ACRONYMS ABCCC ACAT ACC ACC/CC ACTD AC2ISRC AC2ISRC/C2U AESA AETC AF/XORR AFFTC Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center Acquisition Category Air Combat Command Air Combat Command Commander in Chief Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration; Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator Aerospace Command and Control and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Center Aerospace Command and Control and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Center/Command and Control Directorate Active electronically scanned array Air Education and Training Command Air Force Director of Operational Requirements Air Force Flight Test Center xxiii
xxiv Innovative Development: Global Hawk and DarkStar AFOTEC AoA ARIA ASC ASC/CC ASC/RAV AV C4ISP C4ISR CAS CDL CGS CICA CINC CLS CONOPS COTS CPAF CPFF CPIF Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Analysis of alternatives Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft Aeronautical Systems Center Aeronautical Systems Center commander in chief Aeronautical Systems Center/Reconnaissance Air Vehicle Air vehicle Command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence support plan Command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance Cost Accounting Standards Contract Data List; common data link Common ground segment Competition in Contracting Act Commander in chief Contractor logistics support Concept of operations; concepts of operations Commercial off-the-shelf Cost plus award fee Cost plus fixed fee Cost plus incentive fee
Acronyms xxv CRS CSAF CSE D&E DAB DAE DAES DAMA DARO DARPA DFAR DoD DT/OT EMD EO/IR ESIS FAR FFP FPAF FPIF FY FYDP GAO Common Reporting System Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Computing and Software Engineering Demonstration and Evaluation Defense Acquisition Board Defense Acquisition Executive Defense acquisition executive summary Demand assigned multiple access Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation(s) Department of Defense Development test/operational test Engineering and manufacturing development Electro-optical/infrared Early Strategies and Issues Session Federal Acquisition Regulation(s) Firm fixed price Fixed-price award fee Fixed-price incentive fee Fiscal year Five-Year Defense Plan [U.S.] General Accounting Office
xxvi Innovative Development: Global Hawk and DarkStar GATM GHSPO GMTI GPS HAE UAV HQ AIA IMINT IMMC INT IOT&E IPDM IPPD IPRG IPT ISP ISR ISS JFCOM JPO JROC JSTARS Global air traffic management Global Hawk System Program Office Ground moving target indicator Global Positioning System High-Altitude Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Headquarters, Air Intelligence Agency Imaging intelligence Integrated mission management computer Intelligence Initial operational test and evaluation Intelligence program decision memorandum Integrated Product and Process Development Intelligence Program Review Group Integrated Product Team Intelligence support plan Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance Integrated sensor suite Joint Forces Command Joint program office Joint Requirements Oversight Council Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System
Acronyms xxvii LCRS LL LMSW LO LRE LRIP MAE MCE MDAP MILCON MNS MoU MUA NRE OIPT ORD OSD OT OTA OT&E PB PMD POM Launch, control, and recovery station Long lead Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Low observable Launch and recovery element Low-rate initial production Medium-Altitude Endurance Mission control element Major Defense Acquisition Program Military construction Mission need statement Memorandum of understanding Military utility assessment Nonrecurring engineering Oversight Integrated Product Team Operational requirements document Office of the Secretary of Defense Other Transactions Other Transaction Authority Operational test and evaluation President s budget Program Management Directive Program objective memorandum
xxviii Innovative Development: Global Hawk and DarkStar PPBS R&D RFP RMS RSTA RTIP SAF/AQ SAF/AQIJ SAMP SAR SATCOM SCD SecAF SECDEF SEI SEMP SEPM SETA SIGINT SoS Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System Research & Development Request for proposal Reliability, maintainability, and supportability Reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition Radar Technology Improvement Program Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition Secretary of the Air Force/Directorate for Information Dominance Single acquisition management plan Synthetic aperture radar; selected acquisition report Satellite communication System capability document Secretary of the Air Force Secretary of Defense Software Engineering Institute System engineering master plan System engineering and program management Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance Signal intelligence System of systems
Acronyms xxix SPO STA STAR TCAS TEMP TES TINA TSPR UAV UFP USACOM USD(A&T) USD(AT&L) WPAFB System program office System threat assessment System threat assessment report Traffic collision avoidance system Test and evaluation master plan Test and Evaluation Squadron Truth in Negotiations Act Total system performance responsibility Unmanned aerial vehicle Unit Flyaway Price United States Atlantic Command Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Wright-Patterson Air Force Base