 |
SM
Special Mission (USA) |
|
SM
Sandeep Metalcraft Pvt Ltd (India) |
|
Sm
Samarium |
|
SM
Sergeant-Major |
|
SM
Service Member |
|
SM
Simulation Module |
|
SM
Smoke |
|
SM
Standard Missile |
|
SM
Svenska Marinen |
|
SM&E
Semiconductor Materials & Equipment |
|
Sm/Co
Samarium / cobalt |
|
SMA
Systems Management American Corp.
(USA) |
|
SMA
Segnalamento Marittimo ed Aero SpA (Italy) |
|
SMA
Scientific Management Associates Pty Ltd (Australia) |
|
SMA
Signal Message Address |
|
SMAC
Scene Matching by Area Correlation |
|
SMAD
Schall MessAnlage Digital (acoustic weapon locator) |
|
SMADS
Software Maintenance Development Access Switch (NATO) |
|
SMAF
Sous-Marin d'Attaque Futur. Future
SSN (French Navy) |
|
SMALC
Sacramento Air Logistics Center (USAF) |
|
SMAP
Systems Management Analysis Project |
|
SMARCENT
Service des Marches Centralises (France) |
|
SMART
Signaal Multi-beam Acquisition Radar for Targeting (Netherlands) |
|
SMART
Strategic Multi-role Aid & Replenishment Transport vessel (Canada) |
|
SMART
Sensor Fuzed Munition for Artillery |
|
SMART
Small Arms Trainer |
|
SMART
Spurt Message Alphanumeric Radio Terminal |
|
SMART
Susceptibility Model Assessment & Range Test |
|
SMART-T
Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal (US Army) |
|
SMAS
Ship Motion & Anemometer Simulator |
|
SMASH
Southeast Asia Multisensor Armament System, Helicopter |
|
SMASHR
Standard Missile Autonomous Strike Homing Round |
|
SMATCALS
Signature Managed Air Traffic Control Approach & Landing System (US Navy) |
|
SMAU
Stop-Motion Aimpoint Update |
|
SMAW
Shoulder-launched Multi-purpose Assault Weapon |
|
SMAW-D
Shoulder-launched Multi-purpose Assault Weapon, Disposable |
|
SMC
Supreme Military Council (Niger) |
|
SMC
Staff Message Control |
|
SMCC
SAC Missile Combat Competition |
|
SMCM
Surface Mine Countermeasures |
|
SMCO
Standard Manufacturing Company |
|
SMCS
Scatterable Mine Clearance System |
|
SMCS
Signaal Modular Combat System |
|
SMCS
Standard Machinery Control System |
|
SMCS
Structural Mode Control System |
|
SMCS
Submarine Command System |
|
SMD
Standardized Military Drawing |
|
SMD
Surface-Mounted Devices |
|
SMDBL
Space and Missile Defense Command Battle Laboratory, Huntsville, Alabama
(US Army) |
|
SMDC
Space and Missile Defense Command (US Army) |
|
SMDPS
Strategic Mission Data Preparation System |
|
SMDU
Strapdown Magnetic Detector Unit |
|
SME
Syarikat Malaysia Explosives Sdn Bhd |
|
SME
Special Mission Equipment |
|
SME
Subject Matter Expert |
|
SMEI
Solar Mass Ejector Imager |
|
SMEO
Staff Marine Engineering Officer |
|
SMES
Strategic Missile Evaluation Squadron |
|
SMES
Superconductive Magnetic Energy Storage |
|
SMET
Simulated Mission Endurance Testing |
|
SMF
Strategic Missile Force (Russia) |
|
SMFT
