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| F | Fahrenheit (temperature scale) |
| F&PM | Fuel and Power Management |
| F/AD | Force/Activity Designator |
| F/C | FFFlight Control |
| F/D | FFFlight Director |
| F/E/N | Friendly/Enemy/Neutral |
| F/L | Force/List |
| F/O | First Officer |
| F/O | Fuel/Oil Cooler |
| F/W | Firewall |
| F/W | Firmware |
| F/W | Fixed Wing |
| F2F | Face to Face |
| F3/FFF | Form-Fit-Function |
| F3I | Form, Fit, Function and Interface |
| FA | Failure Analysis |
| FA | False Alarm |
| FA | Field Artillery |
| FA | Final Acceptance |
| FA | Final Assembly |
| FA | Flexible Alerting |
| FA | Focus Area |
| FA | Functional Acknowledgment |
| FA/A | Functional Analysis/Allocation |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.) |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Authority |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| FAA | Fund Administering Activity |
| FAA-ICMM | Federal Aviation Administration-Integrated Capability Maturity Model |
| FAADC2 | Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control |
| FAATC | FAA Technical Center |
| FAAWC | Force Anti-Air Warfare Commander |
| FAB | FFFabrication |
| FAB | FFForward Avionics Bay |
| FAB | Fabrication |
| FAB | Features-Attributes-Benefits |
| FAC | Flight Augmentation Computer |
| FAC | FFFacility Requirements Code |
| FAC | Federal Acquisition Circular |
| FAC | Forward Air Controller |
| FAC(A) | Forward Air Controller(Airborne) |
| FACA | Force Air Coordination Area |
| FACA | Force Aircraft Control Area |
| FACC | Fast Associated Control Channel |
| FACNET | Federal Acquisition Computer Network |
| FACP | Forward Air Control Post |
| FACT | Federation of Automated Coding Technologies |
| FAD | FFFunding Authorization Document |
| FAD | Feasible Arrival Date |
| FAD | Force Activity Designator |
| FADAC | Field Artillery Digital Automatic Computer |
| FADDC2 | Forward Area Air Defence Command and Control |
| FADE | FAA-Airline Data Exchange |
| FADEC | Full Authority Digital Electronic Control |
| FADEC | FFull Authority Digital Engine Control |
| FADEC | Full Authority Digital Engine Control |
| FADLIM | FADEC on limit |
| FAE | Fuel-Air Explosive |
| FAEWS | FFleet Airborne Electronic Warfare System |
| FAF | Final Approach Fix |
| FAF | Fast Access Format |
| FAG | Force Allotment Group |
| FAI | First Article Inspection |
| FAI | Final acceptance Inspection |
| FAIL | FFailure |
| FAIR | FFinancial Accounting and Inventory Record |
| FALT | FFinal Altitude |
| FAM | FAA Assessment Model |
| FAM | Familiarization |
| FAMOS | Floating gate Avalanche Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| FAMOUS | Future Advanced MObile Universal System |
| FAMS | Force Assessment and Management System |
| FAMSIM | Family of Simulations |
| Fan Marker | A marker beacon used to provide identification of positions along airways. Standard fan marker produces an elliptical-shaped pattern. A second type produces a dumbbell-shaped pattern. |
| FANS | Future Air Navigation System |
| FAO | Federal Approving Official |
| FAO | Foreign Area Officer |
| FAP | Fleet Assistance Personnel |
| FAPC | Food and Agriculture Planning Committee |
| FAPES | Force Augmentation Planning and Execution System |
| FAPES | Force Augmentation and Planning System |
| FAPM | Functional Activity Program Manager |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
| FAR | Federal Aviation Regulation |
| FAR | FFFederal Acquisition Regulation |
| FAR | FFFederal Aviation Regulation |
| FAR | False Alarm Rate |
| FAR | Federal Acquisition Regulation |
| FARA | Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996 |
| FARECONRON | Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron |
| FARP | Forward Arming and Refueling Point |
| FARR | Forward Area Alerting Radar Receiver |
| FAS | Facility Associated Signaling |
| FAS | Frame Alignment Signal |
| FAS | Functional Area Services |
| FASA | Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 |
| FASAT | Fast Access Situational Awareness Toolkit |
| FASC | Forward Air Support Center |
| FASCAM | Family of Scatterable Mines |
| FASIC | Function and Algorithm Specific Integrated Circuit |
| FASO | FFleet Aviation Support Office |
| FASOTRAGRUPAC | Fleet Aviation Specialized Operatonal Training Group Pacific |
| FASP | FFacility for Automated Software Production |
| FASP | Functional Area Strategic Plan |
| FASS | Functional Area Sub-System |
| FAST | Final Approach Spacing Tool |
| FAST | Fatigue Avoidance Scheduling Tool |
| FAST | Federal Acquisition Services for Technology |
| FAST | Final Assembly and Test |
| FAST | Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team |
| FAST | Flow Analysis System for TRANSCOM |
| FAST | Forecasting and Assessment in Science and Technology |
