ATSU Air Traffic Services Unit

ATYP Aircraft Type

ATZ Aerodrome Traffic Zone

AUP Airspace Use Plan

AUT AUTonomous system

AV Attribute Value

AWP Ancillary Working Position

AWS Automatic Weather Station

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B

Acronym Description

BADA Base of Aircraft Data

BCTR Build Clearance Testing Review

BCH Benchmark Position

BCW Building and Civil Works

BD Build Developement

BDF Bitmap Description Format

BEST Begining to End for Simulator and Training subsystem

BESTS Begining to End for Simulator and Training Simulator

BFD Basic Flight Data Message

BIOS Basic Input Output System

BIT Built-in Test

BITE Built-in Test Equipment

BNC Bayonet Locking Coax (connector)

BNS Basic Name Server

BoM Bureau of Meteorology

BPN Boundary Entry Point

bps bits per second

BPX Boundary Exit Point

BSS Basic System Software

C

Acronym Description

C Consumables

C High level programming language

C (C) = Central level of maintenance

C/S Call Sign

C++ High level programming language

C-RCMS Center-Remote Control & Monitoring System

C2 level Security level in the United States of America Department of Defense

CA Conflict Alert

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Acronym Description

CAD Computer Assisted Design

CAL CCAMS Alive (message)

CALS Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistic Support

CAM Conflict Alert Message

CAM Code Assignment Message

CAR CCAMS Alive Request (message)

CARD Conflict And Risk Display window

CAS Calibrated Air Speed

CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering

CB Central Battery

CBA CMM Based Appraisal

CBL Contractual BaseLine

CBT Computer Based Training

CBU Central Briefing Unit

CCA Communication Converter ASN.1

CCAMS Centralised Code Assignment and Management System

CCB Configuration Control Board

CCM Code Cancellation Message

CCR Customer Change Request

CCS Cost Control System

CCS Central Clock System

CCX Communication Converter ASTERIX

CDA Conflict Display Area

CDA Coordination Approval (message)

CDC Consistent Datastore Copies

CDN Coordination (message)

CDP Communication Data Processor

CDP Central Data Processing

CDP Cisco Discovery Protocol

CDPS Central Data Processing System

CDR Critical Design Review

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Acronym Description

CDR Co-ordination Request (message)

CDR ConDitionnal Route

CDRL Contract Data Requirements List

CDROM Compact Disk Read OnIy-Memory

CDTS Console Detailed Technical Specification

CEN Comité Européen de Normalisation

CEO Chief Executive Officier

CEX Communication Editor ASTERIX

CFD Change to Flight Data Message

CFDS Central Flight Data Section

CFI Customer Furnished Item

CFE Customer Furnished Equipment

CFL Cleared Flight Level

CFMU Central Flow Management Unit (Eurocontrol)

CH Channel Check Message

CHG Change (message)

CI Configuration Item

CIDIN Common ICAO Data Interchange Network

CIL Consumable Item List

CIP Convergence and Implementation Programme

CJI Controller Jurisdiction Indicator

CLAM Cleared Level Adherence Monitoring

CLD Clearance Departure

CM Configuration Management

CMA Context Management Application

CMC Central Master Clock

CMM Control and Maintenance Monitoring

CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integration

CMP Configuration Management Plan

CN Change Notice

CNL Cancel (message)

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Acronym Description

CNS Communications, Navigation and Surveillance

COC Certificate Of Conformity

COD SSR Code Assignment (message)

COD Comments On Documents

COF Change Of Frequency (message)

COM Communications

COMC Communication Centre

COP Coordination Point

COPN Entry Coordination Point (before entry in FIR)

COPS Common Operational Performance Specifications

COPX Exit Coordination Point (after exit from FIR)

COR COde Request (message)

CORA COnflict Resultation Advisory

CoT Certificate of Test

COTS Commercial Off The Shelf

CP Color/Planes library

CPDLC Controller Pilot Data Link Communication

CPCI Computer Program Configuration Item

CPL Current Flight Plan

CPM Critical Path Method

CPR Cost Performance Report

CPR Correlated Position Report

CPS Central Print Service

CPU Central Processing Unit

CR Change Request

CRAM Conditional Route Availability Message

CRCO Central Route Charges Office (Eurocontrol)

CRD Conflict Risk Display

CRDA Converging Runway Display Aid

CRE Code RElease (message)

CS Callsign

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Acronym Description

CS Clock Synchronisation

CSC Computer Software Component

CSCI Computer Software Configuration Item

CSCM Central System Control and Monitoring

CSN Channel Sequence Number

CTAG CallSign TAG

CSU Computer Software Unit

CTM Change Message To Military

CTOT Calculated Take-Off Time

CTR Customer Task Request

CTR Control Zone

CVP Contract Variation Proposal

CWBS Contractor Work Breakdown Structure

CWP Controller Working Position

CWPS Controller Working Position System

D

Acronym Description

DA Direct Access

DAF Data Analysis Facility

DAFS Data Analysis Facility System

DAIW Danger Area Infringement Warning

DAL Development Assurance Level

DAS Dual Attachment Station

DAS Data Analysis System

DAT Digital Audio Tape

DB Data Base

db decibel

DBM Data Base Management

dbm decibel referenced to 1 milliwatt

DBMS Data Base Management System

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Acronym Description

DC Device Control

DC Direct Current

DCFEP Data Communication Front-End Processor

DCR Demand Contract Request

DCS Data Communications System

DCT Direct Route

DCT Direct Flight

DCxxx Donnée de Construction

DEE DPS Eurocat-E

DEP DEParture (message)