Semi-trailer-Mounted Fabric Tanks |
|
SMG
Societe Metallurgique de Gerzat (France) |
|
SMG
Sub-Machine Gun |
|
SMHMS
Standardised Magnetic Helmet-Mounted Sight |
|
SMI
Sample Matrix Inversion algorithm |
|
SMI
Structure Medium Interaction |
|
SMI-E
Shipboard Mounting Interface-Electrical |
|
SMILS
Sonobuoy Missile-Impact Location System |
|
SMIS
SHAPE Management Information System (NATO) |
|
SMK
Smoke |
|
SMLV
Standard Memory Loader Verifier |
|
SMMR
Scanning Multi-Frequency Microwave Radiometer |
|
Smoke BE
Smoke Base Ejection |
|
Smoke WP
Smoke White Phosphorus |
|
SMOOS
Shipboard Meteorological & Oceanographic Observing System (US Navy) |
|
SMOPS
School of Maritime Operations (UK Royal Navy) |
|
SMP
Surface Mine Plough (UK) |
|
SMP
Self Maintenance Period |
|
SMP
Signature Management Program |
|
SMP
Stores Management Processor |
|
SMR
Selective Message Routeing |
|
SMR
Simulated Missile Round |
|
SMR
Specialised Mobile Radio |
|
SMRS
Stores Management & Release System |
|
SMRTII
Sight, Medium-Range, Thermal Imaging Improved |
|
SMS
Supply & Movements Squadron (UK Royal Air Force) |
|
SMS
Scatterable Mine System |
|
SMS
Security Management System |
|
SMS
Sensor Monitoring Set |
|
SMS
Ship Management System |
|
SMS
Shorts Missile Systems Ltd |
|
SMS
SIGINT Manpack System |
|
SMS
Signal Measurement System |
|
SMS
Space Mission Simulator |
|
SMS
Stores Management System |
|
SMS
Strategic Missile Squadron |
|
SMS
Strategic Missile System |
|
SMS
Suspended Manoeuvring System |
|
SMSCRC
Standard Multi-user Small Computer Requirements Contract |
|
SMT
Static, Mobile or Transportable |
|
SMT
Surface Mount Technology |
|
SMTC
Space & Missiles Test Center (USAF) |
|
SMTD
STOL / Manoeuvring Technology Demonstrator |
|
SMTD
Submarine Torpedo Defence |
|
SMTI
Selective Moving-Target Indicator |
|
SMTN
Support Management Terminal Network (UK) |
|
SMTO
Space & Missile Test Organisation (USAF) |
|
SMUD
Stand-off Munitions Disrupter |
|
SMUTS
Submarine-Mounted Underwater Tracking System |
|
SMW
Strategic Missile Wing |
|
Sn
Tin |
|
SNA
Surface Navy Association (USA) |
|
SNA
Sous-Marins d'Attaque. Nuclear attack submarines (France) |
|
SNA
Soviet Naval Aviation |
|
SNA
Systeme de Navigation et d'Attaque |
|
SNAKE
Supernatural Kinetic Enhancement |
|
SNAP
Shipboard Non-tactical ADP Program (US Navy) |
|
SNAP
Steerable Null Antenna Processor |
|
SNAP
Synchronous Numeric Array Processor |
|
SNAP
Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power |
|
SNAR
Stantsiya Nazemnoy Artilleriyskoy Razvedki. Artillery location radar
(Russia) |
|
SNAW
School of Naval Air Warfare (UK) |
|
SNC
Supreme National Council (Cambodia) |
|
SNC
Standard Navigation Computer |
|
SNCO
Senior Non-Commissioned Officer (UK) |
|
SNCOA
Senior Non-commissioned Officer Academy |
