Acronyms and Abbreviations
F
F Fahrenheit; Farad; Fuze
f Frequency
F2T2EA - Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage, and Assess ( i.e., the USAF KILL CHAIN )
FA Frequency Agile
FAA Federal Aviation Administration; Functional Area Analysis ( e.g., in integrated architecture )
FAAD Forward Area Air Defense
FAAWC Force Anti-Air Warfare Coordinator
FAB Fast Action Button
FAB-T Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals
FAC Forward Air Controller ( now [ ca 2005 ] called Joint Terminal Attack Controller ); Fast Attack Craft; Fast-Acting Closure
FAC2T Family of Advanced Core Cryptographic Technologies
FACE Forward Aviation Combat Engineering; Futur Avion de Combat Européen ( French aircraft )
FACETS Flywheel Attitude Control, Energy Transmission and Storage System ( a tri-flywheel configuration used to store energy as momentum )
FACIT FAcility Circuit Information Tracking
FACT Force Anti-air warfare Coordination Technology; Focus Area Collaborative Team ( e.g., MOUT FACT )
FADEC Full Authority Digital Engine Control
FAE Fuel-Air Explosive ( see also THERMOBARIC WEAPON )
FAIT Fast Analysis Infrastructure Tool ( DHS )
FAK Faker
FALCON Fuel-Air Line Charge Ordnance Neutralizer
FALCON Force Application and Launch from the Continental United States ( e.g., DARPA program ca 2003 )
FALOP Forward Area Limited Observing Program ( Army )
FAM Fiber Alarm Modem; Fast Auxiliary Memory; Flexible Attrition Model
FAME Frequency-Agile Materials for Electronics
FAMP Forward Area Minefield Planner
FANTASTIC Future Air Navigation & Traffic Avoidance Solution Through Integrated Communications
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FAR False Acceptance Rate ( contrast with FRR ); Federal Acquisition Regulation
FARM Facilities for Antenna and RCS Measurement
FAROES Fleet Automatic Reconstruction and Opportunity Evaluation System
FARP Forward Arming and Refueling Point; Forward Air Refueling Position
FARS Fast Acquisition Receiver System
FASCAM Family of ScAtterable Mines
FASM Forward Air Support Munition ( Navy )
FASMWC Fleet Anti-Submarine and Mine Warfare Command
FASS Frequency-Agile Signal Simulator
FASSTER Federal Aviation Surveillance System for Test and Evaluation Ranges
FAST Fleet Anti-terrorist Security Team; Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team; Fuel Armament Storage Tank; Flexible Acquisition Sustainment Tool; Flexible Access Secure Transfer ( e.g., protocol for tactical data links ); Flexible Assured Secure Transmission; Future-responsive Access to Space Technologies ( e.g., USAF program )
FASTC Foreign Aerospace Science and Technology Center ( USAF )
FASTRAC Formation Autonomy Spacecraft with Thrust, Relnav, Altitude and Crosslink ( e.g., nanosatellite )
FASWC Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Command
FATE Federated Assessment and Targeting Enhancement
FATS FireArms Training System
FAU Forward Antenna Unit ( e.g., in small bulbous cover under aircraft nose cone - used in EW system )
FAV Fast Attack Vehicle
FAX Facsimile (machine); Fuel Air Explosive
FBA Family of ( modularized ) Body Armor
FBAH Future Battlefield Attack Helicopter
FBCB2 Force XXI Battle Command Brigade-and-Below ( also FBCB2 )
FBE Fleet Battle Experience; Fleet Battle Experiment
FBL Fly-by-Light
FBW Fly-by-Wire; Fractional BandWidth
FBX-T Forward Based X-band radar - Transportable
FBXB Forward-Based X-Band
FC Fire Control
FCA Functional Configuration Audit
FCBA Future Carrier-Borne Aircraft ( U.K. )
FCC Fleet Command Center; Federal Communications Commission
FCFS First-Come, First-Served
FCG Flux Compression Generator
FCID Fast Constrained Iterative Deconvolution ( method for improving angular resolution of SCANNING radars )
FCIP Fiber Channel over Internet Protocol
FCLAS Full-spectrum Close-in Layered Shield
FCLV Future Command and Liaison Vehicle ( Italy; U.K. )
FCR Fire Control Radar
FCS Fire Control System; Flight Control System
FCS Future Combat System ( Army ca 2005 )
FCS-C Future Combat System - Communications
FCT Foreign Comparative Test(ing); Fire Control Technician
FD Full Duplex; Firing Device ( e.g., for a mine )
FDAR Fast Deploy and Retract ( e.g., towed decoy )
FDAU Flight Data Acquisition Unit [used with the Flight Data Recorder ( FDR )]
FDC Flexible Display Center ( U.S. Army )
FDCS Flight Deck Communications System
