Below is the uncorrected machine-read text of this chapter, intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text of each book. Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.
Appendix E Selected Acronyms ACT Adaptive Character of Thought ACTD advanced concept technology demonstration APG Aberdeen Proving Ground ARI Army Research Institute ARL Army Research Laboratory ARO Army Research Office ATD advanced technology demonstration BRL-CAD Ballistic Research Laboratory Computer-aided Design (software) BST barium-strontium titanate C&C computer and communication CECOM Communication-Electronics Command CGAR Center for Geo-Sciences: Atmospheric Research CISD Computational and Information Sciences Directorate COTS commercial off-the-shelf CTA Collaborative Technology Alliance DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy EM electromagnetic EMVAF Electromagnetic Vulnerability Assessment Facility FAA Federal Aviation Administration FCS Future Combat System FY fiscal year 95
96 APPENDIX E HPC high-performance computing HRED Human Research and Engineering Directorate HSIAC Human Systems Information Analysis Center IEPD Information and Electronic Protection Division (SLAD) IMETS Integrated Meteorology System IO information operations IP Internet Protocol IPA Intergovernmental Personnel Act IR infrared MEMS microelectromechanical systems MMIC monolithic microwave integrated circuit MMW millimeter wave MOUT military operations in urban terrain MSRC Major Shared Resource Center MSU Mississippi State University MURI Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative NAE National Academy of Engineering NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NRC National Research Council RAB research advisory board R&D research and development RDEC Research, Development, and Engineering Center S&Es scientists and engineers SEDD Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate SLAD Survivability and Lethality Analysis Directorate SPIE Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers STO Science and Technology Objective TAB Technical Assessment Board TARA Technology Area Review and Assessment UPOS University Partnering for Operational Support VARTM vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding VTD Vehicle Technology Directorate WMRD Weapons and Materials Research Directorate