| FASTC | Foreign Aerospace Science and Technology Center (AF) |
| FASTDATA | Fund Administration and Standardized Document Automation |
| FASWC | Force Anti-Submarine Warfare Commander |
| FAT | FFFile Access Table |
| FAT | FFFinal Acceptance Trial |
| FAT | FFFirst Article Testing |
| FAT | FFFree Air Aemperature |
| FAT | Factory Acceptance Test |
| FAT | File Access Table |
| FAT | File Allocation Table |
| FAT | First Article Testing |
| FATA | Fast Advanced Technology Attachment |
| FATDS | Field Artillery Technical Data System (Army) |
| FATE | Female Acceleration Tolerance Enhancement |
| FATE | Future Aircraft Technology Enhancement |
| FAX | Facsimile |
| FB | Forward Boundary |
| FBA | Fighter-Bomber Attack |
| FBC | FFFurnished By Contractor |
| FBCB2 | Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below |
| FBE | Fleet Battle Experiment |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FBL | Fly By Light |
| FBL | FFFly By Light |
| FBM | FFleet Ballistic Missile |
| FBM | Fleet Ballistic Missile |
| FBMS | Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine |
| FBMTC | FFFleet Ballistic Missile Training Center |
| FBP | Factory Based Price |
| FBS | Fighter-Bomber Strike |
| FBS | Fleet Broadcast System |
| FBT | Fuel Bar Trioxine |
| FBT | Functional Board Test |
| FBW | Fly By Wire |
| FBW | FFFly By Wire |
| FC | FFFlight Control |
| FC | Feature Code |
| FC | Fibre Channel |
| FC | Fighter Controller |
| FC | Financial Controller |
| FC | Fire Control |
| FC | Fixed Cost |
| FC | Force Commander |
| FC | Forecast |
| FC | Frame Control |
| FC-AL | Fiber Channel - Arbitrated Loop |
| FC-AL | Fiber Channel-Arbitrated Loop |
| FC-GS | Fiber Channel-Generic Services |
| FC-PH | Fiber Channel-Physical |
| FC-SCSI | Fibre Channel-to-SCSI |
| FC-SW | Fiber Channel-Switch fabric |
| FC2S | FORSCOM C2 System |
| FCA | FFFunctional Configuration Audit |
| FCA | Fixed Channel Allocation |
| FCA | Functional Configuration Audit |
| FCAF | Flight Data Acquisition |
| FCAPS | Faults, Configuration, Accounting, Performance and Security |
| FCB | Field Change Bulletin |
| FCB | File Control Block |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
| FCC | Flight Control Computer |
| FCC | FFFederal Communication Commission |
| FCC | FFFlight Control Computer |
| FCC | Federal Coordinating Center |
| FCCS | FForward Cabin Control Station |
| FCCSET | Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology |
| FCD | Fast Track Committee Draft |
| FCDC | Flight Critical dc |
| FCDSSA | Fleet Combat Directorate Systems Support Activity |
| FCE | Forward Command Element |
| FCF | Facsimile Control Field |
| FCF | Forward Control Field |
| FCF | Functional Check Flight |
| FCFP | Fibre Channel Functional Profile |
| FCI | FFFunctional Configuration Identification |
| FCI | Flux Changes per Inch |
| FCIM | FFlexible Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
| FCIM | Flexible Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
| FCM | Future Concepts for Maintenance |
| FCO | Federal Coordinating Officer |
| FCP | Flight Control Panel |
| FCP | Fibre Channel Protocol |
| FCP | Function Control Protocol |
| FCP | Fusion and Correlation Processor |
| FCPI | Flux Changes Per Inch |
| FCR | Fire Control Radar |
| FCRB | Future Change Review Board |
| FCRC | Federal Contract Research Center |
| FCS | FFFederal Catalog System |
| FCS | FFFlight Control System |
| FCS | Faceted Classification Schema |
| FCS | Finite Coordinate Space |
| FCS | Fire Control System |
| FCS | Flight Control System |
| FCS | Frame Check Sequence |
| FCS | Future Combat System |
| FCS | Future Combat Systems |
| FCS | Future Concepts for Simulators |
| FCSI | Fibre Channel Systems Initiative |
| FCSIR | FFlight Control System Integration Rig |
| FCT | Final Contract Trial |
| FCT | Fire Control Team |
| FCT | Foreign Comparative Testing |
| FCT | Functional Test |
| FCTCL | FFleet Combat Training Center Atlantic |
| FCTM | FFunctionally oriented Technical Manual |
| FCU | Fuel Consumption Unit |
| FCZ | Forward Combat Zone |
| FD | Flight Director |
| FD | Final Data |
| FD | FFFault Detection |
| FD | Failure Definition |
| FD | Failure Density |
| FD | Fault Detection |
| FD | Finite Difference |
| FD | Floppy Disk |
| FD | Framework Document |
| FD | Functional Description |
| FD/LC | FFault Detection/Location Subsystem |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FDAd | Functional Data Administrator |
| FDAF | Flight Data Acquisition Function |
| FDAM | Final Draft AMendment |
| FDandI | FFault Detection and isolation |
| FDAU | Flight Data Acquisition Unit |
| FDB | Flight Plan Data Bank |
| FDC | Fire Direction Center |
| FDC | Floppy Disk Controller |
| FDCS | FFlight Deck Communication System |
| FDD | Flexible Disc Drive |
