SOME DEFENCE ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .... AAA Anti-aircraft artillery AAD Advanced Air Defense (missile intercept system) ,Area Air Defence AAM Air-to-Air missile AESA Active Electronically Scanned Array AEW Airborne early warning AI Air Intercept AMCA Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft AMRAAM Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile ASMAR Active Multimode Solid-State Active Radar ASM Air-to-Surface Missile ASW AntiSubmarine Warfare ASAT AntiSATellite weapon ATFLIR Advanced Tactical Forward Looking Infrared ATGM antitank guided missile ATRD Active towed radar decoy AWACS Airborne warning and control system BMP Battle Management Processor BMD Ballistic Missile Defense BVR Beyond-visual-range BVRAAM Beyond-Visual-Range Air-to-Air Missile C3I Command, control,communications,and intelligence CAESAR Captor Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar C-AISR Counter-airborne intelligence,surveillance and reconnaissance CAP Combat Air Patrol CAS Close Air Support CBG Carrier Battle Group CCD-TV Charge-coupled device television CCS Cabinet Committee on Security CEP Circular Error Projection CIWS Close In Weapon System CSG Carrier Strike Group DAS Defensive avionics suite DASS Defensive Aids Sub-System DPB Defense Procurement Board DPP Defense Procurement Procedure DRDO Defence Research Development Organization (India) DRFM Digital radio frequency memory EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EOTS Electro-Optical Targeting System ESM Electronic support measures EW Electronic warfare EW/CGI Early warning and ground control intercept FGFA Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (indian) FLIR Forward looking infrared FOC Final Operational Clearance HAL Hindustan Aeronautics Limited HOTAS Hands on throttle and stick HUMINT Human Intelligence IADS Integrated air defense systems IAF Indian Air Force ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ( range more then 5500 km ) IDECM Integrated Defensive Electronic Counter measures IEWS Integrated Electronic Warfare System IFF Identification, friend or foe IOC Initial Operational Clearance IIR Imaging infrared IJT Intermediate Jet Trainer IRBM Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile ( range of 3,000–5,500 km ) IRST Infrared search and tracking ISAF ISraeli Air Force ISR Intelligence, surveillance,and reconnaissance ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation (Bangalore, India) JDAM Joint Direct Attack Munition JSOW Joint Standoff Weapon LCA Light Combat Aircraft LPI Low probability of intercept LRCM Long Range Cruise Missile LRSAM Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile MAWS Missile approach warning system MBRL Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher MIRV Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle MMRCA Medium multi-role combat aircraft MOD Ministry of Defense MRBM Medium-Range Rallistic Missile ( range between 1000km. to 3500 km ) NORA Not Only a Radar PAF Pakistan Air Force PAK-FA Perspektivny Aviatsionny Kompleks Frontovoy Aviatsii- literally Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation PAD Point Air Defense ( Prithvi Air Defence ) PESA Passive Electronically Scanned Array PIRATE Passive Infra-Red Airborne Tracking Equipment PLAAF People’s Liberation Army Air Force R&D Research and development RCS Radar cross-section RFP Request for Proposals RWR Radar warning receiver SAM Surface-to-air missile SEAD Suppression of enemy air defenses SIGINT Signals Intelligence SRBM Short Range Ballistic Missile range between ( range below 1000 km.) SRSAM Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile T/R Transmit/receive UAV Unmanned aerial vehicle UCAV Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle UCAS Unmanned Combat Air Systems UAS Unmanned Aircraft system WVR Within-visual-range
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