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Acronyms and Abbreviations
AAIT | Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence Test |
ABMS | Advanced Battle Management System |
ACC | Air Combat Command |
ACE | Air Combat Evolution |
ADAX | Autonomy, Data, and AI Experimentation |
AEDC | Arnold Engineering Development Complex |
AEIS | Artificial Intelligence Enabled Systems |
AF DCGS | Air Force Distributed Common Ground Station |
AFB | Air Force Base |
AFIT | Air Force Institute of Technology |
AFLCMC | Air Force Life Cycle Management Center |
AFMC | Air Force Materiel Command |
AFOTEC | Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center |
AFPC | Air Force Personnel Center |
AFRL | Air Force Research Laboratory |
AFSC | Air Force Specialty Code |
AFTC | Air Force Test Center |
AI | artificial intelligence |
AI4NSL | Artificial Intelligence for National Security Leaders |
AIA | AI Accelerator |
AICI | Artificial Intelligence Criticality Indicator |
AIOps | Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations |
API | Application Programming Interface |
APIGEE | Automated Pipeline for Imagery Geospatial Enhancement and Enrichment |
ASIL | Automotive Safety Integrity Level |
ATR | automatic target recognition |
AWCFT | Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team |
AWS | Amazon Web Services |
BPA | bulk purchase agreement |
C2 | Command and Control |
C2BMC | Command, Control, Battle Management, Communications |
C4I | Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence |
C4ISR | Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance |
CAC | common access card |
CBA | capabilities-based analysis |
CCA | Collaborative Combat Aircraft |
CCF | common cause failure |
CDAO | Chief Digital and AI Office (OSD); Chief Data and AI Office (DAF) |
CDC | Capability Development Council |
CET | continuing education and training |
CEU | continuing education unit |
CI/CD | continuous integration/continuous delivery |
CIP | critical intelligence parameter |
CLSA | Computer Language Self-Assessment |
CMCC | Common Mission Control Center |
CNN | Convolutional Neural Network |
CoI | community of interest |
CONOPS | concept of operations |
CR | certifiable robustness |
CSAF | Chief of Staff of the Air Force |
CTP | critical technical parameter |
CV | computer vision |
CXO | chief experience officer |
DAF | Department of Air Force |
DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
DASD(DT&E) | Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation |
DAU | Defense Acquisition University |
DDB | Dynamic Database |
DevOps | development operations |
DevSecOps | development, security, and operations |
DGS | Defense Geospatial Services |
DIE | Defense Intelligence Enterprise |
DL | deep learning |
DMP | data management pipeline |
DNN | deep neural networks |
DoD | Department of Defense |
DOT&E | Director of Operational Test and Evaluation |
DOTmLPF-P | Doctrine, Organization, Training, materiel, Leadership, Personnel, Facilities, Policy |
DRL | deep reinforcement learning |
DT | developmental test |
DT&E | developmental test and evaluation |
DTO | Digital Transformation Office |
ELINT | electronic intelligence |
EO | electro-optical |
EOB | Electronic Order of Battle |
EW | electronic warfare |
EWIR | electronic warfare integrated reprogramming |
FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
FERET | Face Recognition Technology |
FFRDC | federally funded research and development center |
FM | foundation model |
FMV | full-motion video |
FOC | fully operational capability |
FOT&E | follow-on operational T&E |
FPGA | field programmable gate array |
GAO | Government Accountability Office |
GeoINT | geospatial intelligence |
GOTS | government off-the-shelf |
GPU | graphics processing unit |
GSWR | Global Synthetic Weather Radar |
HAI | human-AI |
HARA | Hazard and Risk Assessment |
HMC | human-machine cognitive collaboration |
HMT | human-machine team |
HRL | human readiness level |
HSI | human-systems integration |
HW | hardware |
IDA | Institute for Defense Analyses |
IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
ILSVRC | ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge |
IML | informed machine learning |
IOC | initial operating capability |
