A-TES

Advanced Tactical Engagement Simulations

A/C

Aircraft

A/D

Analog to Digital

A/V

Audio/Visual

A2C2

Army Airspace Command and Control

A2C2S

Army Airborne Command and Control System

ABCS

Army Battle Command System

ABN

Airborne

AC

Active Component

ACA

Airspace Coordination Area

ACC

Air Combat Command

ACE

Analysis Control Element or Adaptive Communication Environment or Advanced Collaborative Environment or Aviation Combat Element

ACM

Airspace Control Measures

ACMI

Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation

ACO

Airspace Control Order

ACR

Advanced Concepts and Requirements or Armored Cavalry Regiment

ACTD

Advanced Concept and Technology Demonstration

ACTF

Army Constructive Training Federation

AD

Advanced Deployability or Armored Division

ADA

Air Defense Artillery

ADC-M

Assistant Division Commander-Maneuver

ADC-S

Assistant Division Commander-Support

ADF

Automatic Direction Finding

ADST

Advanced Distributed Simulation Technology

Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS)

Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) is a member of the ATCCS and provides an integrated fire support command and control system that will process mission and other related information to coordinate and maximize the use of all fire support assets. AFATDS will provide processing capabilities from Corps to the Platoon Fire Direction Center.

AE

Army Experiment

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard

AEW

Airborne Electronic Warfare

AFB

Air Force Base

AFIS

Advanced Fingerprint Identification System

After Action Review (AAR)

A professional discussion of a training event focused on performance standards, that enable the soldiers to discover for themselves what happened, why it happened, and how to sustain strengths and improve on weaknesses. It is a tool that leaders, trainers, and units can use to get the maximum benefit from every mission or task.

AGES

Air Ground Engagement System

AGL

Above Ground Level

AGM

Air to Ground Missile

AIS

Automated Information System

All Source Analysis System (ASAS)

All Source Analysis System (ASAS) is a member of the ATCCS and provides a ground-based automated intelligence processing and dissemination system designed to provide intelligence and targeting support to the battle commanders.

ALO

Air Liaison Officer

AMDWS

Air and Missile Defense Work Station

AMPS

Aviation Mission Planning System

AMSAA

Army Approved Damage Assessment Algorithm

AMSO

Army Modeling and Simulation Office

AO

Area of Operation

AP

Access Point

API

Application Program Interface

APOBS

Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breach System

APOD

Aerial Port of Debarkation

APOE

Aerial Port of Embarkation

Application Engineering

An interactive process for the design and development of a product that satisfies specified customer requirements. In application engineering, a developer uses the domain model(s) within the product line to understand the capabilities offered by the product line architecture and specifies a system for development. The developer then uses the product line architecture to build the system.

Appliqué

Appliqué is the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade-and-Below (FBCB2) initiative to digitize the battlefield. Computer hardware, software and interfaces will be installed on weapons platforms and vehicles at brigade-and-below echelons and deployed with individual dismounted soldiers.

AR

Armor

ARFOR

Army Forces

Army Battle Command System

The Army’s automated command and control system consists of digital systems, facilities, people, and procedures. The BFA components are the Global Command and Control Systems-Army (GCCS-A), Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS), All Source Analysis System (ASAS), Combat Service Support Control System (CSSCS), Air and Missile Defense Planning and Control System (AMDPCS), Maneuver Control System (MCS), Force XXI Battle Command–Brigade and Below (FBCB2) System, and the Tactical Airspace Information System (TAIS). Enabling components to ABCS are the Digital Topographic Support System (DTSS) and the Integrated Meteorological System (IMETS), while the Warfighter Information Network Tactical (WIN-T), Tactical Internet (TI) and the Integrated Systems Control (ISYSCON). (ABCS CRD, Ver 1c.)

Army Tactical Command and Control System (ATCCS)

The Army Tactical Command and Control System (ATCCS) is made up of five systems: Maneuver Control System (MCS); Air and Missile Defense Planning and Control System (AMDPCS); All Source Analysis System (ASAS); Combat Service Support Control System (CSSCS); and Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS). ATCCS will be linked directly to Global Command and Control System - Army (GCCS-A), providing a framework of seamless connectivity from brigade to corps. ATCCS is also the linchpin between AGCCS and Force XXI Battle Command Brigade-and-Below (FBCB2), creating a holistic, seamless integration of battle command from individual platforms to echelons above corps (EAC).

Army Training XXI Functional Architecture

The Army Training XXI Functional Architecture (ATFA) addresses the actual training processes and activities that take place to “Train the Force.” The purpose of the ATFA is to provide the functional framework for the supporting technical and systems architectures on which all future AT XXI automated training systems will be built.

Army Training XXI Technical Architecture

The Army Training XXI Technical Architecture (ATTA) fully supports a standards-based, data-driven, reconfigurable, self-organizing-to-task (SOTT) system of systems for managing training information. This architecture is designed from the top-down to support the guiding principles introduced in the AT XXI Campaign Plan. The AT XXI system architecture is comprised of eight Automated Information Systems (AISs), each of which is comprised of software segments largely drawn from as-is and objective AT XXI systems. These eight AISs are 1) Training Analysis; 2) Training Design; 3) Training Development; 4) Training Implementation; 5) Training Evaluation; 6) Training Management; 7) Information Transfer; and 8) AT XXI Digital Library System.

ARNG

Army National Guard

ARTEP

Army Training and Evaluation Program

ASET

Aviation Survivability Equipment Trainer

ASOC

Air Support Operations Center

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) has been accepted universally as the transfer mode of choice for Broadband Integrated Services Digital Networks (BISDN). ATM can handle any kind of information i.e. voice, data, image, text and video in an integrated manner. ATM provides good bandwidth flexibility and can be used efficiently from desktop computers to local area and wide area networks. ATM is a connection- oriented packet switching technique in which all packets are of fixed length i.e. 53 bytes (5 bytes for header and 48 bytes for information). ATM technology is configured and installed within MSE communications network in order to provide more efficient management and utilization of the limited bandwidth available within this legacy system. ATM-enabled multimedia technology supports the normal operation and performance of the MSE capabilities of voice and packet-switched data. ATM also provides for real-time dissemination of the commander’s intent and collaborative mission planning and analyses through use of video teleconferencing hardware/software and a collaborative. ATM equipment supports Internet Protocol (IP)-based conferencing and multimedia capabilities and provides high-speed data dissemination through the MSE network.

AT

Army Transformation or Acceptance Test or Annual Training

AT&T

American Telephone and Telegraph

ATDL

Army Training Digital Library Renamed the Reimer Digital Library (RDL)

ATEC

Army Test and Evaluation Command Mission. ATEC plans, conducts, and integrates developmental testing, independent operational testing, independent evaluations, assessments, and experiments in order to provide essential information to decision makers.

ATESS

Advanced Tactical Engagement Simulation System

ATG

Antenna Transceiver Group

ATIA

Army Training Information Architecture

ATIMP

Army Training Information Management Program

ATMD

Army Training Modernization Directorate (of ATSC)

ATO

Air Tasking Order

ATP

Acceptance Test Plan

ATSC

Army Training Support Center

AUSA

Association of the United States Army

AUTL

Army Universal Task List

Autonomous

Able to operate within defined procedures but without external data input.

AVMF

Army Variable Message Format

AVN

Aviation

AWE

Advanced Warfighting Experiment or Area Weapon Effects

AWES

AWE Simulation

AWMDS

Air Warrior Measurement and Debriefing System

Battle Damage Assessment

The timely and accurate estimate of damage resulting from the application of military force, either lethal or nonlethal, against a predetermined objective. Battle damage assessment can be applied to the employment of all types of weapon systems (air, ground, naval, and special forces weapon systems) throughout the range of military operations. Battle damage assessment is primarily an intelligence responsibility with required inputs and coordination from the operators. Battle damage assessment is composed of physical damage assessment, functional damage assessment, and target system assessment. Also called BDA. (JP 102)

Battle Tasks

Tasks that must be accomplished by a subordinate organization if the next higher organization is to accomplish a mission essential task. The senior commander selects battle tasks from each subordinate organization’s mission essential task list.

Battlefield Operating System (BOS)

The Battlefield Operating Systems (BOSs) are the major functions performed by the force on the battlefield to successfully execute Army operations (battles and engagements) in order to accomplish military objectives directed by the operational commander. They include maneuver, fire support, air defense, command and control, intelligence, mobility and survivability, and combat service support. Battlefield Visualization - the process whereby the commander/soldier develops a clear understanding of the current state with relation to the enemy and the environment; envisions a desired outcome; and subsequently visualizes the sequence of activity that will move the force from its current state to the end state.

Battlefield Visualization

The process whereby the commander develops a clear understanding of the current state with relation to the enemy and environment, envisions a desired end state which represents mission accomplishment, and then subsequently visualizes the sequence of activity that moves the commander's force from its current state to the end state.

Battlespace

Components of this space are determined by the maximum capabilities of friendly and enemy forces to acquire and dominate each other by fires and maneuver and in the electromagnetic spectrum (TRADOC PAM 525-5).

