 |
F
Civil aircraft marking (France) |
|
F
fahrenheit (temperature) |
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F
farad (electrical capacitance) |
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f
femto- (thousand million millionth) |
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F
Fluorine |
|
F
Foxtrot (phonetic alphabet) |
|
F
Frequency |
|
F
Time zone 82.5 E - 97.5 E (GMT -6) |
|
F&C
Fire & Control (missile guidance) |
|
F&D
Fix & Destroy |
|
F&F
Fire & Forget (missile guidance) |
|
F&U
Fire & Update (missile guidance) |
|
F-band
NATO frequency band (3 - 4 GHz) |
|
F/F
Front Frame |
|
F/H
Flame Holder |
|
F3
Form, Fit & Function |
|
F3
Form-Fit-Function (USA) |
|
F3OEU
Tornado F3 Operational Evaluation Unit |
|
FA
Field Army (China) |
|
FA
Field Artillery |
|
FA
Russian Frontal Aviation |
|
FA
Fraticide Avoidance |
|
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration (USA) |
|
FAA
Fleet Air Arm (UK Royal Navy) |
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FAA
Forces Administrative Area |
|
FAA
Fuerza Aerea Argentina. Argentine Air Force |
|
FAACA
Force Anti-Air Co-ordination Area |
|
FAACB
Fuel/air aero cargo bomb |
|
FAACO
First Aid Aircraft (Repair) Outfit |
|
FAAD
Forward Area Air Defense (USA) |
|
FAADC2I
Forward Area Air Defence Command, Control & Intelligence |
|
FAADC3I
Forward Area Air Defence C3 Intelligence |
|
FAADS
Forward Area Air Defense System (USA) |
|
FAAG
Commandement des Forces Aeriennes aux Antilles-Guyane (France) |
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FAAITM
Fleet Air Arm Information Technology Management (UK Royal Navy) |
|
FAALS
Field Artillery Acoustic Locating System (US Army) |
|
FAALS
Forward Area Armored Logistic System |
|
FAAM
Family of Air-to-Air Missiles |
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FAAO
Field Artillery Aerial Observer |
|
FAAPS
Field Artillery Ammunition Processing System |
|
FAAR
Forward Area Alerting Radar (USA) |
|
FAASV
Field Artillery Ammunition Support/Supply Vehicle (USA) |
|
FAAV
Future Air Attack Vehicle |
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FAAWC
Force Anti-Air Warfare Co-ordinator |
|
FAAWF
Future Anti-Air Warfare Frigate |
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FAB
Forca Aerea Brasileira. Brazilian Air Force |
|
FAB
Forward Air Base |
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FAB
Fugasnaya Aviabomba. General-purpose bomb (Russia) |
|
FABA
Fabrica de Artilleria de Bazan (Spain) |
|
FABMDS
Field Army Ballistic Missile Defense System (USA) |
|
FAC
Fast Attack Craft |
|
FAC
Flight Augmentation Computer |
|
FAC
Forward Air Controller |
|
FAC
Fuerza Aerea Colombiana. Colombian Air Force |
|
FAC/A
Forward Air Controller / Airborne |
|
FACA
Future Attack & Combat Aircraft |
|
FACE
Field Artillery Computing Equipment (UK) |
|
FACH
Fuerza Aerea de Chile (Chilean Air Force) |
|
FACIP
Fighter Avionics / Cockpit Integration Predesign studies |
|
FACON
Facilities Control |
|
FACP
Forward Air Control Post |
|
FACTA
Frequency Agile Tactical VHF Antenna (UK) |
|
FACTC
Federal Army Combat Training Centre.
