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Appendix C: Acronyms and Glossary
Pages 83-84

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... C Acronyms and Glossary AATE Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory AirSTAR Airborne Subscale Transport Aircraft Research AMELIA Advanced Model for Extreme Lift and Improved Acoustics ARMD Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate ARTR Aeronautics Research and Technology Roundtable, a committee established by the National Research Council's Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board to provide guidance to NASA on aeronautics issues ASTOVL Advanced Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing ATP Aeronautics Test Program AvSP Aviation Safety Program BWB Blended wing body CAEP Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection CAIV Cost as an Independent Variable CMC combustion liner Ceramic matrix composite combustion liner CoCOMs Combatant Commands DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DLR German Aerospace Center DSTO Australian Defense Science and Technology Organization Ephemerides Position and velocity tables for celestial bodies ERA Environmentally Responsible Aviation ERAST Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology 83
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... High-Speed Research HTV-2 Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 Hypersonic Hypersonic, or hypersonic speed, is considered to be five times the speed of sound; also known as Mach 5 or greater. ISRP Integrated Systems Research Program JSRA Joint Sponsored Research Agreement MAJCOMs Major Commands MUTT Multi-Utility Technology Testbed NACA National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics NAS National Airspace System NAVAIR Naval Air Systems Command NextGen Next Generation Air Traffic Management System NGLT Next Generation Launch Technology NRA NASA Research Announcement PRSEUS Protruded Rod Stitched Efficient Unitized Structure QSP Quiet Supersonic Platform RevCon Revolutionary Concepts program, which was created to encourage innovation in flight vehicle design SCAR Supersonic Cruise Aircraft Research SOFIA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Sonic boom The sound released by shock waves associated with an aircraft as it travels faster than the speed of sound SST Supersonic Transport Supersonic Supersonic, or supersonic speed, is considered to be greater than the speed of sound; also known as Mach 1 or greater.
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