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 |
|---|---|
| AHRS | Attitude and Heading Reference System |
| AHRU | Attitude and Heading Reference Unit |
| AHS | American Helicopter Society |
| AHTOC | Attack Helicopter Target Operational Characteristics |
| AI | Administrative Instruction |
| AI | Air Interdiction |
| AI | Airborne Intercept |
| AI | Airborne Interception |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| AI | Automatic Identification |
| AI2S | Advanced Infra-red Imaging Seeker |
| AIA | Aircraft Interface Assembly |
| AIAA | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| AIAAM | Advanced Intercept Air-to-Air Missile |
| AIAC | ACCS Implementation Advisory Committee |
| AIAG | Automotive Industries Action Group |
| AIAH | Advanced Integrated Avionic Helmet |
| AIAIT Centre (US Army) | Army Intelligence and Threat Analysis |
| AIB | Admiralty Interview Board |
| AIBU | Advanced Interference Blanker Unit |
| AICORN | Adaptive Intelligent Control of Radio Networks |
| AICP | Anglo-Italian Collaboration Programme |
| AICRO | Association of Independent Contract Research Organisations |
| AID | Agency for International Development |
| AIDB | Anti-Intrusion Defence Barriers |
| AIDC | Aero Industry Development Centre |
| AIDLO | Atomic and International Defence liaison Officer |
| AIDS | Acoustic Intelligence Data System |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AIDS | Advanced Integrated Display System |
| AIDS | Airborne Integrated Data System |
| AIDU | Aeronautical Information Documentation Unit |
| AIDU | Aeronautical Information Documents Unit |
| AIEFSO | Accident Investigation and Engineering Flight Safety Officer |
| AIEWS | Advanced Integrated Electronic Warfare System |
| AIFF | Advanced Identification Friend or Foe |
| AIFF | Audio Interchange File Format |
| AIFFC | Audio Interchange File Format plus Compression |
| AIFS | Advanced Indirect Fire System |
| AIFTA | Anglo-Irish Free Trade Agreement |
| AIFV | Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle |
| AIG | Address Indicating Group |
| AIG | Address Indicator Group |
| AIG | Assistant Instructor of Gunnery (Royal Air Force) |
| AIG | Automatic Indicator Group |
| AII | Accuracy Improvement Initiative (GPS) |
| AIIM | Association for Information and Image Management |
| AIL | Advance Information Leaflet |
| AILA | Airborne Instrument Landing Approach system |
| AIM | Active Inert Missile |
| AIM | Air Intercept Missile |
| AIM | Air Interceptor Missile |
| AIM | Air traffic control beacon IFF Mk XII system |
| AIM | Aircraft Inter-phone and Mixer |
| AIM | Anti-Invasion Mine |
| AIME | Aircraft Integrity Monitoring Equipment |
| AIMES | Avionics Integrated Maintenance Expert System |
| AIMIS | Advanced Integrated Modular Instrumentation System |
| AIMS | Accident Information Management System |
| AIMS | Advanced Integrated MAD System |
| AIMS | Aircraft Identification Monitoring System |
| AIMS | Arctic Ice Monitoring System |
| AIMS | Attitude Indicator Measurement System |
| Aimval | Air Intercept Missile Evaluation |
| AINS | Airborne Inertial Navigation System |
| AIO | Action Information Organisation |
| AIO | Action Information Organisation (ship command centre) |
| AIP | Aeronautical Information Publication |
| AIP | Agreed Implementation Plan |
| AIP | Air-Independent Propulsion |
| AIPS | Advanced Integrated Propulsion System |
| AIPT | Advanced Image Processing Terminal |
| AIR | Accident Incident Rate |
| AIR | AIR Command replaced Strike when Strike and PTC merged |
| AIR | Air Intercept Radar |
| AIR | Annual Infrastructure Report |
| Air Cdre | Air Commodore |
| Air Chf Mshl | Air chief Marshal |