DES (Flight) De-Suspend Message

DEV Development Server

DEVP Development Position

DEVTEST DEVelopment TEST system

DFL Dynamic Flight Leg

DID Data Item Description

DIP Dual In-line Pin

DLA DeLay message

DLC DeLivery Controller (Tower)

DLIC Data Link Initiation Capability

DLT Digital Linear Tape drive

DM Dialog Manager

DM Data Manager

DMAN Departure Manager

DME Distance Measuring Equipment

DME/N Distance Measuring Equipment / Narrow

DMP Data Management Plan / Documentation Management Plan

DMS DataBase Management Plan System

DNC Dual Node Control

DO Dialog Object

DO District Office

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Acronym Description

DOD Department Of Defense

DOD MIL Department Of Defense Military

DOF Date Of Flight

DP Data Processor

DPDS Data Preparation and Distribution System

dpi dots per inch

DPL Displayed Plan

DPM Departure Path Monitoring

DPO Data Preparation Operator

DPP Data Pres /entation Processing unit or Data Processor Presentation

DPR Data Preparation

DPRS Data PReparation System

DPS Data Processing Subsystem or Data Processing Systems

DPS Data ProcessingPlayback System

DPSG Data Processing System General

DR Disaster Recovery

DR & R Data Recording and Replay

DRB Document Review Board

DRPS Data Recording and Playback System

DRS Data Recording System

DRU Data Regrouping Unit

DRUNW Allocated Departure Runway

DRWY Departure RunWaY

DSS Data Specialist Section

DSF Distribution and Switching Facilities

DT&E Development Test and Evaluation

DTED Digital Terrain Elevation Data

DTP Dynamic Truncking Protocol

DTMF Dual Tone Multi Frequency (code)

DTSN Data Transfer Serial Number

DTSS Data Transmission and Switching System

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Acronym Description

DUPE SSR Duplication

DVD Digital Versatile Disc

DVRPS Digital Voice Recording and Playback System

DWH (CFMU) Data WareHouse

E

Acronym Description

E + M Signaling

EAC Estimate at Completion

EAD European AIS Database

EAT Expected Approach Time

EATCHIP European ATC Harmonisation and Integration Programme

EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EC Executive Controller

ECAC European Civil Aviation Conference

ECL En-route Cruising Level

ECMM External Control and Monitoring Maintenance

ECP Engineering Change Proposal

ECR Engineering Change Request

EDD Electronic Data Display

EDG Environmental Data Generation

EDI Environmental Data Information

EEC Equipment Essentially Code

EET Estimated Elapsed Time

EFL Entry Flight Level

EIB European lnvestment Bank

EMC Electro Magnetic Compatibility

EMG Emergency

EMGS External Message Generator System

EMI Electro Magnetic Interference

EMSS External Message Simulation System

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Acronym Description

EMW Electronic Maintenance Workshop

ENV ENVironment (data)

EOBD Estimated Off-Block Date

EOBT Estimated Off-Block Time

EOP End Of Picture (weather radar data)

EPRT External Processing Response Time

EQCST Equipment Capability and Status

EQUIP Navigational Equipment

ERR ERRor (message)

ESD Electro Static Discharge

ESM Eurocat Segment Manager

EST Estimate (message)

ETA Estimated Time of Arrival

ETB Estimated Time at Boundary

ETC Estimate to Complete

ETD Estimated Time of Departure

ETDB Estimated Time of Departure or Boundary

ETFMS Enhanced Tactical Flow Management System

ETH Ethernet

ETI External Time Injection

ETN Estimated Time of Entry

ETN Estimated Time Over COPN

ETO Estimated Time Over

ETOB Estimated Time Over Boundary

ETOT Estimated Take-Off Time

ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute

ETX Estimated Time Over COPX

EU European Union

EUR European

EUR EURope Participating Area

EURO EURO currency

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Acronym Description

EUROCONTROL European Organization for Safety of Air Navigation

EXDS EXternal Data Server

EXO Exercise

EXT Exit

F

Acronym Description

F Factory level of maintenance

FA Factory Acceptance

FAB Functional Airspace Block (of the Single European Sky)

FAF Final Approach Fix

FAMUS Future Air traffic Management modernization and Upgrade System

FANS Future Air Navigation System

FASD Future Air Situation Display

FAT Factory Acceptance Test

FAX Facsimile

FBL Functional Baseline

FC Failure Condition

FCA Functional Configuration Audit

FCOPN FIR COPN

FCOPX FIR COPX

FDA Flight Data Assistant

FDD Flight plan Data Generator Departure position

FDDI Fibre Distributed Data Interface

FDE Flight Data Exchange

FDF Flight Data Function

FDG Flight plan Data Generator

FDMD Flight Data Management and Distribution

FDO Flight Data Operator

FDP Flight Data Processing

FDPS Flight Data Processing System

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Acronym Description

FDR Flight Data Record

FDRG Flight Data Region

FDX Flight Data eXchange

FE tones injected by the Far End switch

FETN FIR Estimated Time over eNtry coordination point

FETX FIR ETX

FFS Flight plan Fallback System

FHA Functional Hazard Assessment

FHA (R) Functional Hazard Assessment (Report)

