Acronym Listing

FC — FEA — FH — FM — FPA — FTA

ACRONYM	DEFINITION	CONTRIBUTOR
F/O	Fiber Optic	Goddard
FA	Final Acceptance	Langley
FA	Focus Amplifier	Goddard
FA	Frankfort Arsenal Philadelphia, PA	CASI
FAA	Federal Aviation Administration	Goddard
FAA	Federal Aviation Agency/Administration	CASI
FAADA	Federal Assistance Award Data System	Goddard
FAATC	Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center	Langley
FAC	Federal Acquisition Circular	Goddard
FACC	Ford Aerospace Communications Corporation	Goddard
FACETS	Facilities Construction, Engineering, and Technical Services	Goddard
FACNET	Federal Acquisition Computer Network	Goddard
FACS	Financial Accounting and Contractual Status	Goddard
FACS	Financial and Contractual Status	Goddard
FACS	Financial and Contractual Status system	CASI
FACT	Facility Automated Control Team	Langley
FACT	Flexible Automatic Circuit Tester	Goddard
FADEC	Full Authority Digital Electronic Control (engine control)	CASI
FAF	Final Approach Fix	CASI
FAGE	Fluorescence Assay with Gas Expansion	CASI
FAI	Field-Aligned Irregularity	CASI
FAM	Forward-viewing Analog-electronic Module	Goddard
FAME	Facilities Management Excellence	Goddard
FAO	Flight Activity Officer	Goddard
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization	Goddard
FAPAR	Fraction-Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation	Goddard
FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions	Goddard
FAR	Faculty Awards for Research	Goddard
FAR	Federal Acquisition Regulations	CASI
FAR	Federal Aviation Regulations	CASI
FAR	Flight Acceptance Review	Goddard
FAR	Federal Air Regulations	CASI
FARA	Federal Acquisition Reform Act	Goddard
FARB	Flight Acceptance Review Board	Goddard
FARE	Fluid Acquisition and Resupply Experiment	CASI
FARM	Frame Acceptance and Reporting Mechanism	Goddard
FARS	Flight Assurance Review System	Goddard
FASA	Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act	Goddard
FASAB	Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Board	Goddard
FASAB	Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board	Goddard
FASINEX	Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment	CASI
FASS	FOC Autonomous Safing Sequence	Goddard
FAST	Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer	CASI
FAT	Fabrication, Assembly, and Test	Goddard
FAT	Factory Acceptance Tests	Goddard
FAT	Flight Acceptance Test	Goddard
FAUST	Far Ultra Violet Space Telescope	Goddard
FAUST	Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope	CASI
FAX	Facsimile Transmission	CASI
FAXS	Failure Analysis Expert System	CASI
FBFM	Feedback Frequency Modulation	CASI
FBI	Federal Bureau of Investigation	Goddard
FBIS	Foreign Broadcasting Information Service	CASI
FBM	Weapon System Fleet Ballistic Missile Weapon System	CASI
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FC	Flow Chart	Goddard
FC	Fuel Cell (Space Shuttle)	CASI
FCA	Figure Control Actuators (OTA)	Goddard
FCA	Functional Configuration Audit	Goddard
FCA	Flow Control Assembly (Space Shuttle)	CASI
FCC	Facilities Coordination Committee	Goddard
FCC	Flat Conductor Cable	Goddard
FCC	Face Center Cubic Crystal	CASI
FCC	Federal Communications Commission	CASI
FCCSET	Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology	Langley
FCF	Functional Check Flight	Langley
FCG	Fatigue Crack Growth; Frequency CardioGraphy	CASI
FCHP	Fixed-Conductance Heat Pipe	Goddard
FCHP	Feedback Controlled Heat Pipes	CASI
FCI	Full Configuration-Interaction (Quantum Chemistry)	CASI
FCIM	Flexible Computer Integrated Manufacturing	Goddard
FCLED	Fine Control Law Error Detection	Goddard
FCOS	Flight Control Operating System (Space Shuttle)	CASI
FCP	Functional Control Program	Goddard
FCP	Fuel Cell Power (Plant) (Space Shuttle)	CASI
FCS	Flight Control System (Space Shuttle)	CASI
FD	Flight Dynamics	Goddard
