Glossary of acronyms used by Forward Edge-AI.

Acronym

ABMS

Advanced Battle Management System

ACE

Agile Combat Employment

AFGSC

Air Force Global Strike Command

AFPET

Air Force Petroleum Office

AFSO

Assistant Facility Security Officer

AFSOC

Air Force Special Operations Command

AFWERX

Air Force Work Project

AI

Artificial Intelligence

AI/ML

Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning

AMOW

Air Mobility Operations Wing

ARIS

Architecture Integrated Information System

ASME

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASTM

American Society for Testing Materials

ATAK

Android Tactical Assault Kit

ATO

Authority to Operate

AVATAR

Artificial Intelligence Validation & Assessment Tool-Autonomous Remedy

AVCDID

Aviation Capability Development and Integration Directorate (Army)

BMA

Business Mission Area

BOA

Board of Advisors

BOD

Board of Directors

BOM

Bill of Material

BPA

Blanket Purchase Agreement

CBA

Cost Benefit Analysis

CoE

Center of Excellence

C2

Command and Control

C3

Communication, Control, and Communications

C3BM

Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management

C5ISR

Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

C6ISR

Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber-defense and Combat systems and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

CCR

Company Commercialization Report

CDAO

Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Office

CDR

Critical Design Review

CDRR

Critical Design Review Report

CFIUS

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

CFO

Chief Financial Officer

CFU

Colony Forming Unit

CI/CD

Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment

CIO

Chief Information Officer

CISA

Counterintelligence Security Agent

CISO

Chief Information Security Officer

CLIN

Contract Line Item Number

CM

Customer Memorandum

CMMC

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification

CNN

Convolutional Neural Network

CO

Contracting Officer (Air Force)

COB

Close of Business

CoE

Center of Excellence

COMSEC

Communication Security

CONOPS

Concept of Operations

CONUS

Continental US

ConvLSTM

Hybrid CNN Long Short-Term Memory

COO

Chief Operations Officer

COTS

Commercial off the Shelf

CPFF

Cost Plus Firm Fixed (Price)

CRADA

Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

CS

Contracting Specialist (Air Force / Navy)

CTO

Chief Technology Officer

CUI

Controlled Unclassified Information

D2P2

Direct to Phase II (SBIR)

DACH

Digital Assets Collaboration Hub

DAF

Department of the Air Force

DAO

Decentralized Autonomous Organization

Decentralized Autonomous Organization Collaboration Hub

DBS

Defense Business Systems

DCSA

Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

DevSecOps

Development, Security, and Operations

DFARS

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

DHS

Department of Homeland Security

DIA

Defense Intelligence Agency

DISA

Defense Information Systems Agency

DISS

Defense Information System of Security

DIU

Defense Innovation Unit

DL

Deep Learning

DLA

Defense Logistics Agency

DLT

Distributed Ledger Technology

DoD

Department of Defense

DOL

Department of Labor

DON

Department of the Navy

DRL

Deep Reinforcement Learning

DSaC

Distributed Sensing and Communications

D2P

Direct to Phase II (SBIR)

D2P2

Direct to Phase II (SBIR)

DUNS (Number)

Data Universal Numbering System

EaaS

Encryption as a Service

ECD

Estimated completion date

EOD

End of day

Enter of Duty

EPA

Enterprise Process Automation

ETA

Estimate Time of Arrival

EVP

Executive Vice President

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FAME

Fatty Acid Methyl Ester

FAR

Federal Acquisition Regulation

FCL

Facility Clearance

FEAI

Forward Edge Artificial Intelligence

FEDRAMP

Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FFP

Firm Fixed Price

FL

Federated Learning

FPGA

Field Programmable Gate Arrays

FSO

Facility Security Officer

GAAP

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

GAI

Generative AI

GAO

General Accounting Office

GAT

Government Acceptance Test

GBL

Global Blocklist

GCA

Government Contract Agency

GSA

General Services Administration

GUI

Graphical User Interface

HR

Human Resources

IAW

In Accordance With

ICAM

Identity, Credential, and Access Management

ICBM

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

ICS-SCADA

Industrial Control System-Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

IIEAC

Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Advisory Committee

ILS

Instrument Landing System

Interlaboratory Study

IP

Intellectual Property

IPM

Investment Planning and Management

ISR

Industrial Security Representative

IT

Information Technology

ITPSO

Insider Threat Program Security Officer

JAIC

Joint Artificial Intelligence Center

JDAC2

Joint All-Domain Command and Control

KO

Contracting Officer (Army)

