Acronyms: NAVAIR Acquisition Guide (28 kb)
A - C
- A&AS;
- Advisory and Assistance Services
- AAP
- Abbreviated Acquisition Program
- ACAT
- Acquisition Category
- ACO
- Administrative Contracting Officer
- ADM
- Acquisition Decision Memorandum
- AEPST
- Acquisition Environmental Product Support Team
- AKSS
- Acquisition Knowledge Sharing System
- AL
- Acquisition Logistics (formerly Integrated Logistics Support)
- ALH
- Acquisition Logistics Handbook (ALH)
- ALSP
- Acquisition Logistics Support Plan
- AM
- Acquisition Manager
- AMPS
- Afloat Master Planning System
- AOA
- Analysis of Alternatives
- AP
- Acquisition Plan
- APBA
- Acquisition Program Baseline Agreement
- APEO
- Assistant Program Executive Officer
- APEO
- (SE) Assistant Program Executive Officer (Systems and Engineering )
- APEO(L)
- Assistant Program Executive Officer (Logistics )
- APEEO
- (RDT&E;) Assistant Program Executive Officer (Research, Development, Test & Evaluation)
- APM
- Assistant Program Manager
- APMC
- Assistant Program Manager for Contracts
- APML
- Assistant Program Manager for Logistics
- APMSE
- Assistant Program Manager for Systems & Engineering
- APMT&E;
- Assistant Program Manager for Test & Evaluation
- APN
- Aircraft Procurement, Navy
- ARB
- Acquisition Review Board
- ASD(NII)
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks & Information Integration
- ASN(FM&C;)
- Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management & Comptroller)
- ASN(RD&A;)
- Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development &
- Acquisition)
- ASN
- (RD&A;) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development &
- Acquisition)
- ASP
- Assurance Surveillance Plan
- ASPO
- Acquisition Systems Protection Officer
- ASPP
- Acquisition Systems Protection Program
- ASPRO
- Acquisition Systems Protection Officer
- ASR
- Acquisition Strategy Report
- ASSIST
- Acquisition Streamlining & Standardization Information System
- ASW
- Anti-Surveillance Warfare
- A&AS;
- Advisory and Assistance Services
- BAFO
- Best & Final Offer
- BES
- Budget Estimate Submission
- BF
- Battle Force
- BFI
- Battle Force Interoperability
- BFIT
- Battle Force Interoperability Test
- BGSIT
- Battle Group System Integration Test
- BOA
- Basic Ordering Agreement
- BRAC
- Base Relocation & Closure
- BRB
- Baseline Review Board
- BSE
- Battlespace Systems Engineering
- CAE
- Component Acquisition Executive (same as SAE)
- CAIV
- Cost as an Independent Variable
- CAO
- Competency Aligned Organization
- CARS
- Consolidated Acquisition Reporting System
- CBD
- Commerce Business Daily
- CBT
- Computer Based Training
- CCB
- Change Control Board or Configuration Control Board
- CDD
- Capability Development Document
- CDRL
- Contract Data Requirements List
- CE
- Concept Exploration
- CEC
- Cooperative Engagement Capability
- CFSG
- Contracting for Supportability Guide
- CI
- Configuration Items
- CI
- Counterintelligence
- CICA
- Competition in Contracting Act
- CJCS
- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- CHCSI
- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction
- CHCSM
- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Manual
- CHENG
- Chief Engineer
- CLIN
- Contract Line Item
- COMOPTEVFOR
- Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force
- CM
- Configuration Management
- CMC
- Commandant of the Marine Corps
- CNO
- Chief of Naval Operations
- CMMI
- Capability Maturity Model (Integrated)
- COAL
- Common Operational Activities List
- CONOPS
- Concept of Operations
- COP
- Communities of Practice
- COTS
- Commercial-Off-the-Shelf
- CPD
- Capability Production Document (formerly part of Operational Requirements Document (ORD))
- CRD
- Capstone Requirements Document
- CS
- Consulting Services
- CSA
- Command/Staffs/Agencies
- CSFL
- Common Systems Function List
- CTL
- Component Team Leader
- C4I
- Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence
- C4ICS
- C4I Combat Systems
- C4ISP
- C4I Support Plans
- C4ISR
- C4I Support and Reconnaissance
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D - F
- D&F;
- Determination and Findings
- DAB
- Defense Acquisition Board
- DAD
- Defense Acquisition Deskbook
- DAE
- Defense Acquisition Executive (the Under Secretary of
- Defense
- for Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics)
- DASN
- Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy
- DCMA
- Defense Contracts Management Agency
- DCNO
- Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
- DEP
- Distributed Engineering Board
- DER
- Data Exchange Requirement
- DFAR
