Acronyms: B

Acronym	Name
B-NAV	Basic area navigation
BA	Budget Analyst
BAASS	Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies
BAD	Budget Analysis Database
BAMS	Broad Area Maritime Surveillance
BANS	BRITE Alphanumeric System
BART	Billing Analysis Reporting Tool (GSA software tool)
BASIC	Basic Contract Observing Station
BASOP	Military Base Operations
BBML	Broadband multi-link
BBS	Bulletin Board System
BC	Back Course
BCA	Benefit/Cost Analysis
BCD	Binary code decimal
BCR	Benefit/Cost Ratio
BCT	Brigade Combat Team (U.S. Army)
BCTM	Brigade Combat Team Modernization (U.S. Army)
BDA	Battle damage assessment
BDA	Bomb damage assessment
BDAT	Digitized Beacon Data
BDMIS	Business data management and invoicing system
BDRVT	Bi-Diretional Remote Video Terminal
BDS	Comm-B designation subfield
BEA	Bureau d’Enquetes Accidents (French equivalent of NTSB)
BEBS	Best-equipped/best-served
BECMG	Becoming group
BEP	Back-end processor
BEPMS	BEP management system
BER	Bit error rate
BERMS	Beacon Environmental Remote Monitoring Subsystem
BFE	Buyer furnished equipment
BFO	Backfill Overtime
BFO	Beat frequency oscillator
BFO	Blazing Flash of the Obvious (DOD)
BFS	Broadband fiber source
BFT	Blue Force Tracking
BGARS	Basic general aviation research simulator
BGI	Bus grant inhibit
BGP	Border gateway protocol
BI	Burn-in
BIH	Bureau l’International de l’Heure
BIM	Building Information Modeling
BIP	Backup Interface Processor
BIS	Boundary intermediate system
BISMS	BIS management system
BIST	Built-in self-test
BIT	Built-in test
BITE	Built-in test equipment
BIU	Bus interface unit
BLI	Budget line item
BLK	Block/black
BLOS	Beyond line of sight
BMP	Best Management Practices
BMV	Brake metering valve
BNR	Binary
BNR	Binary numerical representation
BNS	Boundary notification system (squitters)
BOC	Bell Operating Company
BOC	Binary offset carrier
BOC	Bottom of climb
BOD	Beneficial Occupancy Date
BOP/COP	Bit-oriented protocol/character-oriented protocol
BP	Bite processor
BP	Business Plan
BPB	Business Plan Builder
BPCU	Bus power control unit
BPL	Broadband over powerlines
BPSK	Binary phase shift keying
BR	Basic regulation
BR	Bridge
BRG	Bearing
BRI	Basic rate interface
BRITE	Bright Radar Indicator Terminal Equipment
BRITE	Bright Radar Indicator Tower Equipment
BRL	Building Restriction Line
BRNAV	Basic area navigation
BRT	Brightness
BSC	Binary synchronous communication
BSCU	Brake system control unit
BSG	Baseband signal generator
BSN	Backbone sub-network
BSP	Board support package
BSU	Beam steering unit
BSU	Bypass switch unit
BTB	Bus tie breaker
BTMU	Brake temperature monitor unit
BU	Backup
BUEC	BU emergency communications
BUEC	Back-- up Emergency Communications
BUEC	Back-up Emergency Communications
BUECE	Back-- up Emergency Communications Equipment
BUECE	Back-up Emergency Communications Equipment
BUFR	Binary universal form for communication representation
BVLOS	Beyond Visual Line of Sight
BW	Bandwidth
BWAN	BU wide area network
Bi-SC	Bi-Strategic Command
BiG	Bilingual ground station (ACARS and VDL Mode 2)
BiSync	Binary synchronous control
Bit	Binary digit

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Acronyms: B