Acronyms and Abbreviations
N
n/a Not Applicable
N-ROSS Navy Remote Ocean Sensing Satellite
NAASW Non-Acoustic Anti-Submarine Warfare
NACK Negative Acknowledgement ( Communications Protocol )
NACISA North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) Communications and Information Systems Agency
NADIR Network Anomaly Detection and Intrusion Reporter ( Intrusion Detection System )
NAFIS National Automated Fingerprint Identification System
NAI National Aerospace Initiative ( NASA )
NAK Negative Acknowledgement ( Communications Protocol )
NAMPS Narrow Advanced Mobile Phone Service ( narrowband version of AMPS )
NANOSAT Nanosatellite
NAOC National Airborne Operations Center ( referred to verbally as "Knock" )
NAP Network Access Point
NAPTR Naming Authority Pointer ( e.g., in Internet communications )
NARS North Atlantic Radio System ( Cold War era )
NARSAP National Advanced Remote Sensing Application Program
NAS New Attack Submarine ( also NSSN ); Naval Air Station
NASA National Aeronautical and Space Administration ( click to see the NASA Logo )
NASAMS Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System
NASP National Aerospace Plane; Non-Acoustic Sensor Platform ( e.g., for undersea mine detection )
NAT Network Address Translation
NATACMS NAvy TACtical Missile System
NATAR NATO Advanced Technology radAR; NATO Transatlantic Advanced Radar
NATC Naval Air Test Center
NATF Navy Advanced Tactical Fighter
NATINADS NATO Integrated Air Defense System
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NAU Network Access Unit
NAVCIRT Naval Computer Incident Response Team ( responds to incident reports of computer viruses, Trojan horses, other malicious code incidents, known or suspected network intrusions, and other suspicious computer incidents )
NAVCM Navigation Countermeasures
NAVEMSCEN Navy Electromagnetic Spectrum Center
NAVFORV Naval Forces, Vietnam [ circa 1965 - 1971 ] ( View the NAVFORV logo )
NAVICP Navy Inventory Control Point
NAVIS Navy Input Station ( e.g., for imagery data )
NAVIXS Naval Information Exchange System
NAVRIIP Naval Aviation Readiness Integrated Improvement Program
NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command ( View the NAVSEA logo )
NAVSPACOM Naval Space Command ( View the NAVSPACOM logo )
NAVSPASUR Naval Space Surveillance System
NAVSSI NAVigation Sensor System Interface
NAVTAG Naval Tactical Game ( supplanted by Kill Chain )
NAVWAR Navigation Warfare
NAWAS National Warning System ( circa 1963 )
NBC Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical
NBCRV Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle
NBDVS Narrow Band Digital Voice System
NBEN National Broadband Experimental Network
NBIF Narrow-Band Intermediate Frequency
NBILST NarrowBand Interleaved Search and Track ( radar mode )
NBMP Navy Battle Management Program
NBRN NarrowBand Repeater Noise
NBS NarrowBand Superheterodyne; NarrowBand Sounder
NC2 Nuclear Command and Control
NC3A NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency ( also NC3A )
NC3TA NATO Consultation, Command & Control Technical Architecture
NCA National Command Authority
NCBIFF Non Cooperative Battle Force IFF
NCCOE Network Centric Capabilities Operating Environment
NCCS Navy Command and Control System
NCCS-A Navy Command and Control System - Afloat
NCCT Network-Centric Collaborative Targeting
NCD NanoChronics Display [ potential replacement (2006) for Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs)]
NCES Network Centric ( warfare ) Enterprise Services ( DISA program circa 2004 )
NCID Non Cooperative Identification
NCII Net Centric Information Infrastructure
NCO Numerically-Controlled Oscillator; Non-Commissioned Officer; Network Centric Operations
NCRS Network Centric Radio System
NCS Naval Control of Shipping; National Communications System; Network Centric System
NCSDB Non-Communications Systems Data Base
NCTR Non-Cooperative Target Recognition
NDAF Navy, Air Force, Defense Logistics Agency ( e.g., ship )
NDB Non-Directional Beacon; Nuclear Depth Bomb; Network Based Defense ( Sweden )
NDE NonDestructive Evaluation; Nondestructive Examination
NDEW Nuclear Directed Energy Weapon
NDI Non Developmental Item; NonDestructive Inspection
NDIX Network Intrusion Detection Expert System
NDP Naval Doctrinal Publication
NDR Network Disaster Recovery ( program )
NDRS National Distress and Response System ( referred to as "the nations maritime 911" )
NDRMS National Distress and Response Modernization System
NDRSMP National Distress and Response System Modernization Project
NDS Naval Decoy System
NE Near-Earth
NEACP National Emergency Airborne Command Post ( referred to verbally as "Kneecap" )
NEAR National Emergency Alarm Repeater ( system ) ( circa 1963 )
NEARSAT ( An alternate term for "space mine" )
NEASP Navy Enlisted Advanced School Program ( Purdue 1956-1957; changed to NESEP ca 1957 )
NECC Navy Expeditionary Combat Command; Net-Enabled Command Capability ( to replace GCCS ca 2008 )