BBS

Brigade/Battalion Battle Simulation

BCBST

Brigade Command Battle Staff Training Program

BCE

Battlefield Control Element

BCIS

Battlefield Combat Identification System

BCR

Baseline Change Request

BCS

Battalion-level Battle Command System

BCS3

Battle Command Sustainment Support System

BCT

Brigade Combat Team or Battlefield Control Terminal

BCTP

Battle Command Training Program

BDA

Battle Damage Assessment

See Also:   Battle Damage Assessment

BDE

Brigade

BDZ

Base Defense Zone

BE&I

Battlefield Effects and Interfaces

BER

Bit Error Rate

BES

Battlefield Effects System (or Simulation)

BFT

Blue Force Tracker

BFV

Bradley Fighting Vehicle

BIA

Broad Industry Announcement

BIT

Built-In-Test

BLOS

Beyond Line-of-Sight

BLUFOR

Blue Forces

BN

Battalion

BOE

Basis of Estimate

bps

Bits per second

BPSK

Binary Phase Shift Keying

BRD

Brigade Recovery Days

BTRY

Battery

Built-in-Testing

Designing software to include self-testing or built-in-testing code as a powerful way to improve the testing process. Built-in-testing techniques are based on the concept of contracts within a program, where data values and program states must be checked before the program can continue execution. The most common built-in-testing tool is the assertion, which is an evaluation of a Boolean statement expressing some correct state in the program. If the statement evaluates to false, the assertion causes the program to take some specified action, generally aborting program execution. Assertions are the basis of four basic built-in-testing tools that are generally used to enforce software requirements: precondition validation, post-condition validation, and invariant checking and data assertions.

BW

Bandwidth

C&A

Certification and Accreditation

C2

Command and Control

C2P

Component Change Proposals

See Also:   Component Change Proposals

CAF

Central Analysis Facility

CAHA

Captured Ammunition Holding Area

CALL

Center for Army Lessons Learned

CaNDI

Commercial-off-the-shelf and non-developmental-items

Capstone Requirements Document (CRD)

Identifies systems requirements to define a mission area and serves as a guide for operational requirements documents (ORD) development. CRDs can be a combination of two or more mission needs statements (MNS) and/or ORD programs. The CRD is the bridge between the MNS and program ORDs. It is a living document that reflects changes in threat or technologies. (TRADOC Pam 71-9) A document that contains capabilities-based requirements that facilitates the development of individual ORDs by providing a common framework and operational concept to guide their development. It is an oversight tool for overarching requirements for a system-of-systems or family-of-systems. (CJCSI 3170.01A)

CAS

Close Air Support

CAS EVAC

Casualty Evacuation

CASCOM

Combined Arms Support Command

CASROE

CAS Rules Of Engagement

CATIA

Computer-Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Applications

CATS

Combined Arms Training Strategies

CAV

Cavalry

CBR

Constant Bit Rate

CC

Common Component

CCB

Configuration Control Board

CCK

Complementary Code Keying

CCTT

Close Combat Tactical Trainer

CCTV

Closed Circuit Television

CCZ

Close CAS Zone

CDD

Component Design Description or Capability Development Document

CDI

Collaborative Development Initiative

CDL

Common Data Link

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

Cdr

Commander

CDR

Critical Design Review

CDRL

Contract Data Requirements List

CEA

Captured Enemy Ammunition

CECOM

Communications-Electronics Command

CEOI

Communications-Electronics Operations Instructions

CFF

Call for Fires

CGF

Computer Generated Forces

CGS

Common Ground Station

CGSC

Command and General Staff College

CI

Configuration Item

CinC

Commander in Charge

CINC

Commander in Chief

CIS

Core Instrumentation Subsystem

CJCSI

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction

CKL

Compromise Key List

CLI

Command Line Interface

CLNC

Camp Lejeune North Carolina

CLS

Contractor Logistics Support

CM

Configuration Management

CMM

Capability Maturity Model

CMP

Common Message Parser or Common Message Processor or Configuration Management Plan

CMTC

Combat Maneuver Training Center

CNN

Cable News Network

CNR

Combat Net Radio

CO

Company

COA

Course of Action

COB

Civilians on the Battlefield

COC

Combat Operations Center

COE

Common Operating Environment or Contemporary Operating Environment

COLT

Combat Observation and Lasing Team

Combat Developer

(AR 700-127) -- The command or agency responsible for concepts, doctrine, organization (excluding Army wholesale logistics), and system objectives and requirements.

COMBAT IV

Combined Air-land Battle Simulation

Combat Service Support Control System (CSSCS)

Combat Service Support Control System (CSSCS) is a member of the ATCCS and consolidates and collates the data required to integrate situational awareness of the combat service support mission areas. CSSCS will provide strategic and tactical commanders with information on ammunition and fuel supplies, medical and personnel status, transportation, maintenance services, general supply, and other field services.

Combat Training Center (CTC)

An Army program established to provide realistic joint service and combined arms training in accordance with Army doctrine. It is designed to provide training units opportunities to increase collective proficiency on the most realistic battlefield available during peacetime. The four components of the CTC Program are: (a) The National Training Center (b) The Combat Maneuver Training Center (c) The Joint Readiness Training Center (d) The Battle Command Training Program

Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX)

High-cost, resource-intensive exercises in which player units move or maneuver and employ organic and supporting weapons systems using full service ammunition with attendant integration of all combat, combat service, and combat service support functions.

COMINT

Communications Intelligence

Command Field Exercise (CFX)

A field training exercise with reduced unit and vehicle density but with full command and control, combat support, and combat service support elements (e.g., the platoon leader in his vehicle represents the entire platoon).

Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR)

The collection of equipment, software, and personnel required to obtain information and intelligence for a commander at any level to command those forces under his authority. The elements include but are not limited to: sensor data processing displays, communications, software, the concomitant systems engineering required to tie these technologies together, and the personnel to make these systems function. The functions also include information systems and information warfare.

Common Operating Picture

The Common Operational Picture (COP) is the means for the Commander-in-Chief (CINC) to view a fused picture of the CINC’s complete area of responsibility (AOR). It is a compilation of data from each of the Common Tactical Pictures (CTPs) combined with battle plans, projection overlays, and any other data that is available. The COP is defined by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) COP Working Group in the Concept of Operations for Global Command and Control System as follows: The force disposition (Common Tactical Database) [CTD] and planning/amplifying data from each CTP is combined with any additional information produced by the CINC (Commander’s intent, battleplans, projection overlays, etc.) at one location to form the COP at the CINC-designated COP Correlation Site (CCS). The CINC now has a complete depiction of the AOR that can be accessed by the appropriate Global Command and Control System (GCCS) users worldwide. Also defined as a display of the operational-level situation, consisting of METT-T, CCIR, and MDMP data, seen at Corps and above workstations in real or rear-real time, used to enable operational decision-making. (ABCS CRD, Ver 1c)

Common Training Instrumentation Architecture (CTIA)

The CTIA is the architecture core of the Live Training Transformation Strategy. CTIA is the technical architecture that provides commonality across training instrumentation systems and interoperability across live, virtual, and constructive training systems. It consists of standards and protocols to be used by system developers and the core software component of training instrumentation systems.

See Also:   CTIA

COMSEC

Communications Security

Condition

Circumstances and environment in which a task is to be performed.

CONOPS

Concept of Operations

Constructive Simulation

Models or simulations that involve simulated people operating simulated systems.

CORBA

Common Object Request Broker Architecture

Core Asset

A reusable artifact that is used in one or more products in the product line. A core asset may be an architecture, source code, an interface control document, a database schema, a domain model, a requirements specification, a design document, a test plan, a test case, a process description, or any other useful element. (from CPM Operations Guide)

COTS

Commercial Off The Shelf

CP

Contention Period

CPC

Crew Proficiency Course

CPCA

Camp Pendleton California

CPE

Customer Premise Equipment

CPI

Cost Performance Index

CPM

Consolidated Product Line Management

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CPX

Command Post Exercise

CS

Combat Support

CSAR

Combat Search and Rescue

CSCI

Computer Software Configuration Item

CSG

Corps Support Group

CSMA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access

CSP

Communications Support Processor

CSS

Combat Service Support

CSTAR

Combat Synthetic Training Assessment Range

CSU

Channel Service Unit

CTAPS

Contingency Theater Automated Planning System

CTB

CAS Target Box

CTIA

Common Training Instrumentation Architecture

CTS

Clear To Send

CTSF

Central Technical Support Facility

CTX

Combined Training Exercise

CVII

Common Vehicle Instrumentation Initiative

CVKI

Combat Vehicle Kill Indicator

CW

Contention Window

CWDM

Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing

D/A

Digital to Analog

DAA

Designated Approval Authority

DAART

Digital After Action Review Technology

DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DASC

Direct Air Support Center

DATR

Domain Analysis Technical Report

DB

Database

DBA

Database Administrator

DBMS

Data Base Management System

DBPSK

Differential Binary Phase Shift Keying

DBS

Database Services

DBST

Digital Battlestaff Sustainment Trainer

DCI

Data Communications Interface

DCIU

Data Control Interface Units

DCP

Data Collection Plan

DCS

Data Collection System

DDD

Database Design Document

DDM

Data Distribution Manager or Data Distribution Management

Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment

The Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment (DII COE) concept is best described as a flexible architecture and approach for building interoperable systems. DII COE is an application-independent basis for DoD information system architectures. The DII-COE consists of reusable software components, a plugable framework and software infrastructure, and a set of guidelines and standards for developing, integrating, and packaging mission applications. The COE is a multifaceted concept. It is not a system, but is a foundation upon which open systems can be built. A foundation that provides functionality to target systems for services such as data manipulation, network communications, database storage and others. The COE includes rules, methodologies and tools, which form a framework for system development and integration. As a "plug and play" open architecture, the COE enables functionality to be easily added or removed from a target system in small manageable units called segments.