FDD Frequency Division Duplexing; Flight Data Display
FDDI Fiber Distribution Data Interface; Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDDS Flag Data Display System
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
FDO Flexible Deterrent Operations; Fighter Director Officer ( circa 1946 )
FDOA Frequency Difference of ( signal ) Arrival
FDQAM Frequency Diversity Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
FDR Future Digital Radio; Frequency Domain Reflectometry; Flight Data Recorder
FDS Fixed Distributed System; Fixed Distributive System
FDT Flight Data Transmitter; False Doppler Target ( jamming ); Forward Deployed Trainer ( e.g., for the P-3C )
FDTD Finite-Difference Time-Domain ( electromagnetic analysis method )
FDX Full Duplex
FE Flight Engineer
FEA Functional Economic Analysis
FEAF Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework
FEBA Forward Edge of the Battle Area
FEC Forward Error Correction ( a code, such as Reed Solomon, for satellite & space communications & mass storage )
FECS Field-Expedient Countermine System ( for clearing magnetically fuzed land mines )
FED Field-Effect Diode; Field Emission Display; Federal
FEDL Force E-mail Distribution List ( superseded by a new list server ca 2007 )
FEDS Flight Experience Data System; slang term for federal agents
FED-STD FEDeral STandarD
FEFO First-Ended, First-Out
FELIN Fantassin à Équipements et Liaisons Intégrées ( French integrated soldier equipment and communications )
FELS Fast Emitter Location System ( European Union )
FEP FLTSATCOM EHF Package; Firepower Enhancement Program ( USMC )
FERROD Ferrite Rod ( antenna )
FES Flywheel Energy Storage; Force Entry Switch
FESS Flywheel Energy Storage System
FET Field-Effect Transistor [ one of two distinct families of transistors, the other being bipolar junction transistor (BJT) ]
FEWS Follow-On Early Warning System
FEWSG Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group
F&F Fire-and-Forget
FFAR Folding-Fin Aircraft Rocket; Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
FFI Full Force Integration
FFISTS Fast Frigate Integrated Shipboard Tactical System
FFM Fire-and-Forget Missile
FFP False Force Presentation
FFR Free-Flooded Ring ( e.g., Sonar )
FFRDC Federally Funded Research and Development Center
FFS Force Fusion System
FFSK Fast Frequency Shift Keying
FFW Future Force Warrior
FGBAD Future Ground Based Air Defense ( Netherlands )
FHSS or FH/SS Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
FI Foreign Interoperable ( e.g., FI HAIPE )
FIA Future Imagery Architecture (NIMA)
FIB Focused Ion Beam ( e.g., "FIB microscope" )
FIBL FORCEnet Implementation BaseLine
FIBUA Fighting in Built-Up Areas ( See also MOBA )
FIC Fractal Image Compression
FICCS First In Command and Control System
FICS Fully Integrated Communications System ( NATO )
FICSIF Fully Integrated Communications System Integration Facility ( NATO )
FID Foreign Internal Defense ( A CALO mission category )
FIDNet Federal Intrusion Detection Network
FIDO Fiber Diversity Optimizer ( i.e., software used in fiber-optic architecture )
FIFO First-In-First-Out
FIIU Force Imagery Interpretation Unit
FIFV Future Infantry Fighting Vehicle
FIMS Forensic Incident Management Service
FINDER Flight INserted Detector Expendable for Reconnaissance ( a mini-UAV )
FIOP Family of Interoperable Operational Pictures ( e.g., used to integrate operational pictures across services and forces )
FIRST Far Infrared Spectroscopy Telescope; Fast InfraRed Sniper Tracker; Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
FIS Fighter Intercept Squadron
FISINT Foreign Instrumentation and Signals Intelligence
FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act ( circa 2002 )
FIST Fleet Imagery Support Terminal; Fighting Infantry Soldier Technology ( U.K. ); FIre Support Team ( also FiST ); Future Integrated Soldier Technology ( U.K. ); Field Intelligence Support Team ( USCG )
FIT First Indication of Trouble; Fault-Isolation Test; Fleet Introduction Team
FITS Fully Integrated Tactical System ( Spanish Navy; Brazilian Navy )
FIU Fingerprint Identification Unit
FIV Future Infantry Vehicle
FIXS Federation for Identity and Cross-credentialing System ( also FIXs )
FIWO Force Intelligence Watch Officer
FJCA Future Joint Combat Aircraft ( also F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, JSF )
