The list of aviation acronyms and abbreviations.
All aviation related acronyms and abbreviations.
NASA: | National Aeronautics and Space Administration(Space exploration) |
GPS: | Global Positioning System(Navigation Satellite, Information) |
FAA: | Federal Aviation Administration(Transportation planning) |
FCC: | Federal Communications Commission(Response, Firefighting, Emergency) |
NSA: | National Security Agency(Governmental, Central, Administration) |
NWS: | National Weather Service(Hurricane management, Weather Forecast, Weather) |
RF: | Radio Frequency(Radio, Meterology, Energy) |
CFR: | Code of Federal Regulations(Governmental, US business, Central) |
WHO: | World Health Organization(Health organization, United Nations, Political) |
FY: | Fiscal Year(Financial, Taxation, US taxation) |
ICAO: | International Civil Aviation Organization(Air transport industry) |
JTIDS: | Joint Tactical Information Distribution System(Information Systems) |
FMS: | Foreign Military Sales(Aviation, Army, Military) |
ATC: | Air Traffic Control(Air transport industry, Air Transport, Civil aviation) |
GMT: | Greenwich Mean Time(European time, Europe, Time scale) |
AFB: | Air Force Base(United States, Air Force, Aviation) |
NAS: | National Airspace System(Flight, Aerodynamics, Aviation) |
RAM: | Random Access Memory(Electronic hardware, Computer engineering) |
CDR: | Critical Design Review(SPACE, Meterology, Climatology) |
QA: | Quality Assurance(Procurement, Business Development, Product Development) |
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