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| 3D PAM |
3D Path Arrival Management |
| 4D |
Four Dimensional |
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| A |
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| ACARS |
Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System |
| ACTD |
Advanced Concept Technology Development |
| ADS-B |
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast |
| ADS-C |
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Contract |
| ADS-R |
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Re-broadcast |
| AGL |
Above Ground Level |
| AI |
Aeronautical Information |
| AIM |
Aeronautical Information Management |
| AIRE |
Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions |
| AMASS |
Airport Movement Area Safety System |
| ANSP |
Air Navigation Service Provider |
| AOC |
Airline Operations Center |
| API |
Application Programming Interface |
| ARTCC |
Air Route Traffic Control Center |
| ASDE-X |
Airport Surface Detection Equipment Model X |
| ASIAS |
Aviation Safety and Information Analysis and Sharing |
| ASPIRE |
Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions |
| ATC |
Air Traffic Control |
| ATCT |
Airport Traffic Control Towers |
| ATIS |
Automated Terminal Information System |
| ATL |
Atlanta International Airport |
| ATM |
Air Traffic Management |
| ATOP |
Advanced Technology and Oceanic Procedures |
| ATOS |
Air Transportation Oversight System |
| ATSAP |
Air Traffic Safety Action Program |
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| C |
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| C&A |
Certification and Authorization |
| CAASD |
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development |
| CAST |
Certification Authorities Software Team |
| CATIII |
Category Three Landing |
| CATM |
Collaborative Air Traffic Management |
| CAVS |
CDTI Assisted Visual Separation |
| CDA |
Continuous Descent Arrival |
| CDM |
Collaborative Decision-making |
| CDTI |
Cockpit Display of Traffic Information |
| CLEEN |
Continuous Low Energy, Emissions and Noise |
| CMU |
Communication Management Units |
| CNS |
Communication, Navigation and Surveillance |
| COI |
Communities of Interest |
| CPDLC |
Controller Pilot Data Link Communications |
| CSMC |
Cyber Security Management Center |
| CSPR |
Closely Spaced Parallel Runways |
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| D |
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| DA |
Decision Altitude |
| DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
| DME |
Distance Measuring Equipment |
| DoD |
Department of Defense |
| DOJ |
Department of Justice |
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| E |
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| EFVS |
Enhanced Flight Vision Systems |
| EMF |
Event Management Framework |
| EMS |
Environmental Management System |
| ERAM |
En Route Automation Modernization |
| ETA |
Estimated Time of Arrival |
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| F |
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| FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
| FANS |
Future Air Navigation System |
| FAROS |
Final Approach Runway Occupancy Signal |
| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FIS-B |
Flight Information Services-Broadcast |
| FMS |
Flight Management System |
| FOC |
Flight Operations Centers |
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| G |
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| GBAS |
Ground Based Augmentation System |
| GLS |
GPS Landing System |
| GNSS |
Global Navigation Satellite System |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GPWS |
Ground Proximity Warning Systems |
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| H |
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| HF |
Human Factors |
| HUD |
Head-up Display |
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| I |
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| IARD |
Investment Analysis Requirements Document |
| ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
| IFR |
Instrument Flight Rules |
| ILS |
Instrument Landing System |
| IMC |
Instrument Meteorological Conditions |
| IMEX |
Information Management and Exchange |
| INFOSEC |
Information System Security |
| IRU |
Inertial Reference Units |
| ISS |
Information Systems Security |
| ITP |
In-trail Procedure |
| ITWS |
Integrated Terminal Weather System |
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| J |
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| JPDO |
Joint Planning and Development Office |
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| K |
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| kHz |
Kilohertz |
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| L |
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| LAACS |
Logical Access and Authentication Control Service |
| LAAS |
Local Area Augmentation System |