DEM/VAL

Demonstration/Validation

DEPEX

Deployment Exercise

DF

Direction Finding

DFCC

Digital Force Coordination Cell

DGPS

Differential Global Positioning System

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DIACAP

Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification & Accreditation Process

Digital Data

(DOD) (1) Representation of facts, concepts, or instructions in a formalized manner suitable for communication, interpretation, or processing by humans or by automatic means. (2) Any representations such as characters or analog quantities to which meaning is or might be assigned.

Digital Topographic Support System

DTSS is an automated system that provides tactical and operational commanders with geo-spatial information to support terrain visualization. DTSS is the Terrain Analysis tool that provides geo-spatial information and special mission specific products to ABCS for battlespace operations supporting EAC to Brigade and platform level. DTSS collects source material, manages digital terrain databases and distributes through a geo-spatial digital data storage device. The DTSS Geographic Information System (GIS) and imagery analysis software components allow the analyst to densify, manipulate, analyze, and produce standard and special topographic products for the battle commander. National and in-theater sources will provide new and enriched data to update the geo-spatial database. The DTSS uses established ABCS tactical and satellite communications means. (ABCS CRD, Ver 1c.)

Digitization

Digitization is the application of technologies to acquire, exchange, and employ timely digital information throughout the battlespace, tailored to the needs of each decider (commander), shooter, and supporter. Digitization allows each soldier to maintain a clear and accurate vision of the common battlespace necessary to support planning and execution.

DII

Defense Information Infrastructure

DIS

Distributed Interactive Simulation

DISA

Defense Information Systems Agency

DITS

Deployable Instrumented Training System

DITSCAP

Defense Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process

DIV

Division

DLS

Data Link Services

DMPRC

Digital Multi-Purpose Range Complex

DMSO

Defense Modeling and Simulation Office

DNS

Domain Name Server

DNVT

Digital Non-secure Voice Terminal

Doctrine and tactics training

Training conducted on equipment, inter-operability, and management of new or cascaded equipment, considering comparison of new to older equipment, and associated threats.

DoD

Department of Defense

DoDAF

Department of Defense Architectural Framework

DoDD

Department of Defense Directive

DoDI

Department of Defense Instruction

DODIIS

DOD Intelligence Information System

DOIM

Directorate of Information Management

Domain Engineering

An iterative process for the design and development of: (1) a product family and (2) an application engineering process for producing members of the product family. Domain engineering is an activity for building reusable components. For domain engineering to be successful, organizations must understand the similarities and differences among components used to build software applications. Domain engineering addresses the systematic creation of domain models and architectures. Domain engineering also supports application engineering, which uses the models and architectures to build systems. The emphasis is on reuse and product lines.

Domain Implementation

Domain implementation is the product implementation and process support that is aimed at satisfying a domain specification. Domain implementation is the process of identifying reusable components based on the domain model and domain architecture. Using the domain knowledge gathered during domain analysis, and the domain architecture developed during the domain design, domain engineers acquire and, where necessary, create reusable assets, which are catalogued into a component library for use by application engineers. These reusable components, as well as application generators and domain languages, are the principal outputs of this phase of domain engineering. Creation, management, and maintenance of a repository of reusable assets are also an important part of domain implementation.

DOORS

Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System

DP

Distribution Points

DRMO

Defense Reutilization and Marketing Organization

DSCP

Differentiated Services Code Point

DSR

Dynamic Source Routing

DSU

Digital Services Unit

DTDB

Digital Terrain Database

DTES

Division Tactical Exploitation System

DTMR

Digital Tactical Monitoring and Recording

DTOC

Division Tactical Operations Center

DVD

Digital Video Disk

DWDM

Dense Wave Division Multiplexing

EAB

Echelons Above Brigade

EAC

Echelons Above Corps

EAD

Echelons Above Division

ECP

Engineering Change Proposal

EFP

Electronic Field Production

EFST

Essential Fire Support Task

EI

Engineering Instruction

Electromagnetic Compatibility

The capability of electronic equipment or systems to be operated in the intended operational electromagnetic environment at the designed levels of efficiency.

Electromagnetic Environmental Effects

The impact of the electromagnetic environment upon the operational capability of military forces, equipment, systems, and platforms. It encompasses all electromagnetic disciplines, including electromagnetic compatibility; electromagnetic interference; electromagnetic vulnerability; electromagnetic pulse; electronic protection; hazards of electromagnetic radiation to personnel, ordnance, and volatile materials; and natural phenomena effects of lightning and p-static.

Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)

Impairment of the reception of a wanted electromagnetic signal caused by an electromagnetic disturbance.

Electronic Warfare (EW)

Any military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy. It includes the three major subdivisions of electronic attack, electronic protection, and EW support. EA is the use of either electromagnetic or directed energy to attack personnel, facilities, or equipment with intent of degrading, neutralizing, or destroying enemy combat capability. EP is the protection of friendly combat capabilities against the undesired effects of friendly or enemy use of EW. ES involves actions tasked by, or under the direct control of, an operational commander to search for, intercept, identify, and locate sources of intentional and unintentional radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition (Joint Pub 1-02).

Embedded Systems

Embedded systems are platforms with digital system components providing functions and processes which are integrated to such an extent that they cannot be considered as discrete entities during development, testing, or production of the system.

Embedded training

Training that is provided by capabilities designed to be built into or added onto operational systems to enhance and maintain the skill proficiency necessary to operate and maintain that equipment end item. AR 71-9 states: Embedded Training-Training that is provided by capabilities designed to be built into or added onto operational systems to enhance and maintain the skill proficiency necessary to operate and maintain that system. Embedded training capabilities encompass four training categories: (1) Category A- Individual/operator. To attain and sustain individual, maintenance, and system orientation skills. (2) Category B- Crew. To sustain combat ready crews/teams. This category builds on skills acquired from Category A. (3) Category C-Functional. To train or sustain commander, staff, and crew/teams within each functional area to be utilized in their operational role. (4) Category D-Force Level (Combined Arms Command and Battle Staff). To train or sustain combat ready commanders and battle staffs utilizing the operational systems in its combat operational role.

EMD

Engineering & Management Development

EMT

Effects Management Tool

ENG

Electronic News Gathering

Engagement

1) In air defense, an attack with guns or air to air missiles by an interceptor aircraft, or the launch of an air defense missile by air defense artillery and the missiles subsequent travel to intercept. 2). A tactical conflict, usually between opposing lower echelons maneuver forces. (JP 102)

Enhanced Position Location Reporting System (EPLRS)

That portion of the Army Data Distribution System (ADDS) utilized to move low-medium volumes of data traffic between OPFACS with an operational requirement. Message traffic includes FBCB2 VMF/JVWF, USMTF Data, and FAAD Data Link (FDL) between a number of C2 Nodes, sensor nodes, and shooters.

Environment

All factors such as meteorology, geography and electro-magnetic emissions.

Environmental and Occupational Health Threats

Threats to military personnel health and military readiness created by exposures to hazardous agents contained in or produced by weapon systems (conventional warfare weapons, NBC weapons, toxic industrial chemicals & materials, and radiation), as well as exposures to other environmental contamination (i.e. diseases, illnesses born from poor sanitary conditions, heat, cold, altitude, etc.).

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ESA

Electronically Steerable Antenna

ESOH

Environment, Safety and Operational Health

ESP

Encapsulating Security Payload

ESSID

Extended Service Set Identifier

ETAC

Enlisted Terminal Attack Controllers

ETC

Exportable Training Capability

EV

Earned Value

EVM

Earned Value Management

EXCON

Exercise Control

Exercise

A military maneuver or simulated wartime operation involving planning, preparation, and execution. It is carried out for the purpose of training and evaluation. It may be combined, joint, or single service exercise, depending on participating organizations. (JCS Pub 1)

EXFOR

Experimental Force

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FAAD

Forward Area Air Defense

FAADEO

FAAD Engagement Operations

FAC

Forward Air Controller

FAC(A)

Forward Air Controller (Airborne)

Facilities

(AR 700-127) -- The permanent or semipermanent real property assets specifically required to support the system. Includes facilities for training, equipment storage, maintenance, contractor, ammunition storage, mobile shop storage, classified storage, troop housing, fuels and lubricant storage, and special facility requirements.

FARS

Frequency Assignment Retrieval System

FASCAM

Family of Scatterable Mines

FCA

Functional Configuration Audit

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FCS

Future Combat Systems

FCT

Foreign Comparative Test

FDC

Forward Direction Center

FDL

FAAD Data Link

Feature Profile

A set of optional and varying feature choices specified for the product line. Each product in a product line has a feature profile that defines the set of features from which the product is comprised. (from CPM Operations Guide)

FEC

Forward Error Correction

FER

Frame Error Rate

FF

Fire Finder

Field Training Exercises (FTX)

Exercise conducted under simulated combat conditions in the field. FTXs fully integrate the total force in a realistic combat environment. They involve combat arms, CS, and CSS units. FTXs encompass such training as battle drills, crew drills, and STXs to reinforce soldier and collective training integration. They are used to train the commander, staff, subordinate units, and slice elements.