|
SNDV
Strategic Nuclear Delivery Vehicle |
|
SNEP-C
Saudi Naval Expansion Programme, Communications |
|
SNF
Somali National Front |
|
SNF
Short-range Nuclear Force |
|
SNFC
Standing Naval Force, Channel (NATO) |
|
SNFL
Standing Naval Force Atlantic (NATO) |
|
SNI
Sound-to-Noise ratio Improvement |
|
SNIP
Signal Net Information & Position reporting |
|
SNLC
Senior NATO Logisticians Conference |
|
SNLE
Sous-marines Nucleaire Lanceur d'Engins balistique. Nuclear-powered
ballistic missile submarine (France) |
|
SNLV
Strategic Nuclear Launch Vehicle |
|
SNM
Somalia National Movement |
|
SNM
Special Nuclear Material |
|
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol |
|
SNO
Senior Nursing Officer |
|
SNO
Staff Navigating Officer |
|
SNO(A)
Senior Naval Officer (Afloat) |
|
SNOE
Smart Noise Equipment (USA) |
|
SNORT
Supersonic Naval Ordnance Rocket Track |
|
SNORUN
Snow on the Runway |
|
SNPE
Societe Nationale des Poudres et Explosifs (France) |
|
SNPM
Standard & Nuclear Propulsion Module |
|
SNPO
Space Nuclear Propulsion Office (USA) |
|
SNR
Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
|
SNR
Senior National Representative |
|
SNS
Secure / Shared Network Server |
|
SNS
Secure Network Server |
|
SNS
Sniper's Night Sight |
|
SNSC
Supreme National Security Council (Iran) |
|
SNSG
Survey North Seeking Gyro |
|
SNTI
Systeme Numerise de Transmissions Interieures (France) |
|
SNVS
Stabilised Night-Vision Equipment |
|
SO
Senior Officer |
|
SO
Signal Officer |
|
SO
Staff Officer |
|
SO Eng
Staff Officer in charge of Engineering |
|
SO in C
Signal Officer-in-Chief (UK) |
|
SO(Air)
Staff Officer Air |
|
SO(S)
Supply Officer (Stores) (UK) |
|
SOA
Somalia Democratic Front |
|
SOA
Separate Operating Agency |
|
SOA
Special Operations Aircraft / Aviation |
|
SOA
Speed Of Advance |
|
SOA
Staff Officer in charge of Administration |
|
SOACMS
Special Operations Aviation Combat Mission Simulator (US Army) |
|
SOAF
Sultan of Oman's Air Force |
|
SOAP
Spectrometric Oil Analysis Program (USA) |
|
SOAR
Special Operations Aviation Regiment (USA) |
|
SOAR
Safe Operating Area |
|
SOARG
Squadron Operations Automation Review Group |
|
SOARS
Satellite Onboard Attack Warning System |
|
SOAS
Submarine Operational Automation System |
|
SOBIC
Shore-Based Intelligence Centre |
|
SOC
Special Operations Command (USA) |
|
SOC
Sector Operations Centre |
|
SOC
Struck Off Charge (UK) |
|
SOC
Sparton of Canada Ltd |
|
SOC
Satellite Operations Centre |
|
SOC
Sector Operations Centre |
|
SOC
Special Operations Capable |
|
SOC
Special Operations Craft |
|
SOC
Standard Obstacle Course |
|
SOC
System Operational Concept |
|
SoCal
Southern California International Consulting Company (USA) |
|
SOCAT
Anti-tank optronic, search and combat.
