UNMANNED AIRCRAFT

SYSTEMS
UAVS DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT
AND DEPLOYMENT
FRTOL Flight Radio Telephony Operators Licence
FSAT Full-scale aerial target
FSEDF Full-scale engineering development
FSK Frequency-shift keying
FSRWT Full-Scale rotary-wing target
FSTA Future strategic tanker aircraft
FW or F/W Fixed-wing
FY Financial year
GCS Ground control station (or system)
GDT Ground data terminal
GEN Generation
GFE Government-furnished equipment
GFRP Glass fibre-reinforced plastics
GLCM Ground-launched cruise missile
GOTS Government off-the-shelf
GPS Global Positioning System
GPWS Ground proximity warning system
GSE Ground support equipment
GUI Graphical user interface
HAE High-altitude endurance
HALE High-altitude, long-endurance
HF High-frequency
HFE Heavy-fuel engine
HIRF High-intensity radiated field
HITL Human-in-the-loop
HMI Humanmachine interface
HMMWV High-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle
HTOL Horizontal take-off and landing
HUD Head-up display
HUMS Health and usage monitoring system
HVI High-value target
Hz Hertz (cycles per second)
IAI Israeli Aerospace Industries
IAS Indicated airspeed
IC Internal combustion
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation
ICD Interface cntrol definition (or document)
IDF Israel Defence Force
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IEWS Intelligence, electronic warfare and sensors
IFF Identification, friend or foe
IFOR Implementation Force (NATO)
IFR Instrument flight rules/in-flight refuelling
IGE In-ground effect
IIRS Imagery interpretability rating scale
ILS Integrated logistic support
IMINT Imagery intelligence