(Bosnian-Croatian Federation) |
|
FACTS
FLIR Augmented Cobra TOW Sight |
|
FAD
Fleet Air Defense (USA) |
|
FAD
Forward Ammunition Depot / Dump |
|
FAD
Free Air Delivery |
|
FADAC
Field Artillery Digital Automatic Computer |
|
FADEC
Full Authority Digital Engine Control |
|
FAE
Fuel-Air Explosive |
|
FAE
Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana (Ecuador) |
|
FAESHED
Fuel-Air Explosive Helicopter Delivered |
|
FAF
Final Approach Fix |
|
FAF
Finnish Air Force |
|
FAF
French Air Force |
|
FAFC
Full Authority Fuel Control |
|
FAI
Federation Aeronautique Internationale (France) |
|
FAIP
First Assignment Instructor Pilot |
|
FAIRS
Fairchild Automatic Intercept & Response System (USA) |
|
FAISS
FORSCOM Automated Intelligence Support System (US Army) |
|
FAL
Fusil Automatique Legere. Selective-fire rifle (Belgium) |
|
FALAC
Forward Area Liaison & Control |
|
FALCON
Fission Activated Laser Concept |
|
FALCON
Frequency-Agile Low Coverage Netted radar |
|
FALCON
Fuel / Air Line Charge Ordnance Neutraliser |
|
FALCON
Family of Advanced Laser Components, Near infrared (US Army) |
|
FALICS
Field Artillery Lightweight Integrated Computer System |
|
FALW
Family of Air-Launched Weapons |
|
FAM
Field Alarm Module |
|
FAM
Fighter Attack Manoeuvring |
|
FAM
Flexible Attrition Model. Simulation system |
|
FAM
Forca Aeronaval da Marinha (Brazilian Naval Aviation) |
|
FAM
Friendly Aircraft Movements |
|
FAM
Fuel Air Munition |
|
FAMA
Forward Airhead Maintenance Area |
|
FAMAS
Financial And Management Accounting System |
|
FAMAS
Fusil Automatique de Manufacture d'Armes de St. Etienne.
Selective-fire rifle (France) |
|
FAME
Frequency Assignment Management Equipment |
|
FAMES
Frequency Agile Multiple Emitter Simulator |
|
FAMET
Fuerzas Aeromoviles del Ejercito de Tierra.
Army Helicopter Forces
Command (Spain) |
|
FAMG
Field Artillery Missile Group (USA) |
|
FAMS
Family of Anti-air Missile Systems |
|
FAMS
Field Automatic Message Switch |
|
FAMSIM
Family of Simulations |
|
FAMTO
First Aid Mechanical Transport (Repair) Outfit |
|
FAMV
Forward Area Multi-purpose Vehicle |
|
FAN
Force d'Action Navale (France) |
|
FAN
Forces Armees du Nord. Northern Armed Forces (Chad) |
|
FAN
Forward Air Navigator |
|
Fanazul
Fabrica Militar Polvoras y Explosivos Azul (Argentina) |
|
FANCI
Forces Armees Nationales de la Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) |
|
FANG
Fin-stabilised, Armour-piercing, Next Generation |
|
FANS
Future Air Navigation System (UK) |
|
FANY
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry |
|
FAO
Foreign Area Officer |
|
FAOR
Fighter Areas Of Responsibility |
|
FAP
Final Approach |
|
FAPA
Force Area Populaire de Angola |
|
FAPDS
Frangible Armour-Piercing, Discarding Sabot |
|
FAPDS-T
Frangible Armour-Piercing, Discarding Sabot-Tracer |
|
FAPES
Force Augmentation Planning & Execution System |
|
FAPIP
Fighter Airframe / Propulsion Integration Predesign |
|
FAPLA
Angolan People's Liberation Army |
|
FAPP
Field Artillery Projectile Pallet |
|
FAR
False Alarm Rate |
|
FAR
Federal Acquisition Regulation (USA) |
|
FAR
Federal Aviation Regulations (USA) |
|
FAR
Federal Aviation Requirements (USA) |
|
FAR
Fighter - Attack - Reconnaissance |
|
FAR
Force d'Action Rapide (France) |
|
FAR
Fuerza de Accion Rapida (Spanish Army) |
|
FARADA
Failure Rate Data programme (USA) |
|
FARC
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia |
|
FARCOS
Fast Adaptive HF Radio Communication System |
|
FARE
Forward Area Refuelling Equipment |
|
FARP
Forward Area Rearm-refuel Point |
|
FARP
People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (Guinea Bissau) |
|
FARR
FAA / Air Force Radar Replacement |
|
FARRP
Forward-Area Rearming & Refuelling Point |
|
