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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  • B-NAV basic area navigation
  • BAMS Broad Area Maritime Surveillance
  • BBML broadband multi-link
  • BCD binary code decimal
  • BCT Brigade Combat Team (U.S. Army)
  • BCTM Brigade Combat Team Modernization (U.S. Army)
  • BDA battle damage assessment
  • BDA bomb damage assessment
  • 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
  • BEP back-end processor
  • BEPMS BEP management system
  • BER bit error rate
  • BFE buyer furnished equipment
  • BFO beat frequency oscillator
  • 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
  • Bi-SC Bi-Strategic Command
  • BiG bilingual ground station (ACARS and VDL Mode 2)
  • BIH Bureau l’International de l’Heure
  • BIS boundary intermediate system
  • BISMS BIS management system
  • BIST built-in self-test
  • BiSync binary synchronous control
  • BIT built-in test
  • Bit binary digit
  • BITE built-in test equipment
  • BIU bus interface unit
  • BLK block/black
  • BLI budget line item
  • BLOS beyond line of sight
  • BMV brake metering valve
  • BNR binary
  • BNR binary numerical representation
  • BNS boundary notification system (squitters)
  • BOC binary offset carrier
  • BOC bottom of climb
  • BOP/COP bit-oriented protocol/character-oriented protocol
  • BP bite processor
  • BPCU bus power control unit
  • BPL broadband over powerlines
  • BPS bits per second
  • BPSK binary phase shift keying
  • BR basic regulation
  • BR bridge
  • BRG bearing
  • BRI basic rate interface
  • BRNAV basic area navigation
  • BRT brightness
  • BSG baseband signal generator
  • BSN backbone sub-network
  • BSC binary synchronous communication
  • BSCU brake system control unit
  • 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
  • BUFR binary universal form for commu­nication representation
  • BW bandwidth
  • BWAN BU wide area network