FIC Flight Information Centre

FIFO First ln First Out

FlO Flight Information Office

FIP Flight plan Integration in PTG

FIR Flight Information Region

FIS Flight Information Service

FISC Flight Information Service Cell

FIT Fault Isolation Time

FL Flight Level

FLS Flight Suspension Message

FMEA Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

FMECA Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis

FMP Flow Management Position

FMS Flight Management System

FMTP Flight Message Transfer Protocol

FNM Flow Notification Message (Oceanic FPL message)

FO Fibre Optics

FOB Free On Board

FOW Free On Wharf

FP Flight Plan

FP Front Processor

FPASD Flight Plan Air Situation Display

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Acronym Description

FPBSS Front Processor Basic System Software/Services

FPCA Flight Plan Conflict Area

FPCF Flight Plan Conflict Function

FPCI Flight Plan Conflict Inhibition

FPCP Flight Plan Conflict Probe

FPCPS Flight Plan Conflict Probe System

FPCR Flight Plan Conflict Region

FPD Form or template Products and Development

FPF Flight Plan Function

FPG Form or template Program Management

FPL Flight Plan

FPM Flight Progress Monitor

FPSA Flight Plan System Area

FPSUP Front Processor Supervisor

FPW Flight Plan Window

FQR Formal Qualification Review

FREQ FREQuency

FRUL Flight Rule

FSA First System Activation (message)

FSC Fiche de Suivi de Configuration

FSM Flight System Message (for DCL or ATIS data link services)

FTA Fault Tree Analysis

FTM First Message to Military

Ftext Free Text

FTP File Transfer Protocol

FTYP Flight Type

FUA Flexible Use of Airspace

FUFL First Usable Flight Level

FVM Functional Verification Matrix

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G

Acronym Description

G/G Ground/Ground

GA General Aviation

GAAP General Aviation ForecastAerodrome Procedures

GAFOR General Aviation Forecast (meteorological charts)

GAT General Air Traffic

GBE Government Business Enterprise

GBSS Graphic Basic System Software

GC Graphics Context

GCL Graphic Cursor Line

GCN General Computing Network

GEF Graphical Editor Facility

GF-xxx General Form number

GEN General

GEOREF Geographical Reference

GG Ground-Ground

GIF Graphics Interchange Format

GL Group of Lowest replaceable unit

GLRU Group of Lowest Replaceable Unit

GMT Greenwich Mean Time

GO Graphical Object

GPI Get Point Information

GPS Global Positioning System

GPSS Global Positioning Satellite System

GQA Government Quality Assurance

GRC GRound Controller

GRIB Grid Binary (Meteorological data)

GS Ground Speed

GUI Graphical User Interface

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H

Acronym Description

HAM Holding Adherence Monitoring

HBS Hotline Back-up System

HCI Human Computer Interface

HCR Hot standby Computer Redundancy

HCT Hardware Configuration Tool

HDBK Handbook

HDD Hardware Design Document

HDLC High Level Data Link Control

HF High Frequency

HFE Human Factor Engineering

HFX Holding Fix

HHMMSS hour-hour/minute-minute/second-second

HIJ Hijack

HIM Hardware Installation Manager

HLD Holding

HLM High Level Meetings

HMI Human Machine Interface

HNDOFF Hand Off

HNDOVER Hand Over

HOA Hand-Off Accept

HOP Hand-Off

HOP Hand Over Proposal (message)

hPa Hecto Pascal

HPRT HMI Preview Response Time

HPT Holding Point

HRT High Resolution Timers

HS High Speed (displayed in ASP field)

HSR Hot Stand-by Redundancy

HSRP Hot Standby Router Protocol

HST Holding Start Time

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HTT Holding Termination Time

HVAC Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

HVI Holding Volume Infringement

HW HardWare

HW Factory Hardware platform description

HWCI Hardware Configuration Item

HWM HardWare Manager

HWCM HardWare Configuration Manager

Hz Hertz

I

Acronym Description

I/O Hotline Back-up System

lA Indirect Access

IA5 International Alphabet No. 5

lAS lndicated Air Speed

IAT Intelligent AFTN Terminal

IATA International Air Transport Association

lB Information (display) Button

IBR lntegrated Baseline Review

IC Intercom

ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation

lCD Interface Control Document

ICM Inter Control Marking

ICMM In-Built Control Monitoring and Maintenance

ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol

ICWG Interface Control Working Group

IDD Interface Design Document

IDRL Internal Data Requirements List

IDS Information Display System

IEC International Electrotechnical Committee

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (US)

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Acronym Description

IES Interface Editor System

IFDH Initial Flight Data Handling

IFL Intermediate Flight Level

IFNM Flow Notification Message (Oceanic FPL message)

