BBS Bulletin Board System
CAD Computer Aided Drawing
CAGE Commercial and Government Agency
CAM Contract Audit Manual
CAMS Core Automated Maintenance System
CAO Contracting Administrative Office
CAS Cost Accounting Standards
CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering
CATA Company Appointed TEMPEST Authority
CCAM Collision and Contamination Avoidance Maneuver
CCAS Cape Canaveral Air Station
CD Calendar Days
CD Compact Disk
CDR Critical Design Review
CDRL Contract Data Requirements List
CER Cost Estimating Relationship
CFC Chloroflourocarbons
CFR Code of Federal Regulation
CFSR Contract Funds Status Report
CI Confidence Interval
CL Confidence Level
CLIN Contract Line Item Number
COMPUSEC Computer Security
COMSEC Communication Security
COTS Commercial Off-the-Shelf
CPU Central Processing Unit
CSCI Computer Software Configuration Item
C/SCSC Cost/Schedule Control Systems Criteria
CSPD Contractor System Performance Document
CY Calendar Year
DAC Defense Acquisition Circular
DAL Data Accession List
DBMS Database Management System
DC Direct Current
DFAR Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation
DID Data Item Description
DIS Defense Investigative Service
DMO Data Management Office
DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
DoD Department of Defense
DODADD DoD Accounting and Appropriation Data
DODISS DoD Index Specifications and Standards
DSCS Defense Systems Communications Satellite
DSN Defense Switched Network
DTIC Defense Technical Information Center
EAGE Electrical Aerospace Ground Equipment
EBB Electronic Bulletin Board
EC/EDI Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange
ECN Equipment Change Notification
EELV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility
EF Early Finish
EMD Engineering & Manufacturing Development
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
EMISM EMI Safety Margin
EOC End of Contract
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPCRA Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act
EPITS Essential Program Information, Technologies, and Systems
ER Eastern Range
ES Early Start
FAC Federal Acquisition Circular
FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation
FCCOM Facilities Capital Cost of Money
FLIP Failure Liability Indemnification Plan
FOB Free On Board
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FOUO For Official Use Only
FY Fiscal Year
GC3 ME Ground Command, Control, Communications, and Mission Equipment
GEO Geostationary Earth Orbit
GFE Government Furnished Equipment
GFP Government Furnished Property
GIDEP Government Industry Data Exchange Program
GPLR Government Purchase License Rights
GLO Government List of Objectives
GPS Global Positioning System
GSE Ground Support Equipment
GSEI General Systems Engineering Integration
GTO GEO Transfer Orbit
HLV Heavy Lift Variant
HQ Headquarters
HWCI Hardware Configuration Item
HUMINT Human Intelligence
HVAC Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
ICD Interface Control Document
ICS Interface Control Specification
IDD Interface Design Description
ILS Integrated Logistics Support
IMINT Imagery Intelligence
IMS Integrated Master Schedule
INF Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces
IOC Initial Operating Capability
IPD Integrated Product Development
IPT Integrated Product Team
IRS Internal Revenue Service
IRS Interface Requirements Specification
ITAMP Integrated Task and Management Plan
ITAR International Traffic-in-Arms Regulations
LAAFB Los Angeles Air Force Base
LAN Longitude of Ascending Node
LCC Life Cycle Cost
LCCE Life Cycle Cost Estimate
LCCV Low Cost Concept Validation
LCPF Low Cost Payload Flight
LEO Low Earth Orbit
LF Late Finish
LITINT Literature Intelligence
LS Late Start
LSA Labor Surplus Area
LV Launch Vehicle
MASINT Measurement and Signal Intelligence
MCR Management Consulting & Research
MGE Mission Ground Equipment
MIPS Master Integrated Program Schedule
MLV Medium Lift Variant
MOE Measure of Effectiveness
MOTS Military Off-the-Shelf
MPC Most Probable Cost
MPEG Moving Picture Embedded Graphics
MRB Material Review Board
MS-DOS Microsoft Disk Operating System
NA Not Applicable
NAS National Aerospace Standard
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NC No Charge
NM Nautical Miles
NMM National Mission Model
NP Not Proposed
NPOESS National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System
NSP Not Separately Priced
ODS Ozone Depleting Substance
OPR Office of Primary Responsibility
OPSEC Operational Security
ORD Operational Requirements Document
O&S Operations & Support
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
PAN Polyacrylonitrile
PCO Procuring Contracting Officer
PDR Preliminary Design Review
PIF Payload Integration Facility
PMO Program Management Office
PMP Parts, Materials, and Processes
POC Point of Contact
POL Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants
PPP Program Protection Plan
PQA Procurement Quality Assurance
PR Purchase Request
PRAG Performance Risk Assessment Group
PRB Post Retirement Benefits
P4I Pre-Planned Program Product Improvement
RAAN Right Ascension of Ascending Node
RCS Reaction Control System
RF Radio Frequency
RFP Request For Proposal
RFQ Request for Quotation
ROM Read Only Memory
RPIE Real Property Installed Equipment
RPM Revolutions per Minute
RSA Range Standardization and Automation
SADD Software Architectural Design Description
SAP Special Access Program
SBA Small Business Administration
SBIRS Space Based Infra-Red System
SBSS Standard Base Supply System
SCG Security Classification Guide
SDD System Design Description
SETA Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance
SFAF Standard Frequency Action Format
SIC Standard Industrial Classification
SIGINT Signal Intelligence
SMC Space and Missile Systems Center
SPD System Performance Document
SPO System Program Office
SRR System Requirements Review
SSA Source Selection Authority
SSE System Security Engineering
SSEB Source Selection Evaluation Board
SSEMP Systems Security Engineering Management Plan
SSS System/Segment Specification
ST Special Tooling
STE Special Tooling Equipment
STINFO Scientific/Technical Information
STU Secure Telephone Unit
TA/CP Technology Assessment Control Plan
TCDR Tailored Critical Design Review
TED Threat Environment Description
TIN Taxpayer Identification Number
TOA Total Obligation Authority
TOES Telephone Order Entry System
TPDR Tailored Preliminary Design Review
TRANSEC Transmission Security
TSCM Technology Surveillance Countermeasures Survey
TS Target Start
TSE Test Support Equipment
TSRR Tailored System Requirements Review
TY Then Year
US United States
USAF United States Air Force
USC United States Code
USSPACECOM United States Space Command
VAFB Vandenberg Air Force Base
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
WR Western Range