Upgrade for Romanian Puma Helicopters |
|
SOCC
Sector Operations Control Centre (Canada) |
|
SOCCE
Special Operations Contingency Communications Element |
|
SOCCEN
Special Operations Command, Central Command (USA) |
|
SOCE
School of Combat Engineers (Singapore) |
|
SOCEX
Special Operations Capable Exercise (USA) |
|
SOCOM
Special Operations Command (USA) |
|
SOCOM
Solar Optical Communications System |
|
SOCRATES
Special Operations Command Research, Analysis & Target Evaluation System |
|
SOCUS
South Continental US |
|
SODA
System for Observation & artillery Data Acquisition |
|
SODEPAX
Committee on Society, Development & Peace |
|
SODERN
Societe Anonyme d'Etudes et Realisations Nucleaires (France) |
|
SOE
Special Operation Executive (UK, defunct) |
|
SOF
Special Operations Forces |
|
SOF
Stand-Off Flare |
|
SOF
Strategic Offensive Forces |
|
SOF
Supervisor Of Flying |
|
SOFA
Status Of Forces Agreement (Cancelled by Philippines government in
December 1996. See VFA) |
|
SOFAG
Special-Operations Force Assistance Group |
|
SOFAR
Sound Ocean Fixing And Ranging |
|
SOFATS
Special Operations Forces Aircrew Training System |
|
SOFI
SOF Improvement |
|
SOFLAM
Special Operations Forces Laser Marker |
|
SOFPARS
Special Operations Force Planning And Rehearsal System |
|
SOFRESA
Societe Francaise d'Exportation de Systemes d'Armes (France) |
|
SOG
Special Operations Group (USA) |
|
SOGEPA
Societe de Gestion de Participation Aeronautiques (France) |
|
SOI
Signal Operation Instruction |
|
SOI
Signal-Of-Interest |
|
SOI
Space Object Identification |
|
SOI/SOS
Silicon-On-Insulator / Silicon-On-Sapphire |
|
SOIC
Space Operational Intelligence Center (USA) |
|
SOID
Shipboard Ordnance Infra-red Decoy |
|
SOinC(A)
Signal Officer-in-Chief (Army) (UK) |
|
SOJ
Stand-Off Jamming |
|
SOL
Sick On Leave |
|
Solar HAPP
Solar High-Altitude Powered Platform |
|
SOLAS
Safety Of Life At Sea |
|
SOLCA
Special Operation Liaison Communications Assemblage |
|
SOLIC
Special Operations & Low Intensity Conflict (Symposium & Exhibition) |
|
SOLL
Special Operations, Lo-Level |
|
SOM
Senior Officials' Meeting (ASEAN) |
|
SOM
Standard Operations Manual |
|
SOM
Search-on-the-Move |
|
SOMSS
Submarine Offboard Mine Search System (US Navy) |
|
SON
Statement of Operational Need |
|
SONAR
Sound Navigation And Ranging |
|
SOO
Staff Operations Officer |
|
SOO
Standard Operational Orders |
|
SOON
Solar-Obsevatory Optical Network (USAF) |
|
SOOS
Stacked-Oscar-On-Scout communications satellite (USA) |
|
SOP
Special / Standard Operational Procedure |
|
SOP
Submarine Operational Programme |
|
SOR
Set-On Receiver |
|
SOR
Silicon On Sapphire |
|
SOR
Specific Operational Requirement |
|
SOR
State Of Readiness |
|
SOR
Struck Off Records |
|
SORAO
Sottosistema di Sorveglianza ed Acquisizione Obiettivi (Italy) |
|
SORAS
Sound Ranging System |
|
SORDAC
Special Operations Research, Development & Acquisition Center (USA) |
|
SORS
Senior Officer Reserve Ships |
|
SORT
Simulated Optical Range Tester |
|
SORTS
Status Of Resources & Training System |
|
SORTS
Support of Readiness Test Series |
|
SOS
Special Operations Squadron (USAF) |
|
SOS
Sapphire On Silicon |
|
SOS
Save Our Souls. Distress signal |
|
SOS
Sick On Shore |
|
SOS
Stabilised Optical Sight |
|
SOSB
System Operating & Support Branch (NATO) |
|
SOSUS
Sound Surveillance System |
|
SOTAS
Stand-Off Target Acquisition System |
|
SOTD
Stabilised Optical Tracking Device |
|
SOTG
