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| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| AADEW | Attack Assessment For Directed-Energy Weapon | In English | |
| AAH | Advanced Attack Helicopter | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AALP | Air-Air Longue Portée | In French | |
| AAM | Air-to-Air Missile | In English | |
| AAMRAM | Air-To-Air Medium-Range Missile | In English | |
| AARGM | Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile | In English | |
| AARM | Advanced Anti-Radiation Missile | In English | |
| AASM | Armement Air-Sol Modulable | In French | |
| AAT | Armored Assault Tank | In English | → Vehicle engineering |
| ABD | Airborne Ballistics Division | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ABE | Arm-Based Electronics | In English | → Electronics |
| ABM | AntiBallistic Missile | In English | |
| ABM | Air Breathing Missile | In English | |
| ABMA | Army Ballistic Missile Agency | In English | |
| ABMO | Antiballistic Missile Office | In English | |
| ABPS | Air-Breathing Propulsion System | In English | → Astronautics |
| ABRES | Antiballistic Reentry System | In English | |
| ACIMD | Advanced Concept Intercept Missile Demonstration | In English | |
| ACM | Advanced Cruise Missile | In English | |
| ACM | AntiCruise Missile | In English | |
| ACS | Advanced Combat System | In English | |
| ACSM | Advanced Conventional Standoff Missile | In English | |
| ACTTM | Agenţia de Cercetare pentru Tehnică şi Tehnologii Militare | In Romanian | → Engineering, technology |
| ADR | Aerospace and Defense Research | In English | → 358 → Aeronautics, aircraft → Vehicle engineering |
| AerMS | L'Aerotecnica Missili e Spazio | In Italian | → Serial publications, periodicals → Aeronautics, aircraft → Vehicle engineering |
| AFATL | Air Force Armaments Test Laboratory | In English | → Research institutes → 358 → United States |
| AFBMD | Air Force Ballistic Missile Division | In English | → 358 → United States |
| AFED | Air Force Enterprise Defense | In English | → 358 → United States |
| AFESD | Air Force Electronic Systems Division | In English | → 358 → Electronics → United States |
| AFIT | Air Force Institute of Technology | In English | → Specialized or polytechnical colleges → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AFMDC | Air Force Missile Development Center | In English | → 358 → United States |
| AFML | Air Force Materials Laboratory | In English | → Research institutes → 358 → United States |
| AFMTC | Air Force Missile Test Center | In English | → 358 → United States |
| AFOTEC | Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center | In English | → 358 → United States |
| AFS | Air Force Standard | In English | → Standardization → Military affairs → Aeronautics, aircraft → United States |
| AFSWC | Air Force Special Weapons Center | In English | → 358 → United States |
| AFTI | Advanced Fighter Technology Integration | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AFWAL | Air Force Weapons Analysis Laboratory | In English | → Research institutes → 358 → United States |
| AFWL | Air Force Weapons Laboratory | In English | → Research institutes → 358 → United States |
| AFWSG | Air Force Weapons System Group | In English | → 358 → United States |
| AGM | Air-to-Ground Missile | In English | |
| AGTS | Advanced Gunnery Training System | In English | → Education |
| AIAAM | Advanced Intercept Air-to-Air Missile | In English | |
| AIAD | Federazione Aziende Italiane per l'Aerospazio, la Difesa e la Sicurezza (www.aiad.it) | In Italian | → Organizations and associations → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics → Italia |
| AICBM | Anti-Intercontinental Ballistic Missile | In English | |
| AIM | Air Intercept Missile | In English | |
| ALARM | Air-Launched Anti-Radiation Missile | In English | |
| ALASAT | Air-Launched Antisatellite | In English | → Astronautics |
| ALBM | Air-to-Land Ballistic Missile | In English | |
| ALCM | Air-Launched Cruise Missile | In English | |
| AMC | Army Missile Command | In English | |
| AMM | Anti-Missile Missile | In English | |
| AMMRC | Army Material & Mechanics Research Center | In English | → Research institutes → Mechanical engineering |
