COMOPTEVFOR Acronym and Abbreviation List

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" CAAL (COMOPTEVFOR Acronym and Abbreviation List) contains acronyms and
abbreviations used in the operational test and evaluation community. Most
have appeared in COMOPTEVFOR evaluation reports, test plans, and other docu-
ments. CAAL also iftludes abbreviations for some test facilities used exten-
sively in COMOPTEVFOR operational evaluations. It excludes acronyms, abbrevi-
ations, and designations for most Navy organizations, weights and measures,
and ships and aircraft-since these are available in the Standard Navy Distri-
bution List, Navy Correspondence Manual, US Government Printing Office Style-
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Preface
CAAL (COMOPTEVFOR Acronym and Abbreviation List) updates the
previous listing published in January, 1981. This edition has
been expanded substantially and now contains some 3,500 entries,
a 40% increase over the previous CAAL (thanks to Bob Smith).
They are the type most often used in OT&E (operational test and
evaluation). A majority of them have appeared in COMOPTEVFOR
evaluation reports, test plans, and other OT&E documents. Even
so, our listing is by no means all-inclusive. New, one-time
acronyms are born in most every report so development of an acro-
nym list could go on into infinity. It is our intent here to
include only those that have become scmewhat common, in our obser-
vations.
This issue of CAAL also includes nearly 100 abbreviations of
test facilities, ranges, and OT&E organizations often involved
in COMOPTEVFOR OPEVALs (operational evaluations). However, it
.* excludes acronyms, abbreviations, and designations of most Navy
and military organizations, weights and measures, and ships and
aircraft. These are available in the Standard Navy Distribution
List, Naval Correspondence Manual, U. S. Government Printing Office
Style Manual, DICNAVAB (Dictionary of Naval Abbreviations), Jane's
books (Fighting Ships, All the World's Aircraft, Weapon Systems,
Ocean Technology, and Surface Skimmers), and other publications.
As its title denotes, CAAL is a listing of both acronyms and
* abbreviations. The difference is that an acronym is pronounceable.
- For example, on CAAL's second page, ACAT (acquisition category)
is an acronym while ACB (Amphibious Construction Battalion) is an
abbreviation. Comparatively new in our society, the term acronym
(from the Greek "akros" meaning "tip" and "onyma" meaning "word")
was coined in 1943 during World War II when new military tech-
nologies resulted in the armed forces producing thousands of new
acronyms. Sometimes the acronym would become the predominant
term, such as "radar," an acronym formed from "radio detecting
and ranging."
When you use an acronym or abbreviation, you should keep in
mind COMOPTEVFOR's style. Acronyms and abbreviations should be
defined (spelled out) when first used in the text. We write the
initials first, followed by the definition in parenthesis. For
example: CIC (Combat Information Center). (In COMOPTEVFOR evalu-
ation reports, acronyms defined in the letter need not be defined
again in the enclosure, except on the page listing acronyms and
abbreviations.)
Also, we have a rather unique "up-down" style concerning capi-
talization of the definition. If a definition is "only a collec-
tion of words," these are written in lower case. If the definition
is the proper or specific name of equipment or a system, use
upper case. For example: Lower case -- MTBF (mean time between
failures), TECHEVAL (technical evaluation), and AAW (antiair war-
fare). Upper case -- VAST (Versatile Avionic Shop Test), ACASD
(Air Clutch Antislack Device), and NTDS (Navy Tactical Data Sys-
*- tem). (To help decide if a definition is "up or down," it gener-
ally will be "up" if, theoretically and in the broadest sense,
-, it could be touched, picked up, or held; "down," if it could not.
VAST, ACASD, and NTDS in above examples could be, but MTTR,
TECHEVAL, and AAW could not.)
Acronyms and abbreviations are asefi4l when used properly
with full identification at the outset. But they are widely
misused, particularly among government agencies including the
OT&E community. Although readily understandable to those con-
ducting the tests, they are not likely to be understood by others.
Therefore, CAAL discourages overuse of acronyms and abbreviations.
The COMOPTEVFOR Operational Test Director's Guide notes "too many
acronyms tend to make confusing, boring reading ... never use an
acronym if it will appear only once; consider not using acronyms
if they will appear only a few times -- particularly if their
appearance will be widely separated in the text."
This is the fifth issue of CAAL, which began in 1978 with
a listing of 1200 items. It is double-spaced so the user can I-
write in acronyms and abbreviations not included. If you have
such items that should be added in the next issue, please advise
Bud Baer, Code 70W, 45075.
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A~2 Accelerated Active Search System
A Achieved Availability
A. Inherent Availability
A 0 Operational Availability
AA Antiair
Antiaircraft
AAA Advanced Attack Aircraft
Antiaircraft Artillery
AABFS Amphibious Assault Ba~lk Fuel System
AAC Antiair Commnon
AACS Airspeed and Altitde Computer Set
AADC All Applications Digital Computer
AAE Ancillary Aerospace Equipment
AAFS Amnphibious Assault Fire Systera
AALC Amphibious Assault Landing Craft
AAM !.dr-tu-Ajr Missile
AASW Airborne Anriti&rnaine Warfare
AAW Aitiair Warfare~
AAWC An'. aiLL v'arfare coordiriatci
Abb Added Reilly eand
ABCCCAI-horne Balef t.Id Cowinn~d and Control Center
ABF Advanced Beam fotnwer
ABL Armored Box Launcher
AC Air Controller
A/C Aircraft
SACC Automatic Combistioi Control
ACASD) Ai r C lujtch Ant islack Device
ACAT Acquisition Category
ACB Amphibious Construction Battalion
ACCOW Assistant Combat Cargo Officer, Well Deck
ACCS Afloat Command and Control System
Advanced Communications Control System
ACEVAL Air Combat Evaluation
ACHOBS Assistant Chief Observer
ACINT Acoustic Intelligence
ACLCS Airborne Command-launch Control Subsystem
ACLS Automatic Carrier Landing System
ACM Acoustic Countermeasures
Air Combat Maneuvering
Annual Corrective Maintenance
ACMI Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation
ACN Activity Control Number
ACNX Automatic Cancellation
ACO Administrative Contracting Officer
ACOS Assistant Chief of Staff
ACP Area Coordinating Paper
ACPA Adaptive Controlled Phased Array
ACPS Armament Control Processor Set
ACQ Acquisition
ACRN Accounting Ciass..fication Reference
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ACS Automatic Control System
ACSM Acoustic Watfare Support Measures
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ACU Assault Craft. Unit
ACWS Aircraft Control and Warning System
ADAR Analog Data Reduction System
ADB Acoustic Distribution Box
ADC Acoustic Device, Countermeasure
Advanced Development Concept
A/D Analog/Digi tal
ADD Acoustic Deception Device
Advanced Development Design
Alphanumeric Digital Display
ADDS Automated Digital Data System
ADER Automatic Data Extraction Routine
ADF Automatic Direction Fi.Lder
* ADHOS Ai.teinative to Dedicated Hospital Ship
ADI Altitude Direcion Indicator
ADIZ Air Defense Identification Zone
ADL Airborne Data Link
Armamenit FLatum i ne
ADM Advanced Developmnt Moel
ADO -dvanced Do;vtlopmeznt. 3' jietive
ADP Autorma.ic Data Processing
j)AFESO ADI Ec:iAipn-nt Se.eio.n Office
ADRP Acoui..ir Data rcu,c t:ton Prograih
AD/T Abr Detector/Tracker
ADT Automatic Detectaor and Trackin:g
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