| FOB |
Fractional Orbit Bombardment |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics
→ Military engineering |
| FOBS |
Fractional Orbit Bombing System |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics
→ Military engineering |
| FOC |
Fleet Operational Capability |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| FOD |
Flight Operations Directorate |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOE |
Flight Operations Engineer |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOF |
First Orbital Flight |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOF |
Flight Operations Facility |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOF |
First Operational Flight |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOIH |
Flight Operations Integration Handbook |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOLD |
Federally-Owned LANDSAT Data |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOP |
Flight Operations Plan |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOP |
Flight Operations Panel |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOPG |
Flight Operations Planning Group |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOPS |
Flight Operations Planning Schedule |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOPSS |
Flight Operation Product Scheduling System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOR |
Flight Operations Review |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FORD |
Flight Operations Requirement Document |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOS |
Flight Operations Support |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOS |
Flight Operation Security |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOSA |
Flight Operations Support Annex |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOSO |
Flight Operations Scheduling Officer |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOSP |
Flight Operations Support Personnel |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOST |
Flight Operations Support Team |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOT |
Flight Operations Team |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOT |
Flight Operation Trainer |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOV |
First Orbital Vehicle |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FOWG |
Flight Operations Working GRoup |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FP |
Fuel Pressure |
In English |
|
| FP |
Flight Plan |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FPB |
Fuel Preburner |
In English |
|
| FPBOV |
Fuel Preburner and Oxidizer Valve |
In English |
|
| FPD |
Flight Projects Directorate |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FPH |
Flight Procedures Handbook |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FPI |
Fuel Pressure Indicator |
In English |
|
| FPOV |
Fuel Preburner Oxidizer Valve |
In English |
|
| FPPE |
Filiale Peugeot Paris Entreprise |
In French |
→ Transport and postal services |
| FPR |
Flight Performance Reserve |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FPRV |
Flight Product Requirements Verification |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FPSR |
Flight Planning And Stowage Review |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FQ |
Flight Qualification |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FQF |
First Qualification Flight |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FQI |
Flight Qualification Instrumentation |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FQR |
Flight Qualification Recorder |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FR |
Flight Rule |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FRA |
Federal Railroad Administration (www.fra.dot.gov) |
In English |
→ Central administration
→ Transport and postal services
→ Rail transport engineering
→ Transport and postal services |
| FRC |
Flight Readiness Certification |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FRCB |
Flight Rules Change Board |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FRCB |
Flight RUles Control BOard |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FRD |
Flight Requirements Document |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FRDI |
Flight Research and Development Instrumentation |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FRDR |
Flight Readiness Design Review |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FRE |
Flight-Related Element |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FRF |
Flight Readiness Firing |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FRFI |
Flug Revue - Flugwelt International |
In German |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| FRFT |
Flight Readiness Firing Test |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FRL |
Fuselage Reference Line |
In English |
|
| FRP |
Fuselage Reference Plane |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| FRR |
Flight Readiness Review |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FRRID |
Flight Readiness Review Item Disposition |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FRT |
Flight Readiness Test |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FS |
Flight System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FS |
Fuselage Station |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSAA |
Flight Simulator for Advanced Aircraft |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSC |
Fairchild Space Company |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSCP |
Flight Support Computer Program |
In English |
→ Computer science
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSD |
Flight SImulation DIvision |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSD&P |
Flight Systems Design and Performance |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSE |
Flight Support Equipment |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSE |
Flight Simulation Engineer |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSI |
Flight Software Integration |
In English |
→ Software
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSIWG |
Flight System Interface Working Group |
In English |
→ Human-computer interaction
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSL |
Flight Systems Laboratories |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSL |
Flight Simulation Laboratory |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSLP |
First Spacelab Payload |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSM |
Fuel Supply Module |
In English |
|
| FSP |
Flight Safety Plan |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSR |
Flight Support Room |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSR |
Flight Support Request |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSRR |
Flight System Readiness Review |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSRR |
Flight Software Readiness Review |
In English |
→ Software
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSRS |
Flight System Recording System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSS |
Flight Support Station |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSS |
Flight Support Structure |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSS |
Flight Support System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSS |
Flight Systems Simulator |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSSE |
Flight Sensor Stimuli Equipment |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSSR |
Flight System Software Request |
In English |
→ Software
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSSR |
Flight System Software Requirements |
In English |
→ Software
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSV |
Österreichische Forschungsgesellschaft Straße - Schiene - Verkehr |
In German |
→ Civil engineering and land transport
→ Transport and postal services |
| FSV |
Flight Space Vehicle |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FSW |
Flight Software |
In English |
→ Software
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FT |
Flight Team |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FT |
Flight Test |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FTA |
Flight Test Article |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FTC |
Flight Test Conductor |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FTD |
Flight Test Directive |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FTE |
Flight Test Engineer |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FTIS |
Flight Test Instrumentation System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FTO |
Flight Test Objective |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FTOH |
Flight Test Operations Handbook |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FTP |
Flight Test Procedure |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FTPF |
Flight and Training Planning Facility |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FTR |
Flight Test Requirement |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FTRD |
Flight Test Requirements Document |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FTS |