Special Operations Training Group (USAF) |
|
SOU 71
Special Operations Unit 71 (Jordan) |
|
SOUT
Support of Underground Test |
|
SOUTHCOM
Southern Command (US) |
|
SOV
Simulated Operational Vehicle |
|
SOV
Special Operations Vehicle |
|
SOV
Space Operations Vehicle (US Space Command) |
|
SOVMEDRON
Soviet Mediterranean Squadron (defunct) |
|
SOW
Special Operations Wing |
|
SOW
Stand-Off Weapon |
|
SOW
Statement Of Work |
|
SOWT
Special Operations Weather Team |
|
SP
Shore Patrol (USA) |
|
SP
Civil aircraft marking (Poland) |
|
SP
Security Police |
|
SP
Self-Propelled |
|
SP
Single-Phase |
|
SP
Smart Procurement (UK MoD) |
|
SP
Spain (NATO country code) |
|
SP
Spare Part |
|
SP
Spotting round |
|
SP
Stabilised Platform |
|
SP
Start Point |
|
SP
Static Pressure |
|
Sp
Support |
|
SP/ADS
Self-Protection / Air Defence Suppression System |
|
SpA
Societa per Azioni (Italy) |
|
SPA
Special Purpose Aircraft |
|
SPAAG
Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun |
|
SPAAG/M
Self Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun/Missile |
|
SPAAM
Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Missile |
|
SPACC
Space Control Center (USSPACECOM) |
|
SPACECOM
Space Command (USAF) |
|
SPAD
Signal Processing And Display sonar |
|
SPADAT
Space Detection And Tracking |
|
SPADATS
Space Detection And Tracking System (USA) |
|
SPADCCS
Space Defense Command And Control System (USA) |
|
SPADE
Space Acquisitions Defence Experiment |
|
SPADES
SURTASS Passive / Active Detection Enhancement System |
|
SPADOC
Space Defense Operations Center (USA) |
|
SPAG
Self-Propelled Assault Gun |
|
SPAI
Slaved Phased Array Illuminator |
|
SPAL
Simulator Projectile Airburst Liquid |
|
SPAN
Stored Programme Alphanumeric |
|
SPANNER
Special Analysis of Net Radio (USA) |
|
SPAR
Seagoing Platform for Acoustic Research |
|
SPAR
Solid-state Phased-Array Radar |
|
SPARC
Space Air Relay Communications |
|
SPARK
Solid Propellant Advanced Ramjet Kinetic energy missile |
|
SPARS
Space Precision Attitude Reference System |
|
SPARTA
Special Anti-missile Research Tests, Australia (USA) |
|
SPAS
Security Police Automated System |
|
SPAS
Shuttle Pallet Satellite |
|
SPASM
Self-Propelled Air-to-Surface Missile |
|
SPASUR
Space Surveillance |
|
SPASYN
Space Synchro |
|
SPAT
Self-Propelled Acoustic Target |
|
SPATG
Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Gun |
|
SPAW
Self-Propelled Artillery Weapon |
|
SPAWAR
Space & Naval Warfare Systems Command (USA) |
|
SPAWARSYSCOM
Space & naval Warfare Systems Command (US Navy) |
|
SPB
Systems Policy Branch (NATO) |
|
SPB
Section Personnel Bridge |
|
SPBA
Silent Partner Body Armor, Inc.
(USA) |
|
SPC
Special Projects Co-ordination (UK) |
|
SPC
Statistical Process Control |
|
SPC
Stored Program Control |
|
SPC
Synthetic Particulated Chaff |
|
SPCD
Space Communications Division (USAF) |
|
SPD
System Program Director (USA) |
|
SPD
Solicitation Process Document (US DoD) |
|
SPDC
Spare Parts Distribution Centre |
|
SPEC
Software Productivity Enhancement Center (USA) |
|
SPEC
Security Police Elements for Contingency |
|
SPEC
South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation |
|
spec
Specification |
|
SPECOPS
Special operations force of Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais (Brazilian Marines) |
|
SPECWARCOM
US Navy Special Warfare Command |
|
SPED
Supersonic Planetary Entry Decelerator |
|
SPEES
