JCIDS |
Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System |
JDMC |
Joint Defense Manufacturing Council |
JDMTP |
Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel |
KSA |
knowledge, skill and assessment |
LIFT |
Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow |
MEP |
Manufacturing Extension Partnership |
MII |
Manufacturing Innovation Institute |
MIPR |
Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request |
MRL |
manufacturing readiness level |
NAMC |
National Advanced Mobility Consortia |
NDIA |
National Defense Industrial Association |
NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NMI |
National Manufacturing Institute |
NNMI |
National Network for Manufacturing Innovation |
NPO |
National Program Office |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
OAM |
Office of Advanced Manufacturing |
OECD |
Organization for Economic Development |
OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturer |
OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
OSD |
Office of the Secretary of Defense |
OTA |
Other Transaction Authority |
OUSD |
Undersecretary of Defense Manufacturing Technology |
PCAST |
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology |
PPP |
public–private partnership |
RAMI |
Revitalize American Manufacturing Innovation |
RCA |
The Sarnoff Corporation was formerly known as the RCA corporate laboratory |
RDT |
research, development, and test |
RDT&E |
research, development, test and evaluation |
RFID |
radio-frequency identification |
S&T |
science and technology |
SAMPE |
Society for Advancement of Material and Process Engineering |
SBIR |
Small Business Innovation Research |
SME |
Small and Medium-sized Enterprise |
TOR |
terms of reference |
TPoC |
technical point of contact |
TRL |
technology readiness level |
TTAC |
Transition and Commercialization Community of Practice |
UARC |
University Affiliated Research Center |
USD(R&E) |
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering |