This appendix lists the acronyms and organizational abbreviations
used in the guidance document and their corresponding spelled out names. The appendix also
defines T&E terminology that is not defined elsewhere on FAST.
| AF |
airway facilities |
| AMS |
acquisition management system |
| APB |
acquisition program baseline |
| ARS |
Air Traffic System Requirements Service |
| ARTCC |
air route traffic control center |
| ASP |
acquisition strategy paper |
| AT |
air traffic |
| ATS TT |
Air Traffic Services Test Team |
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| CAI |
contract acceptance inspection |
| CCCH |
central computer complex host |
| CMTP |
Contractor Master Test Plan |
| COI |
critical operational issues |
| COTS |
commercial off-the-shelf |
| CPP |
critical performance parameter |
| CPU |
central processing unit |
| CSCI |
computer software configuration item |
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| DARC |
direct access radar channel |
| DASD |
direct access storage devise |
| DCCR |
display channel complex rehost |
| DJTWG |
DCCR Joint Test Working Group |
| DR&A |
data reduction and analysis |
| DSR |
display system replacement |
| DT |
developmental test |
| DT&E |
development test and evaluation |
| DVRS |
digital voice recording system |
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| EMI |
electro magnetic interference |
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| FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
| FAST |
FAA Acquisition System Toolset |
| FDIR |
fault detection, isolation, and recovery |
| FTE |
full time equivalents |
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| GANTT |
a type of chart |
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| ICD |
interface control document |
| IMT |
integrated management team |
| INCO |
installation and check-out (testing) |
| IOC |
initial operating capability |
| IOT&E |
independent operational test and evaluation |
| IOTRD |
independent operational test and evaluation readiness declaration |
| IPDS |
integrated product development system |
| IPP |
integrated program plan |
| IPT |
integrated product team |
| IRD |
interface requirements document |
| ISD |
in-service decision |
| ISRD |
in-service review and decision |
| ISSS |
Initial Sector Suite System |
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| JRC |
Joint Resources Council |
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| LAMP |
Log Analysis Monitor Program |
| LRU |
line replaceable unit |
| LUR |
LAMP user routines |
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| MNS |
mission need statement |
| MOE |
measure of effectiveness |
| MOP |
measure of performance |
| MOS |
measure of suitability |
| MPS |
maintenance processor subsystem |
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| NAS |
National Airspace System |
| NCP |
NAS change proposal |
| NDI |
non-developmental item |
| NMIC |
network management interface contractor |
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| OCD |
operational capability demonstration |
| OCT |
operational capability test |
| ORD |
Operational Readiness Date |
| OSD |
Operational Suitability Demonstration |
| OT |
operational test |
| OT&E |
operational test and evaluation |
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| P3I |
preplanned product improvements |
| PAMRI |
Peripheral Adapter Module Replacement Item |
| PAT |
production acceptance test |
| PTR |
program trouble report |
| R&D |
research and development |
| RD |
requirements document |
| RIM |
R-console interface module |
| RMA |
reliability, maintainability and availability |
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| SAR |
system analysis and recording |
| SOW |
statement of work |
| SSCC |
system support computer complex |
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| T&E |
test and evaluation |
| TEMP |
(FAA) Test and Evaluation Master Plan |
| TPRC |
test policy review committee |
| TRR |
test readiness review |
| TWG |
test working group |
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| VRTM |
Verification Requirements Traceability Matrix |
| VSCS |
voice switching communication system |
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| WJHTC |
William J. Hughes Technical Center |
| AAF |
Airway Facilities Service |
| AAL |
Alaskan Region |
| AAR |
Office of Aviation Research |
| AAT |
Air Traffic Service |
| ACE |
Central Region |
| ACO |
Office of Civil Aviation Security Operations |
| ACT |
FAA Technical Center |
| AEE |
Office of Environment and Energy |
| AEU |
Europe, Africa, and Middle East Office |
| AFR |
Airway Facilities Requirements Directorate |
| AFS |
Flight Standards Service |
| AGC |
Chief Council. s Office |
| AGL |
Great Lakes Region |
| AIA |
Office of International Aviation |
| AIR |
Aircraft Standards Service |
| AIT |
Office of Information Technology |
| AIT-5 |
Office of the Chief Scientist |
| AMA |
FAA Academy (Oklahoma City) |
| AML |
FAA Logistics Center |
| AND |
Office of Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance Systems |
| ANS |
NAS Transition and Implementation |
| ANS-500 |
Engineering and Environmental Safety Division |
| AOP |
NAS Operations |
| AOP-400 |
Telecommunications Network Planning and Engineering Division |
| AOP-500 |
Telecommunications Leased Communications Program Division |
| AOP-600 |
Telecommunications Support and International Communications Division |
| AOS |
Operational Support Services |
| APO |
Aviation Policy, Plans and Management Analysis |
| APO |
Office of Aviation Policy and Plans |
| APP |
Office of Airport Planning & Programming |
| ARA-1 |
Associate Administrator for Research and Acquisitions |
| ARA |
Office of Research and Acquisitions |
| ASD |
Office of System Architecture and Investment Analysis |
| ASD-100 |
System Architecture and Integration Division |
| ASD-200 |
Program Evaluation Division |
| ASD-300 |
NAS Programming and Financial Management Division |
| ASD-400 |
Investment Analysis and Operations Research Division |
| ASR |
Office of Spectrum Policy and Management |
| ASR-200 |
Spectrum Planning and International Division |
| AST |
Commercial Space Transportation |
| ASW |
Southwest Region |
| ASY |
System Safety Office |
| ATA |
Air Traffic Airspace Management Program |
| ATCT |
Air Traffic Control Towers |
| ATQ |
Office of Independent Operational Test and Evaluation |
| ATR |
Office of Air Traffic Systems Development |
| ATS |
Air Traffic Services |
| AUA |
Office of Air Traffic Systems Development |
| AVR |
Office of Regulation and Certification |
| AWP |
Western-Pacific Region |
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| Critical Operational Issue (COI) |
A key operational effectiveness or
operational suitability issue that must be examined during
operational test to determine the system. s capability to perform
its mission. |
| (COI) Resolved |
A decision based on test data that the
COI requirement has been met. (e.g., COI: Is the system safe? The
COI is resolved if the answer is yes.) |
| Critical Performance Parameter (CPP) |
A critical system performance requirement
and its associated threshold and objective values. CPPs are
specified in the Requirements Document (RD) and Acquisition Program
Baseline (APB). |
| Development Test (DT) |
A series of tests designed to verify that
system technical and performance requirements specified in the
contract and system specification have been met. Development tests
are usually performed by the contractor and witnessed by the
FAA. |
| Field Familiarization |
A series of tests and activities
performed by site personnel to verify that site personnel can
operate and maintain the new system in an operational environment
without degrading air safety. Field Familiarization ends when the
site declares initial operating capability (IOC). |
| Initial Operating Capability (IOC) |
IOC is the declaration by site personnel
that the system is ready for conditional operational use in the NAS
and denotes the end of field familiarization at that site. |
| Independent Operational Test And
Evaluation (IOT&E) |
A assessment of a new system. s
operational effectiveness and operational suitability performed by
an ATS Test Team on systems designated for IOT&E by ATS. |
| Key Site |
Field site(s) where OT, and IOT&E for
designated systems, is conducted. |
| Measure of Effectiveness (MOE) |
First-level, qualitative decomposition of
an operational effectiveness component associated with a COI. |
| Measure of Performance (MOP) |
Quantitative values that characterize
MOEs or MOSs. These values are measurable by a test process. |
| Measure of Suitability (MOS) |
First-level, qualitative decomposition of
an operational suitability component associated with a COI. |
Operational Capability Test/Demonstration
(OCT/OCD) |
A test performed by the FAA to determine whether a COTS/NDI
product meets stipulated NAS requirements. |
| Operational Effectiveness |
The degree to which a product accomplishes its mission when
used by representative personnel in the expected operational environment. |
| Operational Readiness Date (ORD) |
The operational readiness date occurs at the end of the Operational Suitability Demonstration (OSD) |
| Operational Suitability |
The degree to which a product intended for field use
satisfies its availability, compatibility, transportability, interoperability, reliability
maintainability, safety, human factors, logistics supportability, documentation,
personnel, and training requirements. |
| Operational Suitability Demonstration (OSD) |
When a system achieves IOC, it enters an OSD. The OSD is a time period during which the system is operated under intense scrutiny. |
| Operational Test (OT) |
A series of tests designed to demonstrate that a
new system is operationally effective and operationally suitable for
use in the NAS and that all technical and performance requirements
specified in the APB have been met. (Revised
12/1999) |
| Production Acceptance Test (PAT) |
Contractor-conducted testing performed on each end item
before it leaves the factory to verify that the end item conforms to applicable
specifications, is free from manufacturing defects, and is substantially identical to the
qualified system. |
| Site Acceptance Test (SAT) |
Contractor-conducted testing performed at each field site to
verify that the new system is installed and operating properly on site. |
| System Test |
A series of tests, conducted under the direction of the IPT
that are designed to verify that a NAS system meets its specified requirements. The most
important subsets of system test are: development test, operational test, production test
and site acceptance test. |