Systeme Pour l'Elevation de l'Endommagement Structural (France) |
|
SPEL
Sociedade Portuguesa de Explosivos SA |
|
SPER
Strategic Planning Executive Review |
|
SPERT
Simplified Programme Evaluation & Review Technique |
|
SPET
Solid Propellant Electrical Thruster |
|
SPETC
Solid Propellant Electrothermal-Chemical |
|
SPEW
Small Platform Electronic Warfare system |
|
SPEWS
Self-Protection EW Suite |
|
SPF
Special Purpose Force |
|
SPF
Strategic Projection Forces |
|
SPF/DB
Superplastic-Forming / Diffusion-Bonding |
|
SPFMS
Sonar Performance Figure Measurement System (Canada) |
|
SPG
Self-Propelled Gun |
|
SPG
Special Patrol Group |
|
SPH
Self-Propelled Howitzer |
|
SPI
Suspension & Parts Industries Ltd (Israel) |
|
SPI
Secure Processing Interface |
|
SPI
Special Position Identification pulse |
|
SPI
Surface Position Indicator |
|
SPIDER
Signaal Portable Infantry Digital Encrypted Radio (Netherlands) |
|
SPIE
Special Personnel Insertion & Extraction |
|
SPILS
Spin Prevention & Incidence Limiting System |
|
SPILS
Stall Protection & Incidence-Limiting System |
|
Spinsat
Special Purpose Inexpensive Satellite (US Navy) |
|
SPINTCOM
Special-Intelligence Communications |
|
SPIRE
Spatial & Spectral Infra-Red Experiment (USA) |
|
SPIRE
Skeletal Perspective Image |
|
SPIRE
Sight Periscopic InfraRed Equipment |
|
SPIRI2T
Stabilised Payload Infra-red Reconnaissance Image Intensifier Turret |
|
SPIRIT
Special Purpose Integrated Remote Intelligence Terminal |
|
SPIRIT
Spectral Infra-red Rocket-borne Interferometer Telescope |
|
SPIRTAS
Shipborne Passive Infra-red Target Acquisition (Israel) |
|
SPIW
Special Purpose Individual Weapon |
|
SPL
Self-Propelled Launcher |
|
SPLA
Sudanese People's Liberation Army |
|
SPM
Somali Patriotic Movement |
|
SPM
Self-Propelled Mortar |
|
SPMAGTF
Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (US Navy) |
|
SPNDS
Stabilised Panoramic Day/Night Sight |
|
SPN/GEANS
Standard Precision Navigator / Gimballed Electrically Aircraft Navigation
System |
|
SPO
System Program Office (USA) |
|
SPOD
Sea Port Of Debarkation |
|
SPOT
Speed, Position, Track |
|
SPP
Special Purpose Pistol |
|
SPPD
Signal Processor Package Design |
|
Spr
Sapper (British Army) |
|
SPR
Secure Packet Radio |
|
SPR
Simplified Practice Recommendation |
|
SPR
Solid-Propellant Rocket |
|
SPR
Special Programme Review |
|
SPRA
Special-Purpose Reconnaissance Aircraft |
|
SPRAA
Strategic Plans & Resource Analysis Agency (USA) |
|
SPRAG
Spray Arrester Gear |
|
SprHG
Sprengstoff Hand Granate. Hand grenade (Germany) |
|
SPRITE
Surveillance, Patrol, Reconnaissance, Intelligence-gathering,
Target-designation & Electronic warfare (UK) |
|
SPRITE
Signal Processing In The Element |
|
Sprl
Societe Privee a Responsabilite Limitee (Belgium) |
|
SPRN
Special Projects, Royal Navy |
|
SPS
Self-Protection Subsystem |
|
SPS
Simplified Processing Station |
|
SPS
Standard Positioning Service |
|
SP SAM
Self Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile |
|
SPSC
System Planning & System Control |
|
SPSDS
Shipboard Passive Surveillance & Detection System |
|
SPSM
Sensorgezundete Panzerabwehr Submunition (Germany) |
|
SPSO
Senior Personnel Staff Officer |
|
SPT
School of Physical Training |
|
SPT-B
Selectable-Performance Target, Ballistic |
|
SPU
Samokhodnaya Puskovaya Ustanovka (Russia) |
|
SPU
Signal Processing Unit |
|
SPUD
Solar Power Unit Demonstrator |
|
SPUR
Space Power Unit Reactor |
| SPW
Self-Protection Weapon |
