AD-A248 GLOSSARY

1 AD-A248 116 fl GLOSSARY . DEFENSE ACQUISITION. ACRONYMS & terms . Department of Defense Defense Systems Management College Acquisition Policy Department Fort Belvoir, Virginia irA. & r:.. F ifth E d itio n September 1991. 92 ( 068. o o2031, SECURIT'N'CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE. REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE. IForm Approved OMBNo. 0704-0188. la. REPORT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION lb RESTRICTIVE MARKINGS. Unclassified 2a. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY 3 DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY OF REPORT. 2b. DECLASSIFICATION / DOWNGRADING SCHEDULE uniie Approved for public release, distribution unlimited 4. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER(S) 5. MONITORING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER(S). Defense Systems Management College (DSMC). (FD-AP). 6a. NAME OF PERFORMING ORGANIZATION 6b.)

2 OFFICE SYMBOL 7a. NAME OF MONITORING ORGANIZATION. (If applicable). Defense Systems Mgmt. College FD-AP. 6c. ADDRESS (City, State, and ZIP Code) 7b. ADDRESS (City, State, and ZIP Code). Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5426 Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5426. 8a. NAME OF FUNDINC/SPONSORING 8b. OFFICE SYMBOL 9. PROCUREMENT INSTRUMENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. ORGANIZATION (If applicable). DSMC. 8c. ADDRESS(City, State, and ZIP Code) 10. SOURCE OF FUNDING NUMBERS. PROGRAM PROJECT TASK WORK UNIT. ELEMENT NO. NO. NO. ACCESSION NO. 11. TITLE (Include Security Classification). GLOSSARY Defense Acquisition Acronyms and terms (unclassified). 12. PERSONAL AUTHOR(S). Wilbur D. Jones, Jr., Editor 13a. TYPE OF REPORT 13b. TIME COVERED 114. DATE OF REPORT (Year, Month, Day) 15.

3 PAGE COUNT. FROM TO September 1991 123. 16. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTATION. 17. COSATI CODES 18. SUBJECT terms (Continue on reverse if necessary and identify by block number). FIELD GROUP SUB-GROUP. 19. ABSTRACT (Continue on reverse if necessary and identify by block number). This GLOSSARY contains most acronyms, abbreviations and terms commonly used in the weapon systems acquisition process within the Department of Defense and defense industries. It focuses on terms with generic DOD application and a few service unique terms that others might deal with, and thus require reference. 20. DISTRIBUTION /AVAILABILITY OF ABSTRACT 21 ABSTRACT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION. [3 UNCLASSIFIED/UNLIMITED 0 SAME AS RPT 0 DTIC USERS Unclassified 22a. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL 22b TELEPHONE (Include Area Code) 22c.]

4 OFFICE SYMBOL. Robert W. Bail 3-27-92 703-805-2892 1RD-P. DD Form 1473, JUN 86 Previous editionsare obsolete. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE. GLOSSARY . DEFENSE ACQUISITION. ACRONYMS AND terms . Department of Defense Defense Systems Management College Acquisition Policy Department Fort Belvoir, Virginia I.. Fifth Edition September 1991 , -" \ , PREFACE. This Fifth Edition of GLOSSARY supersedes the former GLOSSARY published by the Defense Systems Management College (DSMC) in October 1989. GLOSSARY contains most acronyms, abbreviations and terms commonly used in the weapon systems acquisition process within the Department of Defense and defense industries. GLOSSARY focuses on terms with generic DOD application and a few service unique terms that others might deal with, and thus require reference.

5 It includes the most frequently used terms from the following areas: * Acquisition Policy * Manufacturing Management * Contract Management * Program Management * Contractor Finance 0 Software Management * Cost Schedule Control 0 Systems Engineering * Funds Management 0 Test and Evaluation While GLOSSARY identifies and highlights many terms , it does not intend to be all-inclusive, particularly regarding military department and other organizationally unique terms . For those, the reader must turn to military department indexes and/or local publications. GLOSSARY contains some jargon and "buzzwords", but on the other hand does not attempt to be a "Dictionary of Pentagon-ese.". GLOSSARY is published for use by students of the DSMC (in particular, those in the Program Management Course), and others working on defense acquisition matters, including congressional staffs, Pentagon and other headquarters staffs, weapon system program managers and defense contractors.

