| Acronym |
Sense |
Language |
Topics |
| ASAP |
ACE Shuttle Application Processing |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASAP |
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel |
In English |
→ Accidents, risks, safety
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| ASAS |
Aerodynamic Stability Augmentation System |
In English |
→ Aerodynamics
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ASAT |
Antisatellite |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASAT |
Anti-Satellite System |
In English |
→ Military engineering
→ Astronautics |
| ASATS |
Antisatellite Simulation |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASC |
Aerodynamic Surface Control |
In English |
→ Aerodynamics
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ASC |
Aerosurface Control |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ASC |
American Satellite Corporation |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ United States |
| ASCA |
Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Cosmology
→ Astronomy |
| ASCADS |
Aft Station Command and Data System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASCO |
Arab Satellite Communications Organization |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Astronautics
→ Telecommunications |
| ASCO |
Arab Space Communications Organization |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Telecommunications
→ Astronautics |
| ASCP |
Attitude Set/Control Panel |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASCP |
Attitude Set Control Panel |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASCS |
Attitude Stabilization and Control System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASD |
Aeronautical Systems Division |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ASDE |
Aerosurface Driver Electronics |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Electronics |
| ASDM |
Aerosurface Driver/Monitor |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ASE |
Advanced Space Engine |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASE |
Aerospace Support Equipment |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASE |
Airborne Support Equipment |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ASED |
Avionics System Engineering Division |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ASG |
Aeronautical Standards Group |
In English |
→ Standardization
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ASG |
Avionic Subsystems Group |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ASGPD |
Attitude Set and Gimbal Position Display |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASI |
Airspeed Indicator |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ASI |
Augmented Spark Igniter |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASI |
Augmented Spark Indicator |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASI |
Augmented System Ignition |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASI |
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (www.asi.it) |
In Italian |
→ Central administration
→ Astronautics
→ Astronomy
→ Italia |
| Asnau |
Astronautik |
In Russian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronautics |
| ASO |
Aviation Safety Office |
In English |
→ Accidents, risks, safety
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport and postal services |
| ASP |
Aerosurface Position |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ASPI |
Aerosurface Position Indicator |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ASPOC |
Active Spacecraft Potential Control |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASR |
Avionic System Review |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ASR |
Agenţia Spaţială Română (www.rosa.ro) |
In Romanian |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| ASRM |
Advanced Solid Rocket Motor |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASRM |
Abort Solid Rocket Motor |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASRS |
Automated Shuttle Requirement System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASSESS |
Airborne Science Shuttle Experiments System Simulation |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASSH |
Advanced Space Systems Hardening |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASTD |
Advanced Space Technology Division |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| ASTER |
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASTF |
Aeropropulsion System Test Facility |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ United States |
| ASTG |
Aerospace Test Group |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| ASTP |
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ASTRA |
Advanced Star Tracker |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| ASTRA |
Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| ASTRO |
Ascent Trajectory Optimization |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| ASTS |
Avionic System Test Specification |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATA |
Abort Time Assembly |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATA |
Advanced Tactical Aircraft |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATA |
Aft Test Article |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATA |
Avionics Test Article |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATA |
Ammonia Tank Assembly |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATAL |
Alternate Transoceanic Abort Landing |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATB |
Automatische treinbeïnvloeding |
In Dutch |
→ Rail transport engineering |
| ATB |
Automatic Train Protection |
In English |
→ Rail transport engineering |
| ATB-EG |
Automatische treinbeïnvloeding - Eerste Generatie |
In Dutch |
→ Rail transport engineering |
| ATB-NG |
Automatische treinbeïnvloeding - Nieuwe Generatie |
In Dutch |
→ Rail transport engineering |
| ATC |
Air Training Command |
In English |
→ Education
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATC |
Aircraft Target Computer |
In English |
→ Computer hardware
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATCA |
Attitude Translation Control Assembly |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATDAP |
Aircraft Target Data Acquisition Program |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATDP |
Aircraft Target Data Program |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATDRP |
Aircraft Target Data Reduction Program |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATDRS |
Advanced Tracking and Data Relay Satellite |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Telecommunications |
| ATE |
Aerospace Training Equipment |
In English |
→ Education
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| ATEC |
Association pour le développement des techniques de Transport, d'Environnement et de Circulation |
In French |
→ Associations
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management
