| Acronym |
Sense |
Language |
Topics |
| GNC |
Guidance and Navigation Computer |
In English |
→ Computer hardware
→ Vehicle engineering |
| GNCFTS |
Guidance, Navigation, and Control Flight Test Station |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| GNCIS |
Guidance, Navigation, and Control Integration Simulator |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| GNCSIM |
Guidance, Navigation, and Control Simulation |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| GNCTS |
Guidance, Navigation, and Control Test Station |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| GNE |
Guidance and Navigational Electronics |
In English |
→ Electronics
→ Vehicle engineering |
| GNL |
Gaz Naturel Liquefié |
In French |
→ Energy economics
→ Chemical technology |
| GNS |
Guidance and Navigation Simulator |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| GNS |
Guidance Navigation System |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| GNV |
Gaz Naturel pour les Véhicules |
In French |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| GNV |
Gaz Naturel Véhicule |
In French |
→ Energy economics
→ Vehicle engineering |
| GOAL |
Ground Operations Aerospace Language |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| GOBTP |
Groupement pour le financement des Ouvrages du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Finance
→ Construction
→ Civil engineering |
| GOCNAE |
Grupo de Organização da Comissão Nacional de Atividades Espaciais |
In Portuguese |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
In English |
→ Threats to the environment
→ Astronautics |
| GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite |
In English |
→ Earth sciences
→ Astronautics |
| GOES |
Geosynchronous Operational Environmental Satellite |
In English |
→ Earth sciences
→ Astronautics |
| GONLO |
Groupe d'Optique Non-Linéaire et d'Optoélectronique |
In French |
→ Optics
→ Electronics |
| GPA |
General-Purpose Amplifier |
In English |
|
| GPAO |
Gestion de Production Assistée par Ordinateur |
In French |
→ Computer-based techniques |
| GPAS |
General-Purpose Airborne Simulator |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| GPD |
Gimbal Position Display |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GPE |
Groupe Pizzorno Environnement |
In French |
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| GPE |
Global Production Engineering |
In English |
|
| GPI |
Gimbal Position Indicator |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GPI |
Grands Périmètres Irrigués |
In French |
→ Agricultural sciences
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| GPL |
Gaz de Pétrole Liquéfié |
In French |
→ Vehicle engineering
→ 665 |
| GPL |
GOAL Processing Language |
In English |
→ Programming languages
→ Astronautics |
| GPL |
Gaz Pétrole Liquéfié |
In French |
→ Chemical technology
→ Vehicle engineering |
| GPNDS |
Global Positioning and Nuclear Detection System |
In English |
→ Geodesy, cartography
→ Nuclear technology |
| GPR |
Groupe Permanent chargé des Réacteurs nucléaires |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Nuclear technology |
| GPRN |
GOAL Test Procedure Release Notice |
In English |
→ Programming languages
→ Astronautics |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
In English |
→ Geodesy, cartography
→ Astronautics
→ Telecommunications |
| GPS |
Ground Power Supply |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| GPSCP |
GPS (Global Positioning System) Computer Program |
In English |
→ Computer programs
→ Geodesy, cartography
→ Astronautics |
| GPU |
Ground Power Unit |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| GPUR |
GOAL Test Procedure Update Request |
In English |
→ Programming languages
→ Astronautics |
| GQA |
Groupe des Questions Atomiques |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics
→ Nuclear technology |
| GRA |
Grande Raccordo Anulare |
In Italian |
→ Civil engineering and land transport
→ Transport and postal services |
| GRACE |
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (www.csr.utexas.edu/grace/) |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Geophysics
→ Meteorology, climatology |
| GrAeH |
Grumman Aerospace Horizons |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronomy
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| GRAMPTC |
Groupe de Recherches Alternatives et de Monitoring du Projet Pétrole Tchad-Cameroun |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Mining |
| GRC |
Glenn Research Center (www.grc.nasa.gov) |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics
→ United States |
| GRD |
Gestionnaire du Réseau de Distribution |
In French |
→ Energy economics |
| GRE |
Gamma Ray Explorer |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| GREAH |
Groupe de Recherche en Électrotechnique et Automatique du Havre |
In French |
→ Research institutes
→ Electrical engineering |
| GRO |
Gamma Ray Observatory |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Observatories |
| GRT |
Gestionnaire du Réseau de Transport |