| AMR | Atlantic Missile Range | In English | |
| AMRAAM | Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile | In English | |
| AMRIU | Advanced Missile Remote Interface Unit | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| AMS | Air Missile System | In English | |
| APE | Ammunition Peculiar Equipment | In English | |
| APTGD | Arme de Précision Tirée à Grande Distance | In French | |
| ARGMA | Army Rocket and Guided Missile Agency | In English | → Astronautics |
| ARM | Anti-Radar Missile | In English | |
| ASAM | Air-Surface Attack Missile | In English | |
| ASAR | Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile | In English | |
| ASARC | Army Systems Acquisition Review Council | In English | → Military affairs |
| ASAT | Anti-Satellite System | In English | → Astronautics |
| ASLCM | Advanced Sea-Launched Cruise Missile | In English | |
| ASLP | Air-Sol Longue Portée | In French | |
| ASM | Anti-Ship Missile | In English | |
| ASMD | Anti-Ship Missile Defense | In English | |
| ASMP | Air-Sol Moyenne Portée | In French | |
| ASMPA | (Missile) Air-Sol Moyenne Portée Amélioré | In French | |
| ASPMP | Air-Sol Petite et Moyenne Portée | In French | |
| ASRAAM | Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile | In English | |
| ATAAM | Advanced Tactical Air-to-Air Missile | In English | |
| ATACMS | Army Tactical Missile System | In English | |
| ATBM | Anti-Tactical Ballistic Missile | In English | |
| ATGM | Anti-Tank Guided Missile | In English | |
| ATM | Anti-Tactical Missile | In English | |
| ATM | Air Training Missile | In English | → Education |
| ATM | Anti-Tank Missile | In English | |
| AVRADA | Army Avionics Research and Development Activity | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| BM | Ballistic Missile | In English | |
| BMD | Ballistic Missile Defense | In English | → Military affairs |
| BMDATC | Ballistic Missile Defense Advanced Technology Center | In English | |
| BMDSCOM | Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Command | In English | |
| BMEWS | Ballistic Missile Early Warning System | In English | |
| BMO | Ballistic Missile Office | In English | |
| BMO | Ballistic Missile Organization | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| BPC | Bâtiment de Projection et de Commandement | In French | |
| BRL | Ballistic Research Laboratory | In English | → Research institutes |
| BSMMT | Institutul Politehnic Iaşi - Buletinul Secţia Matematică, Mecanică, Teoretică Fizică | In Romanian | → Serial publications, periodicals → Mathematics → Physics |
| BVRAAM | Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile | In English | |
| CABT | Convención sobre Armas Biológicas y Tóxicas = CABT | Convenção de Armas Biológicas e Tóxicas | In Portuguese |
In Spanish | → International relations |
| CABT | Convenção de Armas Biológicas e Tóxicas = (look above) |
In Portuguese | → International relations |
| CAC | Convention sur les Armes Chimiques = CAQ | Convención sobre las Armas Químicas | In Spanish = CWC | Chemical Weapons Convention | In English = CAQ | Convenção sobre Armas Químicas | In Portuguese |
In French | → International relations |
| CAMD | Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction | In English | |
| CAMP | Common Ada Missile Package | In English | |
| CAQ | Convención sobre las Armas Químicas = CAC, CWC (look above) |
In Spanish | → International relations |
| CAQ | Convenção sobre Armas Químicas = CAC, CWC (look above) |
In Portuguese | → International relations |
| CARDE | Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment | In English | → Canada |
| CATRADA | Combined Arms Training Development Activity | In English | → Military affairs → Education |
| CCMAT | Canadian Centre for Mine Action Technologies = CCTD | Centre Canadien des Technologies de Déminage | In French |
In English | → Canada |
| CCMTA | Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex | In English | → Astronautics |
| CCTD | Centre Canadien des Technologies de Déminage = CCMAT (look above) |
In French | → Canada |
| CDC | Confined Detonating Cord | In English | → Astronautics |
| CDEC | Combat Development Experimentation Command | In English | → Military affairs |