| FDD | Floppy Disk Drive |
| FDD | Frequency Division Duplexing |
| FDDI | Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
| FDDS | Flag Display Distribution System (Navy) |
| FDE | Fault Detection and Exclusion |
| FDE Force Deployment | Estimator |
| FDEP | Flight Data Entry Panel |
| FDH | Flight Deck Handset |
| FDI | Fault Detection and Isolation |
| FDI | Fault Detection Isolation |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurace Corporation |
| FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| FDIS | Final Draft International Standard |
| FDIU | Fill Device Interface Unit |
| FDL | Facility Data Link |
| FDL | Focus Design Location |
| FDM | Frequency Division Multiplex is a system where the messages are transmitted over a common path by employing a different frequency band for each signal. |
| FDM | File Diagnostic Messages |
| FDM | Formal Development Methodology |
| FDM | Frequency Division Multiplexing |
| FDMA | Frequency Division Multiple Access |
| FDMC | Fiscal Director of the Marine Corps |
| FDO | Fault Distribution Officer |
| FDO | Fire Direction Officer |
| FDO | Flexible Deterrent Option |
| FDO | Functional Device Object |
| FDP&E | Force Deployment Planning and Execution |
| FDR | Flight Data Recorder |
| FDR | FFFlight Data Recorder |
| FDR | Final/Formal Design Review |
| FDR | Foreign Disaster Relief |
| FDR | Future Digital Radio |
| FDRR | Fleet Delivery Readiness Review |
| FDRS | Flight Data Recorder System |
| FDS | FFFlight Director System |
| FDSE | Full Duplex Switched Ethernet |
| FDT | Formal Description Techniques |
| FDT&E | Follow-on Developmental and Operational Test and Evaluation |
| FDTE | Force Development Testing and Experimentation (Army) |
| FDX | Full Duplex |
| FE | Facilities Engineering |
| FE | Facilities Exchange |
| FE | Fatal Error |
| FE | Field Engineer |
| FE | Finite Element |
| FE | Functional Entities |
| FE-EC | Far End - Echo Canceller |
| FEA | Finite Element Analysis |
| FEA | Functional Economic Analysis |
| FEAF | Federal Enterprise Architecture Frameworks |
| FEAL | Fast Encryption Algorithm |
| FEAR | False Evidence Appearing Real |
| FEATS | Future European Air Traffic Management System |
| FEB | Forward Employment Base |
| FEBA | Forward Edge of Battlefield Activity |
| FEBA | Forward Edge of the Battle Area |
| FEBE | Front End/Back End |
| FEC | Forward Error Correction |
| FEC | Forward Error Control |
| FEC | Frame Erasure Concealment |
| FECA | Federal Election Campaign Act |
| FECAT | Federal Electronic Commerce Acquisition Team |
| FECC | Far End Camera Control |
| FECC | Federal Emergency Communications Coordinator |
| FED | Field Emission Display |
| FED-STD | Federal Standard |
| FedCIRC | Federal Computer Incident Response Capability |
| FEDEP | Federal Execution & Development Process |
| FEDSIM | Federal Systems Integration and Management Center |
| FEI | Federation of Electronic Industries |
| FEK | File Encryption Key |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FEN | Failure Event Notification |
| FEO | FFField Engineering Office |
| FEP | Front End Processor |
| FEPW | Federation Execution Planners Workbook |
| FEQ | Frequency Domain Equalizer |
| FER | FFField Engineering Representative |
| FER | Final Evaluation Report |
| FER | Final Exercise Report |
| FER | Force Effectiveness Report |
| FER | Frame Error Rate |
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| FERMAT | Formal Engineering Research with Models, Abstraction and Transformation |
| FESC | Federal Emergency Support Coordinator |
| FESS | Facilities Engineering Supply System |
| FET | Federal Excise Tax |
| FET | Field Effect Transistor |
| FET | Field Effect Transistors |
| FEWS | Follow-On Early Warning System |
| FEWSG | FFleet Electronic Warfare Support group |
| FEX | Field Exercise |
| FEXT | Far End Cross Talk |
| FEZ | Fighter Engagement Zone |
| FF | Free Flight |
| FF | Flitefone |
| FF | Feed Forward |
| FF | Flight Ferry |
| FF | Flip Flop |
| FF | Friendly Fire |
| FFA | Free Fire Area |
| FFC | FORTEZZA For Classified |
| FFCC | Force Fires Coordination Center |
| FFD | Fraction of Faults Detected |
| FFE | Fire For Effect |
| FFI | Fraction of Faults Isolated |
| FFIB | FFuel Filter Impending Bypass |
| FFIBL | FFuel Filter Impending Bypass Left Engine |
| FFIBR | FFuel Filter Impending Bypass Right Engine |
| FFIEC | Federal Funded Institutions Examination Council |
| FFIR | Friendly Force Information Requirements |
| FFM | FFFuel Flow Monitor |
| FFO | FundsFrom Operation |
| FFP | FFFixed Fee Procurement |
| FFP | Firm Fixed Price |
| FFPIF | Firm-Fixed Price plus Incentive Fee |
| FFPIM | Full-mode Facsimile Profile of Internet Mail |
| FFR | FFForward Firing Rocket |
| FFR | Fault Feedback Ratio |
| FFR | Field Failure Rate |
