avionics
433 abbreviations
Abbreviation | Meaning | |
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ASU | Avionics switching unit | |
AT | Auto Throttle | |
ATC | Air traffic control | |
ATCRBS | Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System | |
ATCSS | Air traffic control signalling system | |
ATCT | Airport Traffic Control Tower | |
ATIS | Automated Terminal Information Service | |
ATSU | Air Traffic Services Unit | |
Avionics | Aviation electronics | |
BARO | Barometric indication, setting or pressure | |
BCRS | Back course | |
BDI | Bearing distance indicator | |
BGAN | Broadcast Global Area Network | |
BITE | Built-In Test Equipment | |
B RNAV | Basic area navigation | |
CAI | Caution annunciator indicator | |
CAS | Calibrated airspeed | |
CAT I | Operational performance Category 1 | |
CAT II | Operational performance Category II | |
CAT IIIa | Operational performance Category IIIa | |
CAT IIIb | Operational performance Category IIIb | |
CAT IIIc | Operational performance Category IIIc | |
CDA | Continuous descent approach | |
CDI | Course deviation indicator | |
CDTI | Cockpit display of traffic information | |
CFIT | Controlled flight into terrain | |
CNS | Communication, navigation, surveillance | |
CNS/ATM | Communication, navigation, surveillance/air traffic Management[1] | |
CODEC | Coder/decoder | |
COMM | Communications receiver | |
CPDLC | Controller–pilot data link communications | |
CPS | Cycles per second | |
CRT | Cathode ray tube | |
CTAF | Common traffic advisory frequency | |
CV/DFDR | Cockpit voice and digital flight data recorder | |
CVR | Cockpit voice recorder | |
CWS | Control wheel steering | |
DA | Drift angle | |
DAPs | Downlink of aircraft parameters | |
DCDU | Data link control and display unit | |
DG | Directional gyroscope | |
DGPS | Differential global positioning system | |
DH | Decision height | |
DLR | Data link recorder | |
DME | Distance measuring equipment | |
DNC | Direct noise canceling | |
DP | Departure procedures | |
DSP | Digital signal processing | |
DUAT | Direct user access terminal | |
DVE | Degraded Visual Environment |