Aerospace Acronym and Abbreviation Guide

The Avionics Aerospace Acronym and Abbreviation Guide

December 2010

Avionics proudly presents the fifth edition of our biennial Aerospace Acronym and Abbreviation Guide. Updated with the latest terms from the magazine’s pages, this comprehensive guide has grown to more than 3,000 civil and military acronyms.

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  •   kA kilo amperes
  • KARI Korea Aerospace Research Insti­tute
  • KB kilobytes (thousand bytes)
  • KBITS kilobits
  • Kbps kilobits per second
  • Kgls kinematic GPS landing system
  • KHz kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
  • KIAS knots indicated airspeed
  • KPS KB per second
  • KT knot
  • KTS knots
  • KVA kilovolt-ampere
  • KW kilowatt