| A-M |
Ai | Inherent Availability |
Ao | Operational Availability |
AoA | Analysis of Alternatives / Angle of Attack |
AFMETCAL | Air Force Metrology and Calibration Program |
ALT | Accelerated Life Testing |
ARC | Air Reserve Component |
APB | Acquisition Program Baseline |
API | Application Program Interface |
ASTR | Accelerated Stress Testing and Reliability |
ATE | Automatic Test Equipment |
ATML | Automated Test Markup Language |
BCS | Baseline Comparison System |
BIST | Built-In Self-Test |
BIT | Built-In Test |
BITE | Built-In Test Equipment |
BIT/FD | Built-In-Test Fault Detection |
CA | Criticality Analysis |
CALS | Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support |
CBIT | Continuous Built-In Test |
CBM/CBMA | Condition-Based Maintenance or Condition-Based Monitoring |
CBM+ | Condition-Based Maintenance Plus (Enhanced by DoD Directives) |
CCA | Common Cause Analysis / Circuit Card Assembly |
CDR | Critical Design Review |
CFE | Contractor Furnished Equipment or Customer Furnished Equipment |
CFI | Critical Faults Identified |
CIF | Critical Importance Factor |
CM | Corrective Maintenance / Condition Monitoring / Configuration Management |
CMMS | Computer Maintenance Management System |
CMRS | Calibration and Measurement Requirements Summary |
CND | Can Not Duplicate |
CPI | Cost Performance Index |
COMR | Communications Reliability |
CONOPS | Concept of Operations |
COTS | Commercial Off-the-Shelf |
CPIN | Computer Program Identification Number |
DO | Operational Dependability |
DE | Diagnostic Engineering |
DFD | Design for Diagnosability |
DFI | Desktop Fault Insertion |
DFMAT | Design for Manufacturability & Test |
DFT | Design for Test (some also refer to this as Design for Testability) |
DFT | Dynamic Fault Tree |
DIF | Diagnostic Importance Factor |
DiagML | Diagnostic Modeling Language |
DISN | Defense Information Switch Network |
DOC | Designated Operational Capability |
DoD | United States Department of Defense |
DPHM | Diagnostics, Prognostics & Health Management |
DRMP | Design Reference Mission Profile |
DT&E | Developmental Test and Evaluation |
ESRT | Essential System Repair Time |
EC | Enterprise Commander |
ECN | Engineering Control Number |
ECP | Engineering Change Proposal |
ECR | Engineering Change Request |
ECRB | Engineering Change Review Board |
ERB | Engineering Review Board |
ESS | Environmental Stress Screening |
FA | False Alarm |
FAP | Functional Area Plan |
FAR | False Alarm Rate / Federal Aviation Regulation |
FAT | Functional Acceptance Test / File Allocation Table |
FD | Fault Detection |
FD/FI | Fault Detection & Fault Isolation |
FDI | Fault Detection & Fault Isolation |
FDR | Final Design Review |
FHA | Functional Hazard Analysis |
FI | Fault Isolation |
FIT | Factory Integration & Test |
FMC | Fully Mission Capable |
FFMEA | Functional Failure Mode Effects Analysis |
FMEA | Failure Mode Effects Analysis |
FMECA | Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis |
FMEDA | Failure Mode Effects and Diagnostic Analysis |
FOM | Figure of Merit |
FR | Fault Resolution |
FRACAS | Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System |
FSA | False System Aborts |
FSL | Full System List |
FTA | Fault Tree Analysis |
FTE | Factory Test Equipment |
FUI | Failures Uniquely Isolated |
GFE | Government Furnished Equipment |
GFP | Government Furnished Property |
GIDEP | Government-Industry Data Exchange Program |
HA | Hazard Analysis |
HALT | Highly Accelerated Life Testing |
HASS | Highly Accelerated Stress Screen |
HM | Health Management |
HRA | Hazardous Risk Analysis |
IBIT | Initiated Built-In Test |
ICBM | Intercontinental Ballistic Missile |
ID | Integrated Diagnostics |
IETM | Interactive Electronic Technical Manual |
IFR | In-flight Reliability |
ILS | Integrated Logistics Support |
IMPACTS | Integrated Manpower, Personnel, and Comprehensive Training and Safety |
INCOSE | International Council on Systems Engineering |
IoT | Internet of Things |
IRAD | Independent Research and Development |
IRSP | In-Place Readiness Spares |
ISDD | Integrated System Diagnostic Design |
ISHM | Integrated System Health Management |
ISO | International Standards Organization |
IT&E | Integration, Test and Evaluation |
IVHM | Integrated Vehicle Health Management |
JCALS | Joint Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support |
JPA | Job Performance Aid |
JTAG | Joint Test Action Group |
KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
KPM | Key Performance Metric |
KPP | Key Performance Parameter |
LCC | Life Cycle Cost |
LCCA | Life Cycle Cost Analysis |
LCN | Logistics Control Number |
LOC | Lines of Code |
LORA | Level Of Repair Analysis |
LR | Launch Reliability |
LRM | Line Replaceable Module |
LRU | Line Replaceable Unit |
LSA | Logistics Support Analysis |
LSAR | LSA Record |
MAJCO | Major Command |
MAP | Mission Area Plan |
MBE | Model Based Engineering |
MBIT | Maintenance Built-in Test |
MBR | Model Based Reasoner |
MBSE | Model Based System Engineering |
MC | Mission Capable |
MCMT | Mean Corrective Maintenance Time |
MCTI | Mean Cost To Isolate |
MCTR | Mean Cost To Repair / Mean Cost To Replace |
MDT | Mean Downtime |
MEFL | Mission Essential Functions List |
MESL | Minimum-Essential Subsystem List |
MLH/AH | Maintenance Labor Hours per Active Hour |
MMH/FH | Maintenance Man-Hours per Flying Hour |
MMH/LU | Maintenance Man-Hours per Life Unit |
MMH/PH | Maintenance Man-Hours per Possessed Hours |
MMT | Mean Maintenance Time |
MMY/L | Maintenance Man Years per Launch |
MNS | Mission Needs Statement |
MP | Mission Profile |
MP/U | Maintenance Personnel per Operational Unit |
MOTS | Modified Off-the-Shelf / Modifiable Off-the-Shelf / Military Off-the-Shelf |
MR | Maintenance Ratio |
MRS | Mobility Requirements Study |
MRSP | Mobility Readiness Spares Package |
MRT | Mean Repair Time |
MSMT | Mean Scheduled Maintenance Time |
MTBCF | Mean Time Between Critical Failure |
MTBDE | Mean Time Between Downing Event |
MTBF | Mean Time Between Failures |
MTBFA | Mean Time Between False Alarms |
MTBM | Mean Time Between Maintenance |
MTBMA | Mean Time Between Maintenance Actions |
MTBPM | Mean Time Between Preventative Maintenance |
MTBSA | Mean Time Between System Aborts |
MTBR | Mean Time Between Removal |
MTBUM | Mean Time Between Unscheduled Maintenance |
MTBSM | Mean Time Between Scheduled Maintenance |
MTD | Maintenance Training Device |
MTTF | Mean Time to Failure |
MTTI | Mean Time to Isolate |
MTTR | Mean Time to Repair / Mean Time to Replace |
MTTRF | Mean Time to Restore Function |
MTTRS | Mean Time to Restore System |