FARS
Fast Acquisition Receiver System |
|
FARS
Field Artillery Rocket System |
|
FARS
Frequency Array Radar System |
|
FARV
Future Ammunition Resupply Vehicle (USA) |
|
FARV-A
Future Armored Resupply Vehicle, Artillery (USA) |
|
FAS
Federation of American Scientists |
|
FAS
Flank Array Sonar (Germany) |
|
FAS
Flexible Assembly Subsystems |
|
FAS
Force Aerienne Strategique (France) |
|
FAS
Forward Acquisition Sensor |
|
FAS
Frequency-Agile Subsystem |
|
FASAT
Future Anti-Satellite weapon |
|
FASCAM
Family of Scatterable Mines |
|
FASCAM
Field Artillery Scatterable Mines |
|
FASH
Future Amphibious Support Helicopter (UK Royal Navy) |
|
FASM
Future Attack Submarine (UK Royal Navy) |
|
FASM
Forward Air Support Munition |
|
FASO
Forward Airfield Supply Organization |
|
FAST
Fly Away Satellite Terminal |
|
FAST
Forward Area Shelterized Terminal |
|
FAST
Forward Area Support Team |
|
FAST
Fully Automatic Scoring Target |
|
FAST
Fuze Activating Static Targets |
|
FAST Pack
Fuel And Sensor Tactical Package |
|
FAST-I
Forward Area Secondary image dissemination & Tactical related applications
- Improved |
|
FASTA
Flugzeugabwehrstartanlage. Air defence launcher assembly (Germany) |
|
FASTAR
Forward Area Surveillance & Target Acquisition System |
|
FASTC
Foreign Aerospace Science & Technology Directorate Center (USAF) |
|
FASTHAT
Fast High-Accuracy Tunable receiver |
|
FASTNET
Fixed Army Strategic Telephone Network |
|
FAT
Factory Acceptance Trial |
|
FAT
First Article Testing |
|
FAT
Flechette anti-tank |
|
FATAC
Commandement des Force Aerienne Tactiques (France) |
|
FATE
Fuze Automatic Test Equipment |
|
FATE
Fuzing, Arming, Test & Evaluation |
|
FATG
Fixed Air-To-Ground |
|
FATOC
Forward Air Transport Operations Centre |
|
FATS
Field Automatic Telephone Switch |
|
FATS
Firearms Training System |
|
FATS
Forward Air Transport Support |
|
FATSO
First Aid Technical Stores Outfit |
|
FATT
Forward Area Tactical Teletype (USA) |
|
FAV
Fast Attack Vehicle (USA) |
|
FAW
Fighter, All-Weather (UK) |
|
FAWPSS
Forward Area Water Point Supply System |
|
FAWS
Flight Advisory Weather Service |
|
FAX
Facsimile |
|
FB
Fighter, Bomber |
|
FB
Fire Base |
|
FBA
Fighter Bomber Aviation |
|
FBC
Fighter Bomber China |
|
FBCB2
Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below (US Army) |
|
FBE
Fleet Battle Exercise (US Navy) |
|
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA) |
|
FBL
Fly-By-Light |
|
FBM
Fleet Ballistic Missile |
|
FBMS
Formation Battle Management System (UK Army) |
|
FBO
Fixed Base Operator |
|
FBO
Full Battle Order |
|
FBRL
Final Bomb Release Line |
|
FBRV
Future Beach Recovery Vehicle (UK Royal Marines) |
|
FBS
Fly-By-Speech |
|
FBS
Forward-Based System |
|
FBW
Fly-By-Wire |
|
FC
Corvette |
|
FC
Fighter Control / Controller |
|
FC
Fire Control |
|
FC/NP
Fire-Control / Navigation Panel |
|
FCBA
Future Carrier-Borne Aircraft (UK Royal Navy) |
|
FCBMP
Fleet Command Battle Management Project (USA) |
|
FCC
Federal Communications Commission (USA) |
|
FCC
Fire Control Centre |
|
FCC
Fire Control Computer |
|
FCC
Fleet Command Centre |
|
FCC
Flight Control Centre |
|
FCC
Flight Control Computer |
|
FCCS
Forces Courier Communication Service (UK) |
|
FCCSET
Federal Co-ordinating Commission for Science & Technology (USA) |
|
FCCT
Field Communication Centre Terminal |
|
FCCVS
Future Close-Combat Vehicle System (USA) |
|
FCDC
Flight Control Data Recorder |
|
FCDNA
Field Command / Defense Nuclear Agency (USA) |
|
FCDT
Fleet Clearance Diving Team |
|
FCE
Fire Control Equipment |
|
FCEP
Flight Control Electronic Package |
|
FCEU
Fire Control Electronics Unit |
|
FCF
Functional Check Flight |
|
FCI
Flight Command Indicator |
|
FCIM
Flexible Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
