Acronyms and Abbreviations
B
B2B Business to Business ( Internet sites )
B2C Business to Consumer ( Internet sites ); "Bravo to Sea" ( e.g., proof of concept for rotary-wing operational organization, ca 2004 )
B-DCMA Broadband Code Division Multiple Access
BAA Broad Agency Announcement
BAAAD Bottom Attack Anti Armor Device
BACN Battlefield Airborne Communications Node ( e.g., linking of legacy radios with ISR systems )
BADD Battlefield Awareness and Data Dissemination
BAFO Best and Final Offer ( Contractor Proposal )
BAI Battlefield Air Interdiction ( e.g., A-10 mission )
BALLUTE Balloon + Parachute
BALTNET Baltic ( countries ) Network ( air-surveillance network )
BALUN Balanced to Unbalanced
BAM Broad Area Maritime ( surveillance program ); Baseline Assessment Memorandum
BAMS Broad Area Maritime Surveillance ( e.g., long-dwell standoff ISR system or capability ); Bioaerosol Mass Spectrometry ( system )
BARCAP Barrier Combat Air Patrol
BASES Beam Approach Seeker Evaluation System
BASIC Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code; Body Armor Set, Individual Countermine
BASSTM Bulk Avalanche Semiconductor Switch ( patented by Power Spectra Inc. )
BASSIC Basing and Ship Stability Integration Center
BAT Battery; Brilliant Anti-Tank ( submunition ); Brilliant Anitarmor Munition; Biometrics Automated Toolset ( U.S. Army Intelligence )
BATES Battlefield Artillery Target Engagement System
BATMAN Battle Manager
BATMAV Battlefield Air Tactical Micro Air Vehicle
BATT Battery ( Artillery ); Battalion
Baud Baudot ( Emile - creator of the Baudot teletype Code in the late 19th century )
BAW Bulk Acoustic Wave
BAWS Biological Aerosol Warning System
BB Battleship; Base Band; Broadband; Bottom Bounce ( also BTMB )
BBBG Battleship Battle Group
BBS Bulletin Board System; BaseBand Switch ( program )
BC Basic Component; Battle Command ( e.g., as in "BC software" )
BC2 Battlespace Command and Control
BC2A Bosnia Command and Control Augmentation ( 1999 )
BCA Broadcast Control Authority
BCAA Buoyant Cable Array Antenna
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
BCDSS Battle Command Decision Support System
BCE Baseline Cost Estimate
BCIS Battlefield Combat Identification System
BCR Battle Command Reengineering
BCS Buoy Camera System; Broadcast Control Site; Battle Control System
BCSE Battle Command, Simulation and Experimentation
BCS-F Battle Control System - Fixed
BCT Battalion Combat Team ( e.g., Israel Defense Forces ); Brigade Combat Team ( U.S. Army )
BCV Battlefield Command Vehicle
BDA Battle Damage Assessment; Bomb Damage Assessment
BDAR Battle Damage Assessment and Repair
BDC Batch Data Communications
B-DCMA Broadband Code Division Multiple AccessBDCS Below Deck Communications System
BDII Battle Damage Indication Imagery
BDM Bunker Defeat Munition
BDS Battlefield Data Systems
BDS-D Battlefield Distributed Simulation-Developmental (Army Program)
BDU Bomb Dummy Unit ( practice bomb ); Battle Dress Uniform ( e.g., GHILLIE SUIT , body armor )
BE Brilliant Eyes ( Military Space program )
Be Beriev ( Soviet aircraft manufacturer )
BEAM Bandwidth-Efficient Advance Modulation
BECC Biometric Enterprise Core Capability ( NGA )
BECCE Basic Engineering Casualty Control Exercise ( USN )
BeCON Backup emergency COmmunications Network
BEES Basic Electronic Environment Simulator
BEI Background Environment Information ( database )
BEMT Basic Electronic Maintenance Training
BER Bit Error Rate; Bit Error Ratio
BETA Battlefield Exploitation and Target Acquisition
BEWT BFTT Electronic Warfare Trainer; Battle force Electronic Warfare Trainer
BF Battle Force; Back-Feed
BFA Blank Firing Attachment ( promotes realism for soldiers firing in MILES exercises )
BFC Battle Force Capable [ship]
BFCFSO Biometrics Family of Capabilities for Full Spectrum Operations
BFIT Battle Force In-port Training