| FFR | Free Flight Rocket |
| FFRDC | Federally Funded R&D Center |
| FFRP | Field Failure Return Program |
| FFS | FFForce Feel System |
| FFS | For Further Study |
| FFS | Funded Feasibility Study |
| FFT | Fast Fourier Transform |
| FFTAU | Fast Fourier Transform Arithmetic Unit |
| FFTCU | Fast Fourier Transform Control Unit |
| FFW | Failure-Free Warranty |
| FG | Focus Group |
| FG | Force Goals |
| FG | Functional Group |
| FGA | Fighter Ground Attack |
| FGC | Flight Guidance Computer |
| FGIPC | Force High Level Terminal |
| FGL | Force Generation Level |
| FGS | Fine Granularity Scalability |
| FH | FFFlight Hours |
| FH | Firing Incident |
| FH | Fleet Hospital |
| FH | Frequency Hopping |
| FHA | Fault Hazard Analysis |
| FHA | Federal Housing Adminstration |
| FHCR | Federated Health Care Record |
| FHD | Function Hierarchy Diagram |
| FHLMC | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp |
| FHLMC | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (Freddie Mac) |
| FHLP | Federation of Government Information Processing Councils |
| FHMA | Frequency Hop Multiple Access |
| FHS | Fluid Handling System |
| FHSS | Frequency Hop Spread Spectrum |
| FHW | Fault HistoryWord |
| FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
| FI | Fault Isolation |
| FI | Force Integration |
| FI | Format Identifier |
| FIBUA | Fighting in Built Up Areas |
| FIC | Fleet Intelligence Center |
| FIC | Force Indicator Code |
| FICA | Federal Insurance Contribution Act |
| FICA | Federal Insurance and Compensation Act (Social Security) |
| FICV | Future Infantry Combat Vehicle |
| FID | FFFault Isolation Detection |
| FID | FFFile Identification |
| FIDNeT | Federal Intrusion Detection Network |
| FiDO | Filter Device Object |
| FIDP | Foreign Internal Defense Plan |
| FIDS | Force Identification System |
| FIE | Fly In Echelon |
| FIF | File Interchange Format |
| FIFO | First In, First Out |
| FIFO | FFirst In/First Out |
| FIFO | First In First Out |
| FIG | Fighter Interceptor Group |
| FII | Federal Information Infrastructure |
| FIIU | Force Imagery Interpretation Unit |
| FILO | First In Last Out |
| FIM | FFFramework Information Model |
| FIM | Filter Interest Manager |
| FIM | Functional Information Manager |
| FIND | Fault Isolation by Nodal Dependence Troubleshooting System |
| FINO | First In Never Out |
| FinXML | Financial eXtensible Markup Language |
| FIP | Federal Information Processing |
| FIPCS | Financial Information Processing Center |
| FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standard |
| FIR | Flight Information Region |
| FIR | FFFlight Incident Recorder |
| FIR | Fast Infrared |
| FIR | Fault Isolation Resolution |
| FIR | Finite Impulse Response |
| FIR | First Impression Report |
| FIREFLEX | Flexible Fire Support System |
| FIRMR | Federal Information Resources Management Regulations (abolished 8/8/96) |
| FIRP | Federal Internetworking Requirements Panel |
| FIRS | Federal Information Relay Service |
| FIRST | Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams |
| FIS | Flight Information Service |
| FIS | Financial Information System |
| FISA | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act |
| FISC | Fleet and Industrial Supply Center |
| FISP | Fly In Support Package |
| FISSEA | Federal Information Systems Security Educators Association |
| FIST | Feasible under Ideal conditions creating a Solution or Target |
| FIST | Fleet Imagery Support Terminal |
| FIST | Full-Crew Integrated Trainer |
| FIST-V | FIre Support Team Vehicle |
| FISTA | Flying Infrared Signatures Technology Aircraft |
| FISTRP | Fuse & Initiation Systems Technical Review Panel |
| FIT | Failures in Time |
| FIT | Fault Isolation Test |
| FIT | Fault Isolation Tree |
| FIT | Federal Income Tax |
| FIT | File Information Table |
| FIT | Florida Institute of Technology |
| FIT | Functional Interface Translator |
| FITB | Fill In The Blank |
| FITCAL | Feel, Inspect, Tighten, Clean, Align, Lubricate |
| FITCAL | Feel, Inspect, Tighten, Clean, Align, Lubricate, USMC |
| FITS | Failure Per 109 Hours |
| FITW | Federal Income Tax Withholding |
| FIWC | Fleet Information Warfare Center |
| FIX | Financial Information eXchange protocol |
| FJCC | Fall Joint Computer Conference |
| FL | Foot Lambert |
| FL | Flight Level (as in FL410). This terminology is used to describe aircraft attitude when the altimeter is set at QNE. |
| FL | Facilities List |
| FL | Flight Level |
| FLA | Flexible Local Architecture |
| FLA | Future Large Aircraft |
| FLAG | Fiber-optic Link Around the Globe |
| FLAPS | Force Level Automated Planning System |
| FLAR | Forward Looking Airborne Radar |
| FLASER | Forward Looking Infrared Laser Radar |
| FLC | Federal Laboratory Consortium |
| FLC | Fixed Length Codeword |