|
FCLP
Field Carrier Landing Practice |
|
FCLV
Future Command and Liaison Vehicle (British Army) |
|
FCMC
Fire-Control & Monitoring Computer |
|
FCNP
Fire Control Navigation Panel |
|
FCO
Fire Control Officer |
|
FCO
Forces Courier Office |
|
FCO
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK) |
|
FCP
Fire Control Panel |
|
FCP
Fire Control Predictor |
|
FCP
Forward Control Post |
|
FCP
Fuel Cell Power |
|
FCPEM
Fire Control Processor Electronics Module |
|
FCPO
Fleet Chief Petty Officer (UK Royal Navy) |
|
FCPS
Fuel-Cell Power System |
|
FCR
Fire Control Radar |
|
FCR
Functional Capability Requirements |
|
FCRC
Federal Contract Research Center (USA) |
|
FCRL SYS
Flight Control Ready Light System |
|
FCS
Field-expedient Mineclearing System |
|
FCS
Fire / Flight Control System |
|
FCS
Flight Control Software |
|
FCS
Flight Control System |
|
FCS
Free Channel Search |
|
FCS
Fuel Control System |
|
FCS
Fiber Channel Standard |
|
FCS
Future Combat System |
|
FCSS
Fire / Flight Control Sight System |
|
FCSS
Flight Control Stabilisation System |
|
FCSTUP
Fleet Combat Systems Training Unit, Pacific (US Navy) |
|
FCT
Facility Control Terminal |
|
FCT
Firepower Control Team |
|
FCT
Foreign Comparative Test program (US DoD) |
|
FCTC
Fleet Combat Training Center (US Navy) |
|
FCTS
Flight Controller Training System |
|
FCTT
Future Command Training Team (UK Royal Navy) |
|
FCU
Fuel Consumption / Control Unit |
|
FCV
Future Combat Vehicle (US Army) |
|
FCV
Future Cargo Vehicle (UK) |
|
FCZ
Forward Combat Zone |
|
FD
Fill Device. Communications |
|
FD
Full Development |
|
FD-TD
Finite Difference - Time Domain |
|
FDA
Food & Drug Administration (USA) |
|
FDAI
Flight Director Altitude Indicator |
|
FDAS
Flight Data Acquisition System |
|
FDAU
Flight Data Acquisition Unit |
|
FDC
Fire Direction / Distribution Centre |
|
FDCV
Fire Direction Centre Vehicle |
|
FDD
Forward Divisional Dump |
|
FDDA
Fibre Distributed Data Interface |
|
FDDCE
Force Development Data Collection Exercise (USA) |
|
FDDI
Fibre Distributed Data Interface |
|
FDDM
Fire Direction Data Management |
|
FDDS
Flag Data Display Systems |
|
FDEP
Flight Data Entry Panel |
|
FDFF
Foreningen af Danske Fabrikanter af Flymateriel (Denmark) |
|
FDI
Federation of Danish Industries |
|
FDI
Flight Director Indicator |
|
FDIP
Full Development & Initial Production |
|
FDIU
Flight Data Interface Unit |
|
FDL
Fast Deployment Logistic |
|
FDL
Flight Dynamics Laboratory (USAF) |
|
FDLS
Fast Deployment Logistics Ship |
|
FDM
Frequency Division Multiplex |
|
FDMA
Frequency-Division Multiple Access |
|
FDO
Flight Deck Officer |
|
FDOA
Frequency, difference of arrival |
|
FDOC
Fire Distribution Operation Centre (Italian Army SAM batteries) |
|
FDOT
Furezas de Defensa Operativa del Territorio (Spain) |
|
FDP
Full Development and Production (UK) |
|
FDR
Flight Data Recorder |
|
FDR
Future Data Radio (US Army) |
|
FDS
Fire Direction System |
|
FDS
Fixed Distributed System |
|
FDS
Flight Director System |
|
FDS
Functionally Distributed Simulation |
|
FDS
Fusion Display System (USA) |
|
FDSWS
Future Direct Support Weapon System |
|
FDT&E
Force Development Test & Evaluation |
|
FDU
Fire & Distribution Unit |
|
FDU
Flight Data Unit |
|
FE
Frequency Electronics Inc. (USA) |
|
FE
Future Escort. Now Future Surface Combatant (UK Royal Navy) |
|
Fe
Iron |
|
FEA
Front-End Analysis |
|
FEAF
Far East Air Force |
|
FEAMCom
Far East Materiel Command |
|
FEATS
Feasibility & Experimentation in Acquisition & Tracking Systems |
|
FEATS
Firing Evaluation And Training System |
|
FEBA
Forward Edge of the Battle Area |
|
FEC
Forward Error Correction |
|
FECS
Field Expedient Countermine System (US Army) |
|
FED