IOT&E | initial operational test and evaluation |
IP | intellectual property |
IR | infrared |
ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
ISR | intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance |
IT | information technology |
JAIC | Joint Artificial Intelligence Center |
JATIC | Joint Artificial Intelligence Test Infrastructure Capability |
JCIDS | Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System |
JEON | joint emergent operational need |
JHU APL | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory |
JROC | Joint Requirements Oversight Council |
JSE | joint simulation environment |
JUON | joint urgent operational need |
KPI | key performance indicator |
KPP | key performance parameter |
KSA | key system attribute |
LAWS | lethal autonomous weapon system |
LFT&E | live-fire test and evaluation |
LL | Lincoln Laboratory |
LLM | large language model |
LOR | level of rigor |
LSTM | long-short-time memory |
LVC | live-virtual-constructive |
M&S | modeling and simulation |
MAGE | Machine Assisted GeoINT Exploitation |
MAIS | major automated information system |
MDA | Missile Defense Agency |
MDAP | major defense acquisition program |
MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
ML | machine learning |
MLOps | machine learning operations |
MRTFB | Major Range and Test Facility Base |
MSTAR | Moving and Stationary Target Acquisition and Recognition |
MTA | middle tier of acquisition |
MVP | minimal viable product |
NAIIO | National AI Initiative Office |
NAITIC | National Artificial Intelligence Test and Evaluation Infrastructure Capability |
NDAA | National Defense Authorization Act |
NeRF | neural radiance field |
NFS | NextGen Federal Systems |
NGAD | next generation air dominance |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NLP | natural language processing |
NPS | Naval Postgraduate School |
NR-KPP | net ready key performance parameter |
NSCAI | National Security Commission on AI |
O&M | operations and maintenance |
OCR | operational change request |
ODD | operational design domain |
ODNI | Office of the Director of National Intelligence |
OFP-CTF | Operational Flight Program-Combined Test Force |
OOD | out-of-distribution |
OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
OT | operational test |
OT&E | operational test and evaluation |
OTA | Operational Test Agency |
OUSD(R&E) | Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering) |
PaaS | platform-as-a-service |
PED | processing, exploitation, and dissemination |
PEO | program executive officer |
PII | personally identifiable information |
PMO | Program Management Office |
QU | quantifiable uncertainty |
R&D | research and development |
R&E | research and engineering |
RADIUS | Research and Development for Image Understanding Systems |
RAI | responsible AI |
RAIDEN | Robust AI Development Environment |
RDT&E | research, development, test, and evaluation |
RFI | request for information |
RFP | request for proposal |
RL | reinforcement learning |
RLHF | reinforcement learning with human feedback |
RMF | Risk Management Framework |
RNN | recurrent neural network |
SAR | synthetic aperture radar |
SCSP | Special Competitive Studies Project |
SDN | software-defined networking |
SDPE | strategic development planning and experimentation |
SEI | special experience identifier |
SME | subject-matter expert |
SPO | system program office |
SWAP | size, weight, and power |
T&E | test and evaluation |
TEMP | T&E Master Plan |
TEVV | Test, Evaluation, Verification, and Validation |
TL | transfer learning |
TPS | Test Pilot School |
TQD | training-quality data |
TRL | technology readiness level |
TRMC | Test Resource Management Center |
TW | Test Wing |
UARC | University-Affiliated Research Center |
UAS | unmanned aerial system |
UGV | uncrewed ground vehicle |
UI/UX | user interface/user experience |
UON | urgent operational need |
USAFWC | United States Air Force Warfare Center |
USC | University of Southern California |
USDI | Under Secretary for Defense for Intelligence |
V&V | verification and validation |
VENOM | Viper Experimentation and Next-Gen Operations Model |
VISTA | Variable In-Flight Simulator Aircraft |
VOC | Visual Object Classes |
VTTC | Virtual Test and Training Center |
ZT | zero trust |