APPENDIX E: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS


20 AF ....................... 20th Air Force

A

ABM......................... Anti-Ballistic Missile

AC2ISRC.................. Aerospace Command & Control Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance Center (AC2ISRC)

ACC.......................... Air Combat Command

ACTD....................... Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration

AEF........................... Air Expeditionary Force

AETC........................ Air Education and Training Command

AEW......................... Air Expeditionary Wing

AF............................. Air Force

AFB.......................... Air Force Base

AFMC...................... Air Force Materiel Command

AFPP........................ Air Force Program Projection

AFRC........................ Air Force Reserve Command

AFRL........................ Air Force Research Laboratory

AFROC..................... Air Force Requirements Oversight Council

AFROCM................. Air Force Requirements Oversight Council Memorandum

AFSCN..................... Air Force Satellite Control Network

AFSP......................... Air Force Strategic Plan

AFSPC...................... Air Force Space Command

AFSST...................... Air Force Space Support Teams

AFWA...................... Air Force Weather Agency

AITF......................... Aerospace Integration Task Force

AMTI....................... Air Moving Target Indicator

AoA.......................... Analysis of Alternatives

AOC.......................... Aerospace Operations Center

AOR.......................... Area of Responsibility

APOM...................... Amended POM

APPG........................ Annual Planning and Programming Guidance

ARC.......................... Air Reserve Component

AS............................. Air Station

ASAT........................ Anti-Satellite

ASIIS......................... Aerospace Integrated Investment Study

ASP........................... AFSCN Scheduling Program

AT/FP....................... Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection

ATD.......................... Advanced Technology Demonstration

AWACS.................... Airborne Warning And Control System

B

BMDO...................... Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

BMEWS.................... Ballistic Missile Early Warning System

BMR......................... Ballistic Missile Requirements

C

C&I........................... Communications and Information

C/NOFS.................... Communications/Navigation Outage Forecast System

C2.............................. Command and Control

C3.............................. Command, Control and Communications

C4.............................. Command, Control, Communications and Computers

C4I............................ Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence

CA............................. Commercial Activity

CAV.......................... Common Aero Vehicle

CC&D....................... Camouflage, Concealment and Deception

CCS........................... Command and Control System

CE............................. Civil Engineering

CEASE...................... Compact Environmental Anomaly Sensor

CINC......................... Commander(s)-in-Chief

CITS.......................... Combat Information Transport System

CONOPS.................. Concept of Operations

CONUS..................... Continental United States

COTS........................ Commercial Off The Shelf

CRG.......................... Compliance Review Group

CSOS......................... Commercial Space Opportunities Study

D

D5............................. Deny, Disrupt, Deceive, Degrade, or Destroy

DCI........................... Defensive Counter-Information

DCS........................... Defensive Counterspace

DDR&E.................... Deputy Director for Research & Engineering

DDT.......................... Delay and Denial Technologies

DHP.......................... Defense Health Program

DISA......................... Defense Information Systems Agency

DMSP....................... Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

DMT......................... Distributed Mission Training

DoD.......................... Department of Defense

DP............................. Development Plan

DPG.......................... Defense Planning Guidance

DSCS......................... Defense Satellite Communications System

DSP........................... Defense Support Program

DSTS......................... Deep Space Tracking System

E

EAF........................... Expeditionary Aerospace Force

ECS........................... Expeditionary Combat Support

EELV......................... Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle

EELV-TI................... Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle - Technology Insertion

EHF........................... Extremely High Frequency

ELV........................... Expendable Launch Vehicle

EM............................ Environmental Monitoring

EO............................. Electro-Optical

EOD.......................... Explosive Ordnance Disposal

ESC........................... Electronic Systems Center

F

F2T2EA.................... Find, Fix, Target, Track, Engage and Assess

FDE........................... Force Development Evaluation

FINPLAN................. Financial Plan

FOC.......................... Full Operational Capability

FOT&E..................... Follow-On Test & Evaluation

FP/AT....................... Force Protection and Anti-Terrorism

FY............................. Fiscal Year

FYDP........................ Future Years Defense Program

G

GBS........................... Global Broadcast System

GCCS........................ Global Command and Control System

GCSS-AF.................. Global Combat Support System-Air Force

GEODSS................... Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep space Surveillance System

