Annex D
| AA | assembly area/air assault |
| AAMDC | Army Air and Missile Defense Command |
| AAN | Army After Next |
| AAO | Army acquisition objective |
| ABCS | Army Battle Command System |
| ABMOC | air battle management operations center |
| ABN | airborne |
| ABT | air-breathing threat |
| AC | active component |
| ACCP | Army Correspondence Courses Program |
| ACR | armored cavalry regiment |
| ACT | advanced concept technology |
| ACTD | advanced concept technology demonstration |
| AD | armored division |
| ADA | Air Defense Artillery |
| ADBLSE | Air Defense Battle Lab Support Element |
| ADLT | advanced discriminating LADAR technology |
| Admin | administration |
| ADSAM | air directed surface-to-air missile |
| ADSI | air defense system integrator |
| AFB | Air Force base |
| AGL | above ground level |
| AI | air interdiction |
| ALERT | attack and launch early report to theater |
| AMCOM | Aviation and Missile Command |
| AMD | air and missile defense |
| AMDMP | Air and Missile Defense Master Plan |
| AMDPCS | Air and Missile Defense Planning and Control System |
| AMDWS | Air and Missile Defense Workstation |
| AMRAAM | Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile |
| APOD | aerial port of debarkation |
| ARAMS | All Radiation Anti-Missile System |
| ARL | Army Research Laboratory |
| ARM | anti-radiation missile |
| ARNG | Army National Guard |
| ARTEP | Army Training and Evaluation Program |
| ARTY | artillery |
| ASARC | Army Systems Acquisition Review Council |
| ASAT | anti-satellite |
| ASCM | antiship cruise missile |
| ATACMS | Army Tactical Missile System |
| ATD | advanced technology demonstration |
| ATGM | antitank-guided missile |
| ATM | asynchronous transfer mode |
| ATXXI | Army Training XXI |
| AUT | article under test |
| AV2010 | Army Vision 2010 |
| AVNG | Avenger |
| AVT | Avenger video tracker |
| AWACS | airborne warning and control system |
| AWE | advanced warfighting experiment |
| BC2 | Battlespace Command and Control |
| BDE/Bde | brigade |
| BIO | biological |
| BIT/BITE | built-in test/built-in test equipment |
| BM/C4I | battle management/command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence |
| BMDO | Ballistic Missile Defense Organization |
| BN/Bn | battalion |
| BSFV | Bradley Stinger Fighting Vehicle |
| BTOC | brigade/battalion tactical operations center |
| BTRY/Btry | battery |
| BVRID | beyond visual range identification |
| C2 | command and control |
| C3I | command, control, communications, and intelligence |
| C4I | command, control, communications, computers and intelligence |
| CADEWS | Counterair Directed Energy Weapon System |
| CAS | close air support |
| CATS | Combined Arms Training Strategy |
| CD | cavalry division |
| CDR | concept design review |
| CD-ROM | compact disk-read only memory |
| CDI | classification, discrimination, and identification |
| C/E | communications/electronics |
| CEP | circular error probable/concept experimentation program |
| CHEM | chemical |
| CHS | common hardware and software |
| CINC | commander in chief |
| CM | cruise missile |
| CMTC | Combat Maneuver Training Center |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| COE | common operating environment |
| Comdt | commandant |
| CONUS | Continental United States |
| Coord | coordination |
| CRC | Control and Reporting Center |
| CRG | communications relay group |
| CSS | combat service support |
| CTC | combat training center |
| DA | Department of the Army |
| DAB | Defense Acquisition Board |
| D&D | design and development |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DB | database |
| DEF | defense |
| DEM/VAL | demonstration/validation |
| DEW | directed energy weapon |
| DIA | Defense Intelligence Agency |
| DII | defense information infrastructure |
| DISN | Defense Information System Network |
| DIS | distributed interactive simulation |
| DIV | division |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| DSP | Defense Support Program |
| DTAC | Digital Training Access Center |
| DTLOMS | doctrine, training, leader development, organization, materiel and soldiers |
| DT/OT | developmental testing/operational testing |
