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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Glossary." National Research Council. 2014. SBIR at the Department of Defense. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18821.
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Appendix D

Glossary

For additional information see: Glossary of Defense Acquisition Acronyms & Terms, Defense Acquisition University Press, July 2005.

A  
ACAT Acquisition Category (e.g., ACAT I, ACAT II, etc.)
AF Air Force
AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory
ASN RDA Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Development and Acquisition
   
C  
CAI Commercialization Achievement Index
CCR Company Commercialization Report
CONUS Continental United States
COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf
CTO Chief Technology Officer
CPP Commercialization Pilot Program
CRP Commercialization Readiness Program
CTA Commercialization and Technology Assessment
Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Glossary." National Research Council. 2014. SBIR at the Department of Defense. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18821.
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D  
DAC Defense Acquisition Challenge (program)
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DASAF Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
DoD Department of Defense
DoN Department of the Navy
DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency
DUSD A&T Deputy Undersecretary of Defense, Acquisition & Technology
   
F  
FPDS Federal Procurement Data System (Next Generation)
FY Fiscal Year
   
G  
GAO Government Accountability Office
   
H  
HASC House Armed Services Committee
HHS Health and Human Services
   
I  
IRAD Independent Research and Development
   
N  
NDAA National Defense Authorization Act
NRC National Research Council
   
O  
OIG Office of the Inspector General
OMB Office of Management and Budget
Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Glossary." National Research Council. 2014. SBIR at the Department of Defense. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18821.
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OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
OSBP Office of Small Business Programs
OUSD Office of the Undersecretary of Defense
   
P  
PART Program Assessment Rating Tool
PAT Process Action Team
PEO Program Executive Office/Officer
PM Program Manager
   
R  
RAND RAND National Defense Research Institute
R&D Research and Development
RD&E Research, Development, and Engineering
RDT&E Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
   
S  
SBA Small Business Administration
SECDEF Secretary of Defense
SECNAV Secretary of the Navy
SYSCOM System Command
   
T  
TRL Technology Readiness Level
   
U  
USD A&T Undersecretary of Defense, Acquisition and Technology
USD AT&L Undersecretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Glossary." National Research Council. 2014. SBIR at the Department of Defense. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18821.
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