Acronyms and Abbreviations
G
G Giga ( billion )
G-G Ground-to-Ground
G-STAR GGPS Spatial Temporal Antijam Receiver
G/ATOR Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar ( USMC air defense sensor, ca 2005 )
g Gravitational Acceleration Unit
g-LOC g-force ( Gravity ) -induced Loss of Consciousness
GA Generic Algorithm; Gain (antenna gain); Genetic Algorithm
GaAs Gallium Arsenide
GAINS GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System
GAISER Generic Airborne Interceptor SEarch Radar
GALE Global Autonomous Language Exploitation ( e.g., DARPA program ca 2003 using techniques for discovering critical intelligence by autonomously exploiting enormous volumes of streaming speech and text )
GAM GPS-Aided Munitions ( e.g., LOCAAS )
GAMES Guided Artillery Munitions Effectiveness Simulation
GAN Global Area Network
GANS Global Access, Navigation and Safety
GAP Glock Automatic Pistol ( e.g., ".45 GAP" as compared to ".45 ACP [ Automatic Colt Pistol ] )
GAPA Ground-to-Air Pilotless Aircraft
GAPSAT Gapfiller Satellite ( part of the WGS program )
GARDIAN General ARea Defense Integrated ANti-missile laser system
GASS Generic Acoustics Stimulation System ( USN )
GAT Genetic Algorithm Technology
GATES Global Air Transportation Execution System
GATM Global Air Traffic Management
G/ATOR Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar ( e.g., USMC air defense sensor, ca 2005 )
GATR Ground Air Transmit Receive
GATS GPS-Aided Targeting System
GB GigaByte (109 bytes); Glide Bomb
GBAD Ground Based Air Defence ( U.K. )
GBADS Ground Based Air Defense System ( South Africa )
GBCS Ground-Based Common Sensor
GBCS-L Ground-Based Common Sensor - Light
GBE Grid Bandwidth Expnasion
GBF/PL Government-Furnished Baseline Parts List
GBCS Ground Based Common Sensor
GBL Ground Based Laser
GBR Ground Based Radar
GBR-P Ground Based Radar Prototype
GBS Global Broadcast Service; Global Broadcast System; Global Broadcast Satellite
GBTS Ground-Based Training System ( part of the JPATS program )
GBU Guided Bomb Unit
G&C Guidance and Control
GC3IS Ground Command Control Communications & Information System
GCA Ground Controlled Approach
GCCC Global C4I Surveillance and Reconnaissance Coordination Center
GCCS Global Command and Control System
GCCS-A Global Command and Control System - Army
GCCS-J Global Command and Control System - Joint
GCCS-K Global Command and Control System - Korea
GCCS-M Global Command and Control System - Maritime
GCE Ground Control Equipment; Ground Communications Equipment
GCI Ground Control Intercept
GCN GMD Communications Network
GCSS Global Combat Support System
GCTF Global Counterterrorism Task Force
GCU Guidance Control Unit
GCW Global Conventional War ( Level of Conflict )
GDAL Geospatial Data Abstraction Library ( e.g., open source software toolkit, ca 2005 )
GDIN Global Defense Information Network
GDSS Group Decision Support System
GDU-R Gun Display Unit Replacement
GE Global Engagement
GEM Global positioning system ( GPS ) Embedded Module; Guidance Enhanced Missile ( Japan )
GEMACS General Electromagnetic Model for Analysis of Complex Systems1`
GEMS Global Environmental MEMS Sensors ( dust particle-size airborne probes with embeddded MEMS to measure temperature, pressure, humidity, etc... ); Ground Element MEECN System
GEMSIS Global Electromagnetic Spectrum Information System
GEMSS Ground-Emplaced Mine Scattering System
GENBCST GENSER Broadcast
GENESIS GENERric Smart Indirect-fire Simulation
GENSER General Service
GEN-X General ( or Generic ) Expendable ( a free-fall expendable missile decoy )
GEO Geosynchronous Earth Orbit ( seven earth radii, one-ninth of the distance to the moon, altitude = 36,000 km )