In French |
→ Energy economics |
| GRTE |
Gestionnaire du Réseau de Transport Électricité |
In French |
→ Energy economics |
| GSA |
Galileo Supervisory Authority (https://www.gsa.europa.eu)
= GSA | European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Supervisory Authority | In English
|
In English |
→ European Union
→ Astronautics
→ Geodesy, cartography
→ Europe |
| GSA |
European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Supervisory Authority (https://www.gsa.europa.eu)
= (look above)
|
In English |
→ European Union
→ Astronautics
→ Geodesy, cartography
→ Europe |
| GSAT |
Geosynchronous Satellite |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GSE |
Government Support Equipment |
In English |
→ Public administration, government |
| GSE |
Ground Servicing Equipment |
In English |
|
| GSE |
Ground Support Equipment |
In English |
|
| GSE&I |
General Systems Engineering and Integration |
In English |
|
| GSFC |
(NASA) Godddard Space Flight Center |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ United States |
| GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GSI |
Génie des Systèmes Industriels |
In French |
→ Mechanical engineering
→ Electrical engineering |
| GSMaP |
Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Meteorology, climatology
→ Hydrology |
| GSN |
Global Sensor Networks (http://gsn.sourceforge.net) |
In English |
→ Software
→ Networks, communication
→ Electronics |
| GSO |
Gaz du Sud-Ouest |
In French |
→ Energy economics |
| GSS |
Geosynchronous Space Station |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GSTAR |
Saudi Arabian Communications Satellite |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Telecommunications
→ Saudi Arabia |
| GSTDN |
Ground Space Flight Tracking and Data Network |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| GSTDN |
Ground Spacecraft Tracking and Data Network |
In English |
→ Data
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| GSV |
Gesellschaft für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen |
In German |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Civil engineering
→ Transport and postal services |
| GSVOO |
Ground Station Visibility of Orbiting Objects |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GTE |
General Telephone and Electronics |
In English |
→ Electronics
→ Telecommunications |
| GTE |
Génie Thermique et Énergie |
In French |
→ Thermodynamics
→ Energy economics |
| GTE |
Groupe Technique Électricité |
In French |
→ Electrical engineering |
| GTEPE |
Grupo de Trabalho de Estudos e Projetos Espaciais |
In Portuguese |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| GTG |
Groupe Technique Gaz |
In French |
→ Energy economics |
| GTLV |
Government-Furnished Target Launch Vehicle |
In English |
→ Public administration, government
→ Vehicle engineering |
| GTM |
Ground Test Missile |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| GTM |
Ground Test Motor |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering |
| GTO |
Generic Technical Order |
In English |
|
| GTO |
Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GTRR |
Gestion en Temps Réel du Réseau |
In French |
→ Energy economics |
| GTS |
Guidance Test Station |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| GTV |
Ground Test Vehicle |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| GTV |
Ground Transport Vehicle |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| GTVI |
Gimbal angle and Translational Velocity Indicator |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GUITARES |
GUIde de la TArification du RÉSidentiel |
In French |
→ Prices
→ Energy economics |
| GULiDef |
Groupe des Utilisateurs de Linux dans la Défense |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Operating systems
→ Military engineering |
| GVMK |
Gibridnye Vychislitel'nye Mashiny i Kompleksy |
In Russian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Mechanical engineering |
| GVS |
Gazversorgung Süddeutschland |
In German |
→ Energy economics
→ Germany |
| GVSC |
Generic VHSIC Spacecraft Computer |
In English |
→ Computer hardware
→ Astronautics |
| GWP |
Global Water Partnership (www.gwpforum.org) |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Hydrology
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| GX |
Galaxy Express |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HAA |
High-Altitude Abort |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HAADS |
High-Altitude Attitude Determination System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HAARS |
High-Altitude Attitude Reference System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HAAS |
High Altitude Aircrafts and Airships |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HABP |
Hypersonic Arbitrary Body Program |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HAC |
Hughes Aircraft Company |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HAFB |
Hill Air Force Base (www.hill.af.mil) |
In English |
→ 358