| EAC | echelons above corps |
| EADSIM | extended air defense simulation |
| EADTB | Extended Air Defense Test Bed |
| ECM | electronic countermeasures |
| ECP | engineering change proposal |
| ECS | engagement control station |
| EKV | exoatmospheric kill vehicle |
| ELES | enhanced launcher electronics system |
| EM | electromagnetic |
| EMD | engineering and manufacturing development |
| EO | engagement operations |
| EPLRS | Enhanced Position Location Reporting System |
| EPP | extended planning period |
| EUT | early user test |
| ETPT | embedded troop proficiency trainer |
| EW | electronic warfare |
| FAA | functional area assessment |
| FAAD | forward area air defense |
| FAAR | forward area alerting radar |
| FBCB2 | Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below |
| FL | Florida |
| FLIR | forward-looking infrared radar |
| FM | field manual |
| FO | force operations |
| FOC | future operational capability |
| FOFT | force-on-force trainer |
| FRP | full-rate production |
| FSU | Former Soviet Union |
| FU | fire unit |
| FT | fort |
| FUE | first unit equipped |
| FW | fixed-wing |
| FY | fiscal year |
| GBS | ground-based sensor |
| GEM | guidance enhancement missile (PATRIOT) |
| GND I&T | ground integration and test |
| GOI | Government of Israel |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| HE | high explosive |
| HHB | headquarters and headquarters battery |
| HIMAD | high-to-medium altitude air defense |
| HIMARS | High Mobility Advanced Rocket System |
| HMMWV | High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle |
| HQ | headquarters |
| Hr | hour |
| HTK | hit-to-kill |
| ICBM | intercontinental ballistic missile |
| ICC | information and coordination central |
| ID | identification/infantry division |
| IFF | identification, friend or foe |
| IG | inspector general |
| INF | intermediate range nuclear force |
| INS | inertial navigation system |
| Intel | intelligence |
| IOC | initial operational capability |
| IOTE | initial operational test and evaluation |
| IPB | intelligence preparation of battlefield |
| IPR | in-process review |
| IR | infrared |
| IR&D | independent research and development |
| IRBM | intermediate range ballistic missile |
| IRCM | infrared countermeasures |
| IRCCM | infrared counter-countermeasures |
| JA | judge advocate |
| JDN | joint data net |
| JPN | joint planning net |
| JRTC | Joint Readiness Training Center |
| JSF | joint strike fighter |
| JTA | joint technical architecture |
| JTAGS | Joint Tactical Ground Station |
| JTIDS | Joint Tactical Information Distribution System |
| KE | kinetic energy |
| Km | kilometer |
| LAAD | low-altitude air defense |
| LACM | land attack cruise missile |
| LADAR | laser radar |
| LAN | local area network |
| LAV-AD | Light Armored Vehicle-Air Defense |
| LB | Linebacker |
| LCR | light cavalry regiment/large-caliber rocket |
| LO | low observable |
| Log | logistics |
| LRIP | low-rate initial production |
| LSDIS | Light and Special Division Interim Sensor |
| LUT | limited user test |
| M | meters |
| M3P | Multi-Mission Mobile Processor |
| Maint | maintenance |
| MANPADS | man portable air defense system |
| MEADS | Medium Extended Air Defense System |
| METT-T | mission, enemy, troops, terrain and weather, and time available |
| Min | minutes |
| MLRS | Multiple Launch Rocket System |
| MMSS | multimission sensor suite |
| MMW | millimeter wave |
| MOS | military occupational specialty |
| MOU | memorandum of understanding |
| MRBM | medium-range ballistic missile |
| MRL | multiple rocket launcher |
| MS | milestone/Mississippi |
| M/S | meters/second |
| MSCS | Manual SHORAD Control System |
| Msl | missile |
| MTP | Mission training plan |
| Mtr | motors |
| MTW | major theater wars |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NBC | nuclear, biological, chemical |
| NMNG | New Mexico National Guard |
| NM | New Mexico |
| NMD | National Missile Defense |
| NTC | National Training Center |
| OCONUS | outside Continental United States |
| O&S | operations & sustainment |
| ODS | Operation Desert Storm |
| OH | Ohio |
| OPLAN | operations plan |
| Opr | operator |
| Ops | operations |
