اﻻختصارات A

A

td p { margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right; }p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; text-align: right; }

A	ampere
A/DACG	Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group
A/S, ASW	Anti-submarine (warfare)
AA	anti-aircraft
AAA	Antiaircraft Artillery
AAAM	Advanced Air-to-Air Missile
AAAW	advanced airborne anti-armor weapon
AABNCP	Advanced Airborne National Command Post
AAC	Army Air Corps
AACOMS	Army Area Communications System
AADC	Area Air Defense Commander
AAH	advanced attack helicopter
AAI	Air-to-Air Interrogator Set
AAM	Air-to-air missile
AAR	After Action Report
AAR	Air-to-air refuelling.
AARADCOM	Army Armament Research and Development Command
AASLT Div	Air Assault Division
AAT	All arms trencher
AATH	Automatic approach to hover.
AATU	Automatic Antenna Tuning Unit
AAV	amphibious armored vehicle
AAV	Amphibious Assault Vehicle
AAV	Assault Amphibian Vehicle
AAVP	Assault Amphibian Vehicle Personnel
AAVR	Assault Amphibian Vehicle Recovery
AAW	Anti-Air Warfare
AAWS	Advanced Anti-tank Weapon System
AB	Air Base
AB	assault breaker
AB(D)	airborne (division)
ABC	Atomic, Biological and Chemical
ABCCC	Airborne Battlefield Command And Control Center
ABDR	Aircraft Battle Damage Repair
ABEDA	Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
ABF	Advanced Bomb Family
ABFDS	Aerial Bulk Fuel Delivery System
ABL	armored box launcher or airborne laser
ABLE	Automotive Bridge Launching Equipment
ABM	anti-ballistic missile
ABN	Airborne
Abn Corps	Airborne Corps
about	the total could be higher
ABRES	advanced ballistic re-entry system
ABRV	advanced ballistic re-entry vehicle
ABS	Anti-lock brake system
ABS(T)	Amphibious bridging system (tracked)
AC	Active Component
ac	aircraft
AC	alternating current, or air combat
ACA	Airspace Control Authority or Airlift Clearance Authorities
ACADA	Automatic Chemical Agent Detector Alarm
ACAS	Air Combat Assessment Summary
ACAS	Airfield Chemical Alarm System
ACC	Air Combat Command.
ACC	Air Component Commander or Airspace Coordination Center or Arab Cooperation Council
ACCB	Air Cavalry Combat Brigade
ACCS	Airborne Command and Control Squadron
ACCS	Army Command and Control System (USA) or Air Command and Control System (NATO)
ACCT	Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation
ACD	Automatic Call Distribution
ACDA	Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACDS	Advanced Combat Direction System
ACDVS	Aircrew Chemical Defense Ventilator System
ACE	Airborne Command Element (USAF) or Aviation Combat Element (USMC) or Air Combat Element (NATO) or Armored Combat Earthmover (US Army)
ACE	Allied Command Europe (NATO)
ACE-ACCIS	Allied Command Europe Automated Command Control and Information System (NATO)
Ace High	Tropospheric scatter communications network (NATO)
ACEATM	Aimed Controlled Effect Anti-tank Mine
ACF	Activated Carbon Fabric
ACK	acknowledgement
ACLICS	Airborne Communications Location Identification and Collection System
ACLOS	Automated Command to Line Of Sight
ACLS	Automatic carrier landing system.
ACM	advanced cruise missile
ACM	Air Combat Maneuvers
ACMI	air combat maneuvering instrumentation
ACMS	automatic communication management system
ACN	Aircraft classification number
ACO	Airspace Coordination Order or Airspace Control Order
ACP	African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries
ACP	Automatic Colt Pistol
ACP Group	African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States
ACR	Advanced Combat Rifle
ACR	Armored Cavalry Regiment
ACRV	Armored Command and Reconnaissance Vehicle
ACT	airborne crew trainer
ACU	Air Conditioning Unit
ACV	air cushion vehicle/ vessel/ armored combat vehicle
ACV	armored cannon vehicle
ACWAR	agile continuous wave acquisition radar

td p { margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right; }p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; text-align: right; }

td p { margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right; }p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; text-align: right; }

td p { margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right; }p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; text-align: right; }