NEI Noise Equivalent Irradiance
NECSS Naval Electronic Combat and Surveillance System
NEEMO NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations ( program )
NEFA New European Fighter Aircraft
NEMESIS New Millennium Electronic Surveillance Interface Suite
NEMP Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse
NEMPCM Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse CounterMeasures
NEMSS Naval Expeditionary Medical Support System
NEO Non-combatant Evacuation Operations
NEPLO Naval Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer ( formerly NLO )
NERF Navy Emitter Reference File
NES Network Encryption System
NESEP Navy Enlisted Scientific Education Program ( formerly NEASP )
NESHAP National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollution
NESI Network Enterprise Services Infrastructure ( USAF )
NESP Navy EHF Satellite Program; Navy EHF SATCOM Program
NESS Navy EHF SATCOMATCOM System
NEST Navy Environmental Support Tool; Networked Embedded Software Technology.
NET New Equipment Training; NETwork
NetA Network Attack
NETCENTS Network Centric ( warfare ) Solutions
NETCOM Network Enterprise Technology Command ( Army )
NETCOS Network-Centric Operations Simulation
NETEX NETworking in EXtreme environments
NETIF Network Interface
NETOPS Network Operations ( also NetOps )
NETWARCOM Naval Network Warfare Command ( officially began operations circa June 2002 )
NETWARS NETwork WARfare Simulation
NEWAG Naval Electronic Warfare Advisory Group
NEWTP NATO EW Training Program
NEWTS Naval Electronic Warfare Training System
NEWS Network Early Warning System ( e.g., HACKER warning )
NEXT Near-End Crosstalk; NASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster
NEXTRAD Next Generation Radar
NEXTSat Next Generation Satellite; Next Generation serviceable Satellite
NF Noise Factor; Noise Figure; Noise Frequency; NOFORN
NFIP National Foreign Intelligence Program
NFR Near-Field Recording ( disk technology )
NFRP New Fighter Replacement Program ( Singapore )
NFS Network File System
NG Next Generation
NGA National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
NGAEA Next Generation Airborne Electronic Attack
NGAV Next Generation Anthrax Vaccine
NGC2P Next-Generation Command and Control Processor ( ca 2008 )
NGCR Next-Generation Computer Resources ( program )
NGDFS Non-Gaussian Data Fusion System
NGDS New-Generation DAGIE System ( e.g., French auto-protection launcher ); Next Generation Decoy System ( France )
NGES Next Generation EWIRDB System ( ca 2007 ); Nekxt Generation EWIR System
NGF Naval Gunfire
NGFR Next Generation Face Recognition ( e.g., DARPA program ca 2003 )
NGFS Naval Gunfire Support
NGI Next Generation Internet
NGII Next Generation Information Infastructure
NGO Non-Governmental Organization ( e.g., terrorists )
NGPS Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System
NGPV New Generation Patrol Vessel ( Malaysia/Singapore )
NGS Non-Government Standards
NGSM Next Generation SubMunition
NI Not Identified
NIAG NATO Industrial Advisory Group
NIAL National Information Assurance Leadership
NIAP National Information Assurance Partnership ( U.S. Government initiative )
NIC Network Interface Card
NICCI Network-Centric Infrastructure for Command, Control and Intelligence
NICE NATO Internet Crypto Equipment
NID Navy Intelligence Database
NIDS Network Intrusion Detection System
NIDTS NATO Initial Data Transport Service
NIFC Navy Integrated Fire Control
NIFC-CA Navy Integrated Fire Control - Counter Air
NIH National Institutes of Health; "Not Invented Here"
NILE NATO Improved Link Eleven
NII Networks and Information Integration
NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency
NIMCIS New Integrated Marines Communications and Information System ( Royal Netherlands Marines )
NINE National Institute for Nano-Engineering
NIP National Infrastructure Protection
NIPR Non-secure Internet Protocol
NIPRNET ( also NIPRNet ) Non-secret Internet Protocol Router NETwork; Non-secure Internet Protocol Router NETwork (Contrast with SIPRNET); Non-classified-but-sensitive Internet Protocol Router Network; Unclassified but Sensitive Internet Protocol Router Network; Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Service; Sensitive but Unclassified Internet Protocol Router Network
NIPS Naval Intelligence Processing System
NIR Near Infrared
NIRD Normalized In-Range Display
NIS NATO Identification System
NISAC National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center ( DHS ca 2007 )
NISBS NATO Interoperable Submarine Broadcast System
NISC Naval Intelligence Support Center
NISP National Industrial Security Program
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NITE Navigation Infrared Targeting Equipment; National Imagery Transmission Format
NITF National Imagery Transmission Format
NITFS National Imagery Transmission Format Standard
NIU Network Interface Device
NIXIE ( as in "NIXIE tube" ) - Nickname term for "NIX-1," Numeric Indicator Experimental-1.
