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Abbreviations and Acronyms used on the EEC Web Site

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A   
A-SMGCS

Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System

ACARE

Advisary Council for Aeronautical Research in Europe

ACAS

Airborne Collision Avoidance System

ACE

ATM and CNS System Engineering (an EEC Centre of Expertise)

ACE (2)

AVENUE-compliant ESCAPE

ADS

Automatic Dependent Surveillance

AECMA

Association Européenne des Constructeurs de Matériel Aérospatial (European Association of Aerospace Industries)

ANSP

Air Navigation Service Provider

APT

Airport Throughput (an EEC Research Area)

ARDEP

Analysis of Research and Development in European Programmes

ASAS

Airborne Separation Assurance System

ATC

Air Traffic Control

ATCO

Air Traffic Controller

ATFM

Air Traffic Flow Management

ATM

Air Traffic Management

ATN

Aeronautical Telecommunication Network

AVENUE

ATM Validation Environment for use Towards EATMS

Airport CDM

Airport Collaborative Decision Making

B   
BADA

Base of Aircraft Data

C   
CAATS

Cooperative Approach to Air Traffic Services

CAMES

Co-operative ATM Measures for a European Single Sky

CARE

Co-operative Actions of R&D in EUROCONTROL

CDM

Collaborative Decision Making

CEATS

Central European Air Traffic Services

CNS

Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance

COCA

Complexity and Capacity Analysis

CRDS

CEATS Research and Development Simulation Centre

CREDOS

Crosswind Reduced Departure Separations

CoE

Centre of Expertise

D   
DAI

Development and Integration (an EEC Centre of Expertise)

DFS

Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH

DLR

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center)

dstl

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

E   
EATM

EUROCONTROL Programme for Performance Enhancement in European Air Traffic Management

   
  The EATM web site
EATRADA

European ATM Research And Development Association

EC

European Commission

ECHOES

EUROCONTROL - Consolidation of HMI for Operations, Evaluations and Simulations

EEC

EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre

EFQM

European Foundation for Quality Management

EMMA

European Airport Movement Management by A-SMGCS

ENAV

Ente Nazionale per l'Assistenza al Volo (Italian Company for Air Navigation Services)

ENV KPI

Environment Key Performance Indicators

ESARR

EUROCONTROL Safety Regulatory Requirements

EUROCONTROL

European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

F   
FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FAP

Future ATM Profile

FIP

Finance, Infrastructure, Information and People

FTS

Fast-time Simulation

G   
GAES

Global Aviation Emissions Studies

GNSS

Global Navigation Satellite System

GTG

Gate-to-Gate

H   
HADES

Help Tool for Airspace Design

HMI

Human Machine Interface

I   
IANS

Institute of Air Navigation Services

ICAS

International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

ICRAT

International Conference on Research in Air Transportation

INO

Innovative Research (an EEC Research Area)

J   
JISSA

Joint International Symposium on Sensors and Systems for Airport Surveillance

JPB

Joint Programme Board

K   
KPI

Key Performance Indicator

M   
MAEVA

Master ATM European Validation Plan

   
  MAEVA
MASS

Multi-aircraft Simplified Simulator

N   
NCD

Network Capacity and Demand Management (an EEC Research Area)

O   
OASIS

Open Architecture for Simulation Systems

OATA

Overall ATM/CNS Target Architecture

OCVM

Operational Concept Validation Methodology

OCVSD

Operational Concept Validation Strategy Document

OPS

Operational Services (an EEC Centre of Expertise)

OPTIMAL

Optimised Procedures and Techniques for Improvement of Approach and Landing

P   
PROVE

European ATC Pre-operational Validation and Experimental Trial

PWP

Pilot Working Position

R   
R&D

Research and Development

RIANNA

Research into Improving Aircraft Noise Nuisance Assessment

RTS

Real-time Simulation

S   
SAFMOD

Safety Modelling

SAGE

the Safety Awareness Group at the EEC

SAM

Safety Assessment Methodology

SAND

Safety Assessment of New Designs

SAS

Safety, Analysis, and Scientific (an EEC Centre of Expertise)

SEE

Society, Environment, Economics (an EEC Research Area)

SESAR

Single European Sky ATM Research in Air Transportation

SFM

Simulation Facility Management (an EEC Centre of Expertise)

SICTA

Sistemi Innovativi per il Controllo del Traffico Aereo (Advanced Systems for Air Traffic Control

SMGCS

Surface Movement Guidance and Control System

SPF

Strategic Performance Framework

SRA

Strategic Research Agenda

SRDP

Safety Research and Development Plan

SSAP

Strategic Safety Action Plan

SSP

Sector Safety and Productivity (an EEC Research Area)

SSRP

Strategic Safety Research Plan

STORIA

Software Tool for Online Recording and Interactive Analysis

SVC

System View Cell

T   
TALIS

Total Information Sharing for Pilot Situational Awareness

TOBT

Target Off Block Time

V   
VDR

Validation Data Repository

VGH

Validation Guideline Handbook