BFO Beat Frequency Oscillator
BFTT Battle Force Tactical Trainer, Battle Force Tactical Training
BFV Bradley Fighting Vehicle
BFVS Bradley Fighting Vehicle System
BG Battle Group
BGAN Broadband Global Area Network
BGIT Battle Group Interopability Testing; Battle Group Integration Test
BGP Border Gateway Protocol
BGPHES Battle Group Passive Horizon Extension System ( "Big Feet" )
Bi-SCAIS Bi-Strategic Command Automatic Information System ( NATO )
BIA Bomb Impact Assessment
BIC Blacker Ignition Key; Battle (Group) Innovation Cell ( Navy unit-level project evaluation group )
BICEP Battlespace Integrated Concept Emulation Program
BICES Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation System
BICOMS BIstatic COherent Measurement System
BIDS Biological Integrated Detection System
BIFF Battlefield Identification Friend or Foe
BIGSTAF Breitbandige Integriete Gefechtsstandfernmeldnetz ( Broadband integrated command post communications network )
BIICS Baseline Integrated Infantry Combat System ( infantryman outfitting )
BILL Beacon Illuminator Laser ( A high-powered solid-state laser, part of the ABL )
BIMAC Bistable Magnetic Core
BIORADAR BIOlogical RADAR
Bio-ALIRT Bio-Event Advanced Leading Indicator Recognition Technology ( e.g., DARPA program ca 2003 )
BIP Blow In Place ( e.g., to explode UXOs where found )
Bi-SCAIS Bi-Strategic Command Automatic Information System ( NATO )
BIS Broadcast Information System
BISA Biometric Identification System for Access
BISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
BIST Built-In Self Test
BIT Built-in-Test; Binary Digit; Broadband Information Technology
BITE Built-in-Test Equipment
BITG Built-In Tracking Generator
BITS Basic Information Transfer System; Battlefield Information Transmission System
BJT Bipolar Junction Transistor [ one of two distinct families of transistors, the other being field-effect transistor (FET) ]
BL Base Line
BLAM Barrel-Launched Adaptive Munition ("Smart" bullet)
BLIS Buried Line Intrusion Sensor
BLNS Breached Lane Navigation System
BLOB Binary Large OBject (data element type)
BLOG weB LOG ( A web log is a collection of regular journal-like entries with links and commentary. )
BLOS Beyond Line-of-Sight
BLT Battalion Landing Team
BLU Bomb Live Unit
BM Battle Manager
BMAN Broadband Metropolitan Area Network
BMC2 Battle Management Command, Control
BMC3 Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications
BM/C3I Battle Management/Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence
BM/C3ISR Battle Management/Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
BMC4I Battle Management/Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence
BMD Ballistic Missile Defense ( Formerly GPALS )
BMDCM Ballistic Missile Defense Countermeasures
BMDO Ballistic Missile Defense Organization ( Formerly SDIO )
BMDS Ballistic Missile Defense System
BMETS Battlefield METeorological System
BMEWS Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
BMIST Battlefield Medical Information System - Tactical
BMP ( acronym for Russian armored personnel carrier )
BMS Battlefield Management System
BMS-ULCAS Barracuda MultiSpectral Ultra-Lightweight CAmouflage Screen
BMT Ballistic Missile Technology
BMUP Block Modification Upgrade Program
BNC Bayesian Network Classifier
BNLM Bounding Non-Lethal Munition
BO Boarding Officer
BOCC Building Operations Command Center ( e.g., for the Pentagon )
BOL A Swedish aircraft countermeasures dispenser system ( for the Eurofighter and other aircraft ). See also BOP; BOW; BOZ; Bearing Only Launch
BOLO "Be On the Lookout" ( e.g., for possible terrorist activity )
BOMBBOT Bomb Robot - A four-wheeled robot ( about the size of a shoebox ) made from off-the-shelf parts, used by U.S. forces in Iraq ( ca 2006 )
BONE B-One Next Enhancement
BOP ( e.g., Swedish ) equipment designation for CHAFF and flare dispensers. See also BOL; BOW; BOZ