NJS Noise Jamming Simulator
NLCS Non-Lethal Capability Set
NLETS National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
NLFFL Nonlinear Feed-Forward Logic
NLLS Navy Lessons Learned System
NLO Non-Linear Optics; Naval Liaison Officer ( changed to NEPLO, circa 2003 )
NLOS Non-Line of Sight
NLOS-C Non-Line of Sight Cannon
NLOS-LS Non-Line of Sight Launch System
NLOS-M Non-Line of Sight Mortar
NLP Non-Linear Programming; Natural Language Processing ( e.g., in Cognitive Radio (CR) architecture )
NLW NonLethal Weapon
NLWS Naval Laser Warning System
nm Nautical Mile (2,000 yards)
NMASP Nano-Mechanical Array Signal Processor
NMCI Navy-Marine Corps Intranet
NMD National Missile Defense
NMETL Navy Mission Essential Task List
NMMS - Navy Mast-Mounted Sight ( replaced by the TISS, circa 2004 )
NMOS N-Type Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
NMPS Naval Mission Planning System
NMRS Near-term Mine Reconnaissance System
NMS Network Management System; Network Management Station; Network Modeling and Simulation
NMWS Naval Mine Warfare Simulation
NNEC NATO Network Enabled Capability
NN-EMP Non-Nuclear ElectroMagnetic Pulse
NNEMP Non-Nuclear ElectroMagnetic Pulse
NNFE Naval NETWAR FORCEnet Enterprise
NNSOC Naval Network and Space Operations Command
NNSR Neural Network Speech Recognizer
NNWC Navy Network Warfare Command
NOA Notice of Arrival ( e.g., vessels )
NOAH National Operations and Analysis Hub ( Federal agency fusion center )
NOB Naval Operating Base; Naval Order of Battle
NOBULL-11 Null Out, Beam Up, and Lock-on Link 11.
NOC Network Operations Center
NOD Night Observation Device
NOFA NO Further Action ( required; report )
NOFORN NO FOReign Nationals ( "Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals"; relates to message security )
NOGS Night Observation Gun Ship ( circa 1970 - modified OV-10 aircraft with night vision device and 20mm gun )
NONAP NON-linear Adaptive Processor
NONCOMM Non-Communication
NORA Not Only a Radar ( e.g., electronically scanned array sensor project - Hungary, ca 2006 )
NORAD NORth America (air) Defence ( Command ); NORth American (aerospace) Defense ( Command )
NORMANS Norwegian Arctic Network Soldier
NOS Network Operating System
NOSC Naval Ocean Systems Center
NOTAM ( U.S. ) NOtice To AirMen ( e.g., navigation and aviation safety hazards )
NOTAR NO TAil Rotor ( helicopter )
NOVA Networked Open Versatile Architecture; Northern Virginia
NPB Neutral Particle Beam
NPES Non-Propulsion Electronic System; Nuclear Planning and Execution System
NPM Network Product Manager
NPOESS National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
NPP Non Hull-Penetrating Periscope
NPR Noise to Power Ratio
NPRN National Port Readiness Network
NPS Naval Postgraduate School
NQE National Qualification Event ( e.g., competition for DARPA's Urban Challenge competition, ca 2007 )
NQR Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance ( land-mine/drug detection )
NRC Noise Reduction Circuit
NRE Non-recurrent Engineering
NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NREN National Research and Education Network
NRF NATO Response Force
NRFT Naval Radio Transmitter Facility
NRO National Reconnaissance Office
NROSS Navy Remote Ocean Sensing Satellite
NRP National Response System
NRT Near Real Time
NRTS Near-Room-Temperature Superconductor
NRWF Non-Recurrent Waveform ( e.g., used in ROTHR )
NRZ Non Return to Zero ( e.g., data transmission method )
nS nanosecond
NS National Security; Neutron Spectrometer
NSA National Security Agency ( View the NSA Logo )
NSCS National Survivable Communications System
