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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