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
Executive Summary Table Of Contents
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9