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations
- DID
- Data Item Description
- DISA
- Defense Information System Agency
- DMI
- Depot Maintenance Interservice
- DMR
- Defense Management Report
- DNET
- Defense Network
- DOD
- Department of Defense
- DODAF
- Department of Defense Architecture Framework
- DON
- Department of the Navy
- DOT&E;
- Director, Operational Test & Evaluation
- DPG
- Defense Planning Guidance
- DPRO
- Defense Plant Representative Office
- DRB
- Defense Resources Board/Design Review Board
- DRPM
- Direct Reporting Program Manager
- DRRB
- Data Requirements Review Board
- DSMC
- Defense Systems Management College
- DT&E;
- Development Test & Evaluation
- ECP
- Engineering Change Proposal
- EDT
- Externally Directed Teams
- EMD
- Engineering & Manufacturing Development (also E&MD;)
- EMI
- Electromagnetic Interference
- EO
- Executive Order
- EOB
- Expense Operating Budget
- ET
- Enterprise Team
- EVMS
- Earned Value Management System
- FAR
- Federal Acquisition Regulations
- FMS
- Foreign Military Sales
- FOT&E;
- Follow On Test & Evaluation
- FPI
- Fixed Price Incentive
- FRP
- Full Rate Production
- FRR
- Flight Readiness Reviews
- FSED
- Full Scale Engineering Development (also FSD - Full Scale Development)
- FST
- Fleet Support Team
- FYDP
- Future Year Defense Program
- F3I
- Form, Fit, Function Interface
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G - M
- GFE
- Government Furnished Equipment
- GSE
- Ground Support Equipment
- HAZMAT
- Hazardous Material
- HMMP
- Hazardous Materials Management Program
- HQMC
- Headquarters Marine Corps
- HRC
- Human Resources Center
- HSI
- Human-System Integration
- IBR
- Integrated Baseline Review
- ICD
- Initial Capabilities Document (formerly Mission Need Statement (MNS))
- IDP
- Individual Development Plan
- IEPR
- Independent Expert Program Review
- IER
- Information Exchange Requirement
- ILA
- Independent Logistics Assessment
- IMIP
- Industrial Modernization Incentives Program
- IOC
- Initial Operating Capability
- IOCSR
- Initial Operating Capability Supportability Review
- IPPD
- Integrated Product and Process Development
- IPR
- Interdepartmental Purchase Request
- IPS
- Integrated Program Summary
- IPT
- Integrated Program Team/Integrated Product Team
- ISP
- Information Support Plan
- IT
- Information Technology
- ITIPS
- Information Technology Investment Planning Systems
- J&A;
- Justification & Approval
- JCIDS
- Joint Capabilities Integration & Development System
- JCPAT
- Joint C4I Program Assessment Tool
- JITC
- Joint Interoperability Test Command
- JROC
- Joint Requirements Oversight Council
- KM/DS
- Knowledge Management/Decision Support
- KPP
- Key Performance Parameters
- LEM
- Logistics Element Manager
- LMI
- Logistics Management Information
- LM
- Logistics Manager
- LMTCE-WIAT
- Lead Maintenance Technology Center (Environment) – Working Integrated Product Team
- LRFS
- Logistics Requirements Funding Summary
- LRIP
- Low Rate Initial Production
- M&S;
- Modeling & Simulation
- MCOTEA
- Marine Corps Operational Test & Evaluation Agency
- MDA
- Milestone Decision Authority
- ME
- Manufacturing Engineering
- MGFEL
- Master Government Furnished Equipment List
- MID
- Management Initiative Decision
- MILSTRIP
- Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures
- MIPR
- Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request
- MNAAPC
- Management of the Naval Aviation Acquisition Process Course
- MNS
- Mission Need Statement
- MOPAS
- Management and Oversight Process for the Acquisition of Services
- MS
- Milestone
- MSS
- Management and Professional Support Services
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N - P
- NADEP
- Naval Aviation Depot
- NAE
- Navy Acquisition Executive
- NAIAO
- Naval Aviation Interoperability Assurance Office
- NAMP
- Naval Aviation Maintenance Procedure
- NAPS
- Navy Acquisition Procedures Supplement
- NAR
- Non-Advocate Review
- NAVCOMPT
- Navy Comptroller
- NAVICP
- Naval Inventory Control Point
- NAWC
- Naval Air Warfare Center
- NCR
- Naval Change Request
- NCTSI
- Navy Center for Tactical Systems Interoperability
- NCW
- Network Centric Warfare
- NDI
- Non-Developmental Item
- NEAT
- NAVAIR Environmental Acquisition Targets
- NEPA
- National Environmental Policy Act
- NFHP
- Navy Flying Hour Program
- NMCARS
- Navy Marine Corps Acquisition Regulation Supplement
- NPDM
- Navy Program Decision Meeting
- NSS
- National Security Systems
- NTP
- Naval Training System Plan
- NWCF
- Navy Working Capital Fund
- OASD
- Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