| FLC | Force Logistic Coordinator |
| FLCH | Flight Level Change |
| FLET | Forward Line Of Enemy Troops |
| FLEX | File EXxchange System |
| FLEX | File Exchange System |
| FLEX | Fleet Exercise |
| FLEX | Force Level Execution |
| FLI | Flick, motion video format |
| FLICC | Federal Library and Information Center Committee |
| FLIP | Fast Local Internet Service |
| FLIP | Flight Information Publication |
| FLIR | Forward Looking Infra-red Radiometer |
| FLIR | FForward Looking Infrared |
| FLIR | Forward Looking Infra Red |
| FLIR | Forward Looking Infrared |
| FLIR | Forward Looking Infrared Radar |
| FLIR(S) | Forward Looking Infrared System |
| FLM | Field Logistics Manager |
| FLM | Fixture Loading Mechanism |
| FLMTS | Future Land Mobile Telephony Systems |
| FLO | Faction Liaison Officer |
| FLO | French Liaison Officer |
| FLO/FLO | Float On/Float Off |
| FLOC | Fort Lee Officers' Club |
| FLOLS | FFresnel Lens Optical Landing System |
| FLOP | Floating Point Operation |
| FLOPAC | IATA Flight Operations Advisory Sub-Committee |
| FLOPS | Fleet Broadcast |
| FLOPS | Floating Point Operation per Second |
| FLOPS | Floating Point Operations Per Second |
| FLOT | Flotilla |
| FLOT | Forward Line of Own Troops |
| FLOTOX | Floating Gate Tunnel - Oxide |
| FLOTUS | First Lady Of The United States |
| FLP | FLexible Precoding |
| FLPRN | Flaperon |
| FLR | FFField Level Repairable |
| FLR | FFFlare |
| FLR | Force of Lower Readiness |
| FLRE | Flare |
| FLS | Forward Logistic Site |
| FLSO | Future Less-manned Space Operations |
| FLT | Flight |
| FLT | FFFlight |
| FLT CTRL | Flight Control |
| FLT INST | Flight Instrument |
| FLTBCST | Floating Point Operations Per Second |
| FLTCINC | Fleet CINC |
| FLTCINC | Fleet Commander In Chief |
| FLTNO | FFlight number |
| FLTR | FFilter |
| FLTSAT | Fleet Satellite |
| FLTSATCOM | Fleet Satellite Communications |
| FLW | Forward Looking Windshear Radar |
| FM | Frequency Modulation |
| FM | FFFrequency Modulation |
| FM | FFFrom |
| FM | Fault Management |
| FM | Field Manual |
| FM | Financial Management |
| FM | Force Management |
| FM | Force Module |
| FM | Functional Manager |
| FM/GS | FFuel Management/Gauging System |
| FMA | Flight Mode Annunciator |
| FMA | FFField Modification Activity |
| FMB | Financial Management Board |
| FMB | Financial Management Budget (formerly NAVCOMPT now (OASN(FM&C)(FMB)) |
| FMB | Forward Mounting Base |
| FMBT | Future Main Battle Tank |
| FMC | Flight Management Computer (FMCS) |
| FMC | Flight Director Control (FD) |
| FMC | FFFull Mission Capable |
| FMC | Federal Maritime Commission |
| FMC | Framework Multinational Corps |
| FMC | Full Mission Capability |
| FMCC | Force Movement Control Center |
| FMCF | Flight Management Computer Function |
| FMCM | FFull Mission Capable |
| FMCS | Flight Management Computer System |
| FMCW | Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave |
| FMD | Force Mix Data |
| FMDZ | Forward Missile Deployment Zone |
| FMEA | Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |
| FMEA | FFailure Mode and Effects Analysis |
| FMEA | FFlight/Mission Essential Functions |
| FMEA | Failure Modes Effects Analysis |
| FMEA | Failure Modes and Effects Analysis |
| FMECA | FFailure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis |
| FMECA | Failure Modes Effects Criticality Analysis |
| FMECA | Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis |
| FMECA | Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis |
| FMF | FFFleet Marine Force |
| FMF | Fleet Marine Force |
| FMF | Fleet Marine Forces |
| FMFLANT | Fleet Marine Force Atlantic |
| FMFM | Fleet Marine Force Manual |
| FMFPAC | Fleet Marine Force Pacific |
| FMFRP | Fleet Marine Force Reference Publication |
| FMFS | File Management Firmware Set |
| FMI | FFFailure Mode Indicator |
| FMI | Force Module Identifier |
| FML | Force Module Library |
| FMLA | Family and Medical Leave Act |
| FMM | Force Mix Matrix |
| FMM | French Military Mission |
| FMO | Financial Management Officer |
| FMO | Frequency Management Office |
| FMP | Flight Mode Panel |
| FMP | FFFleet Modernization Program |
| FMP | Fleet Maintenance Program |
| FMP | Fleet Modernization Plan (Navy) |
| FMP | Force Module Packages |
| FMP | Functional Management Program |
| FMPEC | Financial Management Procedures under Emergency Conditions |
| FMPMIS | Fleet Modernization Program Management Information System |
| FMR | Force Mix Ratio |
| FMR | Forward Maintenance and Repair |
| FMRB | Financial Management and Resource Board |
| FMS | Flight Management System |
| FMS | FFFault Management System |
| FMS | FFForeign Military Sales |
| FMS | Facilties Management System |
| FMS | Flexible Machining System |
| FMS | Flight Management Systems |
| FMS | Force Modeling and Simulation |
| FMS | Force Module Subsystem |