APL	anti-personnel land-mine
APOD	Aerial Port of Debarkation
APR	Auxiliary power reserve.
APS	Afloat Propositioning Ship
APSE	Ada programming support environment
APU	Auxiliary power unit
AQAP	Allied Quality Assurance Publication
AQL	advanced quick look
AR	Armor
AR	repair ship (in Military Balance)
AR&M	availability, reliability and maintainability
AR(R)V	armored recovery (and repair) vehicle
Arabsat	Arab Satellite Communications Organization
ARBS	Angle Rate Bombing Set
ARC	Air Reserve Components
ARCE	Amphibious river crossing equipment
ARCENT	U.S. Army Forces, Central Command
ARCENT	Army Component, Central Command
ARE	Admiralty Research Establishment
AREFS	Air Refueling Squadron
ARG	amphibious ready group
ARGES	Automatic Rocket Guardian with Electronic Sensor
ARINC	Aeronautical Radio Inc (US company)
ARM	anti-radar missile
ARM	Antiradiation Missiles
armd	armored
ARMS	Armored Resupply Maintenance System
ARNG	Army National Guard.
ARNG	U.S. Army National Guard
ARP	anti-radiation projectile
ARPA	Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPANET	Packet switched data communications network
ARQ	Automatic Repeat Request
ARRV	Armored Repair and Recovery Vehicle
ARS	Aerial Radiac System
ARS	Air Rescue Service
ARS	salvage ship
ARSR	air route surveillance radar
ARTADS	Army Tactical Data System
Arty	artillery
ARV	Armored recovery vehicle
ARW	Air Rescue Wing
AS	air-to-surface
AS	submarine depot ship
ASARDA	Assistant to the Army for Research, Development and Acquisition
ASARS	Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar system
ASAS	All Source Analysis System
ASAT	anti-satellite weapon
ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASCL	Advanced Sonobuoy Communications Link
ASCM	anti-ship cruise missile
ASCON	Automatic Switched Communications Network
ASD(PA)	Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
ASD(SO-LIC)	Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict)
AsDB	Asian Development Bank
ASDC	alternative space defense center
ASE	(1) Automatic stabilization equipment (2) Aircraft survivability equipment.
ASEAN	Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASF	Army standard family
ASI	Airspeed indicator.
ASIC	application specific integrated circuit
ASIR	Airspeed indicator reading.
AsIt	assault
ASM	Air-to-Surface Missile
ASMA	Air Staff Management Aide (UK and Iraq)
ASMI	airfield surface movement indicator
ASMP	air-to-surface medium range
ASOC	Air Support Operations Center
ASPIS	advanced self-protection integrated suite
ASPJ	airborne self-projection jammer
ASR	airfield surveillance radar
ASR	submarine rescue craft
ASRAAM	advanced short-range air-to-air missile
ASROC	anti-submarine rocket
ASRP	Arc Standard Raster Product
AST	Air Staff Target
ASTAMIDS	Airborne Standoff Minefield Detection System
ASTAR	airborne search target attack radar
ASTD(AE)	Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy
ASTOR	airborne standoff radar
ASTOVL	Advanced STOVL.
ASUW	anti-surface unit warfare
ASUWC	Anti-to-Surface Unit Warfare Commander
ASV	Anti-surface vessel.
ASW	anti-submarine warfare
ASW/SOW	anti-submarine warfare/standoff weapon
AT	Anti-tank
ATA	advanced test accelerator