GEODSS Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Sensor; Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance ( system )
GEOINT Geospatial Intelligence
GEOREF Geographic Reference
GEOS Geo-Orbital Environmental Satellite
GEOSAR GEOgraphic Synthetic Aperture Radar
GEOSAT Geosynchronous Satellite
GEOSIT Geographic Situation
GEOSS Global Earth Observation System of Systems ( e.g., a world-wide Earth monitoring network )
GEP Ground Entry Point (communications)
GERT Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique
GES Gateway Earth Station
GET Graphical Exploitation Tool ( imagery )
GETS Government Emergency Telecommunications Service ( or Systems )
GEU Guidance Electronic Unit ( e.g., for a missile )
GFC/C GMD Fire Control and Communications
GFCI Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupter
GFE Government Furnished Equipment
GFMPL Geophysical Fleet Mission Program Library ( Web-based, established in 1982 )
GFO GEOSAT Follow-On
GFRP Glass Fiber-Reinforced Plastic ( composite used in marine industries )
GFS Global Fleet Station
G-G Ground-to-Ground
GHMD Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration ( ca 2005 )
GHz GigaHertz ( 1,000 MHz )
GIAC Graphical Input Aggregate Control ( system )
GIB "Guy In Back" ( refers to the individual in the back seat of an aircraft )
GiB gibibytes - ( e.g., binary giga: 230 ), equal to 210 MiB ( mebibytes )
GIC Geomagnetically-Induced Current ( e.g., caused by solar activity )
GID Group Identification
GIF Guidance Integrated Fuzing; Graphical Interchange Format
GIG Global Information Grid
GIG-BE Global Information Grid - Bandwidth Expansion
GIGAFLOP Billion ( giga ) Floating Operations ( per second )
GIG-ES Global Information Grid-Enterprise Services
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GILS Government Information Locator Service
GIMS Global Information Management System
GINA GPS Inertial Navigation Assembly
GIQE General Image Quality Equation ( e.g., used in Electro-optics )
GIS Geographical Information System; Gas-Insulated Switch; Geospatial Information System
GIS Geospatial Intelligence System
GISA Ground Intelligence Support Activity ( U.S. Army )
GISC Global Innovation and Strategy Center ( U.S. Strategic Command )
GIS-R Geospatial Intelligence System - Repository
GITIS Ground Integrated Target Identification System
GLASS Global Area Strike System
GLCM Ground-Launched Cruise Missile
GLIMPS Grenade-Launched Imaging Modular Projectile System.
GLOBIXS Global Information Exchange System
g-LOC g-force ( Gravity ) -induced Loss of Consciousness
GloMo Global Mobile (Information System)
GLONASS GLObal NAvigation Satellite System ( Russian counterpart of GPS ); GLobal Orbiting NAvigation Satellite System
GLPS Gun-Laying Positioning System ( U.S. Army )
GLTA Guided Laser Turret Assembly ( e.g., for Large Aircraft InfraRed CounterMeasures [LAIRCM] )
GM Guided Munitions; Gunner's Mate
GMBK Gigawatt Multiple Beam Klystron
GMD Ground-based Midcourse Defense ( i.e., missile defense )
GMDSS Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
GMF Ground Mobile Force
GMFP Global Military Force Policy ( JCS )
GMHD Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration ( e.g., unmanned aerial system )
GMIC Glass Microwave Integrated Circuit
GMLS Guided Missile Launching System
GMPLS General Multi-Protocol Label Switching
GMR Giant MagnetoResistance; Ground Mobile Radio
GMSP Global Multi-mission Service Platform
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GMTI Ground Moving-Target Indication; Ground Moving-Target Indicator
GMU Gigabyte Memory Unit
GMV Ground Mobility Vehicle
GN&C Guidance, Navigation and Control