| FMS | Foreign Military Sales |
| FMS | Fusion Management Services |
| FMS | Flight Management System |
| FMS/C4I | Forces Modeling and Simulation/C4I |
| FMSG | ICAO’s Frequency Management Study Group |
| FMSO | Fleet Materiel Support Office |
| FMSO | Foreign Military Studies Office |
| FMT | Filtered MultiTone |
| FMT | Frequency Managed Training |
| FMT | Functional Management Team |
| FMTAG | Foreign Military Training Affairs Group |
| FMU | Fuel Metering Unit |
| FMU | FFFuel Management Unit |
| FMV | Fair Market Value |
| FMV | Full Motion Video |
| FNA | Final Network Acceptance |
| FNA | Functional Network Architecture |
| FNC | Federal Networking Council |
| FNC | Future Naval Capability |
| FNCS | Full Naval Control of Shipping |
| FNE | Fixed Network Equipment |
| FNMA | Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) |
| FNMOC | Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center |
| FNS | FAA Nav Sat |
| FNS | Food and Nutrition Service |
| FNSA | French National Safety Area |
| FNV | Field Not Valid |
| FNV | Frame Not Valid |
| FO | Fiber Optic |
| FO | Foreign Office |
| FO | Formatting Objects |
| FO | Forward Observer |
| FOAF | Friend Of A Friend |
| FOB | FFFreight on Board |
| FOB | Forward Operating Base |
| FOB | Forward Operation Base |
| FOB | Freight On Board |
| FOBFOD | Foreign Object Damage |
| FOBTE | Forward Operating Base Test Equipment |
| FOC | Full Operational Capability |
| FOC | Fuel/Oil Cooler |
| FOC | FFFocus |
| FOC | Fiber Optic Connector |
| FOCC | Forward Optimistic Oriented Concurrency Control |
| FOCI | Foreign Owned, Controlled or Influenced |
| FOCIS | Fiber Optic Connector Intermateability Standard |
| FOCP | Fiber Optic Cable Plant |
| FOCSI | Fiber Optic Control System Integration |
| FOCUS | Flexible Optical Control Unit Stimulator |
| FOD | FFField Operations Division |
| FOD | Foreign Object Damage |
| FODA | Feature Oriented Domain Analysis |
| FODMS | Fiber Optic Data Multiplexing System |
| FOFA | Follow-on Forces Attack |
| FOG | Fiber Optic Gyro |
| FOG | Finger-On-Glass |
| FOHMD | FFibre Optic Helmet Mounted Device |
| FOI | Field of Interest |
| FOI | Freedom Of Information |
| FOIA | Freedom Of Information Act |
| FoIP | Fax over Internet Protocol |
| FOIPA | Freedom of Information/Privacy Act |
| FOIU | Fiber Optic Interface Unit |
| FOL | Forward Operating Location |
| FOM | Figure of Merit |
| FOM | FFFacilitate Other Maintenance |
| FOM | Fiber Optic Modem |
| FOM | Freedom Of Movement |
| FOMC | Federal Open Market Committee |
| FONSI | Finding of No Significant Impact |
| FOO | Forward Observation Officer |
| FOP | Factory Order Processing |
| FOP | Formatting-Object Parser |
| FOPEN | Foliage Penetrating |
| FOR | FFField Of Regard |
| FOR | Freedom Of Return |
| FORCEM | Force Concepts Evaluation Model |
| FORCEPREP | Force Preparation |
| FORCES Force and Organiza | Estimating System |
| FORECAP | Force Combat Air Patrol |
| FORECON | Force Reconnaissance |
| FOREG | Forced Registration Flag |
| FORGE Force | Evaluation Model Gaming |
| FORM | FFormation |
| FORSCOM | Forces Command |
| FORSCOM | U.S. Army Forces Command |
| FORTH | FORmula THreader |
| FORTRAN | Formula Translation |
| FORTS | Force Operations, Rehearsal and Test Support |
| FOS | Family of Systems |
| FOS | Follow On Sustainment |
| FOS | Fundamental Operating System |
| FOS | Fiber Optics Subcommittee |
| FOSAMS | Fleet Optical Scanning Ammunition Marking System |
| FOSI | FFunctional Output Specification Instance |
| FOSI | Formatting Output Specification Instance |
| FOSIC | Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center |
| FOSIF | Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Facility |
| FOSS | Federal Intelligence Service |
| FOT | Fiber Optic Topology |
| FOT | Fibre Optic Transmission |
| FOT&E | Follow-On Operational Test and Evaluation |
| FOT&E | Functional Operational Test and Evaluation |
| FOTC | Fiber Optic Tow Cable |
| FOTC | Force OTH-T Tract Coordinator |
| FOTC | Force Over-the-horizon Track Coordinator |
| FOTE | Final Operational Test and Evaluation |
| FOTM | FFunctionally Oriented Technical Manual |
| FOTP | Fiber Optic Test Procedure |
| FOUO | FFor Official Use Only |
| FOUO | For Official Use Only |
| FOV | FFField Of View |
| FOV | Field of View |
| FOWG | Fiber Optic Wave Guide |
| FOX | Financial Online eXecutive |
| FP | Feature Point |
| FP | Financial Planner |
| FP | Fixed Part |
| FP | Floating Point |
| FP | Force Proposal |
| FP | Force Protection |
| FP | Function Point |
| FPA | Flight Path Angle |
| FPA | Floating Point Accelerator |
| FPA | Focal Plane Array |
| FPAC | Flight Path Acceleration |
| FPAF | Fixed Price Award Fee |
| FPAP | Floating Point Array Processor |
| FPB | Fast Patrol Boat |
