ACRONYMS

AFSATCOM

Air Force Satellite Communications System

AMC

Air Mobility Command

AOR

Area of Responsibility

ARPA

Advanced Research Projects Agency

ASAT

Antisatellite

AWACS

Airborne Warning and Control System

BMD

Ballistic Missile Defense

BMDO

Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

CAIV

Cost as an Independent Variable

CALC

Crises and Lesser Conflicts

CINC

Commander-in-Chief

CINCSPACE

Commander-in-Chief, United States Space Command

COMAFSPACE

Commander of AFSPACE Forces

Comsat

Communications Satellite

CONUS

Continental United States

CRAF

Civil Reserve Air Fleet

CSCI

Commercial Satellite Communications Initiative

DCI

Director of Central Intelligence

DGPS

Differential GPS

DISA

Defense Information Systems Agency

DMSP

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

DoC

Department of Commerce
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DoD

Department of Defense

DoE

Department of Energy

DoI

Department of the Interior

DoT

Department of Transportation

DSCS

Defense Satellite Communications System

DSP

Defense Support Program

ESA

European Space Agency

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

GCCS

Global Command and Control System

GN&C

Guidance, Navigation, and Control

GPALS

Global Protection Against Limited Strikes

GPS

Global Positioning System

HRMSI

High Resolution Multispectral Imaging Sensor

ICBM

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

IRBM

Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

ITW&AA

Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment

JFACC

Joint Force Air Component Commander

JSTARS

Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

MILSTAR

Military Strategic and Tactical Relay (Satcom System)

MRC

Major Regional Conflict

MTCR

Missile Technology Control Regime

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NAVWAR

Navigation Warfare

NCA

National Command Authority

NGO

Nongovernmental Organization

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NORAD

North American Aerospace Defense Command

NRO

National Reconnaissance Office

Acronyms

NSC

National Security Council

POES

Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite

R&D

Research and Development

RMA

Revolution in Military Affairs

satcom

Satellite Communications

SBIRS

Space-Based Infrared System

SDI

Strategic Defense Initiative

SecDef

Secretary of Defense

SOC

Space Operations Center

TBM

Theater Ballistic Missile

TENCAP

Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities

TMD

Theater Missile Defense

TT&C

Telemetry, Tracking, and Control

UCP

Unified Command Plan

UFO

Ultra-High Frequency Follow-On (Satcom System)

USAF

United States Air Force

USSPACECOM

United States Space Command

USTRANSCOM

U.S. Transportation Command

WMD

Weapons of Mass Destruction

WRC

World Radiocommunications Conference

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