The Complete MOD Abbreviation Database
We have a complete list of over 21,000 acronyms used by the Ministry of Defence.
The abbreviations listed below are used by all brances of the Military in the UK.
Complete List Of British Army Acronyms
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| AD/OE | Assistant Director/Ordnance Engineering |
| AD/QOI | Assistant Director/Quality Ordnance Inspection |
| AD/TC | Assistant Director Trident Co-ordination |
| AD/XJAM | Artillery Delivered Expendable Jammer |
| ADA | Action Data Automation |
| ADA | Air Danger Area |
| ADA | Air Defence Artillery |
| ADA | Air Defended Area |
| ADAC | ASW Data Analysis Acinct Centre |
| ADACS | Airborne Digital Automatic Collection system |
| ADACS | Alarm and Distributed Access Control System |
| ADAD | Air Defence Alerting Device |
| ADAIRS | Air Data and Inertial Reference System |
| ADAM | Area Denial Artillery Munitions |
| ADAMS | Air Defence Advanced Mobile System |
| ADAMS | Air Defence Anti-Missile System |
| ADAMS | Allied Deployment & Movement System |
| ADAPS | Automatic Data Acquisition and Processing |
| ADAPT | Acquisition of NEC and Dabinett Programme Team IPT |
| ADAR | Airfield Damage And Repair |
| ADARIO | Analogue/Digital Adaptable Recorder Input/Output |
| ADARS | Adaptive Antenna Receiver System |
| ADAS | Airborne Data Acquisition System |
| ADAS | Airfield Damage Assessment System (USAF) |
| ADAS | Auxiliary Data Annotation Set |
| AdatP | Allied Data Publication. |
| ADatP | Allied Data Publications |
| ADat-P3 | Automatic Data Processing (Standard)3 |
| ADATS | Air Defence Anti-Tank System |
| ADAU | Auxiliary Data Acquisition Unit |
| ADAWS | Action Data Automatic Weapons System |
| ADAWS | Action Data Automation Weapon System |
| ADAWW | Assistant Director Above Water Warfare |
| ADAZ | Air Defence Zone |
| ADBMS | Air Defence Battle Management Simulation |
| ADBriC | Air Defence Bridging Capability |
| ADC | Acoustic Device Countermeasure |
| ADC | Action Data & Control (systems) |
| ADC | Additional Duties Commitment (type of reserve service) |
| ADC | Aide-De-Camp |
| ADC | Air Data Computer |
| ADC | Air Defence Command (former USAF Command) |
| ADC | Air Defence Commander |
| ADC | Analogue to Digital Converter |
| ADC | Analogue-to-Digital Conversion/Converter |
| ADC | Annual Delegate Conference |
| ADC | Armament Directors Conference |
| ADC | Army Doctrine Committee |
| ADC | Assessment and Development Centre |
| ADC | Assistant Director Contracts |
| ADC | Asynchronous Digital Combiner |
| ADC(X) | Auxiliary Dry Cargo Carrier |
| ADC/WDO | Action Data & Communications / Weapons Delivery & Ordnance |
| ADCA | Advanced Design Composite Aircraft (USAF) |
| ADCAP | Advanced Capabilities |
| ADCAPARM | Advanced Capabilities Anti-Radar Missile |
| ADCC | Air Defence Control Centre |
| ADCC | Air Direction Control Centre |
| ADCIS | Air Defence Communication and Information System |
| ADCIS | Army Air Defence CIS System |
| ADCOM | Aerospace Defence Command |
| ADCP | Acoustic Doppler Current Profile |
| ADCP | Assistant Director Corporate Planning |
| ADCS | Air Data Computer System |
| ADCT | Aircraft Data Configuration Tool |
| ADD | Agency for Defence Development |
| ADDC | Air Defence Data Centre |
| ADDS | Advanced Decoy Dispenser System |
| ADDS | Advanced Digital Dispensing System |
| ADDS | Army Data Distribution System |
| ADE | Aerial Delivery Equipment |
| ADE | Aeronautical Development Establishment |
| ADEA | Army Development and Employment Agency |
| ADECS | Advanced Digital Engine Control System |
| ADEKS | Advanced Design Electronics Key System |
| ADELA | Atlantic Development Group for Latin America |