| FPBD | Functional Plan Block Diagram |
| FPC | Flight Profile Comparator |
| FPC | Final Planning Conference |
| FPC | Force Planning Cycle |
| FPCB | Field Programmable Circuit Board |
| FPD | Flat Panel Display |
| FPDAM | Final Proposed Draft Amendment |
| FPDS | Federal Procurement Data System |
| FPEPA | Contract, Fixed Price With Economic Price Adjustment |
| FPEPA | Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment |
| FPF | Final Protective Fire |
| FPG | Functional Planning Guide |
| FPGA | Field Programmable Gate Array |
| FPI | Fixed Price Initiative |
| FPI | Functional Process Improvement |
| FPIC | Field Programmable Interconnect Chip |
| FPID | Field Programmable Interconnect Device |
| FPIF | Fixed Price Incentive Fee |
| FPIF | Fixed Price Incentive Firm |
| FPIS | Fixed Price Incentive Successive |
| FPKI | Federal Public Key Infrastructure |
| FPLA | Field Programmable Logic Array |
| FPLMTS | Future Public Land Mobile Telephone Systems |
| FPLN | FFlight Plan |
| FPM | Feet Per Minute |
| FPM | FFFeet Per Minute |
| FPM | Fast Page Mode |
| FPM | Field Production Management |
| FPMFH | Failure Per Million Flight Hours |
| FPMH | Failures Per Million Hours |
| FPML | Financial Products Markup Language |
| FPMU | FFuel Pump Metering Unit |
| FPMUL | FFuel Pressure Metering Unit Left Engine |
| FPMUR | FFuel Pressure Metering Unit Right Engine |
| FPO | Fleet Post Office |
| FPP | Force Planning Process |
| FPP | Frames Per Packet |
| FPPE | Floating Point Processing Element |
| FPR | Federal Procurement Regulation |
| FPRA | Forecasting, Planning and Resource Allocation |
| FPROM | Field Programmable Read Only Memory |
| FPROM | Fusible link Programmable Read Only Memory |
| FPS | FFFeet Per Second |
| FPS | Flight Planning Software |
| FPS | Frames Per Second |
| FPT | FFFleet Project Team |
| FPT | Fine Pitch Technology |
| FPT | Fixed Price Typ |
| FPT | Force Protection Team |
| FPU | Floating Point Unit |
| FPUM | FFuel Pressure Metering Unit |
| FPV | Flight Path Vector |
| FPV | FFFlight Path Vector |
| FQ&P | Flying Qualities and Performance |
| FQA | Full Quality Assurance (UK) |
| FQDM | Fully Qualified Domain Name |
| FQDN | Fully Qualified Domain Name |
| FQIS | Fuel Quantity Indicating System |
| FQPU | Fuel Quantity Processor Unit |
| FQR | FFFormal Qualification Review |
| FQR | Final Qualification Review |
| FQR | Formal Qualification Review |
| FQR | Functional Qualification Review |
| FQT | FFFormal Qualification Testing |
| FQT | Formal Qualification Test |
| FQT | Functional Qualification Test |
| FR | Failure Rate |
| FR | Federal Regulation |
| FR | Force Revision |
| FR | Frame Relay |
| FR | Full Reference |
| FR | Functional Requirement |
| FRA | Forward Rate Agreements |
| FRAC | FFleet Replacement Air Crewman |
| FRAC | FFramework Requirements And Criteria |
| FRACAS | Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System |
| FRACAS | Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System |
| FRAD | Frame Relay Assembler Disassembler |
| FRAG | Fragment |
| FRAG | Fragmentary Order |
| FRAG | Fragmentation Code |
| FRAGO | Fragmentary Order |
| Framing Pulse | A pulse that is used to mark the beginning or end of the coded reply pulses. |
| FRAMP | FFleet Readiness Aircraft Maint Program |
| FRAMP | FFleet Replacement Aviation Maintenance |
| FRAP | Field Reliability Assessment Program |
| FRB | FFFailure Review Board |
| FRB | Failure Review Board |
| FRB | Federal Reserve Board |
| FRC | FLEET RESPONSE CONCEPT |
| FRC | Full Rate Codec |
| FRD | FFFacilities Requirements Document |
| FRD | Function Requirements Document |
| FRE | Future Regional Engagement |
| FRED | Fast Recovery Epitaxial Diode |
| FRED | Flight Recorder Electronic Documentation |
| FRED Federation Required | Execution Details |
| Free Scan Mode | A DME operating mode that will provide distance data to all DME ground stations within the DME range(LOS). |
| FREF | Force Record Extract File |
| FREQ | Frequency |
| FREQ | FFrequency |
| Frequency Agile | Function in 860E-5 (-005/-006) to allow tuning 2- by-5 inputs from on-board FMCS/PNCS systems. Channeling may be as often as every 5 seconds. The 6-wire output data is modified for input to an FMCS or PNCS. |
| Frequency Agile | The ability of a receiver-transmitter to rapidly and continually shift operating frequency. |
| FRERP | Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan |
| FRF | Frame Relay Forum |
| FRG | Federal Republic of Germany |
| FRG | Force Requirements Generator |
| FRI | Fast Rate Input |
| FRI | Focused Research Initiative |
| FRI | Fundamental Review of Infrastructure |
| FRIC | Frame Relay Interface Card |
| FRMA | Functional Requirements Management Activity |
| FRMA | Functional Requirements Management Agency (CALS) |
