UAV-dom - Acronyms

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

AAM - Air to Air Missile
ACTD - Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator
ASM - Air to Surface Missile
CONOPS – Concept of Operations
CTOL – Conventional Takeoff and Landing
DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DOD – Department of Defense
EO – Electro-Optical (Radar)
FCS – Future Combat Systems
RADAR –Radio Detection And Range
FLIR – Forward Looking Infrared Radar
GCS – Ground Control Station
BAMS – Broad Area Maritime Surveillance
HAE - High Altitude Endurance
HALE – High Altitude Long Endurance
HLUAV – Hand Launched Unmanned Air Vehicle
IR – Infrared (Radar)
JSTARS – Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System
JUCAS – Joint Unmanned Combat Air System
LRE – Launch and Recovery Element
MALE – Medium Altitude Long Endurance
MAV – Micro Unmanned Air Vehicles
MRE – Mission Control Element
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RPV - Remotely Pioleted Vehicle
RQ – R = Reconnaissance, Q = Unmanned (USAF naming system)
SAR – Synthetic Aperture Radar
SDD - System Development and Demonstration
SIGINT - Signals Intelligence
SPO - DARPA Special Programs Office
UAS – Unmanned Aerial System
UAV – Unmanned Air Vehicle
UCAR – Unmanned Combat Armed Rotor-vehicle
UCAV – Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
USAF – United States Air Force
VTOL – Vertical Take Off and Landing
VT-UAV – Vertical Takeoff Unmanned