IFPDQ Individual Flight Plan Data Query

IFPLID IFPS Flight Id

IFPS lntegrated initial Flight Plan Processing System

IFR Instrument Flight Rules

IGN Institut Geographique National

ILS lntegrated Logistic Support

ILS Instrument Landing System

ILSM lntegrated Logistic Support Manager

ILSP lntegrated Logistic Support Plan

ILSPP Integrated Logistic Support program Plan

IM Integration Manager

IMP Interface Management Plan

INF Installation Files / Information (message)

INF INFormation Message

INP Installation Plan

INT INterval Time

IO Inter Operability

IOBD Initial estimated Off-Block Date

IOBT Initial estimated Off-Block Time

IOC Input / Output Calls

IOF Inter Operability Feature

IP Internet Protocol

IP Intellectual Property

IPC Inter Process Communications

IPG Instruction Program Management

IPI Internal Process Improvement

IPM Internet Protocol Multicast

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Acronym Description

IPR Intellectual Property Rights

IPRT Internal Processing Response Time

IP-xxx Instruction Permanent IP-xxx

IRD Interface Requirements Documents

IRF Incident Report Form

IRIG Clock signal format

IRS Interface Requirements Specification

IS Information System

ISA International Standard Atmosphere

ISDN lntegrated Services Digital Network

ISO International Standardisation Organisation

IT Information Technology

ITG Integration Test Goal

ITGR Integration Test Goal & Result

ITM Integration Technical Meeting

ITP Integration Test Plan

ITR Integration Test Result

ITU International Telecommunications Union

J

Acronym Description

JAVA High level programming language

JCCB Joint Configuration Control Board

K

Acronym Description

KB Kilo Byte

KDS Keyboard Display System

KHz Kilo Hertz

km Kilometer

KPA Key Process Area

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Acronym Description

KVM Keyboard Video Mouse

L

Acronym Description

L tones injected by the local switch

LAB LABel Line

LAM Logical Acknowledgment Message

LAN Local Area Network

LB Local Battery (circuits)

LBT Logistic Breakdown Tree

LCC Life Cycle Cost

LCD Liquid Crystal Display

LCM Label Conflict Management

LCMM Local Control Monitoring and Maintenance

LCN Logical Channel Node

LCT Local Control Terminal

LDA Low Detection Area

LDT Logistic Delay Time

LED Light Emitting Diode

LFL Last (reported) Flight Level

LFUNC Logical Link Control Function

LINES Link Interface Node for External Systems

LJR Low Jet Route

LLC Logical Link Control

LLF Low Level Forecast

LLZ Localizer

LMCD List of Major Cost Drivers

LO Logistics

LoA Letter of Agreement

LOA List Of Acronyms

LOC LOcal (Tower) Controller

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Acronym Description

LOF Logon-On Forwarding message

LORA Level Of Repair Analysis

LOS List Of Supply

LPL Local Flight Plan

LRFL Last Reported Flight Level

LRPS Local Recording and Playback System

LRR Long Range Radar

LRSU Lowest Restartable (or Rebootable) Software Unit

LRU Lowest Replaceable Unit (Line Replaceable Unit)

LS Logistic Support

LSA Logistic Support Analysis

LSCM Local System and Control Monitoring

LSCMIO Local System and Control Monitoring Input/Output

LSE Logistic Support Element

LTRMT Long Time Reliability Maintainability Test

LTRMTP Long Time Reliability Maintainability Test Plan

LUFL Last Usable Flight Level

M

Acronym Description

M Modules (replaceable)

MAC Maintenance Allocation Chart

MAC Message for the Abrogation Of Co-ordination (OLDI)

MAC Milestone Acceptance Certificate

MAC-INI Message of Abrogation of Coordination - to status INItial

MAC-NTF Message of Abrogation of Coordination - to status NoTiFied

MALRT Manual Alert

MAN MANual Message

MART Message Acknowledge Response Time

MAS Manual Assumption Of control (message)

MAS Minimum Acceptable Service

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Mbit Megabit

MCBF Mean Characters Between Failures

MCC Multidomain Control Centre Technical Business Unit

MCI Manual Coordination In (window)

MCO Manual Coordination Out (window)

MCQ Message Correction Queue

MCR Multiple Computation Redundancy

MCS Monitoring and Control System

MCT Maintainability Confidence Test

MCTB Maintainability Confidence Test Plan

MDD Meteorological Data Distribution (function)

MDF Main Distribution Frame

MDI Manage Document Input

MDS Manage Document Storage

MDT Mean Down Time

MET Meteorological Aerodrome Report

METAR Aviation Routine Weather Reports

METREP Meteorological Report

MF Modification Form

MFC Multi Frequency Coding

MFS Main Flight plan System

MHT Multi Hypothesis Tracking

MHz Mega Hertz

MIB Management Information Base

MIL Military

MIL-HDBK Military Handbook

MIL-STD Military Standard

MILMET Meteorological Service for the Military

MIS Management Information System

MLDT Mean Logistic Down Time

MLMAP Main Local MAP

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MLS Microwave Landing System

MMF Multi Mode Fibre (Fibre Optics)

MMI Man Machine Interface

MMT Mean Travel Time

MNR Mach NumbeR (Oceanic Cruising Speed)