FD	Functional Decomposition	Goddard
FDA	Fault Detection and Accommodation	CASI
FDA	Fault Detection and Annunciation (Space Shuttle)	CASI
FDA	Food and Drug Administration	CASI
FDD	Foreign Documents Div., Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC (Now under FBIS)	CASI
FDDI	Fiber Distributed Data Interface	Goddard
FDE	Fluid Dynamics Experiment	CASI
FDF	Flight Data File	Goddard
FDF	Flight Dynamics Facility	Goddard
FDH	Failure Detection and Handling	Goddard
FDI	Failure Detection and Isolation	Goddard
FDI&R	Failure Detection Identification and Control System Reconfiguration	CASI
FDIR	Failure Detection, Isolation, and Recovery	Goddard
FDIS	Final Draft International Standard	Goddard
FDM	Fill and Drain Module	Goddard
FDM	Frequency Division Multiplexing	CASI
FDMA	Frequency Division Multiple Access	CASI
FDMDA	Full Diameter Motirized Door Assembly	CASI
FDO	Fee Determination Official	Goddard
FDP	Fatigue Decreased Proficiency	CASI
FDP	Flight Data Processing	CASI
FDR	Federal Dispute Resolution	Goddard
FDR	Flight Data Review	Goddard
FDS	Flight Data System	Goddard
FDS	Flight Dynamics System	CASI
FDSDIC	Flight Data Systems Development and Integration Center	Goddard
FDSS	Flight Dynamics Support System	CASI
FDSU	Flight Data Storage Unit	CASI
FDX	Full Duplex	Langley
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FEA	Failure Effects Analysis	Goddard
FEA	Front End Assembly	Goddard
FEA	Finite Element Analysis	CASI
FEA	Fluid Experiment Assembly	CASI
FEBA	Forward Edge Battle Area	CASI
FEC	Forward Error Correction	CASI
FED	Facilities Engineering Division	Goddard
FEDD	For Early Domestic Dissemination	CASI
FEDLINK	Federal Library and Information Network	Langley
FEDS	Front End Data System	Goddard
FedSat	Federation Satellite One	Goddard
FEE	French Echocardiograph Equipment	CASI
FEEP	Field Emission Electric Propulsion	JPL
FEFFLA	Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act	Langley
FEG	Finite Element Graph	CASI
FEGLI	Federal Employees Group Life Insurance	Goddard
FEHB	Federal Employees Health Benefits	Goddard
FEI	Frequency Electronics, Inc.	Goddard
FEL	First Element Launch	CASI
FEL	Free Electron Laser	CASI
FEM	Finite Element Model	Goddard
FEM	Finite Element Method	CASI
FEM	Finite Element Modeling (or Models)	CASI
FEMA	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Goddard
FEMS	Fabrication Engineering Management System	Goddard
FEP	Fluorinated Copolymer of Ethylene Propylene	Goddard
FEP	Forecast Expenditure Plan	Goddard
FEP	Front End Processor	Goddard
FEP	Fluoroethylkene Polymer	CASI
FEP	Fountain Effect Pumps	CASI
FER	Freeze Exemption Request	Goddard
FERS	Federal Employees Retirement System	Goddard
FES	Fine Error Signal	Goddard
FES	Flash Evaporator System (Space Shuttle)	CASI
FESR	Finite Energy Sum Rules (Physics)	CASI
FESS	Facilities and Equipment Support Services	Langley
FET	Facilities Electrical Team	Langley
FET	Field Effect Transistor	CASI
FF	First Flight; Free-Flyer	CASI
FFD	Forward Flight Deck	Langley
FFE	Full Flight Envelope	CASI
FFOV	Full Field of View	Goddard
FFP	Firm Fixed Price	Goddard
FFRDC	Federally Funded Research and Development Center	CASI
FFTF	Fast Flux Test Facility (Nuclear Reactor)	CASI
FFTO	Free-Flying Teleoperator (Remotely controlled cybernetic machine system for the Space Shuttle)	CASI
FGB	Functional Energy Block (Russian Term)	Goddard
FGDC	Federal Geographic Data Committee (on standards)	CASI
FGE	Fine Guidance Electronics	Goddard
FGGE	First GARP Global Experiment	CASI
FGM	Fluxgate Magnetometer Experiment (on Cluster II)	Goddard
FGM	Functionally Gradient Materials	CASI
FGS	Fine Guidance System	Goddard
FGS	Fine Guidance Sensors	CASI
FGSS	FGS System	Goddard
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FH	Functional Hierarchy	Goddard
FHR	Fetal Heart Rate	CASI