FIPS

Federal Information Processing Statndards

Fire Coordination Exercise (FCX)

Trains the combined arms team chain of command and related fire control elements to rapidly synchronize fires on the battlefield. The exercise uses reduced-scale targets and ranges to depict combat situation.

FIRESIM

Fire Support Simulation

FIST

Fire Support Team

FM

Field Manual or Frequency Modulated

FO

Forward Observer

FOC

Full Operational Capability

FODA

Feature-Oriented Domain Analysis

FOF

Force-on-Force

FOM

Federation Object Model

FON

Fiber Optic Network

Force Structure

(AR 71-11) - The composition, by numbers and types of units, of the current, planned, or programmed force for the Total Army (for example), “program force structure”). Unless otherwise stated, all units within a specified force structure are assumed to be manned and equipped at 100 percent TOE requirements.

Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2)

Force XXI Battle Command Brigade-and-Below (FBCB2) provides an integrated command and control system that extends horizontally across all Battlefield Operating Systems (BOS) and vertically from individual squad/platform to brigade/regimental headquarters. It also provides the technology to complete the ABCS information flow process from brigade down to platform and across all platforms within the brigade task force. FBCB2 provides commanders the ability to remotely operate and maintain ABCS database connectivity, regardless of command vehicle, and to digitally control and monitor their subordinate units status and position. Interoperable FBCB2 systems shall enhance the Battle Commanders’ ability to have a detailed picture of the battlefield (Situational Awareness), maximize force survivability and facilitate battlefield synchronization to reduce or destroy the enemy’s capability to fight. It also provides a seamless, holistic battle command capability to leaders of all combat, combat support, and combat service support units performing missions at the tactical level of operations.

FORSCOM

Forces Command

FOS

Family of Systems

See Also:   LT2 Information

FOT

Force on Target

FS

Fire Support

FSB

Fire Support Battalion

FSCM

Fire Support Control/Coordinating Measure

FSE

Fire Support Element

FSEM

Fire Support Execution Matrix

FSO

Fire Support Officer

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

FTS

Family of Training Systems

FY

Fiscal Year

FYDP

Future Years Defense Program

GAR

Geographic Area Routing

GARP

General Attribute Registration Protocol

Gbps

Gigabits per second

GCE

Ground Control Elements

GCS

Ground Control Station

GFC

Ground Force Commander

GFE

Government Furnished Equipment

GFI

Government Furnished Information

GFP

Government Furnished Property

Global Command and Control System (GCCS)

The Global Command and Control System (GCCS) is a collection of broadly connected joint systems that provide total battlespace information to the warrior.

Global Command and Control System – Army (GCCS-A)

The Global Command and Control System – Army (GCCS-A) is the Army component of the Joint Global Command and Control System (GCCS). AGCCS will be built from application programs developed by the Army World Wide Military Command and Control system (WWMCCS) Information System (AWIS), the Standard Theater Command and Control System (STCCS), and the Echelon Above Corps (EAC) portion of the Combat Service Support Control System (CSSCS).

GOTS

Government Off-the-Shelf

GPIB

General Purpose Interface Bus

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

GPS

Global Positioning System

GSM

Global Systems for Mobile Communications

GTA

Grafenwoehr Training Area

GTL

Gun-Target Line

GUI

Graphical User Interface

GVRP

GARP VLAN Registration Protocol

HA

Home Agent

HAIPIS

High Assurance Internet Protocol Interoperability Specification

HALO

Helmet Detection Assembly

HCLOS

High Capacity Line of Sight

HERO

Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance

HF

High Frequency

HFE

Human Factors Engineering

HIDACZ

High Density Airspace Control Zone

High Level Architecture (HLA)

A general-purpose architecture for simulation reuse and interoperability.

HITS

Homestation Instrumented Training System

HMI

Human-Machine Interface

HMMWV

Highly Mobile Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle

HPT

High Payoff Target

HPTL

High Payoff Target List

HQ

Headquarters

HTA

Hohenfels Training Area

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HUMINT

Human Intelligence

HVT

High Value Target

HW

Hardware

HWCI

Hardware Configuration Item

I&A

Identification and Authentication

I/F

Interface

IA

Information Assurance

IAW

In Accordance With

ICA

Initial Capability Assessment

ICD

Interface Control Document

ICEE

Integrated Collaborative Electronic Environment

ICT

Integrated Concept Team

ICTS

Info-Centric Tool Suite

ICWG

Interface Control Working Group

ID

Identity

IDD

Interface Design Document

IDE

Integrated Development Environment

IDEN/TETRA

Integrated Digital Enhanced Network

Identification

The determination of allegiance of a target i.e. friend or foe.

IDL

Interface Definition Language

IDS

Intrusion Detection System

IED

Improvised Explosive Device

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

IEW

Intelligence and Electronic Warfare

IEWTPT

Intelligence/Electronic Warfare Tactical Proficiency Trainer

IFV

Infantry Fighting Vehicle

IGMP

Internet Group Management Protocol

IGRS

Integrated GPS Radio System

IGUI

Integrated Graphical User Interface

IKE

Internet Key Exchange

IMETS

Integrated Meteorological System

IMP

Integrated Management Plan

IMS

Integrated Master Schedule

IMT

Initial Military Training

INC

Internet Controller

Information Operations (IO)

Continuous military operations within the Military Information Environment that enable, enhance, and protect the commander's decision cycle and mission execution to achieve an information advantage across the full range of military operations. IO includes interacting with GIE and, as required, exploiting or degrading an adversary's information and decision systems. Effects of IO produce significant military advantage for forces conducting such operations. (TRADOC Pam 525-69)

Information Warfare (IW)

Actions taken to preserve the integrity of one's own information system from exploitation, corruption, or destruction while at the same time exploiting, corrupting, or destroying an adversary's information system and in the process achieving an information advantage in the application of force. (TRADOC Pam 525-69)

INFOSEC

Information Security

Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program

DSIC4 program to upgrade Army Installation information infrastructure. Three components are MACOM Telephone Modernization Program, Outside Cable Rehabilitation, and Army Gateway Program.

Instrumented Participant

Exercise participants that have instrumentation equipment associated with them. These include personnel, ground vehicles, helicopters, fixed wing aircraft, weapon systems, and targets.

Interoperability

(JP 1-02, NATO) - The ability of systems, units, or forces to provide services to, and accept services from other systems, units, or forces and to use the services so exchanged to enable them to operate effectively together. (DoD) - The condition achieved among communications-electronics systems or items of communications-electronics equipment when information or services can be exchanged directly and satisfactorily between them and / or their users. The degree of interoperability should be defined when referring to specific cases. (AR 71-9) - Interoperability of a tactical automated system is the ability of two or more systems to directly exchange and process data.

IOC

Initial Operational Capability

IOS

Intelligent Optical Switch

IOW

Information Operations Warfare

IP

Initial Position or Internet Protocol

IPB

Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace

IPHC

Internet Protocol Header Compression

IPPD

Integrated Product and Process Development

IPT

Integrated Product Team

IPX

Internetwork Packet eXchange

IRAD

Internal Research and Development

IRS

Interface Requirements Specification

IS

Instrumentation System

ISB

Intermediate Staging Base

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

ISO

International Standards Organization

ISP

Information Support Plan

ITAR

International Traffic in Arms Regulations

ITEP

Individual Training Evaluation Plan

ITESS

Instrumented Tactical Engagement Simulation System

ITU-T

International Telecommunications Union - Telecommunications

J/F

Joint Form

JCDB

Joint Common Database

JFC

Joint Force Commander

JFLC

Joint Force Land Component

JFLCC

JFLC Commander

JIT

Joint Interoperability Training

JMETL

Joint Mission Essential Task List

JMTK

Joint Mapping Tool Kit

JNTC

Joint National Training Center

JNTF

Joint National Test Facility

Joint Technical Architecture (JTA)

The Joint Technical Architecture (JTA) provides the "building codes" which, when implemented, permit this flow of information in support of the Warfighter. The JTA identifies a common set of mandatory information technology standards and guidelines to be used in all new and upgraded C4I acquisitions across DoD. The JTA standards are to be used for sending and receiving information (information transfer standards such as Internet Protocol suite), for understanding the information (information content and format standards such as data elements, or image interpretation standards) and for processing that information. The JTA also includes a common human-computer interface and "rules" for protecting the information (i.e., information system security standards).

JRTC

Joint Readiness Training Center (Ft. Polk)

JSAF

Joint Semi-Automated Forces

JSC

Joint Spectrum Center

JSIMS

Joint Simulation System

JTA-A

Joint Technical Architecture Army

JTAC

Joint Terminal Air/Attack Controller

JTAR

Joint Tactical Air Strike Request

JTFC

Joint Task Force Commander

JTIDS

Joint Tactical Information Distribution System

JTMS

Joint Training Master Schedule

JTP

Joint Training Plan

JTRS

Joint Tactical Radio System

JTS

Joint Training System

JTX

Joint Training Exercise

Key Performance Parameters

Key Performance Parameters (KPP) address capabilities or characteristics so significant that failure to meet the threshold can be cause for reevaluating the concept or system and for reassessing or terminating a program.

Keystone

LT2 Risk Management Software

KM

Kilometer

KSLOC

Thousand Source Lines of Code

LAN

Local Area Network

LCCS

Life Cycle Contractor Support

LCMP

Life Cycle Management Plan

LD

Line of Departure

LDC

Leadership Development Center

Lethal Weapons

Used with the intent to cause death. Capable of causing death.

