Acronyms: A

Acronym Name
ACO Associate Contracting Officer
ACO Office of Airports Compliance and Field Operations
ACP Audio control panel
ACR FAA Office of Civil Rights
ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program
ACS Active control system
ACS Aerial common sensor
ACS Audio control system
ACSEP Aircraft Certification Systems Evaluation Program
ACT Active
ACT William J. Hughes Technical Center
ACTC Airport traffic control towers
ACTD Advanced concept technology demonstration
ACU Aircraft communications system
ACU Antenna control unit
ACU Apron control unit
ACU Autopilot control unit
AD Airworthiness Directive
AD Airworthiness directive (FAA)
ADA Air Defense Area
ADA Air Defense Artillery
ADAHRS Air data attitude heading reference system
ADAP Airport Development Aid Program
ADAS AWOS Data Acquisition System
ADAS Automated weather observing system data acquisition system
ADB Airport database
ADC Air Defense Command
ADC Air data computer
ADC Analog to digital converter
ADCCP Advanced Data Communications Control Procedure
ADCUS Advise Customs
ADDA Administrative Data
ADDS Aviation Digital Data Service
ADE Application development engineer
ADF Automatic Direction Finder
ADF Automatic direction finding
ADG Air-driven generator
ADG Airplane Design Group
ADI Attitude director indicator
ADI Automatic De-Ice and Inhibitor
ADIC ATS Interfacility Data Communications
ADIN AUTODIN Service
ADIP Airport Data and Information Portal
ADIRS Air data inertial reference system
ADIRU Air data inertial reference unit
ADIZ Air Defense Identification Zone
ADL Aeronautical Data-Link
ADL Aeronautical data link
ADLO Air Defense Liaison Office
ADLP Airborne data link protocol
ADLP Aircraft data link processor (Mode S)
ADLY Arrival Delay
ADM Aeronautical Decision Making
ADM Air data module
ADMS Airline data management system
ADN Aircraft data network
ADO Airline dispatch office
ADO Airport district office
ADP Air driven pump
ADP Automated Data Processing
ADR Accumulated Delta range
ADR Accumulated Doppler range
ADR Address
ADR Advanced Data Research
ADR Alternative dispute resolution
ADRAS Airplane data recovery and analysis system
ADS Air data system
ADS Automated Distribution System
ADS Automatic dependent surveillance
ADS-A ADS-addressed
ADS-A ADS-automation
ADS-B ADS-broadcast
ADS-B Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
ADS-C ADS-contract
ADS-R ADS-rebroadcast
ADSEL Address selective
ADSIM Airfield Delay Simulation Model
ADSP Automatic dependent surveillance panel
ADSSG ADS Study Group (ICAO)
ADSU Automatic dependent surveillance unit
ADSY Administrative Equipment Systems
ADT Air data tester
ADTN Administrative Data Transmission Network
ADTN2000 Administrative Data Transmission Network 2000
ADVO Administrative Voice
AEA Aircraft Electronics Association
AEA Eastern Region
AEB Aerial Exploitation Battalion
AECU Audio electronic control unit
AED Aircraft Evaluation Division
AED Automated External Defibrillator
AED Automated engineering design
AEDT Aviation Environmental Design Tool
AEE FAA Office of Environment and Energy
AEE Office of Environment & Energy (FAA)
AEEC Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee
AEEC Formerly Airlines Electronic EngiĀ­neering Committee (ARINC)
AEO All engines operative
AEP ARINC engineering practices
AEP Audio entertainment player

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