Forward Entry Device |
|
FED
Field Emission Display |
|
FED
Field Effect Display |
|
FED-STD
Federal Standard (USA) |
|
FEDS
Forced Entry Deterrent System |
|
FEDSIM
Federal computer performance evaluation & Simulation centre (USA) |
|
FEFA
Future European Fighter Aircraft project |
|
FEI
Flightline Electronics Inc. (USA) |
|
FEL
Fibre Elastomeric (rotor head) |
|
FEL
Frame Electrical System |
|
FEL
Free Electron Laser |
|
FELIN
Fantassin a Equipements et Liaisons Integres. Clothing and equipment for
future soldier programme (France) |
|
FEL-TNO
TNO Physics & Electronics Laboratory (Netherlands) |
|
FELT
Free Electron Laser Technology |
|
FEM
Force Effectiveness Measure |
|
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency (USA) |
|
FEMC
Far Eastern Maritime Command (Port Blair, Indian Navy) |
|
FEMS
Fleet Exercise Minelaying System (UK Royal Navy) |
|
FENE
Fixed Exhaust Nozzle Engine |
|
FER
Force Exchange Ratio |
|
FES
Fleet Excercise Section |
|
FES
Force Entry Switch. Communications |
|
FET
Field Effect Transistor |
|
FET
Future Engineer Tank (British Army) |
|
FEW
Fighter Escort Wing |
|
FEWS
Follow-on Early Warning System |
|
FEWSG
Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group (US Navy) |
|
FEZ
Fighter Engagement Zone |
|
FF
Frigate (US Navy) |
|
FFA
Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden |
|
FFA
Field Firing Area |
|
FFA
Forces Francaises en Allemagne. French Forces in Germany |
|
FFAR
Folding-Fin Aircraft Rocket |
|
FFAR
Forward-Firing Aircraft Rocket |
|
FFAR
Free-Flight Aircraft Rocket |
|
FFB
Filter-Fan-Battery |
|
FFB
Faltfesbrucke. Foldable Bridge (German Army) |
|
FFBNW
Fitted For But Not With |
|
FFC
Full Function Crew station |
|
FFCS
Free-Fall Control System |
|
FFE
Free From Explosives |
|
FFE
Forca Fuzileiros da Esquadra (Brazilian Fleet Marine Force) |
|
FFG
Flensburger Fahrzeugbau GmbH (Germany) |
|
FFG
Guided Missile Frigate (US Navy) |
|
FFUG
Frigate Upgrade programme (Royal Australian Navy) |
|
FFH
Fast Frequency Hopping |
|
FFH
Type abbreviation: Frigate, helicopter (Canada) |
|
FFISTS
Fast Frigate Integrated Shipboard Tactical System (USA) |
|
FFL
Light frigate or corvette |
|
FFLAV
Future Family Light Armoured Vehicle programme (UK) |
|
FFLG
Guided missile light frigate or corvette |
|
FFMA
Field Force Maintenance Area |
|
FFO
Furnace Fuel Oil |
|
FFOS
Forward Flying Observation System |
|
FFP
Firm Fixed Price |
|
FFPB
Free-Fall Practice Bomb |
|
FFPIQ
Firm Fixed Price, Indefinite Quantities (US procurement) |
|
FFR
Fitted For Radio / Radar |
|
FFR
Free Flight Rocket |
|
FFR
Free Flooding Projector. Acoustic projector |
|
FFRDC
Federally Funded Research & Development Center (USA) |
|
FFSK
Fast Frequency Shift Keying |
|
FFSP
Full Function Signal Processor |
|
FFSV
Future Fire Support Vehicle |
|
FFT
Fast Fourier Transform |
|
FFTA
The Finnish Foreign Trade Association |
|
FFVD
Full Field of View Dome |
|
FFVV
Federation Francaise de Vol a Voile (France) |
|
FFZ
Free Fire Zone |
|
FG
Field Gun |
|
FG
Fighter Group |
|
Fg Off
Flying Officer |
|
FGA
Fighter Ground Attack |
|
FGAN
Forschungsgesellschaft fur Angewandte Naturwissenschaften (Germany) |
|
FGCM
Field General Court-Martial |
|
FGCP
Flight Guidance Control Panel |
|
FGM
Force de Guerre de Mines.
Mine Warfare Force (French
Navy) |
|
FGR
Fighter, Ground Attack Reconnaissance (UK) |
|
FGS
Federal German Ship (Prefix to warship name) |
|
FH
Field Howitzer |
|
FH
Frequency Hopping |
|
FHFS
Foundation Health Federal Services (USA) |
|
FHI
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd (Japan) |
|
FHS
Forsvarshogskolan (Sweden) |
|
FHTV
Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (US Army) |
| FHU
Force Helicopter Unit (NATO) |
