Recurring Military and Technological Abbreviations and Acronyms

Vehicles:

AUV – Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

HALE – High Altitude Long Endurance

MALE – Medium Altitude Long Endurance

ROV – Remotely Operated Vehicle

RPA – Remotely Piloted Aircraft

UAS – Unmanned Air System

UAV – Unmanned Air Vehicle

UGV – Unmanned Ground Vehicle

USV – Unmanned Surface Vehicle

UUV – Unmanned Underwater Vehicle

Technology:

AESA – Active Electronically Scanned Array

C2 – Command and Control

C4 – C2, Communications and Computers

C4I – C4 and Information

CBRNE – Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive

COIN – Counterinsurgency

COMINT – Communications Intelligence

COTS – Commercial Off The Shelf

ELINT – Electronic Intelligence

EO – Electro-Optical

IR – Infra Red

ISR – Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

MOTS – Military Off The Shelf

SATCOM – Satellite Communications

STOL – Short Take-Off and Landing

SWaP – Size, Weight and Power

VTOL – Vertical Take-Off and Landing

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