| ADELT | Automatically Deployable Emergency Locator Transponder |
| ADEN | Armament Designed Enfired |
| ADESM | Automatic Data Extraction from Signal Messages |
| ADEWS | Air Defence Electronic Warfare System |
| ADEX | Air Defence Exercise |
| ADF | Automatic Direction Finding |
| ADF | Automatic Document Feeder. |
| ADFCC | Air Force Defence Control Centre |
| ADG | Accessory-Drive Generator |
| ADG | Aircraft Delivery Group |
| ADGBS | Air Defence Ground Based Systems IPT |
| ADGE | Air Defence Ground Environment |
| ADGS | Air Defence Gun Sight |
| ADH | Air Danger Height |
| ADI | Air Defence Initiative |
| ADI | Attitude Director Indicator |
| ADIB | Air Deployable Ice Beacon |
| ADIMP | Ada Improvement Programme |
| ADIRS | Air Data and Inertial Reference System |
| ADIRS | Airfield Damage Information and Reporting System |
| ADIT | Automatic Detection and Tracking Unit |
| ADITT | Aerially Deployed Ice Thickness Transponder |
| ADIVS | Air Defence Inter-operability Validation System |
| ADIZ | Air Defence Identification Zone |
| adj | adjustment |
| Adjt | Adjutant |
| Adjt-Gen | Adjutant-General |
| ADKEM | Advanced Kinetic Energy Missile |
| ADL | advanced distributed learning |
| ADL | Armament Data Line |
| ADL | Authorised Data List |
| ADL | Authorised Demander Level |
| ADLBS | ASACS Data Link Buffer System |
| ADLIPS | Automatic Data Link Plotting System |
| ADLS | Assistant Director Logistic Support |
| ADM | Adaptive Delta Modulation |
| ADM | Add Drop Mux |
| Adm | Admiral |
| ADM | Advanced Development Model |
| ADM | Aerodrome Design Manual |
| ADM | African Democratic Movement |
| ADM | Air Decoy Missile |
| ADM | Asynchronous Data Modem |
| ADM | Atomic Demolition Munitions |
| ADMD | Administrative Managed Domains |
| ADMD | Administrative Management Domain |
| Admin | Administrator/Administration |
| ADMIS | Army Department Management Information System |
| ADMT | Assistant Director Movements and Transport |
| ADMU | Air Distance Measuring Unit |
| ADNAR | Assistant Director Nuclear Accident Response |
| ADNBS(Transport) | Assistant Director Naval Bases and Supply (Transport) |
| ADNC | Air Defence Notification Centre |
| ADNOC | Air Defence Operations Centre |
| ADNOCS | Advanced Digital Optical Control System |
| ADNP | Assistant Director Nuclear Propulsion |
| ADOC | Air Defence Operations Centre |
| ADOP | Advanced Distributed Onboard Processor |
| ADOPT | Aerodynamic Design Optimisation for Long Duct Nacelles |
| ADP | Admiralty Driving Permit. |
| ADP | Arab Democratic Party |
| ADP | Auto Data Processing |
| ADP | Automated Data Processing |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing |
| ADP | Automatic/Advanced Data Processing |
| ADPA | American Defence Preparedness Association |
| ADPCM | Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation |
| ADPCM | Adaptive Pulse Code Modulation |
| ADPE | Automated Data Processing Equipment |
| ADPG | Air Defence Planning Group |
| ADPMP(QA) | Assistant Director Procurement Management Policy (Quality Assurance) |
| ADPS(SS) | Assistant Director Programmes and Support (Strategic systems) |
| ADPSO | Automatic Data Processing Selection Office |
| ADQS | Assistant Director Quality and Safety |
| ADQUAL | Additional Qualification |
| ADR | Accident Data Recorder |
| ADR | Accord Dangerous Routier (EEC Policy on Transport) |
| ADR | Active Decoy Round (Mk 251) |
| ADR | Air Data Relay |
| ADR | Air Defence Region |
| ADR | Airfield Damage Repair |
| ADR | Allocation Deficiency Report |
| ADR(LS) | Assistant Director Research (Life Sciences) |
| ADR+ | Advanced Digital Radio + Bowman VHF Radio |
| ADRC | Advanced Defence Radar Controller |