| Air Mshl | Air Marshal |
| AIRBALTAP | Allied Air Forces Baltic Approaches |
| AIRCOM | Air Command |
| AIRNON | Allied Air Forces Northern Norway |
| AirOpsCen | Air Operations Centre |
| AIRS | Advanced Inertial Reference System |
| AIRS | Advanced Infra-Red imaging Seeker |
| AIRS | Airborne Integrated Reconnaissance System |
| AIRS2P2 | Air Sensors Systems and Platform Protection IPT |
| AirSH | Air Support Helicopter |
| AIRSONOR | Allied Air Forces Southern Norway |
| AIRSOUTH | Allied Air Forces Southern Europe |
| AirSpaceMgr | Air Space Manager |
| AIRT | Air-to-air Interceptor Radar Training |
| AIS | Advanced Instrumentation SubSystem |
| AIS | Aeronautical Information Service |
| AISD | Advance Interoperability Services Demonstrator |
| AISEC | Army Information Engineering Command (US Army) |
| AISR | Advanced Initial Spares Requirements |
| AISS | Alliance for Information Systems Skills |
| AISS | Armaments Interim Supply Solution |
| AIT | Advanced Intruder Test |
| AIT | Assembly Integration & Test |
| AITAT | Armoured Infantry Training and Advisory Team |
| AITT | Association of Industrial Truck Trainers. |
| AIU | Active Inject Unit |
| AIU | Airborne Installation Unit |
| AIU | Aircraft Interface Unit |
| AIU | Armament Interface Unit |
| AIU | Audio Interface Unit |
| AIVA | Association of Internal Verifiers and Assessors |
| AIWS | Advanced Interdiction Weapon System |
| AIX | Advanced Interactive Executive (IBMs UNIX operating system) |
| AJ | Anti-Jam |
| AJ | Anti-jamming |
| AJF | Allied Joint Force |
| AJFHQ | Allied Joint Force Headquarters |
| AJM | Anti-Jam Modem |
| AJPO | Ada Joint Program Office |
| AJS | Advanced Jamming System |
| AJT | Advanced Jet Trainer |
| AK | Avtomat Kalashnikov |
| AKM | AK Modified |
| AL | Amendment List |
| AL | Analogue Loop |
| AL xx | Helicopter Alert State |
| ALA | Army Licensing Authority |
| ALAAVA | Advanced Light Armoured/Amphibious Vehicle System |
| ALAD | Automatic Liquid Agent Detector |
| ALADEIN | Assets Liabilities And Depot Equipment / Information Network |
| ALARA | As Low As Reasonably Achievable |
| ALARM | Air Launched Anti-Radiation Missile |
| ALARM | Air-Launched Anti-Radiation Missile |
| ALARMS | Airborne Laser Radar Mine Sensor |
| ALARP | As Low As is Reasonably Practicable |
| ALARP | As Low As Reasonably Practicable |
| ALARR | Air-Launched Air-Recoverable Rocket |
| ALASIS | Assignment Ledger and Automated Sales Invoicing System |
| ALB | Automatic Load-dependent Brake |
| ALBF | Airland Battle Future |
| ALBM | Air-Launched Ballistic Missile |
| ALC | Air Logistics Command |
| ALC | Alternate Logistics control number (LCN) Code |
| ALC | Army Learning Centre |
| ALC | Army Legal Corps |
| ALC | Automatic Level Control |
| ALCAM | Air-Launched Conventional Attack Missile |
| ALCC | Airborne Launch Control Centre |
| ALCE | Army List of Classified Equipments |
| ALCM | Air-Launched Cruise Missile |
| ALCS | Airborne Launch Control System |
| ALCV | Armoured Land-mine Clearing Vehicle |
| ALDC | Army Logistic Development Committee |
| ALDP | Airborne Laser Designator Pod |
| ALDS | Acquisition Leadership Development Scheme |
| ALDS | Acquisition Leadership Development Team |
| ALDT | Administrative & Logistics Delay Time |
| ALE | Arbitrary Lagrange-Euler code |
| ALE | Automatic Link Establishment |
| ALEBI | Air/Land Enhancement for BFG Intelligence |
| Alert | Warning that an incident has occurred |
| ALERTDECL | Alert Stage / State Declaration |
| ALERTS | Airborne Laser Electronic warfare Receiver Training |
| ALES | Authorised List of Explosive Stores |
| ALEX | Automatic Launching of Expendables |
| ALF | Atomic Line Filter |
