Acronyms & Abbreviations List
The following is a list of acronyms and abbreviations commonly used in UAV Navigation documentation. Links are provided to help with understanding some of the more obscure acronyms.
|
Acronym / Abbr |
Meaning |
|
ADS |
Air Data System |
|
AGL |
Above Ground Level |
|
AHRS |
Attitude and Heading Reference System |
|
ADAHRS |
Air Data & Attitude and Heading Reference System |
|
AP |
Autonomous Flight Control Unit |
|
ALT |
Altitude |
|
ASL |
Above Sea Level |
|
ATP |
Acceptance Test Procedure (or Protocol) |
|
ATR |
Acceptance Test Result |
|
BeiDou |
Chinese Navigation Satellite System |
|
BIT |
|
|
BOB |
Breakout Board |
|
Comms |
Communications |
|
Config |
Configuration |
|
CAS |
Control Augmentation System |
|
CBIT |
|
|
CDR |
|
|
CDRL |
|
|
CMP |
|
|
COC |
Certificate Of Conformity |
|
CoG |
Center of Gravity |
|
DGPS |
Differential GPS |
|
DEM |
Digital Elevation Model |
|
DTED |
Digital Terrain Elevation Data |
|
ECP |
Engineering Change Proposal |
|
ECU |
Engine Control Unit |
|
EDM |
Engineering Demonstration Model |
|
EMC |
Electromagnetic Compatibility |
|
EMI |
Electromagnetic Interference |
|
EFIS |
Electronic Flight Instrument System |
|
ESC |
Electronic Speed Controller |
|
ESS |
|
|
FCS |
Flight Control System |
|
FMECA |
|
|
FPGA |
|
|
FPM |
Flight Plan Management |
|
FRACAS |
|
|
FTS |
Flight Termination System |
|
Galileo |
European Global Navigation Satellite System |
|
GCS |
Ground Control Station |
|
GLONASS |
Globalnaya Navigazionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema/Russian Global Navigation Satellite System |
|
GNSS |
Global Navigation Satellite System |
|
GPIO |
General Purpose In/Out |
|
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
|
GS |
Ground Speed |
|
GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
|
HASS |
|
|
Heli |
Helicopter |
|
HI |
HardIron Vector |
|
HITL |
Hardware In The Loop |
|
HOD |
Head Of Department |
|
HSI |
Horizontal Situation Indicator |
|
HSP |
Designation for High Speed Dynamic Pressure Sensor |
|
HW |
Hardware |
|
IAS |
Indicated Air Speed |
|
ICD |
Interface Control Document |
|
IDD |
Interface Design Document |
|
I/O |
Input / Output |
|
IMU |
Inertial Measurement Unit |
|
kn |
Knot |
|
LAT |
Latitude |
|
LON |
Longitude |
|
LRU |
|
|
LSP |
Designation for Low Speed Dynamic Pressure Sensor |
|
LUT |
Look Up Table |
|
Mag |
Magnetometer |
|
MEMS |
Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems |
|
MTOW |
Maximum Take-Off Weight |
|
NaN |
Not a Number |
|
NAV |
Navigation |
|
NMEA |
National Marine Electronics Association |
|
NOAA |
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration |
|
NSP |
Designation for Normal Speed Dynamic Pressure Sensor |
|
NVM |
|
|
OSHA |
Operating and Support Hazard Analysis |
|
p |
Body Angular Rate Along Roll Axis |
|
PDOP |
Positional Dilution Of Precision |
|
PDR |
|
|
PFD |
Primary Flight Display |
|
PID |
Proportional Integral Derivative |
|
PIO |
Pilot Induced Oscillation |
|
POD |
|
|
PPR |
Program Progress Report |
|
PPS |
Pulses Per Second Signal |
|
PN (or P/N, p/n) |
Part Number |
|
PMR |
Project Management Review |
|
PS |
Static Pressure |
|
PTZ |
Pan Tilt and Zoom (with reference to cameras) |
|
PWM |
Pulse Width Modulation |
|
PWR |
Power Supply |
|
q |
Body Angular Rate Along Pitch Axis |
|
QA |
|
|
QD |
Dynamic Pressure |
|
QMS |
Quality Management System |
|
QTP |
Quality Test Procedures |
|
QZSS |
Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (Japanese GPS Augmentation Navigation System) |
|
r |
Body Angular Rate Along Yaw Axis |
|
RAMS |
|
|
RC |
Radio Control |
|
RPAS |
Remotely Piloted Aircraft System |
|
RPM |
Revolutions Per Minute |
|
RTK |
Real Time Kinematic Navigation |
|
RTOS |
Real Time Operating System |
|
SAS |
Stability Augmentation System |
|
SCDR |
|
|
SCMP |
|
|
SDD |
|
|
SDK |
Software Development Kit |
|
SDP |
Software Development Plan |
|
SHA |
Safety Hazard Analysis |
|
SI |
SoftIron Matrix |
|
SOF |
Safety Of Flight (i.e. environmental testing) |
|
SN |
Serial Number |
|
SRTM |
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission |
|
SSHA |
Sub-System Hazard Analysis |
|
SSR |
Software Specification Review |
|
STD |
Software Test Document |
|
STP |
Software Test Plan |
|
STR |
Software Test Report |
|
SW |
Software |
|
TAS |
True Air Speed |
|
TC |
Telecommand |
|
TDP |
Technical Data Package |
|
Temp |
Temperature |
|
TM |
Telemetry |
|
TRR |
|
|
TSIP |
Trimble Serial Interface Protocol |
|
UART |
Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter |
|
UAV |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
|
UAVN |
UAV Navigation |
|
UTOOLS |
User Tools Software Designation |
|
VDD |
Version Description Document |
|
WOW |
Weight On Wheels |
|
WP |
Waypoint |
|
XPDR |
Transponder |
|
XSP |
Designation for Extra Low Speed Dynamic Pressure Sensor |
|
XTD |
Cross-Track Error |
|
XTV |
Cross-Track Velocity |
UAVN File Extensions
|
File Extension |
Description |
|
.ECFG |
Gains Panel Layout File. It defines the appearance of the Gains Panel (buttons, gains values...) |
|
.ECT |
Config Tool Layout File. It defines the appearance of the Config Tool (tabs, buttons, parameters...)
|
|
.ESG |
Simulator Model File. It defines the aircraft model for the SIL simulator. |
|
.FCSX |
Gains File. It contains the gains value. |
|
.XML |
Autopilot Configuration File
|