| FRMAC | Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center |
| FRMB | Fundamental Review of Military Budget |
| FRN | Force Requirement Number |
| FRO | For Reference Only |
| FRP | Federal Radionavigation Plan |
| FRP | Federal Response Plan |
| FRP | Financial Rules and Procedures |
| FRP | Fleet Response Plan |
| FRP | Full Rate Production |
| FRP&D | Full Rate Production and Deployment work effort (part of the Production and Deployment Phase) |
| FRPA | Fixed Reception Pattern Antenna |
| FRPDR | Full Rate Production Decision Review |
| FRS | FFFleet Readiness Squadron |
| FRS | Federal Relay Service |
| FRS | File Replication Service |
| FRT | Faster than Real Time |
| FRU | Field Replaceable Unit |
| FS | FFFinal Speed |
| FS | FFFlight Speed |
| FS | Fire Support |
| FS | Fixed Satellite |
| FS | Flexible Sustainment |
| FS | Flight Safety |
| FS | Force Standards |
| FS | Forest Service |
| FS | Frame Size |
| FS | Full Scale |
| FS | Full Service |
| FS | Functional Service |
| FS VDSL | Full Service VDSL |
| FSA | Family Separation Allowance |
| FSA | Farm Service Agency |
| FSA | Final Site Acceptance |
| FSA | Finite State Automaton |
| FSA | Fire Support Area |
| FSA | Forward Support Area |
| FSA | Framework Study Areas |
| FSA | Functional Systems Audit |
| FSAMC | Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management Course |
| FSAN | Full Service Access Networks Consortium |
| FSAS | Force Selection and Activation System |
| FSATS | Fire Support Automated Test System |
| FSBO | For Sale By Owner |
| FSC | FFFederal Supply Classification |
| FSC | FFFlight System Control |
| FSC | Family Service Center |
| FSC | Federal Supply Catalog |
| FSC | Federal Supply Category |
| FSC | Fire Support Coordination |
| FSC | Fire Support Coordinator |
| FSC | Forum for Security Cooperation |
| FSc | Forward Scattering |
| FSCC | Fire Support Coordination Center |
| FSCL | Fire Support Coordination Line |
| FSCM | FFederal Supply Code manufacturers |
| FSCM | Federal Supply Classification ManufacturerÕs Identifier |
| FSCM | Federal Supply Code for Manufacturers |
| FSCM | Fire Support Coordination Measure |
| FSCWG | Future Command Structure Working Group |
| FSD | FFFull Scale Development |
| FSD | File System Driver |
| FSD | Full Scale Development |
| FSE | Field Service Engineer |
| FSE | FFFleet Supportability Evaluation |
| FSE | Fire Support Element |
| FSE | Foreign Service Employee |
| FSED | Full Scale Engineering Development |
| FSEU | Flap Slat Electronics Unit |
| FSF | Forward Support Facility |
| FSF | Free SoftwareFoundation |
| FSFM | Full-Screen Full-Motion |
| FSFMV | Full Screen Full Motion Video |
| FSG | Federal Stock Group |
| FSG | Federal Supply Group |
| FSG | Forward Support Group |
| FSI | FFFunctionally Significant Item |
| FSIC | ATA Flight Systems Integration Committee |
| FSIC | Function Specific Inegrated Circuit |
| FSII | Fuel System Icing Inhibitor (MIL-I-27686) |
| FSIP | Full Scale Input |
| FSK | FFFrequency Shift Keying |
| FSK | Frequency Shift Keyed |
| FSK | Frequency Shift Keying |
| FSL | Field Stocking Location |
| FSLIC | Federal Savings and Loans Insurance Company |
| FSM | Flight Schedule Monitoring |
| FSM | FFFirmware Support Manual |
| FSM | Finite State Machine |
| FSM | Firmware Support Manual |
| FSM | Frequency Shift Modulation |
| FSMAO | Field Supply and Maintenance Analysis Office |
| FSN | Federal Stock Number |
| FSN | French Speaking Nation |
| FSN | Full Service Network |
| FSO | Force Security Officer |
| FSOC | Force Security Operations Officer |
| FSOP | Full Scale Output |
| FSP | Fault Servicing Point |
| FSP | Forward Supply Point |
| FSP | Full Scale Production |
| FSP | Full Service Provider |
| FSPM | Formal Security Policy Model |
| FSR | Field Service Representative |
| FSR | Force Structure Review |
| FSRA | Fast Seamless Rate Adaptation |
| FSRS | Functional Security Requirements Specification |
| FSRTL | File System Run Time Library |
| FSS | Flight Service Station |
| FSS | FFFin Stabilizer System |
| FSS | Fast Sealift Ships |
| FSS | Federal Supply Schedule |
| FSS | Fixed Satellite Service |
| FSS | Forward Scatter Site |
| FSS | Forward Scatter System |
| FSS | Forward Support Site |
| FSSG FWD | Force Service Support Group Forward |
| FSSL | Fire Support Safety Line |
| FST | Flat Screen Technology |
| FST | Fleet Surgical Team |
| FST | Functional System Test |
| FSTC | Financial Services Technology Consortium |
| FSTS | Federal Secure Telephone Service |
| FSU | Former Soviet Union |
| FT | Functional Test |
| FT | FFFraction of Time |
| FT | Fixed Terminals |
| FT | Fixed radio Terminal |
| FT | Fourier Transform |
| FT1 | Fractional T1 |
| FTA | Fault Tree Analysis |
| FTAA | Free Trade Area of the Americas |
| FTAM | File Transfer Access Mechanism |