→ Transport and postal services |
| ATG |
Aerospace Test Group |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| ATL |
Avionics Test Laboratory |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATLAS |
Analysis of Thrust structure Loads And Stresses |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATM |
Apollo Telescope Mount |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATM |
Ascent Trajectory Model |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATMAB |
Association Technique Maritime et Aéronautique - Bulletin |
In French |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ 6295
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATO |
Abort To Orbit |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATOLL |
Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language |
In English |
→ Programming languages
→ Quality management
→ Astronautics |
| ATP |
Airborne Tracking and Pointing |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATR |
Air Transport(ation) Rack |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport and postal services |
| ATR |
Air Transport Radio |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport and postal services |
| ATR |
Air Transport Rating |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport and postal services |
| ATS |
Advanced Technology Satellite |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATS |
Applications Technology Satellite |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATS |
Atlantic Tracking Ship |
In English |
→ 6295 |
| ATV |
Automated Transfer Vehicle |
In English |
|
| AUB |
Aft Utility Bridge |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AUF |
Australian Ultralight Federation (www.auf.asn.au) |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Sport, physical exercises
→ Australia |
| AUG |
Automotive Users Group |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Automobile manufacturing |
| AUVSI |
Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (www.auvsi.org) |
In English |
→ Associations
→ Electronics
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AVA |
Aerodynamische Versuchsanstalt |
In German |
→ Aerodynamics
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AVCO |
The Aviation Corp of Delaware |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ United States |
| AVCS |
Attitude and Velocity Control System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| AVE |
Aerospace Vehicle Equipment |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Meteorology, climatology
→ Marine research, oceanography |
| AVIM |
Aviation Intermediate Maintenance |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AVISO |
Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellites Oceanographic data (www.aviso.oceanobs.com) |
In English |
→ Knowledge management
→ Astronautics
→ Marine research, oceanography |
| AvKos |
Aviatsiia i Kosmonavtika
= AvKos | Авиация и космонавтика | In Russian
|
In Russian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| AvKos |
Авиация и космонавтика
= (look above)
|
In Russian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| AVL |
Avionics Verification Laboratory |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AVL |
Automated Vehicle Location |
In English |
→ Telecommunications
→ Automobile manufacturing |
| AVL |
Automatic Vehicle Location |
In English |
→ Transport and postal services |
| AVLS |
Automatic Vehicle Localization System |
In English |
→ Transport and postal services |
| AVNIR |
Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Earth sciences |
| AVRADA |
Army Avionics Research and Development Activity |
In English |
→ Military engineering
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AVRCS |
Attitude, Velocity, Reaction Control System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| AvSeM |
Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Medicine
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AvTek |
Aviatsionnaia Tekhnika |
In Russian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| AVUM |
Aviation Unit Maintenance |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AvWST |
Aviation Week Space Technology |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AW&ST |
Aviation Week and Space Technology |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| AXAF |
Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Astronomy |
| AZBA |
Airport Zoning Board of Adjustment |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport by air
→ Regional planning |
| AZT |
American Zeppelin Transport |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| BAAC |
Budget Annexe de l'Aviation Civile |
In French |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport and postal services |
| BAC |
Boeing Aerospace Company |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| BAC |
Boeing Aircraft Company |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| BAC |
Booster Assembly Contractor |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| BAC |
Balanced Actuation Calipers |
In English |
|
| BAE |
British Aerospace |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics
→ United Kingdom |
| BAI |
Barometric Altitude Indicator |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| BANA |
Budget Annexe de la Navigation Aérienne |
In French |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport and postal services |
| BASD |
Ball Aerospace Systems Division |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| BASS |
Backup Avionics System Software |
In English |
→ Software
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| BAT |
Burst Alert Telescope |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| BBMC |
Broughton-Bretton Motor Club (www.bbmc.org.uk) |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations |
| BDEF |
Bundesverband Deutscher Eisenbahn-Freunde (www.bdef.de) |
In German |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Rail transport engineering
→ Entertainment |
| BDS2 |
Booster Phase Detection System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| BECO |
Booster Engine Cutoff |
In English |
|
| BESS |
Biomedical Experiment Scientific Satellite |
In English |
→ Biological sciences
→ Medicine
→ Astronautics |
| BESS |
Biomedical Experiment Support Satellite |
In English |
→ Biological sciences
→ Medicine
→ Astronautics |
| BET |
Best-Estimate (of) Trajectory |
In English |
|
| BFC |
Backup Flight Computer |
In English |
→ Computer hardware
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| BFC |
Backup Flight Control |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| BFCS |
Backup Flight Control System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| BFS |
Backup Flight System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| BFS |
Backup Flight Software |
In English |
→ Software
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| BFSPLP |
BFS Payload Preprocessor |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| BFSS |
