Acronyms and Abbreviations

A

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
ACL	Automatic Carrier Landing
ACLS	Automatic Carrier Landing System
ACM	Air Combat Maneuver
ACQ	Aquisition
ADF	Automatic Direction Finder
ADI	Attitude Director Indicator
ADL	Armament Datum Line
AFCS	Automatic Flight Control System
AFTC	Augmenter Fan Temperature Control
AHRS	Attitude Heading Reference System
AICS	Air Inlet Control System
AOA	Angle of Attack
APC	Approach Power Compensator
ASH	Automatic Stored Heading
ATC	Active Transfer Command
ATLS	Automatic Thrust Limiting System
ATTK	Attack
AVTR	Airborne Video Tape Recorder
AWL	All-Weather Landing

B

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
BATR	Bullet at Target Range
BDHI	Bearing-Distance-Heading Indicator
BIT	Built-in Test
BRC	Base Recovery Course
BRST	Boresight
BRU	Bomb Rack Unit

C

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
CADC	Central Air Data Computer
CAINS	Carrier Aircraft Inertial Navigation System
CANTCO	Can’t Comply
CAP	Computer Address Panel
CCIP	Continuously Computed Impact Point
CICU	Computer Integrated Converter Unit
CLSN	Collision
CM	Continuous Monitor
CRS	Course
CRT	Cathode Ray Tube
CSA	Continuous Semi-Active
CSDC	Computer Signal Data Converter
CTVS	Cockpit Television Sensor
CV	Aircraft Carrier
CW	Continuous-Wave

D

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
DDD	Detail Data Display
DDI	Digital Data Indicator
DECM	Defensive Electronic Countermeasures
DEF PT	Defended Point
DES	Designate
DEST	Destination
DF	Direction Finder
D/L	Data Link
DLC	Direct Lift Control
DME	Distance Measuring Equipment
DPLR	Doppler

E

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
ECA	Expanded Chaff Adapter
ECM	Electronic Countermeasures
ECCM	Electronic Counter-Countermeasures
ECMD	Electronic Countermeasures Display
ECS	Environmental Control System
EGT	Exhaust Gas Temperature
EIG	Engine Instrument Group
ETA	Estimated Time of Arrival
EXP	Expand
FAR	False Alarm Rate

F

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
FCLP	Field Carrier Landing Practice
FEMS	Fatigue Engine Monitoring System
FF	Fuel Flow
FLOLS	Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System
FMR	Frequency Ranging
FOV	Field of View
FRL	Fuselage Reference Line
FSK	Frequency-Shift-Keyed
FWD	Forward

G

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
GACH	Gimbal Angle Crosshair
GCI	Ground Controlled Intercept
GCS	Gun Control System
GM	Ground Map
GPS	Global Positioning System
GSS	Gun Scoring System
GT	Ground Track

H

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
HB	Homebase
HCU	Hand Control Unit
HDG	Heading
HOJ	Home-on-Jam
HOST	Hostile
HPRF	High Pulse Repetition Frequency
HSD	Horizontal Situation Display
HSI	Horizontal Situation Indicator
HUD	Heads-up Display

I

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
IAS	Indicated Airspeed
ICLS	Instrument Carrier Landing System
ICS	Intercommunications
IFF	Identification Friend or Foe
IFR	Instrument Flight Rules
IFT	In-Flight Training
ILS	Instrument Landing System (ICLS)
IMN	Indicated Mach Number
IMU	Intertial Measurement Unit
INS	Intertial Navigation System
IP	Initial Point
IR	Infrared
IRAT	IR Angle Tracking
ITER	Improved Triple Ejector Rack
ITS	Integrated Trim System

J

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
JAM	Jamming
JAT	Jam Angle Track

K

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
KCAS	Knots Calibrated Airspeed
KTS	Knots

L

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
LAR	Launch Acceptable Region
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
LCOS	Lead Computing Optical Sight
LOS	Line of Sight
LPRF	Low Pulse Repetition Frequency
LSO	Landing Signal Officer or “Paddles”
LTE	Launch-to-Eject