GMTI....................... Ground Moving Target Indicator

GOES........................ Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

GP............................. General Purpose

GPS........................... Global Positioning System

GRP.......................... Guidance Replacement Program

H

HAX......................... Haystack Auxiliary

HQ............................ Headquarters

HSI............................ Hyperspectral Imagery

HSPP......................... High-Speed Precision Penetrator

HUSIR...................... Haystack Ultra-Wideband Satellite Imaging Radar

I

ICBM........................ Intercontinental Ballistic Missile(s)

IDASS....................... Intelligence Data Analysis System for Satellites

IIA............................. Integrated Investment Analysis

IMA.......................... Individual Mobilization Augmentee

IO.............................. Information Operations

IOC........................... Initial Operational Capability

IPL............................ Integrated Priority List

IPP............................ Integrated Planning Process

IPT............................ Integrated Product Team

IR.............................. Infrared

IRIP........................... Integrated Roadmap and Investment Plan

ISOON...................... Improved Solar Optical Observing Network

ISR............................ Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

ITW/AA.................... Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment

J

JFC............................ Joint Force Commander

JSTARS.................... Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System

K

KMR......................... Kwajalein Missile Range

L

LEO........................... Low Earth Orbit

LEO&A..................... Launch, Early Orbit and Anomaly resolution

LF.............................. Launch Facility

LIDAR...................... Light Detection and Ranging

LIS............................. Logistic Information System

LRP........................... Long Range Plan

LSSC......................... Lincoln Space Surveillance Complex

M

MAA........................ Mission Area Assessment

MAF......................... Missile Alert Facility

MAJCOM................ Major Command

MAP......................... Mission Area Plan

MASINT.................. Measurement and Signature Intelligence

MCS.......................... Mission Control Station

MEECN.................... Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network

METL....................... Mission Essential Task List

MILCON.................. Military Construction

MILSATCOM......... Military Satellite Communications

MLV......................... Medium Launch Vehicle

MM.......................... Minuteman

MMP........................ Minuteman MEECN Program

MNA........................ Mission Needs Analysis

MNS......................... Mission Needs Statement

MOSS....................... Mobile Optical Surveillance System

MP/AI....................... Modernization Planning/Aerospace Integration

MPP.......................... Modernization Planning Process

MS&A...................... Modeling, Simulation and Analysis

MSA......................... Mission Solution Analysis

MSP.......................... Mission Support Plan

MSX/SBV................. Mid-course Space Experiment/Space-Based Visible

MT............................ Mission Team

N

N/UWSS.................... NORAD/USSPACECOM Warfighting Support System

NASA....................... National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NBC.......................... Nuclear, Biological, Chemical

NCA.......................... National Command Authorities

NCC.......................... Network Control Center

NIMA....................... National Imagery and Mapping Agency

NMD........................ National Missile Defense

NMS......................... Non-Materiel Solution

NOAA...................... National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

NORAD.................... North American Aerospace Defense Command

NOSC........................ Network Operations and Security Center

NPOESS.................... National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System

NRO.......................... National Reconnaissance Office

NSS........................... National Security Strategy

NUDET.................... Nuclear Detonation

O

O&M........................ Operations and Maintenance

OCI........................... Offensive Counter-Information

OCS........................... Offensive Counterspace

OJCS......................... Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

OPR.......................... Office of Primary Responsibility

OPSEC...................... Operations Security

ORD.......................... Operational Requirements Document

OSCARS................... Operational Satellite Constellation Availability and Reliability Simulation