BOS Battlefield Operating System
BOSS Bio-Optic Synthetic System; Battle Operations Support System
BOST Basic Operational Sea Training ( U.K. )
BOW ( e.g., Swedish ) equipment designation for radar warning receivers ( RWRs ). See also BOL; BOP; BOZ
BOZ ( e.g., Swedish ) equipment designation for CHAFF and flare dispensers. See also BOL; BOP; BOW
BPA Blanket Purchasing Agreement
BPAUV Battlespace Preparation Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
BPC Biostatic Protective Clothing
BPDMS Basic Point Defense Missile System
BPEL Business Process Execution Language ( e.g., variant of XML )
BPEN Building Penetration ( e.g., radar )
BPIP Business Process Improvement Program ( CIM term )
BPL Broadband over Power Lines
BPM Beam Propagation Method ( fiber optics )
BPM-E Broadcast Power Monitor - Enhanced ( e.g., measures, monitors, & protects RF transmission systems )
BPMP Baseline Project Management Plan
BPR Business Process Re-engineering
BPRM Business Process Redesign Methodology ( CIM term )
bps Bits per second
BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying
BRAC Base Realignment and Closure ( Commission )
BRDF Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
BREATH BioRegenerative Exhaust Air Treatment for Health ( e.g., system to purify water and air by employing microbes )
BREW Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless
BRH Battlefield Reconnaissance Helicopter ( U.K. )
BRI Briefing Room Interactive ( interactive online briefing room )
BRIGAND Bistatic Radar Intelligence Generation and Analysis Development
BRWL Bistatic Radar for Weapons Location
BS BackScatter
BSAS Battle Surveillance Airship System
BSC Binary Synchronous Communications
BSCAN Boundary SCAN ( hardware specification )
BSCCO Bismuth-Strontium Compound ( used to manufacture powder-based wires )
BSIXS Battlecube Information Exchange System
BSM Business System Modernization ( Defense Logistics Agency program ca 2003 )
BSOD Blue Screen of Death
BSP Bright Source Protection; Battle Space Profiler; Binary Space Partitioning
BSPI Biometrics in Support of Personnel Identity
BSRF Bell System Reference Frequency
BSS Blind Source Separation ( algorithms to separate signals ); BackScatter Sounder
BSTS Boost Surveillance and Tracking Satellite; Boost Surveillance and Tracking System
BT Bathythermograph ( e.g., device lowered in ocean to measure temperature vs depth )
BTA Business Transformation Agency ( e.g., to help DoD transform the way it does business, ca 2006 )
BTH Beyond The Horizon
BTI Balanced Technology Initiative
BTID Battlefield Target Identification Device ( NATO ); Battlefield Target Identification
BTL Backplane Transceiver Logic
BTM Boarding Team Member
BTMB Bottom Bounce ( also BB )
BTN Battlefield Tactical Navigation
BTRON Business TRON
BTS Broadcast Transmitting Station
BUA Battle Update Assessment ( ca 2005 )
BUBL Broaching Universal Buoyant Launcher
BUDD Not an acronym, but an electro-optic device named after its developer
BUD/S Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL
BUFF Brute Force ( data ) Fusion ( program ) ( Army )
BUG-E Battle Universal Gateway Equipment
BUR Bottom Up Review; Bodenuberwachungsradar ( German radar )
BURRO (or Burro) Broad area Unmanned Responsive Resupply Operations
BV Battlefield Visualization
BVC Blanket of Video Cameras ( e.g., interlocking surveillance camera coverage in a facility )
BVR Beyond Visual Range (as opposed to WVR)
BVRAAM Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile
BW Bandwidth; Biological Warfare
BWA Backward Wave Amplifier
BWE Bandwidth Extrapolation
BWO Backward Wave Oscillator
BZ "Bravo Zulu" - USN signal meaning "well-done" (formerly TVG) (View "Bravo Zulu" flags); Beach Zone
BZA Beach-Zone Array (explosive system)
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