FL Flight Level
FLAG Fiber Link Around the Globe ( privately-owned cable system ca 2006 )
Flak Fliegerabwehrkanone ( Flyer defense cannon - German ) Anti-aircraft shrapnel burst ( Thanks to http://www.acronymfinder.com for this one )
FLAMES Family of Lightweight Advanced Mobile-mounted Electronic-attack Systems
FLAN Flying Local Area Network
FLAPERON Combination FLAP and ailERON
FLASH Folding Lightweight Active Sonar for Helicopters; Flying Laser self-defence system Against Seeker Head missiles ( Germany )
FLC Federal Laboratory Consortium
FLE Fatigue Life Expended
FLEAS Flexible Light Electronic Attack System
FLEEDO Focused Logistics: Enabling Early Decisive Operations
FLEWS Formation Light Electronic Warfare System ( Australian program - 2000 )
FLEX LAVR Flexible Large Area Vulnerability Report
FLIRT ( a seduction IR decoy )
FLM Flight-weighted Laser Module; Focused Lethal Munition
FLOP Floating Point Operations per Second; Floating Octal Point
FLOT Forward Line of Own Troops; Front Line Of Troops; Forward Line of Troops
FLOW Focused Logistic Wargame ( used for Joint logistics capability assessments )
FLTNBSV Fleet Narrowband Secure Voice
FLTSAT Fleet Satellite
FLTSATCOM Fleet Satellite Communications system ( also FSCS )
FLYRT Flying Radar Target
FM Flight Mishap ( see also FRM )
FM Frequency Modulation; Field Manual; Flight Mission
F-MADE Forum for the Military Applications of Directed Energy
FMAO Foreign Military Acquisition Opportunity
FMBT Future Main Battle Tank
FMC Full Mission Capable; Fast Missile Craft; Fluorescent Multilayer Card ( i.e., storage medium )
FMD Fluorescent Multilayer Disc ( i.e., storage medium )
FME Foreign Military Equipment; Foreign Materials Exploitation
FMF Foreign Military Funds
FML Frequency Memory Loop
FMM frégate multimission ( France ); Future MultiMission ( frigate )
FMOCC Fleet Mobile Operational Command Center
FMOP Frequency Modulation On Pulse
FMP Fleet Modernization Program
FMRAAM Future Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile
FMRV FCS Maintenance and Recovery Vehicle
FMS Foreign Military Sales; Flexible Manufacturing System; Flight Management System ( e.g., GPS/FMS ); Forces Modeling and Simulation
FMTI Future Missile Technology Integration
FMTU Foreign Military Training Unit
FMTV Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
FMV Full Motion Video ( e.g., part of DCGS )
FMX Frequency Modulation Transmitter
FNA Functional Needs Analysis ( e.g., in integrated architecture )
FNBDT Future NarrowBand Digital Terminal
FNC Future Naval Capability
FND Friend; Friendly
FnEP FORCEnet Engagement Pack ( e.g., Network Centric concept, ca 2004 )
FNOC Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center
FO Fiber Optics
FOA Field Operating Agency ( USAF )
FOAEW Future Organic Airborne Early Warning ( U.K. program )
FOALLS Far Off Axis Laser Location System
FOAS Future Offensive Air System
FOB Forward Operating Base
FOCS Flag Officer's Command System
FOCT First-Of-Class ( sea ) Trials
FODMS Fiber-Optic Data Multiplex System
FOF Force on Force ( e.g., exercises )
FOFAC Forward Observer/Forward Air Controller
FOG Fiber-Optic Gyroscope
FOG-M Fiber-Optic Guided Missile
FOHMD Fiber-Optic Helmet Mounted Display
FOIDS Fiber Optic Intelligence & Detection System
FOM Fiber Optic Modem; Figure Of Merit
FON Freedom of Navigation ( e.g., operations )
FOPEN Foliage Penetration ( e.g., using Synthetic Aperture Radar )
FOR Field Of Regard
FORACS Fleet Operational Readiness Accuracy Check and Site ( operations)
FOREST FOPEN Radar and ESM for Targeting
FORESTER Foliage Penetration Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Tracking and Engagement Radar
FORG Fiber Optic Rate Gyro
FORMIDABOD Fiber Optic Mine Detection And BreakOut Device
FORMS Forward Observer's Ranging and Marking Scope
FORS Flagging Object Retrieval System
FORTIS Forward Observation and Reconnaissance Thermal Imaging System
FORTRAN Formula Translation
FoS Family of Systems
FOS Fiber-Optic Sensor
FOSI Family of Systems Integrator
FOSIC Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center
FOSS Fiber-Optic Sensor System
FOST Flag Officer Sea Training ( U.K. )
FOTARS Follow-On Tactical Reconnaissance System
FOTC Force Over-the-Horizon Coordinator
FOTD Fiber-Optic Towed Device; Fiber-Optic Towed Decoy
