Intro to GPS Apps
Acronyms


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    AE             -     Antenna Electronics
    A/D            -     Analog to Digital
    AFB            -     Air Force Base
    AFI            -     Automatic Fault Indication
    AFS            -     Air Force Station
    AHRS           -     Attitude and Heading Reference System
    AIMS           -     Airspace Traffic Control Radar Beacon System IFF
                         Mark XII System
    A/J            -     Anti-Jamming
    AOC            -     Auxilliary Output Chip
    A-S            -     Anti-Spoofing
    ASIC           -     Application Specific Integrated Circuit
    ATE            -     Automatic Test Equipment
    BCD            -     Binary Code Decimal
    BIH            -     Bureau International de L'Heure
    BIPM           -     International Bureau of Weights and Measures
    BIT            -     Built-In-Test
    BPSK           -     Bi Phase Shift Keying
    C/A-code       -     Coarse/Acquisition-Code
    CADC           -     Central Air Data Computer
    CDMA           -     Code Division Multiplex Access
    CDU            -     Control Display Unit
    CEP            -     Circular Error Probable
    CMOS           -     Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
    C/No           -     Carrier to Noise Ratio
    CRPA           -     Controlled Radiation Pattern Antenna
    CSOC           -     Consolidated Space Operations Center
    CW             -     Continuous Wave
    DAC            -     Digital to Analog Converter
    dB             -     Decibel (X = 10 Log   X dB)
                                            10
    DGPS           -     Differential GPS
    D-Level        -     Depot Level
    DLM            -     Data Loader Module
    DLR            -     Data Loader Receptable
    DLS            -     Data Loader System
    DMA            -     Defense Mapping Agency
    DoD            -     Department of Defense
    DOP            -     Dilution of Precision
    dRMS           -     Distance Root Mean Square
    DRS            -     Dead Reckoning System
    DT&E           -     Development Test and Evaluation
    ECEF           -     Earth-Centered-Earth-Fixed
    ECP            -     Engineering Change Proposal
    EDM            -     Electronic Distance Measurement
    EFIS           -     Electronic Flight Instrument System
    EM             -     Electro Magnetic
    EMCON          -     Emission Control
    ESGN           -     Electrically Suspended Gyro Navigator
    FAA            -     Federal Aviation Administration
    FMS            -     Foreign Military Sales
    FOM            -     Figure Of Merit
    FRPA           -     Fixed Radiation Pattern Antenna
    FRPA-GP        -     FRPA Ground Plane
    GaAs           -     Gallium Arsenide
    GDOP           -     Geometric Dilution of Precision
    GMT            -     Greenwich Mean Time
    GPS            -     Global Positioning System
    HDOP           -     Horizontal Dilution of Precision
    HOW            -     Hand Over Word
    HSI            -     Horizontal Situation Indicator
    HV             -     Host Vehicle
    HQ USAF        -     Headquarters US Air Force
    ICD            -     Interface Control Document
    ICS            -     Initial Control System
    IF             -     Intermediate Frequency
    IFF            -     Identification Friend or Foe
    I-Level        -     Intermediate Level
    ILS            -     Instrument Landing System
    INS            -     Inertial Navigation System
    ION            -     Institute of Navigation
    IOT&E          -     Initial Operational Test and Evaluation
    IP             -     Instrumentation Port
    ITS            -     Intermediate Level Test Set
    JPO            -     Joint Program Office
    J/S            -     Jamming to Signal Ration
    JTIDS          -     Joint Tactical Information Distribution System
    L              -     GPS primary frequency, 1575.42 MHz
     1
    L              -     GPS secondary frequency, 1227.6 MHz
     2
    LEP            -     Linear Error Probable
    LRIP           -     Low Rate Initial Production
    LRU            -     Line Replaceable Unit
    LO             -     Local Oscillator
    mB             -     Millibar
    MCS            -     Master Control Station
    MCT            -     Mean Corrective Maintenance Time
                                      6
    MHz            -     Megahertz (10  Hz)
    MLV            -     Medium Launch Vehicle
    MmaxCT         -     Maximum Corrective Maintenance Time
    MOU            -     Memorandum of Understanding
    M/S            -     Metres per Second
    MSL            -     Mean Sea Level
    MTBF           -     Mean Time Between Failure
    MTBM           -     Mean Time Between Maintenance
    N/A            -     Not Applicable
    NAV-msg        -     Navigation Message
    NOSC           -     Naval Ocean Systems Center
    NRL            -     Naval Research Labratory
                                       -9
    NS             -     Nanosecond (10   second)
    NSA            -     National Security Agency
    NTDS           -     Navy Tactical Data System
    NTS            -     Navigation Technology Satellite
    OBS            -     Omni Bearing Select
    OCS            -     Operational Control System
    O-Level        -     Organization Level
    OTHT           -     Over The Horizon Targeting
    PC             -     Personal Computer
    P-Code         -     Precise Code
    PDOP           -     Position Dilution of Precision
    PLSS           -     Precision Location Strike System
     3
    P I            -     Pre Planned Product Improvement
                                              -6
    PPM            -     Parts Per Million (10  )
    PPS            -     Precise Positioning Service
    PPS-SM         -     PPS Security Module
    PRN            -     Pseudo Random Noise
    PTTI           -     Precise Time and Time Interval
    PVT            -     Position Velocity and Time
    RAM            -     Reliability and Maintainability
    RCVR           -     Receiver
    RF             -     Radio Frequency
    RMS            -     Root Mean Square
    RNAV           -     Area Navigation
    RSS            -     Root Sum Square
    RT             -     Remote Terminal
    RTCA           -     Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics
    RTCM           -     Ratio Technical Commission for Maritime Services
    S/A            -     Selective Availability
    SAMSO          -     Space and Missile Systems Organization
    SBB            -     Smart Buffer Box
    SC             -     Special Committee
    SEP            -     Spherical Error Probable
    SI             -     International System of Units
    SIL            -     System Integration Labratory
    SINS           -     Shipborne INS
    SPS            -     Standard Positioning Service
    SRU            -     Shop Replacable Unit
    STDCDU         -     Standard CDU
    TACAN          -     Tactical Air Navigation
    TAI            -     International Atomic Time
    TBD            -     To Be Determined
    TDOP           -     Time Dilution of Precision
    TFOM           -     Time Figure Of Merit
    TTFF           -     Time to First Fix
    UE             -     User Equipment
    UERE           -     User Equivalent Range Error
    UHF            -     Ultra High Frequency
    USA            -     United States of America
    USNO           -     US Naval Observatory
    UT             -     Universal Time
    UTC            -     Universal Time Coordinated
    VDOP           -     Vertical Dilution of Precision
    VHSIC          -     Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
    VLSIC          -     Very Large Scale Integrated Circuit
    VOR            -     Very High Frequency (VHF) Omnidirectional Range
    WGS-84         -     World Geodetic System - 1984
    YPG            -     Yuma Proving Ground
    1 PPM          -     1 Pulse Per Minute
    1 PPS          -     1 Pulse Per Second


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