LF

Live Fire

LH

Labor Hours

Live Fire Exercise (LFX)

Exercise that is resource-intensive; player units maneuver and employ organic and supporting weapons systems using full-service ammunition. LFXs integrate all combat arms, CS, and CSS elements. The extensive range and resource requirements usually limit them to platoon and company team levels. Consequently, their principal focus is unit and weapons integration at company team level. LFXs provide realistic training on collective and soldier skills.

Live Simulation

A simulation involving real people operating real systems. The degree of human participation is infinitely variable, as is the degree of equipment realism.

Live Training

Training executed in field conditions using tactical equipment, enhanced by training aids, devices, simulators, and simulations (TADSS) and Tactical Engagement Simulation (TES) to simulate combat conditions.

Live Training Environment (LTE)

Live training uses go-to-war systems and synthetic training systems, on real terrain, operating in the full range of actual battlefield day/night/adverse weather environmental conditions. During live training events, units deploy against an OPFOR and use actual or simulated systems and weapons equipped with tactical engagement simulators to replicate combat weapons effects and battle damage.

LM

Lockheed Martin

LM STS

Lockheed Martin Simulation Training and Support

LMDS

Local Multi-point Distribution System

LME

Link Management Entity

LMS

Location Management Server

LMTV

Light Medium Tactical Vehicle

LNO

Liaison Officer

LOB

Line of Bearing

LOGEX

Logistics Exercise

LOS

Line-of-Sight

LRIP

Low Rate Initial Production

LRU

Line Replaceable Unit

LSI

Lead System Integrator

LSRB

Laser Safety Review Board

LT2

Live Training Transformation

See Also:   LT2 Information

LTT

Live Training Transformation

See Also:   LT2 Information

LVC

Live Virtual Constructive

LVC-TE

LVC Training Environment

MAC

Media Access Control or Mission Assurance Category

MACCS

Marine Air Command and Control System

MACOM

Major Army Command

MAGTF

Marine Air-Ground Task Force

MAGTFTC

Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Center

Maintainability

The ability of a system to be retained in or restored to a specified operational status within a given period of time, when the maintenance is performed in accordance with prescribed procedures and resources.

Maintenance

Set of activities performed by means of specified resources on a system to retain it in or restore it to a specified operational status.

MAIS

Mobile Automated Instrumentation Suite

MAN

Metropolitan Area Network

MANET

Mobile Ad Hoc Networking

Maneuver Control System (MCS)

MCS is the primary battle command (BC) source, providing the common picture, decision aids and overlay capabilities to support the tactical commander and the staff via interface with the force level information database populated from the other BFAs. MCS provides the functional applications necessary to access and manipulate the JCDB. MCS will satisfy information requirements for a specific operation, track resources, display situational awareness, effect timely control of current combat operations (offense, defense, stability and support), and effectively develop and distribute plans, orders and estimates in support of future operations. It will support the military decision making process. MCS will be deployed from Corps to the maneuver battalions. (ABCS CRD, Ver 1c.)

MANPAD

Man-Portable Air Defense

Manpower and Personnel Integration

MANPRINT is the comprehensive technical effort to identify and integrate all relevant information and considerations regarding the full range of manpower, personnel capabilities, training development and delivery, human factors engineering, systems safety, health hazards, and soldier survival into the system development and acquisition process to improve soldier performance, total system performance, and reduce the cost of ownership to an acceptable level throughout the entire life cycle of a system. MANPRINT is the Army’s human systems integration process for systems acquisition.

MAPEX

Map Exercise

MARCORSYSCOM

Marine Corps Systems Command

MATCH

Modular Armored Combat House

Mb/s

Megabits per second

Mbps

Mega bits per second

MC

Mission Capable

MC-TIED

Marine Corps Training Improvised Explosive Device

MCB

Marine Corps Base

MCBH

Marine Corps Base Hawaii

MCBQ

Marine Corps Base Quantico

MCC

MILES Communication Code

MCC 97

MILES Communication Code 97

MCEB

Military Communications Electronics Board

MCLIC

Mine Clearing Line Charger

MCMWTC

Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center

MCO

Major Combat Operation or Marine Corps Order

MCOTEA

Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity

MCSO

Marine Corps Special Orders

MCTC

Maneuver Combat Training Center

MCWL

Marine Corps War fighting Lab

MDMP

Military Decision Making Process

MES

Mine Effects Simulator

MFC

Multinational Force Commander

MHz

Megahertz

MI

Military Intelligence

MIB

Management Information Base

MILES

Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System

Mission

(1) (DOD) 1. The task, together with the purpose, that clearly indicates the action to be taken and the reason therefore. 2. In common usage, especially when applied to lower military units, a duty assigned to an individual or unit; a task. 3. The dispatching of one or more aircraft to accomplish one particular task. (2) (FM 25-100) The primary task assigned to an individual, unit, or force. It usually contains the elements of who, what, when, where, and the reasons therefore, but seldom specifies how.

Mission Essential Task List (METL)

A compilation of collective mission essential tasks that must be successfully performed if an organization is to accomplish its wartime mission(s). (FM25-100)

Mission Needs Statement (MNS)

A formatted non-system-specific statement containing operational capability needs and written in broad operational terms. It describes operational capabilities and constraints to be studied during the [acquisition] Concept Exploration and Definition Phase. (CJCSI 3170.01A)

Mission Profile (MP)

A time-phased description of the events and environments a system experiences from initiation to completion of a specified mission.

Mission Support Training Complex (MSTC)

The MSTC, a Strike Force Term, is an evolving concept. For the First Digital Division certification exercise, the facility is called the collective training support facility (CTSF). For the Initial Brigade, the facility is referred to as the Mission Training Support Facility (MTSF). When the new Army Training Strategy is published, it is anticipated that a like type facility will be part of the “wrap around” and “Reach-back” concepts.

MITS

Mobile Independent Target System

MMDS

Multi-channel Multi-point Distribution System or Multipoint Microwave Distribution System

MOA

Memorandum-of-Agreement

ModSAF

Modular Semi-Automated Forces

MOE

Measure Of Effectiveness

MOOTW

Military Operations Other than War

MOP

Measure Of Performance

MOS

Military Operational Specialty

MOUT

Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain

MOUT/RT

Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain/Restrictive Terrain

MP

Military Police

MPEG

Moving Picture Experts Group

MPLS

Multiprotocol Label Switching

MPN

MSE Packet Network

MRB

Motorized Rifle Battalion

MRE

Mission Rehearsal Exercise

MRES

Mobile Remote Emitter System

MRR/LLTR

Minimum Risk Route/Low Level Transit Route

MRT

Maintenance Review Team

MSA

Multi-Service Access

MSC

Major Subordinate Command or Mobile Internet Switching Controller

MSE

Mobile Subscriber Equipment

MSL

Mean Sea Level

MSR

Main Supply Routes

MSRT

Mobile Subscriber Radiotelephone Terminal

MTA

Maneuver Training Area

MTOE

Modification Table of Organization and Equipment

MTP

Master Training/Test Plan

MTR

Mean Time to Restore

MVU

Mobile Vehicle Unit or Mobile Video Unit

MWIF

Mobile Wireless Internet Forum

NAC

NTC-OIS Acquisition Center

NAI

Named Area of Interest

NATO

North American Treaty Alliance

NAWCTSD

Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division

NBC

"Nuclear

NCA

National Command Authority

NCO

Noncommissioned Officer

NDA

Non-Disclosure Unit

NDGPS

Nationwide Differential GPS

NDI

Non Developmental Item

NDP

Neighbor Discovery Protocol

NEPA

National Environmental Protection Act

New Equipment Training (NET)

(TRADOC Reg 350-70) – An initial transfer of knowledge, gained during equipment development, from the materiel developer/ provider to the trainer, user, supporter.

NFS

Network File System

NGATS

New Generation of Army Targetry

NGFS

Naval Gun Fire Support

NI-RCP

Non Interactive Rolling Combat Power

NIC

Network Interface Controller

NIMA

National Imagery and Mapping Agency

NIST

National Institute for Standards and Technology

NLE

Non-Linear Editing

NLOS

Non-Line-of-Sight

NLT

No Later Than

NMC

Non Mission Capable

NMEA

National Maritime Electronics Association

Non-Lethal

Not made to cause death; not intentionally deadly; term used to describe capabilities with affect targets, temporarily or permanently without intentionally causing death to personnel or without unnecessary destruction or environmental damage.

Non-Lethal Antimaterial (NLM)

Similar to NLT, but encompassing weapons and ordnance designed to incapacitate material and vehicles rather than humans.

Non-Lethal Capabilities

Capabilities employed with the intent to compel or deter adversaries by acting on human capabilities or mater while minimizing killing and destruction of equipment or facilities.

Non-Lethal Technology (NLT)

Synonymous with NLW, but also encompassing more advanced technology which is not yet available for use by military forces.

Non-Lethal Weapons (NLW)

Weapons explicitly designed and primarily employed so as to incapacitate personnel or material, while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury to personnel, and undesired damage to property.

Non-Precision Targets

Targets used for engagements greater than 50 meters. These targets are 2D pop-up type that can be engaged by support by fire elements and teams when presented.

