The list of aviation acronyms and abbreviations.
All aviation related acronyms and abbreviations.
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ASR: | Airport Surveillance Radar(Aviation, Army, Military) |
CAM: | Computer Aided Manufacturing(Computer, US Post, Postal) |
CDU: | Control Display Unit(Aviation, Army, Military) |
CVR: | Cockpit Voice Recorder(Air transport industry, Air Transport, Air cargo) |
DEW: | Distant Early Warning(CANADIAN, Canada, Royal military) |
ECM: | Electronic Counter Measures(World War II, Royal military, Armed Forces) |
ECS: | Environmental Control System(Aviation, Telecommunications, Military) |
EDP: | Electronic Data Processing(Data Processing, Computer Data Processing) |
ELF: | Extremely Low Frequency(Computer, Information Technology, Aviation) |
ELT: | Emergency Locator Transmitter(Firefighting, Aviation, Army) |
ELV: | Expendable Launch Vehicle(Flight, Aerodynamics, Aviation) |
ETD: | Estimated Time of Departure(Chartering, Trade, International trade) |
FIR: | Flight Information Region(Air transport industry, Air Transport, Air cargo) |
GPWS: | Ground Proximity Warning System(Air transport industry, Air Transport) |
IF: | Intermediate Frequency(Wireless networking, Computer networking) |
IMC: | Instrument Meteorological Conditions(Air Force, Aviation, Army) |
IOT&E: | Initial Operational Test and Evaluation(Naval, Aviation, Computing) |
LF: | Low Frequency(Computer Security, Computer, Information Technology) |
LRU: | Line Replaceable Unit(Aviation, Military, Telecom) |
MLS: | Microwave Landing System(Air Transport, Air transport industry, Air cargo) |
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