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ United States |
| HAFB |
Holloman Air Force Base (www.holloman.af.mil) |
In English |
→ 358
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ United States |
| HAINS |
High-Accuracy Inertial Navigation System |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| HAL |
Houston Aerospace Language |
In English |
→ Programming languages
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics
→ United States |
| HALCA |
Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communications and Astronomy |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Telecommunications
→ Astronomy |
| HALS |
High-order Assembly Language for Shuttle |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HANE |
High-Altitude Nuclear Explosion |
In English |
→ Nuclear technology
→ Military engineering |
| HARCANA |
High Aspect Ratio Carbon-based Nanocomposites (www.harcana.eu) |
In English |
→ Materials science |
| HARM |
High-speed Anti-Radar Missile |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| HAVL |
(Déchets de) Haute Activité à Vie Longue |
In French |
→ Nuclear technology |
| HBM |
Homing Ballistic Missile |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| HCHy |
Hovering Craft and Hydrofoil |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Vehicle engineering |
| HCP |
Hydraulic Circulation Pump |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering |
| HCSPF |
Hors Consommation Supplémentaire Période Froide |
In French |
→ Energy economics |
| HCST |
Haut Conseil de la Science et de la Technologie |
In French |
→ Mathematics and natural sciences |
| HCT |
Hot Cell Technology |
In English |
→ Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics
→ 54458
→ Nuclear technology |
| HCU |
Hydraulic Charging Unit |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering |
| HCV |
Helium Check Valve |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering |
| HEACE |
Health Effect of Aircraft Cabin Environment |
In English |
→ Medicine
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport and postal services |
| HEAO |
High Energy Astronomical Observatory |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Observatories |
| HEAO |
High Energy Astronomy Observatory |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Astronomy |
| HEDI |
High Endoatmospheric Defense Interceptor |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| HEDSIM |
High Endoatmospheric Defense System Simulator |
In English |
→ Computer simulation
→ Military engineering |
| HEI |
Hautes Études Industrielles |
In French |
→ Specialized or polytechnical colleges |
| HEMT |
High Electron Mobility Transistor |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| HEO |
High Earth Orbit |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| HEO |
High-Energy Orbit |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| HEOO |
Honeywell Electro-Optical Operations |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| HEOR |
Historical Event Operation Record |
In English |
→ Records management |
| HESC |
Hemispheric Energy Steering Committee
= CDEH | Comité Directivo para la Energía del Hemisferio | In Spanish
= CDEH | Comité Directeur pour l'Énergie dans l'Hémisphère | In French
= CDEH | Comitê Diretor para a Energia do Hemisfério | In Portuguese
|
In English |
→ International economic cooperation
→ Energy economics |
| HETE |
High Energy Transient Explorer |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Astronomy |
| HEU |
High Enriched Uranium |
In English |
→ Nuclear technology |
| HEW |
Hamburgische Elektrizitätswerkstatt |
In German |
→ Electrical engineering |
| HF |
Horizontal Flight |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HFC |
Hydraulic Flight Control |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HFCL |
Hydraulic Flight Control Laboratory |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HFCT |
Hydraulic Flight Control Test |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HFCV |
Helium Flow Control Valve |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering |
| HFCV |
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle |
In English |
→ Energy economics
→ Automobile manufacturing |
| HFP |
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Platform (www.hfpeurope.org) |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Energy economics |
| HFP |
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Platform |
In English |
→ Energy economics
→ Vehicle engineering |
| HFS |
Horizontal Flight Simulator |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HFT |
Horizontal Flight Test |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HFTE |
Human Factors Test and Engineering |
In English |
|
| HFTF |
Horizontal Flight Test Facility |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HFTS |
Horizontal Flight Test Simulator |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HGW |
Heat Generating Waste |
In English |
→ Nuclear technology |
| HIAD |
