D
Acronyms
1D | one-dimensional |
2D | two-dimensional |
2PA | two-photon absorption |
3D | three-dimensional |
ABL | atmospheric boundary layer |
ABLE | atmospheric boundary layer environment |
ACT-R | adaptive control of thought—rational |
ACT-RN | adaptive control of thought—rational neuro |
AFC | Army Futures Command |
AI | artificial intelligence |
ALE | air launched effect |
ALP | aeroelastic lumped parameter |
ANL | Argonne National Laboratory |
A-PNT | assured positioning, navigation, and timing |
ARL | Army Research Laboratory |
ARLTAB | Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board |
ARO | Army Research Office |
AR/VR | augmented and virtual reality |
ASIC | application-specific integrated circuit |
BED | Battlefield Environments Division |
C4ISR | command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance |
Cal Tech | California Institute of Technology |
CCDC | Combat Capabilities Development Command |
CFD | computational fluid dynamics |
CHIMERA | Cyber-Human Integrated Modeling and Experimentation Range Army |
CISD | Computational and Information Sciences Directorate |
CIWS | Corridor Integrated Weather System |
CMF | Cyber Mission Force |
CMU | Carnegie Mellon University |
CNN | convolutional neural net |
CPT | cyber protection team |
CRA | Collaborative Research Alliance |
CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development Agreement |
CRC | common research configuration |
CTA | Collaborative Technology Alliance |
CTA | concepts, trades, and analyses |
CW | continuous wave |
DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
Deep TAMER | Deep Training an Agent Manually via Evaluative Reinforcement |
DL | deep learning |
DoD | Department of Defense |
DOE | Department of Energy |
EEG | electroencephalogram |
ENZ | epsilon-near-zero |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
E-PIC | electronic/photonic integrated circuit |
ERA | essential research area |
EW | electronic warfare |
FE | finite element |
FEA | finite element analysis |
FOM | Figure of Merit |
FSR | free-spectral range |
FPGA | field programmable gate array |
FY | fiscal year |
GMR | guided-mode resonance |
GPS | global positioning system |
HDR | high dynamic range |
HFM | high-fidelity model |
HID | human interest detection |
HMS | hierarchical multiscale |
HPC | high-performance computing |
HRED | Human Research and Engineering Directorate |
HS | human sciences |
HYDRA | Hybrid Design and Analysis of Rotorcraft |
IM | intelligent maneuver |
INFORMS | Information for Mixed Squads Laboratory |
IPN | interpenetrating network |
IS | information sciences |
ITO | indium tin oxide |
LAB | Laboratory Assessments Board |
LBM | lattice-Boltzmann method |
LfD | Learning from Demonstration |
LFM | low-fidelity model |
LIB | lithium-ion battery |
LWIR | long-wave infrared |
MD | molecular dynamics |
MDO | multi-domain operations |
MEMS | microelectromechanical system |
ML | machine learning |
MOUT | Military Operations in Urban Terrain |
MSA | meteorological sensor array |
MWIR | medium-wave infrared |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NEEC | nuclear excitation by electron capture |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NRL | Naval Research Laboratory |
NWP | numerical weather prediction |
OER | oxygen evolution reaction |
OPLAN | operational plan |
PCM | phase change material |
PI | principal investigator |
PIC | photonic integrated circuit |
PP | predictive processing |
QIS | quantum information science |
R&D | research and development |
RDT&E | research, development, test, and evaluation |
RF | radio frequency |
RI | radio isotope |
ROC | receiver operating characteristic |
ROM | reduced order model |
RSA | reverse saturable absorption |
S&E | scientist and engineer |
S&T | science and technology |
SA | saturable absorber |
SDR | standard dynamic range |
SEDD | Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate |
SiC | silicon carbide |
SNL | Sandia National Laboratory |
STRONG | strengthening teamwork for robust operations with novel groups |
sUAS | small-unmanned aerial system |
SWaP-C | size, weight, and power as well as cost |
SWIR | short-wave infrared |
TAMU | Texas A&M University |
TPV | thermal photovoltaic |
UAS | unmanned aerial system |
UAV | unmanned aerial vehicle |
VICTOR | versatile tactical power and propulsion |
VHF | very high frequency |
VTD | Vehicle Technology Directorate |
VSTOL | vertical and/or short take-off and landing |
VTOL | vertical take-off and landing |
WMRD | Weapons and Materials Research Directorate |
WRF | weather research and forecasting |
WSMR | White Sands Missile Range |
YSZ | yttrium stabilized zirconia |