| OPTEMPO | operational tempo |
| ORD | operational requirements document |
| OSD | Office of Secretary of Defense |
| OTH | over-the-horizon |
| P3I | pre-planned product improvement |
| PA | Pennsylvania |
| PAC-2 | PATRIOT Advanced Capability-2 |
| PAC-3 | PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 |
| PADIL | PATRIOT digital information link |
| PATRIOT | Phased Array Tracking to Intercept of Target |
| PDB | post-deployment build |
| PD & RR | program definition and requirements review |
| PDR | preliminary design review |
| PD/V | program definition/validation |
| PENAIDS | penetration aids |
| PEO AMD | Program Executive Officer - Air and Missile Defense |
| PGIP | predicted ground impact point |
| PID | positive identification |
| PLS | Palletized Loading System |
| POM | Program Objective Memorandum |
| Prod | production |
| Pub | public |
| Pubs | publications |
| QDR | Quadrennial Defense Review |
| RAM | reliability, availability, and maintainability |
| RC | reserve component |
| RC3 | reserve component configured courseware |
| RCTI | Reserve Component Training Institute |
| RCS | radar cross section |
| RCU | remote control unit |
| RDA | research, development, and acquisition |
| RDEC | research development and engineering center |
| RDTE | research, development, test and evaluation |
| Recon | reconnaissance |
| RF | radio frequency |
| RGMT | regiment |
| RISTA | reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance, and target acquisition |
| RL/CEU | remote launch/communications enhancement upgrade |
| RMP | reprogrammable microprocessor |
| ROBS | rapid optical beam steering |
| RPV | remotely piloted vehicle |
| RV | reentry vehicle |
| RW | rotary-wing |
| RWR | radar warning receiver |
| SARDA | Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development, and Acquisition |
| SBIRS | Spaced-Based Infrared System |
| SC | South Carolina |
| SCATS | Smart Crane Ammunition Transfer System |
| SCIF | sensitive compartmented information facility |
| SCT | system certification test |
| SDR | system design review |
| SEAD | suppression of enemy air defense |
| Sec | section |
| SFV | Stinger Fighting Vehicle |
| SGI | small group instruction |
| SHORAD | short range air defense |
| SHTU | Simplified Handheld Terminal Unit |
| SICPS | Standard Integrated Command Post System |
| SIGINT | signal intelligence |
| SIT | system integration test |
| SLBM | submarine-launched ballistic missile |
| SLID | Small, Low-Cost Interceptor Device |
| SMDC | Space and Missile Defense Command |
| SPOD | seaport of debarkation |
| Spt | support |
| SRBM | short range ballistic missile |
| SRR | system requirements review |
| STAR | system threat assessment report |
| STC | slew-to-cue |
| STP | soldier training publication |
| STPT | Stinger Troop Proficiency Trainer |
| SW | software |
| SWORD | SHORAD with Optimized Radar Distribution |
| sys dev | system development |
| TAA | Total Army Analysis/tactical assembly area |
| TAAD | theater army air and missile defense |
| TADIL | tactical digital information link |
| TADSS | training aids, devices, simulations, and simulators |
| TASM | tactical air-to-surface missile |
| TASS | Total Army School System |
| TATS | Total Army Training System |
| TBM | tactical ballistic missile |
| TBMD | tactical ballistic missile defense |
| TEL | transporter erector launcher |
| THAAD | Theater High Altitude Area Defense |
| THEL | Tactical High Energy Laser |
| TMD | theater missile defense |
| TMDSE | Theater Missile Defense System Exerciser |
| TMS | teams |
| TN | Tennessee |
| TOC | tactical operations center |
| TR | transmit/receive |
| TRADOC | Training and Doctrine Command |
| TTP | tactics, techniques, and procedures |
| UAV | unmanned aerial vehicle |
| UOES | user operational evaluation system |
| USAADASCH | United States Army Air Defense Artillery School |
| USASMDC | United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command |
| USMC | United States Marine Corps |
| UTEP | University of Texas El Paso |
| VA | Virginia |
| VTC | video teleconferencing |
| VTT | video teletraining |
| WMD | weapon of mass destruction |
| WSMR | White Sands Missile Range |