FHST	Fixed Head Star Tracker	Goddard
FI	Facility Inspection	Goddard
FIAT	Fan/Inlet Acoustic Technology	Goddard
FIBRE	Fabry-Perot Interferometer/Bolometer Research Experiment	Goddard
FID	Flight Instrumentation Division (at Langley)	CASI
FIFE	First ISLSCP Field Experiment (International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project)	CASI
FIFI	Far Infrared Fabry-Perot Interferometer	Goddard
FIFO	First In, First Out	Goddard
FIG	Fiber Interferometer Gyroscope	CASI
FILE	Feature Identification and Landmark Experiment (NASA)	Langley
FIM	Field Intensity Meter	CASI
FIMS	Fault Isolation and Monitoring System	Goddard
FINDS	Fault Interring Nonlinear Detection System (NASA)	Langley
FIP	Fault Isolation Procedure	Goddard
FIPS	Federal Information Processing Standards	CASI
FIR	Far Infrared	Goddard
FIR	Flight Information Region	CASI
FIR	Finite Impulse Response	CASI
FIRAS	Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer	Goddard
FIRAS	Far Infrared Absolute Spectrometer	CASI
FIRE	First ISCCP (International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project) Regional Experiment	Langley
FIRE	Flight Investigation of the Reentry Environment	Langley
FIRE	First ISCCP Regional Experiment (ISCCP International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project)	CASI
FIREX	Far-Infrared Experiment (UARS)	Langley
FIREX	Fire Extinguishing System	CASI
FIREX	Firing Exercise	CASI
FIREX	Free Flying Imaging Radar Experiment	CASI
FIREX/SAMEX	Free Flying Imaging Radar Experiment/Soviet American Microwave Experiment	CASI
FIRMR	Federal Information Resources Management Regulations (Interagency Advisory Council)	Langley
FIRS	Far Infra Red Survey	Goddard
FIRST	Far Infrared and Submillimeter Telescope	Goddard
FIRST	For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology	Goddard
FIRST	Fabrication of Inflatable Reentry Structures for Test	CASI
FISH	Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization	CASI
FISOL	Fault Isolation	Goddard
FIT	Failure Detection & Identification	Langley
FITH	Fire in the Hole Technique	CASI
FITS	Flexible Image Transport System	CASI
FIXS	Fourier Imaging X-ray Spectrometer	CASI
FIZ	Fachinformationszentrum	CASI
FJPS	Field Joint Protection System	CASI
FL	Flight Level	CASI
FLAT	Flight-Plane-Aid Tracking	CASI
FLAT	Foreign Language Aptitude Test	CASI
FLC	Fine Loop Control	Goddard
FLI	Fluorescence Line Imager	CASI
FLICC	Federal Library and Information Center Committee	CASI
FLIR	Forward-Looking Infrared	Langley
FLOATZONE	Float Zone Crystal of Cadmium Telluride	CASI
FLOX	Fluorine-Liquid Oxygen	CASI
FLRA	Fair Labor Relations Act	Goddard
FLRA	Federal Labor Relations Authority	Goddard
FLRTS	Foreign Literature Translation Service	CASI
FLSA	Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)	Langley
FLSC	Flexible Linear-Shaped Charge	CASI
FLT	Flight	CASI
FLTCTL	Flight Control	CASI
FLTSATCOM	Fleet Satellite Communications	CASI
FLUINT	Fluid Integrator	Goddard
FLUXNET	Flux Network	Goddard
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FM	Facility Module (Man-tended module in support of ISF providing pace for middeck locker inserts and common racks for payload accomodations)	CASI
FM	Failure Mode (Space Shuttle)	CASI
FM	Fault Management	Goddard
FM	Fibrous Monolith	CASI
FM	Financial Manager	Goddard
FM	Flight Model	Goddard
FM	Frequency Modulation	CASI
FM	Facility Management	CASI
FM/FM	Double Frequency Modulation	CASI
FMA	Facilities Maintenance Augmentation	Langley
FMAD	Fluid Management and Distribution	CASI
FMB	Facilities Management Branch	Goddard
FMD	Facilities Management Division	Goddard
FMDA	Full Motorized Door Assembly	Goddard
FMDM	Flexible Multiplexer Demultiplexer	Goddard
FMEA	Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (Space Shuttle)	CASI