KPI

Key Performance Indicator

KS

Contracting Specialist (Army)

LECS

Legal, Equitable, Customer-Focused, Scalable

LoS

Letter of Support

LPD/LPI

Low Probability of Detection/Low Probability of Interception

LSTM

Long Short-Term Memory

LTRS

Launch and Test Range System

MAA

Months After Award

MIMO

Multiple Input Multiple Output

MIRF

Mission Focused, Innovative, Responsive, Flexible

ML

Machine Learning

MOSA

Modular Open Systems Approach

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MTBF

Mean Time Between Failure

MVP

Minimum Viable Product

NAVAIR

Naval Air Systems Command

NBIS

National Background InvestigationServices

NC3

Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications

NCAISS

National Central Access Information Security System

NDA

Non-Disclosure Agreement

NDF

National DigiFoundry

NIR

Near Infrared

NISP

National Industrial Security Program

NISS

National Industrial Security System

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIWC

Naval Information Warfare Center

NLP

Natural Language Processing

NLT

Not later Than

NSA

National Security Agency

NSCC

National Security Collaboration Center

NSF

National Science Foundation

NSIC

National Security Innovation Capital

NSTR

Nothing Significant to Report

OCONUS

Outside the Continental US

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

OPSEC

Operational Security

O-RAN

Open-Radio Access Network (standard)

PBES

Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System

PCL

Personnel Clearance

PCO

Primary Contracting Officer (Navy)

PDR

Preliminary Design Review

PDRR

Preliminary Design Review Report

PEO

Program Executive Office

PFU

Plaque Forming Unit

PI

Principal Investigator

PM

Program Manager

Project Manager

Personnel Misconduct

PMO

Program Management Office

PMP

Project Management Professional

PO

Purchase Order

POAM

Plan of Action & Milestones

PoC

Proof of Concept

POC

Point of Contact

PoLP

Principle of Least Privilege (POLP)

PoP

Period of Performance

PR

Product Release

Purchase Request

PWD

Preliminary Wage Determination

PWS

Performance Work Statement

QA

Quality Assurance

QCM

Quartz Crystal Microbalance

QMS

Quality Management System

QoS

Quality of Service

QuANET

Quantum Networks

R/R&D

Research/Research and Development

RAI

Responsible Artificial Intelligence

RD/T&E

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

RF

Radio Frequency

RNN

Recurrent Neural Network

ROI

Return on Investment

RPA

Robotic Process Automation

RTPD

Range and Training Programs Division

SAF

Secretary of the Air Force

SAF/MG

Secretary of the Air Force/ Management

SBIR

Small Business Innovation Research

SDR

Software Defined Radio

Software Defined Router

SEAD

Security Executive Agent Directive

SEAD-3

Security Executive Agent Directive 3

SERS

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

SHRM

Senior Human Resource Management

SHSU

Sam Houston State University

SMS

Short Message Service

SoC

System on Chip

SOCOM

Special Operations Command

SOP

Standard Operating Procedure

SOW

Statement of Work

STTR

Small Business Technology Transfer

sUAS

Small Unmanned Aerial System

T&M

Time and Materials

TA

Teaming Agreement

TACFI

Tactical Funding Increase

TAMUS

Texas A&M University System

TBM

Technology Business Management

TM

Trademark

TOM

Technical Operations Manual

TOPR

Task Order Proposal Request

TPOC

Technical Point of Contact

TRL

Technology Readiness Level

UAS

Unmanned Aerial System

UEI

Unique Entity Identifier

UI/UX

User Interface/User Experience

UIN

Unique Identification Number

URI

Uniform Resource Identifier

US

United States

USA

United States of America

US Army

USAF

United States Air Force

USMC

United States Marine Corps

USN

United States Navy

USSF

United States Space Force

USV

Uncrewed Surface Vessels

UTSA

University of Texas at San Antonio

UUV

Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles

VP

Vice President

WBS

Work Breakdown Structure