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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- WAAS wide area augmentation system
- WACS wireless airport communication system
- WADGPS wide area differential GPS
- WAFC world area forecast center
- WAM wide area multilateration
- WAN wide area network
- WARC World Administrative Radio Conference
- WARP weather and radar processor
- WAS wide area search
- WASP wireless access service point
- WATRS west Atlantic route structure
- WBS weight balance system
- WBS work breakdown structure
- WC waypoint capture
- WDM wavelength division multiplexed
- WDM LAN wavelength division multiplexed local area network
- WG working group (EUROCAE)
- Wi-Fi wireless fidelity
- WGS world geodetic system
- Wilco will comply
- WIN-T Warfighter Information Network
- WINN Weather Information Network
- WIP wide area augmentation system integrity panel
- WIPPS wide-body integrated platform protection system
- WJHTC William J. Hughes Technical Center (FAA)
- WLG wireless ground-link
- WMO World Meteorological Organization
- WMSCR weather message switching center replacement
- WNW wideband networking waveform
- WORM write-once/read many (optical disk technology)
- WP work procedure
- WPR waypoint position report
- WPT waypoint
- WQAR wireless quick access recorder
- WRC World Radiocommunication Conference
- WS windshear
- WSDDM weather support for deicing decision-making
- WSR weather surveillance radar
- WTMA Wake Turbulence Mitigation for Arrivals
- WTMD Wake Turbulence Mitigation for Departures
- WWG wireless working group
- WWW/E who, what, where/performance evaluation (RTCA)
- WX weather
- WXR weather radar