FMECA	Failure Modes, Effects, Criticality Analysis	Goddard
FMFB	Frequency Demodulator using FeedBack	CASI
FMH	Free Molecular Heating	Goddard
FMI	Focus Mission Interferometer	CASI
FMM	Federal Management Manual	Goddard
FMM	Financial Management Manual	Goddard
FMP	Facilities Master Plan	Goddard
FMS	Flight Management System	CASI
FMS	Fluid Management System	CASI
FMU	Formatter/Multiplexer Unit	Goddard
FND	Facility Need Date (NASA)	Langley
FNOC	Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center	Langley
FO	Flight Operations (MOC)	Goddard
FOB	Fixed Optical Bench	Goddard
FOB	Free On Board	Goddard
FOC	Fiber-Optic Cable	CASI
FOC	Full Optional Capability	CASI
FOC	Faint Object Camera	CASI
FOCAL	Francais Ocean et Climat dans l'Atlantique	CASI
FOCS	Fiber Optic Chemical Sensors	CASI
FOD	Foreign Object Damage	CASI
FODB	Fiber Optic Data Bus	Goddard
FOFE	Fiber Optic Flight Equipment	Goddard
FOG	Fiber Optics Gyro	Goddard
FOG	Fiber Optic Gyroscope	CASI
FOGW	Fiber Optic Ground Wire	CASI
FOI	Swedish Defense Research Agency	CASI
FOIA	Freedom of Information Act	Langley
FOIL	Fiber Optic Integration Lab	Goddard
FOM	Facility Operations Manager	Goddard
FOMS	Future Operational Microwave Sounder	CASI
FOO	Flight of Opportunity	Goddard
FOO	Flight Operations Office	Goddard
FOR	Field of Regard	Goddard
FOR	Flight Operations Review	Goddard
FORMATS	FDF Orbital and Mission Aids Transformation System	Goddard
FORR	Flight Operations Readiness Review	Goddard
FORTRAN	Formula Transition	Goddard
FOS	Faint Object Spectrometer	Goddard
FOS	Flight Operations Segment	Goddard
FOS	Flight Operations Software	Goddard
FOS	Flight Operations System	Goddard
FOS	Faint Object Spectrograph	CASI
FOSR	Flexible Optical Solar Reflector	Goddard
FOT	Flight Operations Team	Goddard
FOT	Frequency Optimum Traffic	CASI
FOUO	For Official Use Only	CASI
FOV	Field of View	Goddard
FP	Fixed Price	Langley
FP	Focal Plane	Goddard
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FPA	Floating Point Arithmetic	Goddard
FPA	Focal Plane Array	CASI
FPA	Focal Plane Assembly	Goddard
FPAR	Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation	Goddard
FPAS	Focal Plane Assembly shroud	Goddard
FPD	Flight Planning Document	CASI
FPDC	Federal Procurement Data Center	Goddard
FPDS	Federal Procurement Data System	Goddard
FPE	Focal Plane Electronics	Goddard
FPE	French Postural Experiment	CASI
FPEG	Fast Pulse Electron Gun	CASI
FPGA	Field-Programmable Gate Array	CASI
FPI	Fabry-Perot Interferometer	Goddard
FPI	Fixed Price Incentive	Langley
FPI	Focal Plane Instrument	Goddard
FPIF	Fixed Price Incentive Fee	Langley
FPIH	Facilities Project Implementation Handbook	Goddard
FPIM	Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection Module	CASI
FPL	Full Performance Level	Goddard
FPL	Forest Products Lab., (Dept. of Agriculture, Madison, WI)	CASI
FPM	Federal Personnel Manual	Langley
FPM	Fine Point Mode	Goddard
FPMH	Failures Per Million Hours	Goddard
FPMS	Facilities Project Management System	Goddard
FPPD	Flight Programs and Projects Directorate	Goddard
FPRA	Forward Pricing Rate Agreements	Goddard
FPRC	Flying Personnel Research Committee (Great Britain)	CASI
FPS	Focal Plane Structure	Goddard
FPSS	Focal Plane Structure Simulator	Goddard
FPT	Filter/Pressure Transducer	Goddard
FPTF	Focal Plane Target Fixture	Goddard
FQM	Fundamental Query and Manipulation	CASI
FQT	Formal Qualification Test	Goddard
FR	Failure Report	Goddard
FR	Federal Register	Goddard
FRACS	Frame Relay Access Switch	CASI
FRB	Failure Review Board	Goddard
FRC	Flight Research Center (Later DFRC - NASA)	CASI
FRC	Full Route Clearance Necessary	CASI
FRC	Field Reversed Configuration	CASI
FRCI	Fiber Reinforced Composite Insulation	CASI
FRCS	Forward Reaction Control System (Space Shuttle)	CASI
FRD	Facility Requirements Document	Goddard