- ODS
- Ozone Depleting Substance
- O&MN;
- Operations & Maintenance Navy (appropriation) (O&MNR; is
- O&M;
- for the Naval Reserve)
- OMB
- Office of Management and Budget
- OPN
- Other Procurement, Navy
- OPR
- Office of Primary Responsibility
- OPSEC
- Operations Security
- OR
- Operational Requirement
- ORD
- Operational Requirements Document
- OSD
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
- OSIP
- Operational Safety Improvement Program
- OT&E;
- Operational Test & Evaluation
- OTRR
- Operational Test Readiness Review
- OUSD©
- Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
- PARM
- Participating Manager
- PAT
- Process Action Team
- PBD
- Program Budget Decision
- PID
- Procurement Initiation Document
- PCO
- Primary Contracting Officer
- PDM
- Program Decision Memorandum
- PEO
- Program Executive Officer
- PESHE
- Programmatic Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health Evaluation
- PFCP
- Program Funding Change Proposal
- PHST
- Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation
- PID
- Procurement Initiation Document
- PM
- Program Manager
- PMA
- Program Manager AIR
- PMB
- Performance Measurement Baseline
- PMIS
- Program Manager Information System
- PPL
- Preferred Product List
- PPBS
- Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System
- PO
- Project Order
- POM
- Program Objectives Memorandum
- POA&M;
- Plan of Actions & Milestones
- PPA
- Procurement Planning Agreement
- PPBE
- Planning, Programming & Budgeting and Execution
- PPBS
- Planning, Programming & Budgeting System
- PPC
- Procurement Planning Conference
- PPP
- Program Protection Plan
- PPWSTPD
- Plan for the Protection of Weapon Systems Test and Performance Data
- PRR
- Production Readiness Review
- PSP/TSP
- Personal Software Process/Team Software Process
- PST
- Product Support Team
- PT
- Procurement Team
- P2
- Pollution Prevention
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Q - Z
- QA
- Quality Assurance
- QDR
- Quadrennial Defense Review
- QDR
- Quality Deficiency Report
- QPL
- Qualified Parts List
- RAMECS
- Rapid Action Minor Engineering Changes
- R&D;
- Research and Development
- RCP
- Request for Contractual Procurement
- RDC
- Rapid Deployment Capability
- RDT&EN;
- Research, Development, Test & Evaluation Navy (appropriation)
- RFI
- Request for Information
- RFM
- Requiring Financial Manager
- RFP
- Request for Proposal
- RM
- Requiring Manager
- R&M;
- Reliability and Maintainability
- ROR
- Repair of Repairables
- RQ
- Requisition
- SA
- Supportability Analysis
- SAE
- Service Acquisition Executive
- SBIR
- Small Business Incentive Research
- SD&D;
- System Development & Demonstration
- SE
- Systems Engineering
- SEI
- Software Engineering Institute
- SES
- Senior Executive Service
- SIPRNET
- Secure Internet Protocol Network
- SIS
- Software Intensive System
- SLC
- System Leadership Council
- SLT
- Software Leadership Team
- SOF
- Statement of Functionality
- SOO
- Statement of Objectives
- SOW
- Statement of Work
- SPI
- Single Process Initiative
- SRR
- Systems Requirements Review
- SSA
- Source Selection Authority
- SSAC
- Source Selection Advisory Council
- SSEB
- Source Selection Evaluation Board
- SSEMP
- System Security Engineering Management Program
- SSIL
- System/Subsystem Interface List
- SSO
- Source Selection Officer
- SSP
- Source Selection Plan
- STARS
- Standard Accounting and Reporting System
- SW-CMM
- Software Capability Maturity Model
- SYSCOM
- Systems Command
- TAR
- TEMP Advisory Review
- TCD
- Target Configuration Date
- TDP
- Technical Data Package
- TDS
- Technical Directives
- TDSA
- Technical Directive Status Accounting
- TEIN
- Test and Evaluation Identification Number
- TEMP
- Test and Evaluation Master Plan
- TNS
- Technology Needs Survey
- TOA
- Total Obligation Authority
- TOR
- Trouble Observation Report
- TPWG
- Test Plan Working Group
- TR
- Trouble Report
- TYCOMs
- Type Commanders (Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet; and Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe)
- USD(AT&L;)
- Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics)
- VE
- Value Engineering
- VECP
- Value Engineering Change Proposal
- WBS
- Work Breakdown Structure
- WIPT
- Working Integrated Product Team
- WR
- Work Request
- WSPD
- Weapon System Planning Document
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Additional Acronym Links
DAU Glossary of Defense Acquisition Acronyms and Terms
DOD Dictionary of Military Terms
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