NPCA

National Parks and Conservation Association

NSA

National Security Agency

NSFS

Naval Surface Fire Support

NSWC

Naval Surface Warfare Center

NTC

National Training Center

NTC-IS

National Training Center - Instrumentation System

NTC-OIS

National Training Center - Objective Instrumentation System

NTIA

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

NTP

Network Time Protocol

O&M

Operations and Maintenance

O&S

Operation & Support

OADM

Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer

Observer/Controller (O/C)

Combined arms subject-matter experts (SME) who design tactical training exercises, observe and assess individual and collective training performance, teach and coach their unit counterparts, and provide training performance feedback. At the MCTC’s, the OPSGP O/C organization parallels that of the units undergoing CTC training. This strategy ensures sufficient personnel to measure the performance of individuals and units in battle and collective tasks and to assist in scenario execution. The O/Cs accompany the unit throughout all phases of force-on-force and live-fire training.

Observer/Trainer (O/T)

See Observer/Controller. Usually associated with the Active Component training program for the Reserve components, administered by Forces Command.

See Also:   Observer/Controller (O/C)

OC

Optical Connection

OCCS

Observer Controller Communication System

OCONUS

Outside Continental United States

ODBC

Open Database Connectivity

ODC

Other Direct Charges

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

OF

Objective Force

OFDM

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

OIF

Optical Internetworking Forum

OIS

Objective Instrumentation System

OLSR

Optimized Link-State Routing

OM

Object Model

OMT

Object Model Template

OneSAF

One Semi-Automated Forces

OneTESS

One Tactical Engagement Simulation System

OOA

Object Oriented Analysis

OOS

OneSAF Objective System

Operational Architecture

An operational architecture establishes the basic framework and structure for what is to be built. An Operational Architecture defines the field deployment of the system components to the force by echelon, unit type, equipment, and information exchange requirements. Operational architecture (AO) contains text, graphic models to show functions and information required, graphics representations of how the Army organizes and equips to execute C4 processes, and a data base to provide detailed characteristics about information exchanges, such as format (voice/data/imagery), speed of service, perishability, and criticality. The OA will show relationships among organizations and functions in terms of the information they need, use, and exchange. It also addresses the platforms and equipment that are to be available, as well as the methodology to upgrade and interoperate with platforms containing embedded processors.

Operational Mode Summary (OMS)

A description of the expected percentage of use for each mission profile and the environmental conditions for which the system was designed.

Operational Requirements Document (ORD)

A formatted-statement containing performance (operational effectiveness and suitability) and related operational parameters for the proposed system. The operational requirements document will be initially prepared during Phase 0 "Concept Exploration and Definition". It will be updated during Phase 1, "Demonstration and Validation."

OPFOR

Opposing Force

OPLAN

Operation Plan

OPNET

Optimal Network Performance

OPORD

Operation Order

OPORD

Operation Order

Opposing Force Materiel

The Live CRD defines OPFOR as a family of equipment supporting six architectural elements OPFOR armor, OPFOR fire support, OPFOR, aviation, OPFOR air defense, OPFOR engineer, and OPFOR radioelectronic.

OPSEC

Operations Security

OPTEMPO

Operating Tempo

ORB

Object Request Broker

ORD

Operational Requirements Document

OS

Operating System

OSD

Office of the Secretary of Defense

OSI

Open Systems Interconnect

OSPF

Open Shortest Path First

OTB

OneSAF Test Bed

OTNK

Over The Network Keying

OTS

Off-the-Shelf

P&D

Production & Deployment

PA

Position Area

PAN

Personal Area Network

PAT

Port Address Translation

PBX

Private Branch Exchange

PC

Point Coordinator or Personal Computer

PCF

Point Coordination Function

PCS

Personal Communications Service

PCU

Player Control Unit

PD

Program Director

PDA

Personal Digital Assistant

PDD

Player Detection Device or Personal Detection Device or Product Definition Document or Product Design Document

PDP

Product Deployment Plan

PDR

Preliminary Design Review or Product Design Review

PDSS

Post Deployment Software/System Sustainment

PDU

Player Data Unit or Protocol Data Unit

PED

Personal Electronic Device

PEO-STRI

Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation

PGM

Precision Guided Missile

PGS

Precision Gunnery System

PIA

Proprietary Information Agreement

PIM

Protocol-Independent Multicast

PIN

Personal Identification Number

PIP

Program Integration Plan

PJM

Project Manager

PKI

Public Key Infrastructure

PLA

Product Line Architecture

PLAF

Product Line Architecture Framework

PLAS

Product Line Architecture Specification

Players

Same as Instrumented Participant. Instrumented Participant is the preferred term.

See Also:   Instrumented Participant

PLD

Product Line Deployment

PLE

Product Line Engineering

PLM

Product Lifecycle Management

Plt

Platoon

Plug-N-Play

The capabilities of the system to automatically recognize, control, and communicate with system peripherals (e.g. targetry, Battlefield Effects Simulators (BES), audio/video collection device).

PM

Program Manager

PM CTIS

Program Manager Combat Training Instrumentation Systems

PM DT

Program Manager Digital Training

PM LTS

Program Manager Live Training Systems

PM TRADE

Program Manager Training Devices

PM TRASYS

Program Manager Training Systems

PM-DT

Program Manager Digitized Terrain

PM-LTS

Program Manager Live Training Systems

PMIT

Program Management Integrated Team

PMO

Program Management Office

POF

Priority Of Fires

POST

Power-On Self Test

PPP

Program Protection Plan

Precision Targets

Targets used in 50 meters or less engagements. Precision targets support short distance engagements that are quick violent, and deadly. Target discrimination is trained by presenting life size 3D precision targets that replicate, enemy (uniformed w/ weapons and equipment), non-combatant male, female, non uniformed combatant (civilian militia, guerrilla etc.) precision hit sensors respond only to lethal shot placement. The torso lethal zone is 18”X8” and neck head lethal zone is 4”X8”.

Proponent Agency

An Army organization or staff which has been assigned primary responsibility for materiel or subject matter in its area of interest, i.e., proponent school, proponent staff agency, proponent center, etc.

Proponent School

The TRADOC school designated by the CG, TRADOC or other appropriate MACOM as Training/TD (Task) Proponent to exercise management of all combat/training development aspects of a materiel system, functional area, or task. It analyzes, designs, develops, implements and evaluates training/training products for proponency area.

PRP

Proactive Routing Protocol

PSR

Product Safety Report

PSTN

Public Switched Telephone Network

PSYOPS

Psychological Operations

PT

Plain Text

PTR

Product Tracking Report

PVD

Plan View Display

QAP

Quadrant Adjustment Protocol

QoS

Quality of Service

R&M

Reliability & Maintainability

R/S

Reconnaissance / Surveillance

RADIUS

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

RAID

Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks

Range

The radial distance from a launcher to a target or other object.

RARP

Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

RC

Reserve Component

RCS

Range Communication System

RDA

Research Development and Acquisition

RDBMS

Relational Database Management System

RDMS

Range Data Management System

RDS

Range Data System

RDZ

Ricochet Danger Zone

Reliability

The ability of a system to perform its required functions with correct and consistent results over a period of time.

REMBASS

Remotely Monitored Battlefield Sensor System

RF

Radio Frequency

RFI

Radio Frequency Interference

RFP

Request for Proposal

RIS

(Marine Corps) Range Instrumentation System

RISCon

Range Instrumentation System Control

RISTA

Reconnaissance

RM

Radiant Mercury

RM/T

Range Modernization and Transformation

RMB

Risk Management Board

RMIS

Risk Management Information Systems

ROE

Rules of Engagement

ROHC

Robust Header Compression

ROM

Rough Order of Magnitude

ROZ

Restricted Operation Zone

RPF

Reverse Path Forwarding

RPR

Real-time Platform Reference

RRP

Reactive Routing Protocol

RSA

Range Standardization

RSR

Resilient Packet Ring

RSS

Radar Simulation System

RSVP

ReSerVation Protocol

RTAM

Range and Training Area Management

RTCA

Real Time Casualty Assessment

RTCM

Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services

RTD

Returned To Duty

RTI

Run Time Infrastructure

RTK

Real Time Kinematic

RTM

Requirements Traceability Matrix

RTS

Run-Time Services or Request to Send

RU

Radio Units

RVM

Requirements Verification Matrix

S-2

Battalion or Brigade Intelligence Staff Officer

S-3

Battalion or Brigade Operations Staff Officer

SA

Surface to Air or Situation Awareness

SAAFR

Standard Army Aviation Flight Route

SAF/CGF

Semi-Automated Force/Computer Generated Force

SAM

Surface to Air Missile

SAMMS

Standard Army Maintenance Management System

SAP

Service Access Point

SAS

Single Attachment Station

SAT

Small Arms Transmitter

SATIDS

Situational Awareness Tactical Internet Data Server

SATS

Standard Army Training System

SAWE

Simulated Area Weapons Effects

SBCT

Stryker Brigade Combat Team

SBIR/WM

Space Based Infrared Systems / Wargaming Model

Scenario

The over-arching environment, background, theme (e.g., ‘story’) that provides the stage for the conduct of an exercise.