| CELAR | Centre d'Électronique de l'Armement | In French | → Electronics |
| CENTACS | Center for Tactical Communications Systems | In English | → Telecommunications |
| CERES | Capacité de Renseignement Électromagnétique Spatiale | In French | → Astronautics |
| CHEAr | Centre des Hautes Études de l'Armement | In French | → Research institutes |
| CIEEMG | Commission Interministérielle d'Étude des Exportations de Matériels de Guerre | In French | |
| CIFTA | Convención Interamericana contra la Fabricación y el Tráfico Ilícitos de Armas de Fuego, Municiones, Explosivos y Otros Materiales Relacionados = CIFTA | Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials | In English = CIFTA | Convention Interaméricaine contre la Fabrication et le Trafic illicites d'Armes à feu, munitions, explosifs et autres matériels connexes | In French = CIFTA | Convenção Interamericana contra a Fabricação Ilícita e o Tráfico de Armas de Fogo, Munições, Explosivos, e Outros Materiais Relacionados | In Portuguese |
In Spanish | → International relations |
| CIFTA | Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials = (look above) |
In English | → International relations |
| CIFTA | Convention Interaméricaine contre la Fabrication et le Trafic illicites d'Armes à feu, munitions, explosifs et autres matériels connexes = (look above) |
In French | → International relations |
| CIFTA | Convenção Interamericana contra a Fabricação Ilícita e o Tráfico de Armas de Fogo, Munições, Explosivos, e Outros Materiais Relacionados = (look above) |
In Portuguese | → International relations |
| CIMSA | Compagnie d'Informatique Militaire, Spatiale et Aéronautique | In French | → Computer science → Astronautics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CMAG | Cruise Missile Advanced Guidance | In English | |
| CMWS | Common Missile Warning System | In English | |
| CNS | Center for Nonproliferation Studies (http://cns.miis.edu) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Polemology |
| CNWDI | Critical Nuclear Weapons Design Information | In English | → Nuclear technology |
| COFRAS | Compagnie Française d'Assistance Spécialisée | In French | → Military affairs → France |
| COTAM | Commandement du Transport Aérien Militaire | In French | → Public administration, government → Transport and postal services |
| CRISAT | Collaborative Research Into Small Arms Technology | In English | |
| CSTAL | Combat Surveillance and Target Acquisition Laboratory | In English | → Research institutes |
| CWC | Chemical Weapons Convention = CAC, CAQ (look above) |
In English | → International relations |
| DABM | Defense Against Ballistic Missiles | In English | → Military affairs |
| DAM | Direction des Applications Militaires | In French | |
| DAT | Direction des Armements Terrestres | In French | → Public administration, government |
| DBW | Differential Ballistic Wind | In English | |
| DCAA | Defense Contract Audit Agency | In English | → Military affairs |
| DCAN | Direction des Constructions et Armes navales | In French | → Public administration, government |
| DCMAA | Direction Centrale du Matériel de l'Armée de l'Air | In French | → Public administration, government |
| DDC | Defense Documentation Center | In English | → Documentation → Military affairs |
| DECCO | Defense Commercial Communication Office | In English | → Military affairs |
| DefEl | Defense Electronics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Military affairs → Electronics |
| DeScE | Defense Science Electronics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Military affairs → Electronics |
| DEW | Directed-Energy Weapon | In English | |
| DGA | Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (www.defense.gouv.fr/dga/) | In French | → Military affairs |
| DGAA | Direzione Generale Armamenti Aeronautici | In Italian | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| DICBM | Defense Intercontinental Ballistic Missile | In English | |
| DICORAP | Directional Controlled Rocket-Assisted Projectile | In English | |
| DIDS | Defense Integrated Data System | In English | |
| DIDSIM | Defense-In-Depth Simulation | In English | |
| DIDTHT | Defense-In-Depth Threat | In English | |
| DII | Defense Industry Initiative | In English | → Military affairs → Industry, industrial policy |