MNT MaiNTenance

MNTS MaiNTenance Server

MOD Modification

MoM Minutes of Meeting

MPR Monthly Progress Report

MPRT Menu Preview Response Time

MPT Preventive Maintenance Time

MPVU Multi Plot Variable Update

MRDP Multi Radar Data Processing

MREA Multi Radar Environment Assesment

MRT Mean Restoration Time

MRT Multi-Radar Tracking

MRTS Multi-Radar Tracker and Server

ms millisecond

MSAW Minimum Safe Altitude Warning

MSF Miscellaneous Support Function

MSP Maintenance Support Plan / Medium Speed Printer

MSSR Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar

MSTS Multi Sensor Tracker System

MTBCF Mean Time Between Critical Failures

MTBF Mean Time Between Failures

MTCA Medium Term Conflict Alert

MTCD Medium Term Conflict Detection

MTCR MTCD Region

MTP METAPHASE (configuration Management Tool)

MTP Multi Track Processing

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MTQ Multi-radar Track Quality

MTM Messages To Military

MTTR Mean Time To Repair

MTTR Iru Mean Time To Repair LRU

MTTRp Mean Time to Repair product

MTTRsru Mean Time To Repair SRU

MUT Mean Up Time

MW(T)A Mean Waiting Time, Administrative

MWO Meteorological Watch Office

MWT(A) Mean Waiting Time, Administrative

N

Acronym Description

NA Not Applicable

NAI Non Automatic Initiation

NAL Nomenclature des Articles Logiciels

NAN Next Authority Notified message

NATMS New Air Traffic Management System

NATN National Aeronautical Telecommunication Network

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

NAV Navigation

NAVEX Navigation Exercise

NBT Not Before Time

NDB Non-Directional radio Beacon

NDC National Distribution Centre

NDI Non Developmental Item

NDS Non Developmental Software

NE North/East

NFS Network File System

NIU Network Interface Unit

NLT No Later than Time

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NM /nm Nautical Mile (1 852 m)

NMP Node and Process Management

NMS Noise Monitoring System

NMS Network Management System

NN-PDA Nearest Neighbor-Probabilistic Data Association

NOF International NOTAM Office

NOR/EXT Normal/Extended label line

NOTAM Notice to Air Men

NOTAMC NOTAM Cancel

NOTAMR NOTAM Replace

NPM Node and Process Management

NR Noise Rating

NRAC Number of Aircraft

NRG Non-Regression

NSN NATO Stock Number

NTP Network Time Protocol

NV-Manager NetView supervision Manager

NW North West

O

Acronym Description

OASYS Open Architecture for System Supervision

OAT Operational Air Traffic

OBS Organization Breakdown Structure

OC Operational Coordinator

OCD Operation Concept Document

OCM Operational Configuration Management

OCM Oceanic Clearance Message

OCP Open Communication Processor

OCT Onward Clearance Time

OCT Operational Control/Configuration Terminal

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OCT Onward Clearance Time

ODF Operational Display Function

ODID Operational Display and Input Development

ODS Operator Input and Display System

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

OFB Operational Fallback

OHK Operator Handbook

OJT On the Job Training

OLDI On Line Data Interchange

OLDI/SYSCO On-Line Data lnterchange/System Supported CC-ordination

ONL On-line (Operational Facility)

OO Observing Office

OP_TEXT Flight Information

OPC OPerational Control system

OPCS OPerational Control System

OPFS OPerational Function System

OPS Operational Services

OPSUP Operational Supervisor

ORADIS Open RAdar DIStribution

ORCAM Originating Region Code Assignment Method

ORD Operational Requirement Document

OS Object Server

OS Operating System

OSF Open System Foundation

OSI Open System lnterconnect (Standard)

OSM ODS Subcontract Manager

OT&E Operational Test and Evaluation

OTD Operational Target Date

OTDS Optical Time Domain Reflectometer

OTS Off-The-Shelf

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P

Acronym Description

PA Provisional Acceptance

PA (ORCAM) Participating Area

PABX Private Automatic Branch eXchange

PAC Message for the Abrogation of Go-ordination (OLDI) / Preliminary ACtivation (message)

PACA Preliminary Analysis Completed and Agreed

PaGP Port Aggregation Protocol

PBC Preliminary Business Case

PBL Production BaseLine

PC Personal Computer

PC Pre-Contract phase

PCA Physical Configuration Audit

PCB Printed Circuit Board

PCCB Project Configuration Control Board

PCFL Planned Cleared Flight Level

PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect

PCM Pulse Code Modulation

PCM Programme Contracts Manager

PCP Project Control Plan

PCP Predefined Configuration Plan

PCS Procedure Customer Service

PCSU Physical CSU

PCT Planning Control Theory

PCPA Procedure Conduit Project et Affaires

PCR Problem or Change Report

PDAI Predetermined Address Indicator

PDB Program DataBase

PDC Pre-Departure Clearance (message)

PDI Program Developed Item

PDN Public Data Network

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PDR Preliminary Design Review

PDR Pre-Determined Route

PDTMS Pre-Departure Traffic Management System

PDU Power Distribution Unit

PEL Planned Entry Level

PEX Phigs Extended X-Window

PF Parafield

PFB Pre-Flight Briefing

PFD Probability of Failure Detection

PFL Planned Flight Level

PFLext Probability of Failure/Fault Localisation, external

PFLint Probability of Failure/Fault Localisation, internal

PFR Probability of Failure Repair

PI Prime Item

PIDI Programme Items and Documentation Index

PIDS Prime Item Development Specification

PIL Aircraft Control (Pilot TDF)