| LCGS |
Low Cost Ground Surveillance |
| LNAV |
Lateral Navigation |
| LPV |
Localizer-performance with Vertical Guidance |
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| M |
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| MASPS |
Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards |
| MDA |
Minimum Descent Altitude |
| MFD |
Multi-Function Display |
| MHz |
Megahertz |
| MIA |
Miami International AIrport |
| MIT |
Miles-in-Trail |
| MPAR |
Multifunction Phased Array Radar |
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| N |
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| NAS |
National Airspace System |
| NASEA |
NAS Enterprise Architecture |
| NAVAID |
Navigational Aid |
| NDOT |
NextGen Decision Oriented Tools |
| NEI |
Network Enabled Infrastructure |
| NEO |
Net Enabled Operation |
| NextGen |
Next Generation Air Transportation System |
| NNEW |
NextGen Network Enabled Weather |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NOTAM |
Notice to Airmen |
| NVS |
National Airspace System Voice Switch |
| NWxP WP1 |
NextGen Weather Processor Work Package 1 |
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| O |
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| OAG |
Official Airline Guide |
| OEP |
Operational Evolution Plan |
| OPD |
Optimized Profile Descent |
| OTM4D Pre-Departure |
Oceanic Trajectory Management 4-Dimensional Pre-Departure |
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| P |
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| PARTNER |
Partnership for Air Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction |
| PARC |
Performance-Based Operations Advisory Rulemaking Committee |
| PATA |
Personal Air Transportation Alliance |
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| R |
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| RCP |
Required Communications Performance |
| RIL |
Runway Intersection Lights |
| RIRP |
Runway Incursion Reduction Program |
| RLVs |
Reusable Launch Vehicles |
| RNAV |
Area Navigation |
| RNP |
Required Navigational Performance |
| ROA |
Remotely Operated Aircraft |
| RPAT |
Parallel Approach Transition |
| RPR |
Rulemaking Project Record |
| RSP |
Required Surveillance Performance |
| RTA |
Required Time of Arrival |
| RTCA |
Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics |
| RWSL |
Runway Status Lights |
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| S |
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| SAAAR |
Special Aircrew and Aircraft Authorization Required |
| SAMS |
Special Use Airspace Management System |
| SBAS |
Satellite-based Augmentation System |
| SBS |
Surveillance Broadcast Services |
| SE |
Safety Enhancement |
| SIGMET |
Significant Meteorological Information |
| SIM |
Security Information Management |
| SITS |
Security Integrated Tool Set |
| SME |
Subject Matter Expert |
| SMS |
Safety Management System |
| SOIA |
Simultaneous Offset Instrument Approach |
| SSA |
Shared Situation Awareness |
| STA |
Scheduled Time of Arrival |
| STAR |
Standard Terminal Arrival Route |
| SUA |
Special Use Airspace |
| SVS |
Synthetic Vision Systems |
| SWIM |
System-Wide Information Management |
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| T |
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| TA |
Tailored Arrival |
| TAWS |
Terrain Awareness Warning Systems |
| TBO |
Trajectory Based Operation |
| TCAS |
Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System |
| TDLS |
Tower Data Link System |
| TDZE |
Touchdown Zone Elevation |
| TFM |
Traffic Flow Management |
| TFM-M |
Traffic Flow Management-Modernization |
| TFMS |
Traffic Flow Management System |
| TIS-B |
Traffic Information Service-Broadcast |
| TMA |
Traffic Management Advisor |
| TMIs |
Traffic Management Initiatives |
| TOAC |
Time of Arrival Control |
| TSA |
Transportation Security Administration |
| TSAFE |
Tactical Separation Assisted Flight Environment |
| TSO |
Technical Standard Orders |
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| U |
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| UAS |
Unmanned Aircraft Systems |
| UAT |
Universal Access Transceiver |
| URET |
User Request Evaluation Tool |
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| V |
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| VDL |
Very High Frequency Digital Link |
| VFR |
Visual Flight Rules |
| VHF |
Very High Frequency |
| VLJ |
Very Light Jet |
| VMC |
Visual Meteorological Conditions |
| VNAV |
Vertical Navigation |
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| W |
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| WAAS |
Wide Area Augmentation System |
| WARP |
Weather and Radar Processor |
| WATRS |
Western Atlantic Track System |
| WT |
Wake Turbulence |
| WTMA |
Wake Turbulence Management for Arrivals |
| WTMD |
Wake Turbulence Mitigation for Departures |
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