NSD Non-Self-Destructing (landmine) [Used by U.S. only in the DMZ in Korea]
NS/EP National Security/Emergency Preparedness
NSET Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology
NSF National Strike Force
NSFS Near-term Surface Fire Support ( Navy system ); Naval Surface Fire Support
NSGI National System for Geospatial Intelligence
NSIP Network Security Improvement Program ( Army )
NSM New anti-Ship Missile; North Seeking Module; Network Security Monitor
NSMV Near Space Maneuvering Vehicle
NSOC National SIGINT Operations Center
NSOM Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
NSRS NATO Submarine Rescue System
NSS Night Surveillance System ( a night vision photographic system ); Naval Simulation System ( Navy & Joint-system modeling )
NSSA National Security Space Architect
NSSI Navigation Sensor System Interface Click to view the NSSI logo.
NSSM Navy Spread Spectrum Modem
NSSN New Attack Submarine ( also NAS )
NSST Navigation, Seamanship and Shiphandling Trainer
NSW Naval Special Warfare
NSWC Naval Surface Weapons Center
NT New Technology
N-TACMS Navy - TACtical Missile System ( Navy variant of Army TACMS )
NTACMS (Same as N-TACMS)
NTCS Navy Telecommunications System
NTCS-A Navy Tactical Command System-Afloat
NTCSS Naval Tactical Command Support System
NTDPS Non-Tactical Data Processing Subsystem
NTDR Near-Term Digital Radio ( USA )
NTDS Naval Tactical Data System
NTDSIXS NTDS Information Exchange System
NTE Not to Exceed
NTEW Non Traditional Electronic Warfare
NTH New Training Helicopter ( U.S. Army )
NTIA National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NTIC Naval Technical Intelligence Center
NTIS National Technical Information Service
NTISR Non Traditional Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
NTKE-CNCA Need To Know Enforcement-Common Network Computer Architecture
NTM Notice To Mariners; National Technical Means
NTP Navy Tactical Publication; Network Time Protocol ( e.g., for GPS )
NTPF Near-Term Prepositioning Force
NTPS National Tactical Positioning System ( Finland )
NTR Network Time Reference
NTSDS National Target Signature Data System; National Target/Threat Signature Data System
NTT Naval Tactical Trainer ( U.K. software )
NTTP Navy Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
NTU New Threat Upgrade
NTW Navy Theater-Wide; Naval Theater Weapon
NTWS New Threat Warning System
NUCINT Nuclear Intelligence
NUDET Nuclear Detonation
NuKomBw Nutzerorientierte Kommunikation der Bundeswehr ( e.g., German armed forces user-oriented communications system circa 2005 )
NULKA ( Not an acronym, but an Aborigine word for "be quick" ) A hovering decoy
NUSC Naval Underwater Systems Center
NUV Near Ultraviolet
NUWC Naval Undersea Warfare Center ( Logo for NUWC, Newport, R.I. )
NV Night Vision; Network Variable
NVA North Vietnamese Army [ circa 1970 - used by Allied forces in preference to Peoples Army of North Vietnam ( PAVN ) ]
NVAC National Visual Analytics Center ( Dept. of Homeland Security )
NVD Night Vision Device
NVE Night Vision Equipment
NVEO Night Vision and Electro-Optics
NVES Night Vision Electronic Sensor
NVG Night Vision Goggles
NVIP Near-Vertical Incidence Propagation
NVIS Near-Vertical Incidence Skywave
NV/RSTA Night Vision/Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition
NVS Night Vision System
NW Network Warfare
NWC National Warning Center
NWIP Naval Warfare Information Publication
NWP Naval Warfare Publication
NWPAC Northwest Pacific
NWS North Warning System; Naval Weapons Station
NWTDB Naval Warfare Tactical Database
NWTS Navy Warfare Training System
NWU Navy Working Uniform
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