PIMS Program Information Management System

PIP Plot Input Processing

PIU Project Implementation Unit

PLC Planning Controller (TDF)

PM Programme Management/ Programme Manager

PMP Programme Management Plan

PMR Programme Management Review

PMR Preventive Maintenance Rate

PMT Programme Management Team

PN Part Number

PN Normal Atmospheric Pressure

PNSO Probability Nil Stock Out

PO Presentation Object

POSIX Portable Operating System Interface (for Computer Environments)

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PPD Procedure Products and Development

PPG Procedure program Management

PPOS Physical Position

PPR Procedure Procurement

PPS Present Position Symbol

PPS Prescripted Payment Scheme

PQ Personal Queue

PQAM Programme Quality Assurance Manager

PQP Procedure Quality and Processes

PR Primary Radar (track)

PRD Prohibited, Restricted and Danger areas

PRL Pilot Reporting Level

PRL Predictor Line

PRM Precision Runway Monitor

P-RNAV Precision Area Navigation

PROM Programmable Read Only Memory

PRT Processing Response

PSDN Public Switched Data Network

PSDR Preliminary System Design Review

PSN Packet Switched Network

PSP Primary Spare Part

PSR Programme Status Report

PSR Primary Surveillance Radar

PSR/MSSR Primary Surveillance Radar/Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar

PSSA Preliminary System Safety Assessment

PSSA_Equipment Preliminary System Safety Assessment of the equipment

PSSAR Preliminary System Safety Assessment Report

PSSR Present SSR code

PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network

PT Point

PTG Plot and Track Generator

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Acronym Description

PTGS Plot and Track Generator System

PTM Programme Team Management

PTR Program Trouble Reports

PTT Post Telephone and Telegraph

PTT Push To Talk

PTY Priority

PWC Public Works Committee

Q

Acronym Description

Q.23 Signaling system for PABX

Q.SIG ATS-Q.SIG - standard for ATC GIG voice communications

QA Quality Assurance

QAaL Quality Assurance activity List

QAM Quality Assurance Manager

QAM Military equivalent to METREPORT

QAP Quality Assurance Plan

QAR Quality Assurance Representative

QAT Quality Assurance Task

QBF Query By Form

QBI Quality Business Improvement

QC Quality Control

QDM Q-code designator for magnetic bearing from source (measurement vector)

QDM Q-code Designation for Magnetic heading

QFE Q-code designator for atmospheric pressure at ground level

QL Quick Look

QM Quality Manager

QMS Quality Management System

QNH Q-code designation for atmospheric pressure at mean sea level

QNH/TL Air Pressure/Transition Level

QOS Quality Of Service

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QPM Quarterly Progress Meeting

R

Acronym Description

R/T Radio / Telephony

RA Radar Arrival position

RAC Radar Alert Capability

RADIN Radar Interface

RADNET RADar NETwork

RAK Regional Airport acKnowledgement

RAM Reliability, Availability and Maintainability

RAM Random Access Memory

RAM Route Adherence Monitoring

RAMPP Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Programme Plan

RAP Referred Activate Proposal (message)

RAR RAM Analysis Report

RASCAL RAdar Sharing CALculations analysis

RASS Radar Analysis Support System

RAW Restricted Airspace status Warning

RB Router Bridge

RBD "Basic" or "Reliability" Block Diagram

RBS Radio Backup System

RC Radar Controller

RCD Request Clearance Delivery message

RCD Departure Clearance Request

RCF Radio Communication Failure

RCM Runway Configuration Message

RCMS Remote Control and Monitoring System

RCPS Remote Communication Processing System

RCRT Refresh Cycle Response Time

RCS Revision Control System

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RD Radar Departure Position

RDF Radar Data Function

RDG Radar Data Generator

RDP Radar Data Processing

RDPS Radar Data Processing System

REA Ready Message

REC Recording

REJ REJection message

REP Replay Processing

REV Revision (message)

RFBS Radar FallBack System

RFD Request For Deviations

RFL Requested Flight Level

RFP Radar Front Processor

RFS Radar Fall-back System

RFW Request For Waiver-deviation

RGB Red-Green-Blue

RJC Reject Coordination (message)

RLS Release Message

RLW Request for Lifting Waiver-deviation

RMA Reliability, Maintainability, Availability

RMCDE Radar Message Conversion and Distribution Equipment

RMM Reduced Modes Management

RMT ReMoTe

RNAS Recording Network Attached Storage

RNAV Area Navigation

RNG Range Marker

ROC Rate of Climb

ROCD Rate Of Climb/Descent

ROD Record Of Discussions/Meeting

ROD Rate Of Descent

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ROF Request On Frequency (message)

ROM Read Only Memory

RP Reporting Point

RPF Recording and Playback Function

RPL Repetitive Flight Plan

RPM / rpm Revolutions Per Minute

RPS Radar Position Symbol

RPS Recording and Playback System

RPT Repeat Request Message

RQP Request Flight Plan (ICAO message)