| ALFENS | Automated Low Flying Entry and Notification System |
| ALFENS | Automated Low Flying Flight Planning Enquiry and Management System |
| ALFENS | Automated Low-Flying Flt-Planning Enquiry & Notification System |
| ALFS | Airborne Low Frequency Sonar |
| ALFS | Automatic Low Flying Systems |
| ALG | Action Learning Group(s) |
| ALG | Autonomous Landing Guidance |
| ALGMS | Advanced Laser-Guided Missile System |
| ALGOL | Algorithmic Language |
| ALGW | Air Launched Guided Weapon |
| ALH | Active Laser Homing |
| ALI | Adult Learning Inspectorate |
| ALI | Automatic Line Integration |
| ALL | Admiralty List of Lights |
| ALLA | Allied Long Lines Agency |
| ALLD | Airborne Laser Location Designator |
| ALLOCATION | The band of frequencies available for a certain equipment these are |
| ALLOTMENT | The list of frequencies available for the operation |
| ALLTV | All Light Level Television |
| ALM | Air Launched Munitions |
| ALM | Air Load Master (Royal Air Force) |
| ALM | Air Loadmaster |
| ALMSS | Air Launched Marine Sound Signal |
| ALMV | Air Launched Miniature Vehicle |
| ALO | Air Liaison Officer |
| ALOC | Air Line of Communications |
| ALOFT | Airborne Light Optical Fibre Technology |
| ALOOS | Air Liaison Officer Offensive Support |
| ALOR | Advisory Levels of Release |
| ALOS | Airborne Light Observation System |
| ALOSH | Air Liaison Officer Support Helicopters |
| ALOTS | Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking System |
| ALP | Ammunition Logistic Process |
| ALPOS | Anti-Laser Protected Optical Sight |
| ALPS | Accidental Launch Protection System |
| ALPS | Air Load Planning System |
| ALQA | Automatic Link Quality Analysis |
| ALRAAM | Advanced long-range Air-to-Air Missile |
| ALRAD | Airborne Laser Range-finder And Designator |
| ALRI | Airborne Long-range Radar Input |
| ALRS | Admiralty List of Radio Signals |
| ALS | Acquisition Logistics Standard |
| ALS | Advanced Launched System (SDI project) |
| ALS | Advanced Life Support |
| ALS | All-weather Landing System |
| ALS | Army Legal Services |
| ALS | Augmented Logistics Support |
| ALS | Auxiliary Lighter |
| ALSAD | Aircraft Logistics Supply And Demand |
| ALSG | Air Logistics and Support Group |
| ALSL | Alternative Landing Ship Logistic |
| ALSP | Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol |
| ALSS | Advanced Logistics Support Site |
| ALSS | Air-Launched Saturation System missile |
| ALT | Administration Lead Time |
| ALT | Administrative Lead Time |
| ALT | Airborne Laser Tracker |
| ALT | Altimeter |
| ALT | Armoured Launching Turret |
| ALT | Attack Light Torpedo |
| ALTA | Advanced Lightweight Tactical Antenna |
| ALTAIR | ARPA Long-range Tracking And Instrumentation Radar |
| ALTE | Approved List of Test Equipment |
| ALU | Arithmetic and Logic Unit |
| ALW | Air / Land Warfare |
| ALW | Amphibious and Land Warfare |
| ALWT | Advanced Lightweight Torpedo |
| ALYCAT | Aeromechanics LYnx Control and Agility Testbed |
| AM | Aircrew Manual |
| AM | Amplitude Modulation |
| AM | Ante Meridian |
| AM | Anti-Material |
| AM | Assignment Manager or Achievement Milestone |
| AMA | Adaptive Multi-function Antenna |
| AMA | Advanced Modern Apprenticeship |
| AMACS | Advanced Multi-Axis Cueing Seat |
| AMAD | Airframe Mounted Accessory Drive |
| AMANDA | Ammunition Management Area Network Depot Aid |
| AMANS | Army Management Services |
| AMARV | Advanced Manoeuvring Re-entry vehicle |
| AMAS | Alternate Main Access Switch |
| AMAS | Automated Manoeuvring Attack System |
| AMB | Active Magnetic Bearing |
| Amb | Ambulance |
| AMC | Acquisition Management Cell |
| AMC | Advanced Micro-Electronics Converter |
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