Handbook of Information for Aircraft Designers |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HIAD |
High-Altitude Defense Program |
In English |
→ Military affairs
→ Military engineering
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HICAMP |
Highly Calibrated Airborne Measurements Program |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HIMAT |
History of Mining Activities in the Tyrol |
In English |
→ History
→ Mining
→ Austria |
| HiMAT |
Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HiTec |
High Technology |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals |
| HKV |
Hit-To-Kill Vehicle |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| HLLV |
Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HLLW |
High Level Liquid Waste |
In English |
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| HLV |
Hybrid Launch Vehicule |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| HMA |
Hypergolic Maintenance Area |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics
→ Astronautics |
| HMC |
Hybrid Microcircuit |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| HMCF |
Hypergolic Maintenance and Checkout Facility |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics
→ Astronautics |
| HMF |
Hypergolic Maintenance Facility |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics
→ Astronautics |
| HMP |
Hydrazine Monopropellant |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HOFCO |
Horizontal Functional Checkout |
In English |
|
| HOMES |
Habitat et bâtiment Optimisé pour la Maîtrise de l'Énergie et les Services |
In French |
→ Construction
→ Energy economics |
| HOTOL |
Horizontal Takeoff and Landing |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HP |
Handling Procedure |
In English |
|
| HP |
Horsepower |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| HP |
Perigee Altitude |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HP |
Horse Power |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering |
| HPA |
High-Power Amplifier |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| HPBRM |
High Payload Baseline Reference Mission |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HPC |
Haut Pouvoir de Coupure |
In French |
→ Electrical engineering |
| HPCA |
Hot Plasma Composition Analyzer |
In English |
→ Plasma physics
→ Astronautics
→ Astronomy |
| HPFT |
High-Pressure Fuel Turbopump |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| HPIC |
Hors Pratique Industrielle Courante |
In French |
|
| HPM |
High-Performance Motor |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering
→ Vehicle engineering |
| HPP |
High Performance Polymers |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Materials science
→ Plastic industry |
| HPPF |
Horizontal Payloads Processing Facility |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HPR |
Hydrogen Pressure Regulator |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| HPRV |
Hydrogen Pressure Relief Valve |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| HPU |
Hydraulic Propulsion Unit |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| HQE |
Haute Qualité Environnementale |
In French |
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| HRDM |
High-Rate Demultiplexer |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| HRH |
Holdfast Rubber Highway |
In English |
→ Civil engineering and land transport
→ Plastic industry |
| HRI |
Honda Research Institute |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Vehicle engineering |
| HRSC |
High Resolution Stereo Camera |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| HSA |
Heat Shield Abort |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Thermodynamics |
| HSC |
Hierarchical Storage Controller |
In English |
|
| HSC |
House Spacecraft |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HSCU |
Hydraulic Supply and Checkout Unit |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering |
| HSE |
Heat Shield Entry |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HSF |
Hypergolic Servicing Facility |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HSRV |
Heat-Source Reentry Vehicle |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HSS |
High Stress/Strain |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering |
| HSSM |
Hardened Space Sensor Model |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HST |
Hubble Space Telescope |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| HST |
High Speed Train |
In English |
→ Rail transport engineering |
| HSTF |
Hypergolic System Test Facility |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HSV |
Hypersonic Vehicle |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| HT |
High Technology |
In English |
|
| HT |
Haute Tension |
In French |
→ Electrical engineering |
| HTGR |
High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor |
In English |
→ Nuclear technology |
| HTH |
Heavy Transport Helicopter |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HTO |
Horizontal Takeoff |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