RQS Request Supplementary Flight Plan

RRQ Release Request Message

RRR Radar Data Recording and Replay System

RRV Referred Revision Proposal (message)

RSTP Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

RTE Route

RTF Radio Telephony

RTI Request Tactical Instructions Message

RTM Requirements Traceability Matrix

RTOS Real Time Operating System

RUL Flight Rule Field

RUNW Runway

RVM Requirements Verification Matrix

RVR Runway Visual Range

RVSM Reduced Vertical Separation Minima

RWY Runway

S

Acronym Description

S/W South/West

SA Site Acceptance

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SAC Source Access Code

SADIS Satellite Distribution (of global area weather forecast)

SADT Structured Analysis and Design Technique

SAM SIot Allocation Message

SAMS Sequencing And Metering System

SAP Segregated Airspace Probe

SAR Safety Assessment Report / Search And Rescue

SARMC Search and Rescue Mission Coordination

SAS Single Attachement Station

SASS Sector ASSistant

SAT Site Acceptance Test

SBY Standby (message)

SC Support Controller

SC System Capacity

SCC System Capacity Co-ordinate Centre

SCCB Software Configuration Control Board

SCDR System Critical Design Review

SCFL System Computed Flight Level

SCL Source Code Listing

SCM Software Configuration Management

SCM System Control and Monitoring

SCMIO System Control and Monitoring Input Output

SCN Specification Change Notice

SCMP Software Configuration Management Plan

SCSI Small Computer System Interface

SD System Definition

SDB Static Data Base

SDC System Defense and Control Division

SDD Software Design Document

SDD Synthetic Data Display

SDE Software Development Environment

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SDF Software Development Files

SDG Sensor Data Generator

SDL Software Development Library

SDLT Super Digital Linear Tape

SDM Supplementary Data (message)

SDO System Development model Overview

SDP Software Development Plan

SDP Specification Development Phase

SDR System Design Review

SDRL Subcontractor Data Requirements List

SE South/East

SEC System Essentially Code

SEE Software Engineering Environment

SELCAL Selective Calling (System)

SEM Supply and Equipment Management

SEM System Engineering Manager

SEMD Supply and Equipment Management Description

SEPG Software Engineering Process Group

SFCA System Functional Configuration Audit

SI System Integration

SI Sector lnbound

SI Sector Indicator

SIAR French government supervisor services

SIC Source Identification Code

SID Standard Instrument Departure

SIGMET Significant Meteorological Information

SIL Sector lnbound List

SIL Safety Issue Log

SimDyVA-CC Dynamic Validation Application -Co-ordination Centre simulator

SIMU Simulator

SIT System Integration Test

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SITA Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques

SKPL Simulated Kinematic flight Plan

SLC Slot Allocation (message)

SLC Shelf Life Code

SLOC Source Lines Of Code

SM Segment Manager

SMATSA Serbia and Montenegro Air Traffic Services Agency Ltd.

SMDE Software Maintenance and Development Environment

SMF System Modification Form

SMI System Message Indicator

SMM System Maintenance Manual

SMP Segment Management Plan / Software Maintenance Processor

SMS Software Maintenance Support

SMW Stack Manager Window

SNET Safety NET

SNF Safety Network Function

SNMAP Safety Nets Monitor Aids Processor/Processing

SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol

SNMS Safety Net and Monitoring System

SOW Statement Of Work

sp speed

SP System Parameter

SPCA System Physical Configuration Audit

SPCAR System Physical Configuration Audit Review

SPDU Session Protocol Data Unit

SPE Software Product Evaluation

SPECI aerodrome SPECIial weather report

SPFL System Planned Flight Level

SPI Special Position Indicator

SPI Special Pulse Identification

SPL Spare Provisioning List

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SPL Supplementary Flight Plan message

SPMS Software configuration management tool

SPP System Performance Plan / Safety Program Plan

SPR System Performance Report

SPS Software Product Specification

SPT SPecification Tree

SPT Strip PrinTer

SQ Sequence

SPTE Special Test Equipment

SQA Software Quality Assurance

SR Safety Requirement

SR Secondary Radar track

SRA Security Risk Assessment

SRM SIot Revision Message

SRR System Requirements Review

SRS Software Requirements Specification

SRU Shop Replaceable Unit

SS System Specifications

SS Sector Suite

SSDD System/Segment Design Document

SSF System Support Facility

SSP Secondary Spare Part

SSPP Safety and Security Programme Plan

SSR Secondary Surveillance Radar

SSR Software Specification Review

SSS System Subsystem Specification

STAR Standard Terminal Arrival Route

STCA Short Term Conflict Alert

STD Standard

STE Support and Test Equipment

STEL Support and Test Equipment List

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Acronym Description

STL Support and Test Equipment List

STRR System Test Readiness Review

SU Software Unit

SUM Software Unit User Manual

SUP Supervisor

SUP/ACC ACC Supervisor

SUP/APP Approach Supervisor

SUP/TWR Tower Supervisor

SUR Site Survey Report

SURT Screen Update Response Time

SUS Site Survey Schedule

SW Software

SWP Support Working Position

SWP Software Work Package

SYP System Dimensioning Plan

SYR System Dimensioning Report

SYSCO System Supported Coordination

SYS-MNG SYStem MaNaGer

T

Acronym Description

T Truncated Route

T&E Test and Evaluation

TA Transition Altitude

TACC Terminal Area Control Cell

TAF Terminal Area Forecast

TAR Terminal Area Radar

TAR Terminal Approach Radar

TAS True Air Speed

TBA To Be Advised

TBC To Be Completed

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TBD To Be Defined

TCIOC Technical and Operational control functionalities

TCAS Threat and Collision Avoidance System (ACAS)