FRDD	Federal Resources Decision Document	Langley
FRECOPA	FREnch COoperative PAyload	CASI
FREGATE	French Gamma Telescope	Goddard
FREL	Feltman Research and Engineering Lab., Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, NJ	CASI
FRL	Feltman Research Labs., Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, NJ	CASI
FRM-II	Forschungsreaktor Munchen	CASI
FRMS	Federation of Rocky Mountain States	CASI
FROZEPIPE	Frozen Startup of a Heat Pipe in Microgravity	CASI
FRR	Flight Readiness Review	Goddard
FRS	Filtered Rayleigh Scattering	CASI
FS	Factor of Safety	Goddard
FS	Flight Spare	Goddard
FS	Forward Shell	Goddard
FS	Functional Sponsor	Goddard
FS	Fund Source	Goddard
FSA	Flow Survey Apparatus	Langley
FSC	Fairchild Space Company	Goddard
FSD	Flying Spot Digitizer	CASI
FSDD	Flight Software Design Document	Goddard
FSE	Flight Support Equipment	Goddard
FSE	Flight Systems Engineering	Goddard
FSI	Facility Science Instrument	Goddard
FSIPE	FGS SI Protective Enclosure	Goddard
FSK	Frequency Shift Key	Goddard
FSL	Forecast Systems Laboratories	CASI
FSM	First Servicing Mission	Goddard
FSM	Fault Summary Message (Space Shuttle)	CASI
FSMP	Flight Software Management Plan	Goddard
FSP	Flight Strip Printer	CASI
FSPCM	Flight Strip Printer Control Module	CASI
FSS	Federal Supply Schedule	Goddard
FSS	Fine Sun Sensor	Goddard
FSS	Fixed Service System	Goddard
FSS	Flight Service Station	CASI
FSS	Flight Support Structure (Space Shuttle)	CASI
FSS	Flight Support System	CASI
FSS	Flutter Suppression System	CASI
FSS	Fokker Space Systems	Goddard
FSS	Functional Simulation System (OF S/W Development)	Goddard
FSS	Fixed Satellite Service	CASI
FSSAS	Flight Support System Axis System	Goddard
FSSC	Flight Systems and Servicing Contract	Goddard
FSSP	Forward Scanning Spectrometer Probe	CASI
FSSP	Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe	CASI
FSSP	Fuel System Supply Point	CASI
FSSS	Flight Software Support System	CASI
FST	Flight Simulation Test	CASI
FST	Flight Support Team	CASI
FST	Flight Systems Test	CASI
FSU	Florida State University	CASI
FSU	Frame Synchronization Unit	CASI
FSW	Flight Software	CASI
FSW	Feet of Seawater (33 FSW = 1 Atmosphere)	CASI
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FTA	Fault Tree Analysis	CASI
FTAPE	Fault Tolerance and Performance Evaluator	CASI
FTCP	Frond-end Telemetry and Command Processor	CASI
FTD	Foreign Tech. Div., Air Force Systems Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force, OH	CASI
FTE	Factory Test Equipment	CASI
FTE	Flux Transfer Event	CASI
FTE	Full Time Equivalent	CASI
FTIR	Fourier Transform Infrared (Spectroscopy)	CASI
FTIS	Function Test Information Sheet	CASI
FTM	Filter/Transducer Module	CASI
FTMP	Fault Tolerant Multiprocessor Computer System	Langley
FTP	File Transfer Protocol	CASI
FTP	Full Time Permanent	CASI
FTR	Federal Travel Regulations	CASI
FTS	Federal Telecommunications System	CASI
FTS	Flight Termination System	CASI
FTS	Fourier Transform Spectrometer	CASI
FTS	Frequency and Time Systems	CASI
FTS	Flight Telerobotic Servicer	CASI
FTS	Flight Telerobotic System	CASI
FTS	Fourier Transform Spectroscopy	CASI
FTXS	FDDI Transmission System	CASI
FU	Flight Unit	CASI
FUSE	Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer	CASI
FUT	Facilities Utilities Team	Langley
FUV	Far Ultraviolet	CASI
FVS	Flight Verification System	CASI
FWF	Fleet Weather Facility	CASI
FWHM	Full Width at Half Maximum	CASI
FWHM	Full-width Half Max	CASI
FWM	Filter Wheel Mechanism	CASI
FWOCS	Fab Work Order Control System	Langley
FWP	Federal Women’s Program	CASI
FWPC	Federal Women's Program Committee	Langley
FWS	Federal Wage Systems	Langley
FWS	Fish and Wildlife Service	CASI
FWS	Flexible Work Schedule	CASI
FXTS	Facsimile Transmission System	CASI
FY	Fiscal Year	CASI
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