6 Additions to the October 1989 GLOSSARY of terms are marked "N" (New). Changed or modified terms are marked "R" (Revised). Acronyms and abbreviations generally are capitalized for ease of reference. This does not imply they are capitalized in general usage. Readers should follow the style used by their own organizations. Additions, deletions or modifications from readers are invited. Send them to the Chairman, Acquisition Policy Department, DSMC, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060. Vollmer Cochrane Chairman, Acquisition Acquisition Policy Policy Department Department, Editor ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The Editor appreciates the assistance from the Faculty Division of DSMC in providing acronyms and definitions for consideration for this revision of GLOSSARY , in particular: LtCol Bob Carlson, USAF, Financial Management Department; Mr.

7 Chip Summers, Contract Management Department; Mr. John Claxton, Test & Evaluation Department; LTC Bill Houck, USA, Cost/Schedule Management Department; and Major Joe Schmoll, USAF, Acquisition Policy Department. Special thanks to Ms. Chris Royer, Management Support Assistant, Acquisition Policy Department for her reliable, responsive, and tireless effort on behalf of this Fifth Revision. APPENDIX A. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS. NOTE: The following acronyms and abbreviations are used by system acquisition managers within the Department of Defense. Those dealing with the management of the acquisition process are defined in Section B, GLOSSARY of terms , along with other acquisition terms . Those that refer to Service unique titles and organizations are not further defined.

8 A. A-109 OMB Circular A-109. A SPEC System Specification Aa Achieved Availability AA Administrative Assistant (Congress). AAE Army Acquisition Executive N ABC Acquisition Basic Course (DSMC). ACAP Army Cost Analysis Paper ACAT Acquisition Category ACI Allocated Configuration Identification ACIB Air Characteristics Improvement Board (Navy). ACMC Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps ACNO Assistant Chief of Naval Operations ACO Administrative Contracting Officer ACQ STRAT Acquisition Strategy ACS Assistant Chief of Staff N ACS/I Assistance Chief of Staff for Intelligence (Air Force). N ACSN Advance Change Study Notice ACWP Actual Cost of Work Performed AD Armament Division (AF); Advanced Development Ada Department of Defense high order language ADM Acquisition Decision Memorandum; Advanced Development Model ADP Automated Data Processing ADPE ADP Equipment AE Acquisition Executive AECA Arms Export Control Act (1976) as amended.

9 AED Aeronautical Engineering Division (AF). AEDO Aeronautical Engineering Duty Officer (Navy). AFAE Air Force Acquisition Executive AFALC Air Force Air Logistics Center AFFTC Air Force Flight Test Center AFIT Air Force Institute of Technology AFLC Air Force Logistics Command N AFMC Air Force Materiel Command AFOTEC Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center AFP Approval for Full Production (Navy). AFR Air Force Regulation AFSARC Air Force Systems Acquisition Review Council AFSC Air Force Systems Command; Armed Forces Staff College AFSCP Air Force Systems Command Pamphlet AFTAC Air Force Technical Applications Center A-1. Ai Inherent Availability Al Artificial intelligence AL Acquisition Logistician ALC Air Logistics Center (AF). ALMC Army Logistics Management College ALO Authorized Level of Organization (Army).

10 ALP Approval for Limited Production (Navy). AMC Army Materiel Command AMCCOM Armament, Munitions, & Chemical Command (Army). AMSAA Army Materiel Systems Analysis Agency AMSDL Acquisition Management Systems Data List Ao Operational Availability AP Acquisition Plan AP/A/N/AF Aircraft Procurement (Appropriations), Army/Navy/Air Force N APB Acquisition Program Baseline APL Approved Parts List APPN Appropriation AQAP Allied Quality Assurance Provision AR Army Regulation N ARB Acquisition Review Board ASA Assistant Secretary of the Army ASA (RDA) Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development and Acquisition). ASAF Assistant Secretary of the Air Force ASAF(A) Assistant Secretary of Air Force (Acquisition). ASARC Army Systems Acquisition Review Council ASBCA Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals ASC Advanced Systems Concept (Navy); Army Staff Council ASD Assistant Secretary of Defense; Aeronautical Systems Division (AF).