FOT&E Follow-On Test & Evaluation
FOTOD Family of Obscuration Devices
FOUO For Official Use Only
FOV Field of View
FOWW Follow-On Wild Weasel
FP Force Projection; Floating Point; Faceplate
FPASS Force Protection Airborne Surveillance System
FPB Force Protection Battlelab ( Air Force )
FRC Fast Response Cutter ( USCG )
FPD Flat Plate Display; Flat Panel Display
FPGA Field-Programmable Gate Array; Focal Plane Gate Array
FPJ Force Protection Jammer ( e.g., IED communications jammer )
FPO Force Performance Objective; Fleet Post Office
fps feet per second
FPU Floating Point Unit; Fin Pod Unit ( e.g., part of aircraft EW system )
FPW Focused Pressure Wave
FQR Formal Qualification Review
FQT Factory Qualification Test
FR France; Frequency Response
FRACTIL FLIR Automatic Cuer Technology Insertion into LANTIRN
FRAD Frame Relay Access Device ( used in data gathering such as traffic-control polling )
FRAGO FRAGmentary Order (DoD)
FRAM Ferroelectric RAM; Fleet Rehabilitation And Modernization ( program - circa 1950 )
FRC Fast Response Cutter ( USCG )
FREMM Frégate Multimission ( France. Changed in 2002 from Frégate d'Action Navale )
FREND Front-end Robotics Enabling Near-term Demonstration ( DARPA program ca 2007 )
FREQ Frequency
FRES Future Rapid Effect System ( U.K. )
FRM Flight-Related Mishap ( see also FM )
FRP Fleet Response Plan
FRR False Rejection Rate ( contrast with FAR )
FRRS Frequency Resources Record System
FRSS Forward Resuscitative Surgical System ( mobile medical unit )
FRT Facial Recognition Technology ( identification )
FRV Future Reconnaissance Vehicle
FSA Functional Solutions Analysis ( e.g., in integrated architecture )
FSA® Fluidic Self Assembly® ( A."next generation," ca 2005, manufacturing technology )
FSAF Famille de Systèmes Surface-Air Futurs [Family of future surface-to-air systems] ( France ); Future Surface-to-Air Family ( European Union )
FSAP Full Spectrum Active Protection
FSAT Full-Scale Aerial Target ( e.g., drone )
FSBE Full Spectrum Battle Equipment
FSBS Fixed Submarine Broadcast System
FSC Full-Service Contractor; Fire Support Client
FSCS Future Scout and Cavalry System; Future Scout Cavalry System; Fleet Satellite Communications System ( also FLTSATCOM )
FSD Full Scale Development; Full-Scale Deflection; Family of Physical Deception
FSEP Full-Spectrum Effects Platform ( ca 2006, also called "Sheriff" )
FSFT Full-Scale Fatigue Test
FSI Functionally Significant Item
FSM Finite State Machine
FSO Front-Sector Optronic ( system ); Free Space Optics
FSR First Strike Rations ( e.g., compact, eat-on-the-move ration, designed to be consumed during the first 72 hours of conflict )
FSRP Finnish Software Radio Program
FSRS Frequency Selective Receiver System
FSS Frequency Selective Surface; File Server System
FSSG Force Service Support Group
FSU FLIR Sensor Unit; Former Soviet Union
FSVS Future Secure Voice System
Fsw Feet of seawater ( i.e., water depth )
FTA Foreign Technology Assessment
FTAM File Transfer And Management
FTAS Fast Time Analyzer System
FTD Fuze-Triggering Device; Foreign Technology Division
FTC Fast Time Constant ; Federal Trade Commission; Chief Fire Control Technician ( Navy enlisted rating )
FTEPS Fault-Tolerant Electrical Power System
FTEWA Force Threat Evaluation and Weapon Assignment
FTI Fast Tactical Imaging; Fast Tactical Imagery; Fixed Target Indicator; Federal ( Aeronautical Administration ) Telecommunications Infrastructure
FTIR Fourier Transform InfraRed ( spectrometer )
FTMP Fault-Tolerant Multi-Processor
FTMS Federal Test Method Standard
FTQG Family of Tactical Quiet Generators
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FTR Flight-Test Round
FTS Federal Telecommunications System ( e.g., FTS-2000 ); Frequency Time Standard; Flexible Turret System; Full Time Support ( e.g., by reserve officers )
FTSAT Flyaway Tri-band Satellite ( terminal )
FTU Forward Transmitter Unit ( e.g., aircraft countermeasure transmitter )
FUE Full Unit-Equipped; First Unit Equipped
FutureMAP Futures Markets Applied to Prediction
FWA Forward Wave Amplifier
FWC Force Weapons Coordinator
FWHM Full Width at Half Maximum ( beam lobe angular resolution )
FXXILW Force XXI Land Warrior
FY Fiscal Year
FYDP Five Year Defense Plan; Future-Year Defense Plan
FYI For Your Information
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