M

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
M	Mach
MA	Missile Alert
MAD	Magnetic Azimuth Detector
MAG VAR	Magnetic Variation
MAN	Manual
MAND	Mandatory
MDIG	Multipurpose Display Indicator Group
MEC	Main Engine Control
MIL	Military
ML	Missile Launch
MLC	Mainlobe Clutter
MLG	Main Landing Gear
MOAT	Missile on Aircraft Test
MMGS	Multiple Mode Gun Sight
MRL	Manual Rapid Lockon
MSL	Mean Sea Level

N

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
NAV GRID	Navigation Command and Control Grid
NBR	Number
NFO	Naval Flight Officer
NFOV	Narrow Field of View
NM	Nautical Miles
NOZ	Nozzle
NTDS	Naval Tactical Data System

O

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
OBC	On-Board Check

P

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
Paddles	See LSO
PAL	Pilot Automatic Lockon
PCD	Precision Course Direction
PD	Pulse Doppler
PDCP	Pilot Display Control Panel
PDRSL	Pulse Doppler Radar Slaved
PDS	Pulse Doppler Search
PDSTT	Pulse Doppler Single Target Track
PH	AIM-54 Phoenix Missile
PLM	Pilot Lockon Mode
PRF	Pulse Repetition Frequency
PRI	Primary
PRSL	Pulse Radar Slaved
PS	Pulse Search
PSTT	Pulse Single Target Track
PT	Point

Q

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
QADL	Cue-to-ADL
QDES	Cue-to-Designate
QHUD	Cue-to-HUD
QSNO	Cue-to-snowplow
QWP	Cue-to-waypoint

R

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
RACH	Radar Angle Crosshair
RDR	Radar
RDROT	Radar on Target
RECON	Reconnaissance
RIO	Radar Intercept Officer
RNG	Range
RNGRT	Range Rate
ROT	Range on Target
RTGS	Real-Time Gun Sight
RWS	Range While Search

S

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
SAM	Surface to Air Missile
SAS	Stability Augmentation System
SAT	Simultaneous Alignment and Test
SCP	Sensor Control Panel
SD/A	Sample Data/Active
SEAM	Sidewinder Expanded Acquisition Mode
SINS	Ship Inertial Navigation System
SP	AIM-7 Sparrow Missile
ST	Surface Target
STAB	Stabilization
STAB AUG	Stability Augmentation
STBY	Standby
STC	Sensitivity Time Control
STT	Single Target Track
SW	AIM-9 Sidewinder Missile

T

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
TACAN	Tactical Air Navigation
TARPS	Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System
TAS	True Airspeed
TCS	Television Camera Set
TDS	Tactical Data System
TER	Triple Ejector Rack
TGT	Target
THRLD	Threshold
TID	Tactical Information Display
TIT	Turbine Inlet Temperature
TTG	Time-to-Go
TUIR	Time Until in Range
TUMR	Time Until Maximum Range
TUOR	Time Until Optimum Range
TWS	Track While Scan
TWSA	Track While Scan Automatic
TWSM	Track While Scan Manual

U

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
UHF	Ultra High Frequency
UTC	Coordinated Universal Time

V

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
Vc	Closing Velocity Rate
vC	Computed MAG VAR
VDI	Vertical Display Indicator
VDIG	Vertical Display Indicator Group (HUD & VDI)
VEC	Vector
VFR	Visual Flight Rules
VID	Visual Identification
vM	Manual MAG VAR
VMCU	Voltage Monitor Control Unit
VSL	Vertical Scan Lockon
VTR	Video Tape Recorder

W

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
WCS	Weapon Control System
WFOV	Wide Field of View
WILCO	Will Comply
WOD	Wind over the Deck
WOW	Weight on/off Wheels

Y

Acronym/Abbreviation	Meaning
YY	Geographic Reference Point for NAV GRID