SCI

Sensitive Compartmented Information

SCIF

SCI Facility

SCLA

Southern California Logistics Airport

SDP

Software Development Plan

SDRL

Subcontract Data Requirements List

SE

Systems Engineering

SEAD

Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses

SEE

Software Engineering Environment

SEGW

System External Gateway

SEI

Software Engineering Institute

SEIT

Systems Engineering Integration Team

Self-organized-to-task

A concept that describes a capability to organize data given a use case and user. This implies some artificial intelligence or computer aided decision capability. Examples might be automatically generating training support materials based on a new METL task or recognizing training preferences based on student profiles. The concept is contained in AT XXI Campaign plan, AT XXI Technical Architecture as well as DoD work on a sharable courseware objects.

SEMP

Systems Engineering Management Plan

SEP

Systems Engineering Plan

SEPG

Software (or Systems) Engineering Process Group

SESAMS

Special Effect Small Arms Marking System

SETA

Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance

SIAT

Systems Engineering, Interoperability, Architectures and Technology

SIGINT

Signal Intelligence

SIMCI

Simulation to C4I Interface

SIMITAR

Simulation In Training for Enhanced Readiness

SIMNET

Simulation Network

SIMPLE

Simulation C4I Interface Module for Plans

Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS)

A family of VHF-FM combat net radios which has the capability to transmit and receive voice, tactical data and record traffic messages and is consistent with NATO interoperability requirements.

SITREP

Situation Report

Situational Awareness (SA)

Knowledge of one’s location; the location of friendly and hostile forces; and of external factors, such as terrain, weather, etc., that may affect one’s capability to perform a mission. (Army Digitization Master Plan 1 Mar 99) Commanders, staffs, units, and soldiers/weapon platforms at all echelons require the means to optimally utilize all battle command information available that affects their area of operations. SA is a state of understanding gained through decisions made from knowledge supplied by a graphical Common Picture of the battlefield consisting as a minimum of the; enemy situation (location, resources, status, and possible actions), friendly situation (location, resources, and status), and the logistics situation (location and status). (ABCS CRD, Ver 1c.)

Situational Training Exercise (STX)

Mission-related, limited exercises designed to train one collective task or a group of related tasks and drills through practice. STXs teach the standard, preferred method for carrying out the task. They are more flexible than drills and usually include drills, leader tasks, and soldier tasks. STXs may be modified based on the unit METL or expanded to meet special mission requirements. To ensure standardization, service schools develop STXs to teach the doctrinally preferred way to perform specific missions or tasks.

SLAM ER

Standoff Land-Attack Missile Expanded Response

SLICE

Soldier Level Integrated Communications Environment

SLOC

Source Lines of Code

SM

Spectrum Monitoring

SMART

Secure Messaging and Routing Terminal

SME

Subject Matter Expert

SMECS

Spectrum Monitoring and Engineering Control Subsystem

SMF

Single-Mode Fiber

SMIFS

Spectrum Monitoring Intelligence Feedback System

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SNE

Synthetic Natural Environment

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SNR

Signal-To-Noise Ratio

SOA

Simulation of the Architecture

SOF

Special Operations Forces

Soldier Survivability

(AR 70-75) -That characteristic of soldiers that enables them to withstand (or avoid) adverse military action (both friend and foe) or the effects of natural phenomena that would result in the loss of capability to continue effective performance of the prescribed mission. System design considerations for soldier survivability are a combination of, but not limited to, those system characteristics which: a. reduce fratricide; b. reduce detectability of the soldier; c. prevent attack on the soldier, if detected; d. prevent bodily damage, if attacked; e. minimize medical injury, if wounded; f. reduce physical and mental fatigue; and g. prevent adverse impact on health and performance due to health threats in the natural environment (disease, toxic contaminants, climatic and terrestrial extremes).

SOM

Simulation Object Model

SOO

Statement of Objectives

SOP

Standing Operating Procedure

SoS

System of Systems

SOW

Statement of Work

SPI

Schedule Performance Index

SPIRIT

Special Purpose Integrated Remote Intelligence Terminal

SQL

Standard Query Language

SRA

Schedule Risk Assessment

SRR

System Requirements Review

SRS

Software Requirements Specification

SS

System Specification

SSC

Standard Simulation Center

SSDD

System/Subsystem Design Description

SSM

Source Specific Multicast

SSMF

Standard Single-Mode Fibers

SSS

System/Subsystem Specification

STAARS

Standard After Action Review System

Stability and Support Operations (SASO)

Peacetime operations to include, but are not limited to, security assistance, nation assistance, search and rescue, civil affairs (CA), noncombatant evacuation (NEO), peacekeeping, shows of force, support to counter-drug operations, and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

See Also:   MOOTW

Standard

(DOD, NATO) An exact value, a physical entity, or an abstract concept, established and defined by authority, custom, or common consent to serve as a reference, model, or rule in measuring quantities or qualities, establishing practices or procedures, or evaluating results. A fixed quantity or quality.

Standardization

As applicable to Army training means: (1) The development and implementation of performance standards that the Army employs in training and in combat. (2) Units and soldiers performing the same task will be trained to perform that task to the same standard. (3) Training products are produced in one format by the training proponent and used by other training activities. (4) AR 71-9 The process of developing concepts, doctrines, procedures, and designs to achieve and maintain the most effective levels of compatibility, interoperability, interchangeability and commonality in the field of operations, administration, and materiel. Standardization is the process by which nations achieve the closest practicable cooperation among forces, the most efficient use of research, development, and production resources, and items.

STD

Software Test Descriptions

STM

System Technical Monitoring

STOC

STRICOM Omnibus Contract

STOW-A

Synthetic Theater of War Army

STP

Software Test Plan

STR

Software Test Report

Supportability

That characteristic of a system and its support system design that provides for sustained system performance, at a required readiness level, when supported in accordance with specified concepts and procedures.

Survivability

(1) Includes all aspects of protecting personnel, weapons, equipment, and supplies while simultaneously deceiving the enemy. (2) Encompasses planning and locating position sites, designing adequate overhead cover, analyzing terrain conditions and construction materials, selecting excavation methods, and countering the effects of direct and indirect fire weapons. (DoD 5000.2-R) - The capability of a system and crew to avoid or withstand a man-made hostile environment without suffering an abortive impairment of its ability to accomplish its designated mission. The ability to withstand an direct or near attack and continue operations.

Sustainment Training

Used to reinforce previous training and/or sustain/regain previously acquired skills and knowledge. ST is: -- Related to course-specific training objectives. -- Performed under prescribed conditions and must meet prescribed performance standards. -- Usually takes place in the unit to sustain or retrain a previously required proficiency level; may be trained to prepare an individual for institutional training, i.e., meet prerequisite training requirements. May take place in a course during/outside of POI time.

SVD

Software Version Description

SW or S/W

Software

Synthetic Training Environment

The STE is the integration of high level architecture compliant live, virtual, and constructive training systems into the ABCS common operating environment creating a common “train as we fight” battle space. This system of systems supports strategic, operational, and tactical mission driven scenarios developed from the universal joint task list, army universal task list, and mission essential task list. Army Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) stimulation interfaces automate the information flow between ABCS subsystems. (TEMO CRD – STE)

System Architecture

A system architecture is the technical companion document to the Operational Architecture. It establishes the specific hardware needed to provide the connectivity required in the Operational Architecture. The System Architecture is a description of the physical connectivity of an information system which includes: identification of all equipment and their physical deployment; the specification of such parameters as the bandwidth required on each circuit; and the description-including graphics-of technical characteristics and interconnection of all parts of an information system. The system architecture can be developed for an individual system or at higher levels to depict the integration of numerous systems in to a system of systems architecture.

T&C

Terms and Conditions

T&E

Test & Evaluation

T-CREW2

Training-Counter Radio Electronic Warfare Two

T/IR

Test Inspection Report

T2

Training Transformation

TAA

Tactical Assembly Area

TACAIR

Tactical Air

TACC

Tactical Air Control/Command Center

TACFIRE

Tactical Fire Direction System

TACOM

Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

TACP

Tactical Air Control Party/Post

TACS

Theatre Air Control System

TACSAT

Tactical Satellite

Tactical and Administrative Control Documents

Exercise/scenario support plans and documents are the total of all administrative and tactical control documents that support the five umbrella functional uses cases derived from the Live CRD Functional Architecture (i.e., Exercise Planning, System Preparation).

Tactical Engagement Simulation (TES)

An advanced collective training methodology supported by a family of TADSS used in free-play, force-on-force, field training exercises. This live simulation training system includes unique curriculum, specially trained military and civilian instructors, and life cycle contractor support personnel worldwide.

Tactical Engagement Simulation System (TESS)

TESS are the systems (e.g., MILES, TWGSS/PGS, OneTESS, etc.) used in support of TES. These system provide a simulation of the casualty producing effects of weapons and support assessment of training performance through the recording of tactical engagement events.

TAF

Training Analysis and Feedback

TAI

Target Area of Interest

TAIS

Tactical Airspace Integration System

TAO

The ACE ORB

TARN

Tactical Air Request Net

TARP

Tactical Aerial Reconnaissance Patrol or Training Augmentation Range Package

Task

A clearly defined and measurable activity accomplished by individuals and organizations. Tasks are specific activities, which contribute to the accomplishment of encompassing missions or other requirements. (FM 25-100)

TBD

To Be Determined

TBRPF

Topology-Based Reverse Path Forwarding

TCDL

Tactical Common Data Link

TCG

Technology Capability Grouping

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol

TCS

Tactical Control System

TDA

Table Of Distribution and Allowance(s)

TDB

Terrain Database

TDDS

Tactical Related Applications (TRAP) Data Dissemination System

TDm

Time Division Multiplexing

TDMA

Time Division Multiple Access

TECD

Training and Education Capabilities Division

Technical Architecture

A technical architecture is a minimal set of rules governing the arrangement, interaction, and interdependence of the parts of an information system. The purpose of the Technical Architecture is to ensure that a conformant system satisfies a specific set of requirements. A technical architecture is comparable to a building code, not telling you what to build (i.e., the operational architecture) nor how to build (i.e., the systems architecture), but rather delineating the standards to which build to and to pass inspection. The technical architecture identifies a framework of standards and includes top-level systems specifications, and architectural diagrams for technical interface specifications.