Flight Telerobotic Servicer |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FTS |
Flight Test Station |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FTS |
Flight Test System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FTS |
Flight Telerobotic Service |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FTS |
Flight Termination System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FU |
Flight Unit |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FUT |
Flight Unit Test |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FV |
Flight Version |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FVDS |
Fuel Vent and Drain System |
In English |
|
| FVF |
First Vertical Flight |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| FVSS |
Fuel Vapor Scrubber System |
In English |
|
| FVV |
Facility Verification Vehicle |
In English |
|
| GA |
Ground to Air |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GAC |
Grumman Aerospace Corporation |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GACU |
Ground Avionics Cooling Unit |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| GAEC |
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| GASD |
Government Aerospace Systems Division |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GASP |
General Ascent Trajectory and Sizing Program |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GDA |
General Dynamics Astronautics |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GDCA |
General Dynamics Convair Aircraft |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| GEA |
Groupe des Écoles Aéronautiques et spatiales |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Specialized or (poly)technical colleges
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ 6297 |
| GEAESD |
General Electric Aerospace Electronics Systems |
In English |
→ Electronics
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GEM |
Graphite Epoxy Motor |
In English |
|
| GEM |
Giotto Extended Mission |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GEO |
Geosynchronous Earth Orbit |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GEODSS |
Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep-space Surveillance System |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GEODSS |
Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep-Space Surveillance |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GEOSEPS |
Geosynchronous Solar Electric Propulsion Stage |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GETI |
Ground Elapsed Time of Ignition |
In English |
|
| GETL |
Ground Elapsed Time of Landing |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GFAE |
Government-Furnished Aeronautical Equipment |
In English |
→ Public administration, government
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| GFAE |
Government-Furnished Aircraft Equipment |
In English |
→ Public administration, government
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| GfW |
Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung |
In German |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Astronomy
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GIVE |
Groupe Interministériel sur le Véhicule Électrique |
In French |
→ Central administration |
| GLAADS |
Gun Low-Altitude Air Defense System |
In English |
→ Military engineering
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ 358 |
| GLOMR |
Global Low-Orbiting Message Relay |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GMS |
Geostationary Meterological Satellite |
In English |
→ Meteorology, climatology
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GN&C |
Guidance, Navigation, and Control |
In English |
|
| GN&CS |
Guidance, Navigation, and Control Subsystem |
In English |
|
| GNC |
Guidance and Navigation Computer |
In English |
→ Hardware |
| GNC |
Guidance, Navigation, and Control |
In English |
|
| GNCFTS |
Guidance, Navigation, and Control Flight Test Station |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GNCIS |
Guidance, Navigation, and Control Integration Simulator |
In English |
|
| GNCSIM |
Guidance, Navigation, and Control Simulation |
In English |
|
| GNCTS |
Guidance, Navigation, and Control Test Station |
In English |
|
| GNE |
Guidance and Navigational Electronics |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| GNS |
Guidance and Navigation Simulator |
In English |
|
| GNS |
Guidance Navigation System |
In English |
|
| GNV |
Gaz Naturel pour les Véhicules |
In French |
|
| GNV |
Gaz Naturel Véhicule |
In French |
→ Energy economics |
| GOAL |
Ground Operations Aerospace Language |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GOCNAE |
Grupo de Organização da Comissão Nacional de Atividades Espaciais |
In Portuguese |
→ Astronomy
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
In English |
→ Environment, environmental sciences
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite |
In English |
→ Earth sciences
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GOES |
Geosynchronous Operational Environmental Satellite |
In English |
→ Earth sciences
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GPAS |
General-Purpose Airborne Simulator |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| GPL |
GOAL Processing Language |
In English |
→ Programming languages
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GPL |
Gaz de Pétrole Liquéfié |
In French |
→ 665 |
| GPRN |
GOAL Test Procedure Release Notice |
In English |
→ Programming languages
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
In English |
→ Geodesy, cartography
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics
→ Telecommunications |
| GPSCP |
GPS (Global Positioning System) Computer Program |
In English |
→ Software
→ Geodesy, cartography
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GPUR |
GOAL Test Procedure Update Request |
In English |
→ Programming languages
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GrAeH |
Grumman Aerospace Horizons |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronomy
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ 6297 |
| GRE |
Gamma Ray Explorer |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GSAT |
Geosynchronous Satellite |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GSFC |
(NASA) Godddard Space Flight Center |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GSS |
Geosynchronous Space Station |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GSTAR |
Saudi Arabian Communications Satellite |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics
→ Telecommunications |
| GSTDN |
Ground Space Flight Tracking and Data Network |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GSTDN |
Ground Spacecraft Tracking and Data Network |
In English |
→ Data
→ Astronomy
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GSVOO |
Ground Station Visibility of Orbiting Objects |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GTEPE |
Grupo de Trabalho de Estudos e Projetos Espaciais |
In Portuguese |
→ Astronomy
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GTLV |
Government-Furnished Target Launch Vehicle |
In English |
→ Public administration, government |
| GTO |
Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GTS |
Guidance Test Station |
In English |
|
| GTV |
Ground Transport Vehicle |
In English |
|
| GTV |
Ground Test Vehicle |
In English |
|
| GVSC |
Generic VHSIC Spacecraft Computer |
In English |
→ Hardware
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| GX |
Galaxy Express |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| HAADS |
High-Altitude Attitude Determination System |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| HAARS |
High-Altitude Attitude Reference System |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| HAAS |
High Altitude Aircrafts and Airships |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HABP |
Hypersonic Arbitrary Body Program |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| HAC |
Hughes Aircraft Company |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HAFB |
Hill Air Force Base |
In English |
→ 358
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HAFB |
Holloman Air Force Base |
In English |
→ 358
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HAINS |
High-Accuracy Inertial Navigation System |
In English |
|
| HALS |
High-order Assembly Language for Shuttle |
In English |
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| HCHy |
Hovering Craft and Hydrofoil |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals |
| HEACE |
Health Effect of Aircraft Cabin Environment |
In English |
→ Medicine
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport and postal services |
| HEO |
High-Energy Orbit |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| HEO |
High Earth Orbit |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| HF |
Horizontal Flight |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| HFC |
Hydraulic Flight Control |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| HFCL |
Hydraulic Flight Control Laboratory |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