Backup Flight Software System |
In English |
→ Software
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| BIA |
Booster Insertion and Abort |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| BIMCO |
Baltic and International Maritime Council |
In English |
→ International relations
→ 6295
→ Fishing, hunting |
| BMAG |
Body-Mounted Attitude Gyro |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| BMS |
Background Measurement Satellite |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| BMT |
British Maritime Technology (https://www.bmt.org) |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Marine research, oceanography
→ 627
→ 6295
→ United Kingdom |
| BMW |
Bayerische Motoren Werke |
In German |
→ Mechanical engineering
→ Automobile manufacturing |
| BNA |
Bureau de Normalisation de l'Automobile |
In French |
→ Automobile manufacturing
→ Transport and postal services |
| BNAE |
Bureau de Normalisation de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (www.bnae.asso.fr) |
In French |
→ Standardization
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics
→ France |
| BNSC |
British National Space Center |
In English |
→ Central administration
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics
→ United Kingdom |
| BOCC |
Belgische Oude Citroen Club (www.bocc-citroen.be) |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Automobile manufacturing
→ Belgium |
| BOPACE |
Boeing Plastic Analysis Capability For Engines |
In English |
→ Plastic industry
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| BOSO |
Ballistic Orbital Support Operations |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| BOVAG |
Bond van Autohandelaren en Garagehouders |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Transport and postal services |
| BP |
Buttock Plane |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering |
| BPS |
Boost Propulsion System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| BPV |
Bipropellant Valve |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| BRAVO |
Business Risk And Value if Operation in space |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| BSA |
Battery Bus Solar Array |
In English |
|
| BSE |
Booster Systems Engineer |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| BSG |
Bahnsicherheitsgesellschaft |
In German |
→ Rail transport engineering
→ Transport and postal services |
| BSRA |
British Ship Research Association |
In English |
→ Associations
→ 6295
→ United Kingdom |
| BUAAJ |
Beijing University Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Higher education, universities
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics
→ China |
| BUFC |
Backup Flight Controller |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| BUUA |
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (https://www.buaa.edu.cn/) |
In English |
→ Higher education, universities
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics
→ China |
| CA |
Carrier Aircraft |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CAA |
Civil Aeronautics Administration |
In English |
→ Public administration, government
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CAB |
Civil Aeronautics Board |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CAB |
Civil Aviation Board |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport and postal services |
| CADE |
Controller/Attitude Direct Electronics |
In English |
→ Electronics
→ Astronautics |
| CaJRS |
Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronautics
→ Canada |
| CAL |
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CALST |
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory Shock Tunnel |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CAM |
Carrier Aircraft Modification |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CAM |
Civil Aeronautics Manual |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CAMM |
Centro Aeronautica Militare di Montagna |
In Italian |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| CAPA |
Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association (www.capa-acca.com)
= ACAP | Association Canadienne de Conservation Aéronautique | In French
|
In English |
→ Associations
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Canada |
| CAPS |
Common Attitude Pointing System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| CAS |
Cooperative Application Satellite |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| CASJ |
Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics
→ Astronomy
→ Canada |
| CASJQ |
Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal Quarter |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics
→ Astronomy
→ Canada |
| CAUG |
Civil Aviation Users Group |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport and postal services |
| CAVOK |
Ceiling And Visibility OK |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CC |
Crew Compartment |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics
→ Transport and postal services |
| CCAFS |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
In English |
→ 358
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics
→ United States |
| CCDS |
Center for the Commercial Development of Space |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Economics
→ Astronautics |
| CCF |
Camion Citerne Forestier |
In French |
→ Automobile manufacturing
→ Firefighting
→ Forestry |
| CCFA |
Comité des Constructeurs Français d'Automobiles (www.ccfa.fr) |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Automobile manufacturing
→ France |
| CCFF |
Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility |
In English |
→ Meteorology, climatology
→ Astronautics |
| CCFL |
Camion Citerne Forestier Léger |
In French |
→ Automobile manufacturing
→ Firefighting
→ Forestry |
| CCFM |
Camion Citerne Forestier Moyen |
In French |
→ Automobile manufacturing
→ Firefighting
→ Forestry |
| CCFS |
Camion Citerne Forestier Super |
In French |
→ Automobile manufacturing
→ Firefighting
→ Forestry |
| CCGC |
Camion Citerne Grande Capacité |
In French |
→ Automobile manufacturing
→ Firefighting |
| CCI |
Camion Citerne d'Incendie |
In French |
→ Automobile manufacturing
→ Firefighting |
| CCM |
Carbon Ceramic Material |
In English |
→ Materials science
→ Automobile manufacturing |
| CCMTA |
Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex |
In English |
→ Military engineering
→ Astronautics |
| CCRA |
Cape Canaveral Reference Atmosphere |
In English |
→ Meteorology, climatology
→ Astronautics |
| CCRM |
Camion Citerne Rural Moyen |
In French |
→ Automobile manufacturing
→ Firefighting |
| CCRS |
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca) |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Astronautics
→ Earth sciences
→ Canada |
| CCSD |
Chrysler Corporation Space Division |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| CCSDS |
Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Electronics
→ Astronautics |