GNIE Global Network Information Enterprise
GNO Global Network Operations
GNOS Global Network Operations Security
GNR Global Network Radio
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System, Generic Navy Stimulator/Simulator
GOB Ground Order of Battle
GOCO Government Owned, Contractor Operated
GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
GOPS Gigaoperations per Second
GOSIP Government Operation Systems Interconnection Profile; Government OSI Protocol
GOTS Government Off-The-Shelf
GP General Purpose
GPALS Global Protection Against Limited Strikes ( Replaced by BMD )
GPB General Purpose Bomb
GPEN Ground Penetrating ( e.g., GPEN RADAR )
GPETE General Purpose Electronic Test Equipment
GPIR Ground Penetrating Imaging Radar
GPL General Programming Language
GPM Ground Propulsion Mobility
GPRS Global Personnel Recovery System; General Packet Radio Service; General Packet Radio System
GPRU General Purpose Reporting Unit
GPS Global Positioning System; Global Positioning Satellite
GPSCS General-Purpose Satellite Communications System
GPSR Generic Pulsed Surface Radar
GPTA Guardian Pointer Tracker Assembly
GP-TAP General Purpose-Trunk Access Port ( system )
GPTTS Gunner's Primary Tank Thermal Sight
GPWS Ground Proximity Warning System
GPX GPS Experiment
GQ General Quarters
GQDS Graphical Query and Design System
GR GuardRail
GRAB Galactic Radiation and Background; Galactic Radiation Background ( satellite )
GRASER Gamma-Ray Laser
GRAM-SAASM See GRAASM
GRAASM GPS Receiver Applications Module Selective Availability/Anti-Spoofing Module
GR/CS GuardRail/Common Sensor ( also GRCS )
GRIFFIN Globally Reaching Interactive Fully Functional Information Network ( e.g., Joint network - ca 2005 )
GRIN Gradient Refractive INdex ( optical material )
GRIP G( lobal Positioning System ) Rangeless Instrumentation Pod
GRIS GR/CS Interoperability Subsystem
GRP Geographic Reference Point; Group; Glass-Reinforced Plastic ( e.g., composite structure hull material )
GRS Gamma Ray Spectrometer
GRWSIM Ground Warfare Simulation
GS Ground Station; Government Service
GSA General Services Administration
GSAR Generic Semi-Active Radar
GSCCE Gapfiller Satellite Configuration Control Element
GSM Global System for Mobile ( communications ); Global System Mobile
GSM Groupé Speciale Mobile; Group System Mobile
GSO GeoStationary Orbit; Geosynchronous Orbit ( e.g., satellite )
GSOC Global Security Operations Center
GSORTS Global Status of Resources and Training System
GSRT Global Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting ( system )
GSS Ground Support Subsystem
GSTAMIDS Ground STAnd-off MIne Detection System
G-STAR GPS Spatial Temporal Antijam Receiver
GSTF Global Strike Task Force
GSTS Ground Based Surveillance and Tracking System
GTA Global Transport Aircraft
GTACS Ground Theater Air Control System
GTC Guide-To-Coordinate ( e.g., weapon )
GTIN Global Trade Item Number
GTLA Guardian Laser Tracking Assembly
gTLD Generic Top Level Domain ( Internet )
GTN Global Transportation Network
GTO Geostationary Transfer Orbit
GTOW Gross Take-Off Weight
GTP General Test Plan
GTRI Georgia Tech Research Institute
GTV Guided Test Vehicle
GUI Graphical User Interface ( referred to as "gooey" )
GUID Globally Unique IDentifier (computer term )
GUILD Government, University, Industry and Laboratory Development
GVSC Generic VHSIC Spaceborne Computer Program
GW General War; GigaWatt
GWEN Ground Wave Emergency Net
GW-H General War - Hostilities phase
GWLR Ground Weapons Locator Radar
GWOT Global War On Terrorism
GW-PH General War - Pre-Hostilities Phase
GWS GroupWare Service; Gun Weapon System
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