TCCB Thales Air Systems Configuration Control Board

TCDP Technical Control Data Processor

TCM Thales Air Systems Contract Manager

TCM Time and Clock Management

TCM Technical Committee Meeting

TCP Transport Control Protocol

TCP/IP Transport Control Protocol/lnternet Protocol

TCT Terminal Control Terminals

TCU Terminal Control Unit

TDA Technical Data

TDAL Technical Data List

TDP Technical Data Package

TDS Test and Development System

TFC Track Flight plan Coupling

TFD Thin Film Diode

TFT Thin Film Transistor

THCI TOMCAT Human Computer Interface

THD Total Harmonic Distortion

TIFF Tagged Image File Format

TIM Transfer Initiation Message

TIP Touch Input and Display Panel

TIP Tactical Instructions Proposal Message

TL Transition Level

TLOG Traces LOGger

TM Time Management

TMA Terminal Maneuvering Area

TMAC Terminal Management Area Centre

TMCS Technical Monitoring and Control System

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TOC Transfer Of Control

TOC Top Of Climb

TOD Top Of Descend

TOW Take Off Weight

TP Transport Protocol

TP Test Procedures

TP Trajectory Prediction

TP Test Plan

TPB Test Procedure Book

TPM Technical Performance Measurement

TPP Training Programme Plan

TPT Touchdown Point

TQ Track Quality

TR Test Reports/Result

TRA Temporary Reserved Airspace

TRB Test Result Book

TRD Training Document

TRG Training

TRK Tracking (test family)

TRR Test Readiness Reviews

TRS Time Reference System

TS Training System

TS Tracker System

TSA Temporary Segregated Area

TSSR Aircraft Transponded SSR Code

TSSR Terminal Secondary Surveillance Radar

TSD Technical System Division

TTF Trend Type Forecast

TTF Training and Test Facilities

TTLEET Total Estimated Elapsed Time

TTM Test Transponder Monitoring

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TTP Transition Plan

TTY Teletype

TWR Tower Control Centre

TX Transmitter (key/switch)

U

Acronym Description

U Units (functional)

UAC Upper Area Center

UAP User Application Profile

UBSS Unix Based System Software

UCFG UBSS configuration

UCFGI UBSS configuration

UDP User Datagram Protocol

UHF Ultra High Frequency

UIMS User Interface Management System

UlO User Interface Object

UIR Upper flight Information Region

UPS Uninterruptable Power Supply

URD User’s Requirements Database

USB Universal Serial Bus

UTC Universal Time Coordinated

UTP Unshield Twisted Pair

UXFL Unit eXit Flight Level

V

Acronym Description

V&V Verification and Validation

VA Visual Approach

VAC Alternate Current Voltage

VASIS Visual Approach Slope Indicator System

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VAW Vertical Aid Window

VCS Voice Communications System

VDC Direct Current Voltage

VDD Version Description Document

VDU Video Display Unit

VEL Velocity Leader

VESDA Very Early Smoke Detection Alarm

VFL Vacated Flight Level

VFR Visual Flight Rules

VGA Video Graphics Array

VGI Virtual Graphic Interface

VHF Very High Frequency

VLAN Virtual Local Aera Network

VM Validation Manager

VNTP Virtual Network Trunk Protocol

VO Vector Origin Input

VOLMET Meteorological information for aircraft in flight

VOR VHF Omnidirectional Radio (Beacon)

VPN Virtual Private Networking

VQT Verification, Qualification and Test

VRPS Voice Recording and Playback System

VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal

VSP Variable System Parameter

VT Verify Time

VTN Voice Telecommunications Network

VVT Verification and Validation Team

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W

Acronym Description

W West

WAN Wide Area Network

WAR WARning (message)

WAR Workpackage Acceptance Review

WBS Work Breakdown Structure

WCQ Message Correction Queue

WEA Weather Lines Display

WGS84 World Geodetic System / Standard (1984)

WK WorKstation

WMB Window Management Button

WMO World Meteorological Organisation

WORM Write Once, Read Many

WP Working Position

WP Work Package

WP-xxx Working Paper-(number)

WPM Work Package Manager

WPO Work Package Order

WPT Way Point

WR Weather Radar

WSO Weather Service Office

WTC Wake Turbulence Category

WX Weather

WYSIWYG What You See s What You Get

X

Acronym Description

XDRL CDRL,SDRL or IDRL

XDS eXternal flight Data Server

XFL Exit Flight Level

XIN Crossing Intentions Notification message

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Acronym Description

XRQ Crossing IntentionsRequest

Acronyms

Documents

thales air systems documents

property of thales air

thales group documents

loaf8224ce document

gally thales programme

document overview

loa rev

famus programme