| ADREF No | Admiralty Reference Number |
| ADRG | ARC Digital Radar Graphics |
| ADRG | ARC Digitised Raster Graphics |
| ADROWPU | Advanced Double Pass Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit |
| ADRP | Aircraft Design Approvals Requirements & Procedure |
| ADRS | Airfield Damage Repair Squadron (Royal Air Force) |
| ADRTIES | Advanced Digital Radar Imagery Exploitation System |
| ADRU | Advanced Defence Radar Unit |
| ADS | Acoustic Detection System |
| ADS | Active Dipping Sonar |
| ADS | Advanced Deployable Systems program (US Navy) |
| ADS | Air Data System |
| ADS | Airborne/Active Dipping Sonar or Air Defence System |
| ADS | Aircraft Document Set |
| ADS | Ammunition Delivery System |
| ADS | Architectural Design Study |
| ADS | Astronomical Data Services |
| ADS | Audio Distribution System |
| ADS | Automatic Defence System |
| ADS | Automatic Dependent Surveillance |
| ADS/PS | Assistant Director Project Support |
| AdSAAMS | Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System |
| ADSAF | Automatic Data System for the Army in the Field |
| ADSCM | Advanced Ship Communications |
| ADSI | Air Defence Systems Integrator |
| ADSIA | Allied Data Systems Interoperability Agency |
| ADSIA | Allied Data Systems Inter-operability Agency |
| ADSL | Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line |
| ADSM | Air Defence Suppression Missile |
| ADSP | Advanced Digital Signal Processor |
| ADSR(CD)) | Assistant Director Ship Refitting (Corporate Development) |
| ADST | Assistant Director Supply and Transport |
| ADSU | Air Data Sensor Unit |
| ADT | Administrative Delay Time |
| ADT | Advanced Display Terminal |
| ADT | Air Data Terminal |
| ADT | Air Defence Technology programme |
| ADT | Airborne Data Terminal |
| ADT | Alphanumeric Display Terminal |
| ADT | Assistant Director Training |
| ADT | Assured Deterrent Time |
| ADT | Automatic Data Transmission |
| ADT | Automatic Detection and Tracking |
| ADT3 | Air Defence Tactical Training Centre |
| ADTC | Armament Development and Test Centre (USAF) |
| ADTD | Assistant Director Tactical Development |
| ADTM | Aircraft Data Transfer Module |
| ADTU | Auxiliary Data Transfer Unit |
| ADU | Air Data Unit |
| ADU | Air Defence Unit |
| ADU | Annotation Display Unit |
| ADU | Automatic Dialling Unit |
| ADU | Auxiliary Display Unit |
| ADU | Avionics Display Unit |
| Adv | Advanced |
| ADV | Air Defence Variant |
| Adv Sig | Advanced Signaller |
| Adv Sig(S) | Advanced Signaller (Systems) |
| Advc | Advice |
| ADVC | Airborne Digital Video Cassette |
| ADVCAP | Advanced Capability |
| ADVICE | Analogue and Digital Video Integrator and Contrast |
| Advn | Adventure Adventurous |
| AdvnTrg | Adventurous Training |
| ADVON | Advanced Echelon |
| Advsr | Advisor |
| ADW | Area Defence Weapon |
| ADW | Area Denial Weapon |
| ADWRFS | Armament Depot Weapon Repair Facility Statement |
| ADZ | Air Danger Zone |
| AE | Adult Education |
| AE | Aircraft Established |
| AE | Ammunition ship |
| AE | Assault Echelon |
| AE | Authorising Engineer |
| AEA | Aircrew Equipment Assemblies |
| AEA | Aircrew Equipment Assembly |
| AEA | Atomic Energy Authority |
| AEA/SRD | Atomic Energy/Safety & Reliability Directorate |
| AEB | Active Electronic Buoy |
| AEC | Air Element Co-ordinator |
| AEC | Army Education Centre |
| AEC | Army Education Corps |
| AEC | Associated Equipment Company |
| AEC | Atomic Energy Commission |
| AECB | Arms Export Control Board |
| AECM | Active Electronic Countermeasures |
| AECMA | Association European des Constructeurs de Materiel Aerospatial |
| AECU | Advanced Electronic Control Unit |
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