TECOM

Training Education Command

TENA

Test and Training Enabling Architecture

TES

Tactical Engagement Simulation

TEWT

Tactical Exercise Without Troops

TF

Task Force

THP

Take Home Package

TIA

Telecommunications Industry Association

TIBS

Tactical Information Broadcast Service

TIO

Training Initiatives Office

TLO

Training Liaison Officer

TM-UWB

Time Modulated Ultra Wide Band

TOC

Tactical Operations Center

TOCR

Total Ownership Cost Reduction

TOE

Table of Organization and Equipment

TOS

Type of Service

TOT

Time on Target

TP

Test Procedures

TP

Test Plan

TPD

Training Performance Data

TPF

Training Performance Feedback

TPM

Technical Performance Measure

TRA

Technical Readiness Assessments

TRAC

TRADOC Analysis Center

TRADOC

Training and Doctrine Command

Trainer

(1) Educator. A person with a higher proficiency level in a specific are of interest. (2) A physical object used to convey a higher level of proficiency; this object is usually instrumented for feedback and performance evaluation.

Training aids, devices, simulators, and simulations (TADSS)

(AR 71-9) - TADSS which simulate or demonstrate the function of equipment or weapon systems. These items are categorized as follows: (a) Standalone TADSS. An autonomous item of training equipment designed to enhance or support individual or collective. (b) Embedded. Training that is provided by capabilities designed to be built into or added onto operational systems to enhance and maintain the skill proficiency necessary to operate and maintain that system. Embedded training capabilities encompass four training categories: (1) Category A – Individual/operator. To attain and sustain individual, maintenance, and system orientation skills. (2) Category B – Crew. To sustain combat ready crews/teams. This category builds on skills acquired from Category A. (3) Category C – Functional. To train or sustain commander, staffs, and crews/teams within each functional area to be utilized in their operational role. (4) Category D – Force Level (Combined Arms Command and Battle Staff). To train or sustain combat ready commanders and battle staffs utilizing the operational system in its combat operational role. (c) System. A TADSS item that supports a specific materiel system or family of systems program. (d) Non-system. All TADSS not defined as system TADSS. (e) Simulators. A training medium that replicates or represents the functions of a weapon, weapon system, or item of equipment generally supporting individual, crew, or crew subset training. Simulators may stand alone or be embedded. (f) Simulations. A training medium designed to replicate or represent battlefield environments in support of command and staff training. Simulations may stand-alone or be embedded.

Training Analysis Feedback (TAF)

TAF compares the actual output of a task training process with the intended outcome. By focusing on the task's standards and by describing specific observations, trainers identify strengths and weaknesses and decide how to improve performances.

Training Condition

The circumstances and environment in which a task is to be performed. (FM 25-101)

Training Developers

The individual whose function is to analyze, design, develop, and evaluate training and training products, to include development of training strategies, plans, and products to support resident, non-resident, and unit training. Any individual functioning in this capacity is a training developer regardless of job or position title. In developing systems, the command or agency responsible for the development and conduct of training which will provide the tasks necessary to operate and logistically support the new materiel system.

Training Event

A combined set of training conditions designed to convey a higher level of proficiency. These conditions are designed to test a specific set of objectives. The duration of a Training event may last for several days.

Training Objective

A statement that describes the desired outcome of a training activity. A training objective consists of the following three parts: (1) Task. A clearly defined and measurable activity accomplished by individuals or organizations. (2) Condition(s). The circumstances and environment in which a task is to be performed. (3) Standard. The minimum acceptable proficiency required in the performance of a particular training task. (FM 25-101)

Training Standard

The minimum acceptable proficiency required in the performance of a particular training task. (FM 25 101)

Training Support Package (TSP)

A package integrating various training products necessary to train one or more critical tasks. Some components are: a course management plan, lessons plans, training products of an appropriate media mix, and all other materials needed to conduct the training.

Transportability

(MIL-HDBK-502) - The inherent capability of an item or system to be moved efficiently over railways, highways, waterways, oceans, or airways either by carrier, towing, or self-propulsion.

TRAP

Technical Review Action Plan

TRB

Technical Review Board

TRR

Test Readiness Review

TSA

Technology Survey and Assessment

TSIP

Trimble Standard Interface Protocol

TSIU

Tactical Simulation Interface Unit

TSM

Trunk Signaling Message or Targeting Synchronization Matrix

TSS

Training Support System

TSV

Through Sight Video

TXOP

Transmit Opportunity

U-DITS

Urban Deployable Instrumented Training System

UA

Unit of Action

UAV

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

UE

Unit of Employment

UHF

Ultra High Frequency

UI

User Interface

UJTL

Universal Joint Task List

UL

Underwriters' Laboratories

ULH

Ultra-long Haul

ULS

Universal Licensing System

UNI

User to Network Interface

Unit Set Fielding

Unit Set Fielding transforms a Brigade and Brigade Combat Team to a newer enhanced warfighting capability. It consists of a Doctrine, Training, Leader development, Organization, Materiel, and Soldiers (DTLOMS) analysis and application of a System of Systems fielding approach to achieve this enhanced capability. Unit Set Fielding (materiel subset) consists of fielding three inter-related groups of systems: (1) Improved Command and Control (C2) and Situational Awareness (SA). The key component to improve operational capability horizontally and vertically. Enhanced C2 and SA provide the relevant common picture for all commanders, shooters and supporters allowing them to realize improved lethality and survivability and enabling war-fighters to act faster than the enemy can react. (2) Core Items. By definition a core item is the primary weapons system of the brigade,” e.g., the Abrams for an Armor Battalion. The core item may or may not already be fielded to the brigade scheduled to receive the Improved C2 Item(s). (A) If already fielded, the Improved C2 and SA item(s) become the driver. (B) If not already fielded then the Core Item and the Improved C2 and SA item(s) should be fielded as a package.

UO

Urban Operations

UPS

Uninterruptible Power Supply

UPSR

Uni-Directional Path Switched Ring

US

United States

USAF

United States Air Force

USAR

United States Army Reserve

USB

Universal Serial Bus

USCG

US Coast Guard

Use Case

Describes functional and operational methods within the context of military training and operations. For CTIA, three types of use cases are being developed to support the analysis. Product use cases, functional use cases, and quality profiles. Product use cases are MS Word documents that provide a high level description of the LTT products that will be supported by CTIA (e.g., NTC, HITS, DITS, etc.). Functional use cases UML use case and activity diagrams that identify the activities that users of LTT products perform, the actors associated with each activity, and the sequence of activities. Quality profiles are descriptions of test cases that will be used to verify that the CTIA complies with the ‘illity requirements (e.g., scalability, adaptability, etc.)

User

(AR 700-127) --The MACOM designated to receive the system from the MATDEV for accomplishing an assigned operational mission under a TOE, TDA, or other enabling document.

USJFCOM

United States Joint Forces Command

USMC

United States Marine Corps

USMTF

United States Message Text Formatting

UWB

Ultra Wideband

UWG

User Working Group

UXO

Unexploded Ordnance

V&V

Validation and Verification

Variation Management

A software engineering approach to managing differences in features and functions of multiple products in a software product line over time and over the software lifecycle. (from CPM Operations Guide)

VBR

Variable Bit Rate

VDD

Vehicle Detection Device

VHF

Very High Frequency

VHS

Video Home System or Vertical Helix Scan

Virtual Simulation

A simulation involving real people operating simulated systems. Virtual simulations inject humansintheloop in a central role by exercising motor skills, decision skills, or communication skills.

VISMOD

Visual Modification

VLAN

Virtual Local Area Network

VMA

Voice Monitoring Application

VMF

Variable Message Format

VoIP

Voice over IP

VSCS

Voice Switching and Control System

VTC

Video Teleconference

VTMR

Voice Tactical Monitoring and Recording

WAAS

Wide Area Augmentation System

WAM

Wide Area Mines

WAN

Wide Area Network

WAP

Wireless Access Protocol

WARP

Wireless Ad hoc Routing Protocol

WARSIM

Warfighters Simulation

WBS

Work Breakdown Structure

WCDMA

Wideband Code Division Multiple Access

Weapon

The part of a system used to defeat or counter a threat element.

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Can be nuclear, chemical, biological or radiological weapons, but excludes the means of transporting or propelling the weapon where such means is a separable and divisible part of the weapon.

WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy

WFZ

Weapons Free Zone

WG

Working Group

WHIRL

Wireless Hierarchical Routing Protocol

WIA

Wounded in Action

WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network

WOC

Wing Operations Center

WPM

Wavelet Packet Modulation

WSESRB

Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board

Xcast

Explicit Multicast

XML

Extensible Markup Language

ZHLS

Zone-based Hierarchical Link State Routing Protocol

ZRP

Zone Routing Protocol