OSD.......................... Office of the Secretary of Defense

OT&E....................... Operational Test and Evaluation

OTV.......................... Orbit Transfer Vehicle


P

PARCS...................... Perimeter Acquisition Radar Characterization System

PAS........................... Personal Alarm System

PAVE PAWS............ Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased-Array Warning System

PCS........................... Permanent Change of Station

PK............................. Peacekeeper

PME.......................... Professional Military Education

POC.......................... Point of Contract

POES......................... Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite

POM......................... Program Objective Memorandum

PRC........................... Program Review Committee

PRP........................... Propulsion Replacement Program

PSM.......................... Portable Space Model

Q

QOL.......................... Quality Of Life

R

RAU.......................... Reserve Associate Unit

RF............................. Radio Frequency

RPMA...................... Real Property Maintenance Activity

RRC.......................... Requirements Review Committee

RSA........................... Range Standardization and Automation

RTS........................... Remote Tracking Station

RV............................. Reentry Vehicle

S

S&T........................... Science and Technology

S&TW....................... Surveillance and Threat Warning

SAS........................... Space Aggressor Squadron

SATA........................ Small Aperture Telescope Augmentation

SATCOM................. Satellite Communications

SBEON..................... Space-Based Electro-Optical Network

SBIRS........................ Space-Based Infrared System

SBIRS/IOSA............. Space-Based Infrared System/Integrated Overhead SIGINT Architecture

SBL........................... Space-Based Laser

SBLR......................... Space-Based Launch Range

SBR........................... Space-Based Radar

SCI............................ Sensitive Compartmented Information

SCINDA................... Scintillation Network Decision Aid

SCN........................... Satellite Control Network

SCOUT..................... Space Command Optimizer of Utility Toolkit

SEAS......................... System Effectiveness Analysis Simulation

SEON........................ Solar Electro-optical Observing Network

SERV......................... Safety Enhanced Reentry Vehicle

SHF........................... Super High Frequency

SIGINT..................... Signals Intelligence

SJA............................ Staff Judge Advocate

SLBM....................... Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile

SLRS......................... Space Launch Range System

SLRSC....................... Space Launch Range System Contract

SMC.......................... Space and Missile Systems Center

SMEI......................... Solar Mass Ejection Imager

SMP.......................... Strategic Master Plan

SMV.......................... Space Maneuver Vehicle

SOPS......................... Space Operations Squadron

SOV........................... Space Operations Vehicle

SSPARS.................... Solid State Phased Array Radar Systems

SSTO......................... Single-Stage-To-Orbit

START..................... Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

STEDE...................... Space Training, Education and Exercise

STS............................ Space Transportation System

STW&ARS............... Satellite Threat Warning and Attack Reporting System

SWC.......................... Space Warfare Center

SWICS....................... Space Weather Ionospheric Characterization System

SWXS........................ Space Weather Squadron

T

TBD.......................... To Be Determined

TBM......................... Theater Ballistic Missile

TF............................. Task Force

TMD......................... Theater Missile Defense

TOA.......................... Total Obligation Authority

TPED........................ Tasking, Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination

TPIPT....................... Technical Planning Integrated Product Team(s)

TSPR......................... Total System Performance Responsibility

TSTO........................ Two-Stage-To-Orbit

TT&C....................... Telemetry, Tracking and Commanding

U

UCAR....................... University Consortium for Atmospheric Research

UFO.......................... UHF Follow-On

UHF.......................... Ultra High Frequency

UQT.......................... Unit Qualification Training

US............................. United States

USAF........................ United States Air Force

USSPACECOM....... United States Space Command

USSTRATCOM....... United States Strategic Command

V

VTC.......................... Video Teleconference

W

WMD........................ Weapons of Mass Destruction

WRM........................ War Reserve Materiel

WX............................ Weather

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Executive Summary    Table Of Contents   

Chapter 1    Chapter 2    Chapter 3     Chapter 4    Chapter 5    Chapter 6     Chapter 7    Chapter 8    Chapter 9

Appendix A    Appendix B    Appendix C     Appendix D    Appendix F