ATAC	All-terrain all climate All-terrain amphibious carrier
ATACMS	Army Tactical Missile System
ATACO	air tactical control operator
ATACS	Army Tactical Communications System (US)
ATAF	Allied Tactical Air Force (NATO)
ATAFCS	airborne target acquisition and fire control system
ATARS	advanced tactical air reconnaissance system
ATB	advanced technology bomber
ATBM	anti-tactical ballistic missile
ATC	air traffic control
ATC	Air Training Command
ATCAP	Army Telecommunications Automation Program
ATCC	air traffic control center
ATCCS	Army Tactical Command and Control System
ATCO	air traffic control officer
ATCRU	air traffic control radar unit
ATDS	Airborne Tactical Data System
ATE	automatic test equipment
ATF	advanced tactical fighter
ATG	automatic test guide
ATGM	anti-tank guided missile
ATGM	Anti-Tank Guided Munitions
ATGW	Anti-Tank Guided Weapon. A missile guided to its target and intended for the attack of armored vehicles.
ATHS	Airborne target handover (handoff) system.
ATIS	Anti-tank influence sensor
ATK	anti-tank
ATLAS	All Terrain Lifter Army System
ATM	anti-tactical missile
ATMDS	Anti-tank mine-dispensing system
ATMP	All-terrain mobile platform
ATO	Air Tasking Order
ATR	air transportable rack
ATRJ	advanced threat radar jammer
ATS	agile target system, or air traffic system, or aircrew training system
ATTD	Advanced technology test demonstrator
ATTG	Automated Tactical Target Graphic
ATTV	Armored Treatment and Transport Vehicle
ATU	Antenna Tuning Unit
ATV	All-terrain vehicle
AUTODIN	Automatic Digital Network
AUTOSEVCOM	Automatic Secure Voice Communications System
AUTOVON	Automatic Voice Network
AUV	Autonomous undersea vehicle
AUVS	Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems
AUW	All-up weight (term meaning total weight of aircraft under defined conditions, or at a specific time during flight).
Aux	Auxiliary (all types)
AV	Air vehicle
AVCAL	Aviation Coordinated Allowance List
AVE	Armored vehicle for engineers
Avgas	Aviation gasoline
avionics	Aviation electronics.
AVLB	Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge
AVM	Airborne Vapor Monitor
avn	aviation
Avn Bde	Aviation Brigade
AVRE	Assault Vehicle Royal Engineers
AW	Amphibious warfare ship
AWACS	Airborne Warning and Control System
AWARE	advanced warning of active radar emissions
AWDATS	Automatic Weapon Data Transmission System
AWN	Automated Weather Network
AWS	Airborne Warning System
a	About, acre, acres, area
A	(Chem.) argon, (Phys.) angstrom unit, Absolute temperature
AA	anctiaircraft, Automobile Association
AO, AO.U.	(Phys.) ؛Ansgstrِm or ؛Ansgstrِm unit
AAA	Antiaircraft artillery, American Automobile Association
A.A.A.L.	American Academy of Arts and Letters
A.A.A.S.	American Association for the Advancement of Science
A.A.R.	against all risks
A.A.U.P.	American Association of University Professors
A.B.	Bachelor of Arts
abbr.	Abbreviation
abbrev.	abbreviated, abbreviation
abl.	Ablative
abn.	Airborne
abp.	Archbishop
abr.	abridged, abridgment
abs	Absolute
abstr.	Abstract
ac	Account
Ac	(Chem.) actinium, (Meteor.) altocumulus (Elec.) alternating current
A.C.	Before Christ, athletic club
acad	Academic, academy
acc.	account, accusative
A.C.E.	American Council on Education.
ack.	Acknowledge, acknowledgment.
acpt.	Acceptance
A.C.S.	American Chemical Society
act.	Active, actual
A.D.	active duty, air dried.
addn.	addition.
addnl.	Additional
ADF	(Radio) automatic direction finder.
adj.	Adjective, adjourned, adjunct, adjustment
adm.	administration, administrative, admiral.
admin.	Administration
adv.	Adverb, adverbial, adverbially, advertisement
advt.	Advertisement
Aeron.	Aeronautics
A.E.C.	Atomic Energy Commission.
A.F., a.f.	air force, Anglo French, audio frequency.
A.F.B.	air force base.
A.F.C.	automatic frequency control.
A.F.L. or A.F. of L.	American Federation of Labor.
Afr.	Africa, African.
aft.	Afternoon.
Afrik.	Afrikaans
Ag	(Chem.) silver
A.G.C.	(Radio) Automatic Gain Control.
agey.	Agency
agr., agric.	agricultural, agriculture
Agt. or agt.	Agent
a.h.	ampere-hour, after hegirae
a.h.m.	(Elect. Eng.) ampere - hour meter.
A.H.A.	American Historical Association
A.I.A.	American Institute of Architects
A.I.E.E.	American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Al.	(Chem.) aluminum
A.L.A.	American Library Association
alc.,	Alcohol
alg.,	Algebra
alk.	alkaline, alkali

td p { margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right; }p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; text-align: right; }

alt.	alternate, altitude, Alternative
a.m. or A.M.	ante meridiem i.e. before midday.
Am	(Chem.) americium
Am.	America, American
Amfr.	American Frrench