| DIME | Dense Inert Metal Explosive | In English | |
| DINS | Defense Inertial Navigation System | In English | |
| DIS | Defense Industrial Security | In English | → Military affairs |
| DISCO | Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office | In English | → Military affairs |
| DMSP | Defense Meteorological Satellite Program | In English | → Meteorology, climatology → Astronautics |
| DMSS | Defense Meteorological Satellite System | In English | → Meteorology, climatology → Astronautics |
| DNA | Defense Nuclear Agency | In English | → Military affairs → Nuclear technology |
| DPA | Departamentul pentru Armamente | In Romanian | → Public administration, government |
| DPS | Department of Defense Project Specification | In English | → Military affairs |
| DRAC | Drone de Renseignement Au Contact | In French | |
| DSA | Defense Supply Agency | In English | → Military affairs |
| DSARC | Defense System Acquisition Review Committee | In English | |
| DSARC | Defense Systems Acquisition Review Council | In English | |
| DSAT | Defensive Satellite | In English | → Astronautics |
| DSCS | Defense Satellite Communications System | In English | → Astronautics |
| DSCS | Defense Support Communication Satellite | In English | → Astronautics |
| DSD | Defensive Shields Demonstration | In English | |
| DSRMC | Defense Systems Review Military Communications | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Military affairs |
| DTAT | Direction Technique des Armements Terrestres | In French | |
| DTC | Developmental Test Command (www.dtc.army.mil) | In English | → Military affairs |
| DTIC | Defense Technical Information Center | In English | |
| DTS | Defense Technology Study | In English | |
| DTS | Defensive Technologies Study | In English | |
| DTST | Defense Technology Study Team | In English | |
| DTST | Defensive Technologies Study Team | In English | |
| DUM | Deep Underwater Missile | In English | |
| EHC | Earthwind Holding Corporation | In English | → Military affairs |
| EHTP | École Hassania des Travaux Publics (www.ehtp.ac.ma) | In French | → Specialized or polytechnical colleges → Morocco |
| EMMA | Expert Missile Maintenance Aid | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| EMMA | Expert Missile Maintenance Aim | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| EMR | Eastern Missile Range | In English | |
| ENSIETA | École Nationale Supérieure des Ingénieurs des Études et Techniques d'Armement | In French | → Specialized or polytechnical colleges |
| ERATO | Extended Range Automatic Targeting of Otomat missile | In English | |
| ERBM | Extended-Range Ballistic Missile | In English | |
| ESMC | Eastern Space and Missile Center | In English | → Astronautics |
| ESMCR | Eastern Space and Missile Center Regulation | In English | → Astronautics |
| ESSM | Enhanced Sea Sparrow Missile | In English | |
| ESSM | Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile | In English | |
| EW | Electronic Warfare | In English | → Electronics |
| FBM | Fleet Ballistic Missile | In English | |
| FELIN | Fantassin à Équipement et Liaisons INtégrées | In French | |
| FOB | Fractional Orbit Bombardment | In English | → Astronautics |
| FOBS | Fractional Orbit Bombing System | In English | → Astronautics |
| FOGM | Fiber-Optic Guided Missile | In English | → Telecommunications |
| FSAF | Famille Sol-Air Futur | In French | |
| FSi | Forsvars- og sikkerhetsindustriens forening | In Norwegian | → Organizations and associations → Norway |
| FSP | Fragment Simulating Projectile | In English | |
| GAEO | Groupe Armement de l'Europe Occidentale = WEAO | Western European Armaments Organisation | In English |
In French | → Organizations and associations |
| GAM | Ground-to-Air Missile | In English | |
| GARD | Group of Autonomous Robots for Demining | In English | → Mechanical engineering → Electronics |
| GEMS | Global Emergency Missile Surveillance | In English | |
| GLAADS | Gun Low-Altitude Air Defense System | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → 358 |
| GLCM | Ground-Launched Cruise Missile | In English | |
| GLCM | Ground Launched Cruise Missile | In English | |
| GM | Guided Missile | In English |