ACOM United States Atlantic Command

ACR American College of Radiology

ACTD Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration

ADDS Aeronautical Digital Data System

AFMSS Air Force Mission Support System

AIG Air Intelligence Group

ALE AIRES Lifecycle Extension

ANSI American National Standards Institute

API Application Program Interface

AR Architecture and Requirements Office, NIMA

ARC Arc Raster Chart

ARE Enterprise Engineering Division, NIMA

ARA Airborne Reconnaissance Architecture

ARU USIGS Architecture Division, NIMA

ASAS All Source Analysis System (USA)

ASD (C3I) Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communication, and Intelligence)

ATARS Advanced Tactical Air Reconnaissance System

ATF Amphibious Task Force

BDE Brigade

BIIF Basic Image Interchange Format

BN Battalion

C4I Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence

C4ISR Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

CA Directorate of Corporate Affairs, NIMA

CADRG Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphic

CARS Contingency Airborne Reconnaissance System

CATIS Computer-Aided Tactical Information System

CF Imagery and Geospatial Community Management Office, NIMA

CGM Computer Graphics Metafile

CIA Central Intelligence Agency

CIL Command Information Library

CINC Commander-in-Chief

CIS Combat Intelligence System (USAF)

CISA C4I Integration Support Activity

COE Common Operating Environment

CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture

CSPE Client/Server Processing Environment

CTAPS Contingency Theater Automated Planning System (USAF)

CVBG Aircraft Carrier Battle Group

CVIC Aircraft Carrier Intelligence Center

DAGS Data Architecture and Gateway Services

DARO Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office

DDDS Defense Data Dictionary System

DIA Defense Intelligence Agency

DICOM Digital Imagery and Communications in Medicine

DII COE Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment

DISA Defense Information Systems Agency

DISN Defense Information Systems Network

DIV Division

DMB DoDIIS Management Board

DO Directorate of Operations, NIMA

DoD Department of Defense

DoDD Department of Defense Directive

DoDIIS Department of Defense Intelligence Information System

DoDJP Department of Defense Joint Publication

DPS Digital Production System

EFCS Electronic Filmless Camera System

EPIP Evolutionary Phase Implementation Plan

EPS Enhanced Production System

EPS Encapsulated PostScript

EPSF Encapsulated PostScript File

EPSI Encapsulated PostScript Interchange

ESS Exploitation Support System

ETRAC Enhanced Tactical Radar Correlator

EUCOM United States European Command

FACC Feature and Attribute Coding Catalog

FIA Future Imagery Architecture

FIIU Fleet Imagery Interpretation Unit (USMC)

FITS Flexible Image Transport System

FLIS Federal Logistics Information System

FOC Full Operational Capability

FTP File Transfer Protocol

FYDP Future Years Defense Program

GBS Global Broadcast Service

GDIP General Defense Intelligence Program

GIAS Geospatial and Imagery Access Services

GII Geospatial Information Infrastructure

GIIPT Geospatial Information Integrated Product Team

GIS Geographic Information System

GNPS Geographic Names Processing System

GSMC Geospatial Standards Management Committee

GSS Generic Security Service

HAE High Altitude Endurance

HYSAS Hydrographic Source Assessment System

I&RTS Integration Runtime Specification

IA Imagery Analyst

IAS Intelligence Analysis System (USMC)

IC Intelligence Community

ID Identification

IDEX II Imagery Digital Exploitation System II

IER Information Exchange Requirement

IES IDEX II Imagery Exploitation Station

IESS Imagery Exploitation Support System

IGC Imagery & Geospatial Community

IPL Image Product Library

IPOM Intelligence Program Objectives Memorandum

IPT Image Perspective Transformation

ISB Intelligence Systems Board

ISMC Imagery Standards Management Committee

ISO International Standards Organization

ISS Intelligence Systems Secretariat

JAC Joint Analysis Center (EUCOM)

JBS Joint Broadcast Service

JCMT Joint Collection Management Tool

JDISS Joint Deployable Intelligence Support System

JFACC Joint Force Air Component Commander

JFLCC Joint Force Land Component Commander

JFMCC Joint Force Maritime Component Commander

JIC Joint Intelligence Center

JIMC Joint Information Management Center

JIVA Joint Intelligence Virtual Architecture

JMCIS Joint Maritime Command Information System

JMIP Joint Military Intelligence Program

JRC Joint Reconnaissance Center

JSIPS Joint Service Imagery Processing System

JSIPS-N Joint Service Imagery Processing System - Navy

JSOTFC Joint Special Operations Task Force Commander

JTA Joint Technical Architecture (DoD)

JTF Joint Task Force

LO Low Observable

LPH Landing Platform Helicopter (USN)

MAE Medium Altitude Endurance

MAG Marine Air Group (USMC)

MAU Marine Amphibious Unit (USMC)

MCG&I Mapping, Charting, Geodesy and Imagery

MEDICOM Medical Digital Imaging and Communications

MI Military Intelligence

MIES Modernized Imagery Exploitation System

MIGS Multi-Intelligence Ground System (USAF, CARS + JSIPS)

MIL STD Military Standard

MNS Mission Need Statement

MTS Man Transportable SOCRATES

NCCB NIMA Configuration Control Board

NDS NIMA Data System

NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association

NES NIMA Exploitation System

NFIP National Foreign Intelligence Program

NIB NIMA Integration Board

NIL National Information Library

NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency

NIMAP National Imagery and Mapping Agency Program

NIPRNET Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Network

NIST National Intelligence Support Team

NITF National Imagery Transmission Format

NITFS National Imagery Transmission Format Standard

NMJIC National Military Joint Intelligence Center

NRO National Reconnaissance Office

NSS Navigation Safety System

O&M Operations and Maintenance

ORD Operational Requirements Document

OMA Object Management Architecture

OMG Object Management Group

OS Operating System

OSI Open Systems Interconnection

PAS Studies and Analysis Division, NIMA

PACOM United States Pacific Command

PC Personal Computer

PCAT Personal Computer Access Tool

POM Program Objective Memorandum

R&D Research and Development

RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks

REGT Regiment

RMS Requirements Management System

SCI Sensitive Compartmented Information

SHADE Shared Data Environment (DII component)

SIDR Secure Intelligence Data Repository

SIGINT Signal Intelligence

SOCRATES SOCOM Research, Analysis & Threat Evaluation System

SOF Special Operations Forces

SOF IRIS Special Operations Forces Imagery Receive and Intelligence System

SOF IV Special Operations Forces Intelligence Vehicle

SOW Statement of Work

SRIG Surveillance, Reconnaissance, Intelligence Group

ST Systems and Technology Directorate, NIMA

TAFIM Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management

TAMPS Tactical Aviation Mission Planning System (USN)

TARPS Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (F14)

TBD To Be Determined

TBR To Be Resolved

TES Tactical Exploitation System (USA)

TIARA Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities

TTCP Tailored Technical Criteria Profile

TUAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Tactical

UAF USIGS Architecture Framework

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

UIP USIGS Interoperability Profile

USD (A&T) Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition & Technology)

USIGS United States Imagery and Geospatial Information System

UTA USIGS Technical Architecture

UTAP USIGS Technical Architecture Profile