Acronym Glossary
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This section has a list of important acronyms and their definitions.

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| ATA      | Air Transport Association                                  |
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| BIT      | Built In Test                                              |
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| BOM      | Bill of Materials                                          |
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| CFR      | Code of Federal Regulations                                |
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| CS       | Certification Specification                                |
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| EASA     | European Aviation Safety Agency                            |
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| EPRD     | Electronic Part Reliability Data                           |
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| FAA      | Federal Aviation Administration                            |
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| FM       | Failure Mode                                               |
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| FMEA     | Failure Mode and Effects Analysis                          |
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| FMECA    | Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis             |
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| FMES     | Failure Modes and Effects Summary                          |
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| FRACAS   | Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System  |
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| FT       | Fault Tree                                                 |
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| FTA      | Fault Tree Analysis                                        |
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| JARUS    | Joint Authorities for Rule-making on Unmanned Systems      |
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| MIL-HDBK | Military Handbook                                          |
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| MSG-3    | Maintenance Steering Group 3                               |
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| MSI      | Maintenance Significant Items                              |
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| MTBF     | Mean Time Between Failures                                 |
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| MTTR     | Mean Time to Repair                                        |
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| NATO     | North Atlantic Treaty Organization                         |
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| NPRD     | Non-Electronic Parts Reliability Data                      |
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| NSWC     | Naval Surface Warfare Center                               |
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| RAMS     | Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety     |
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| RPA      | Reliability Prediction Analysis                            |
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| SCM      | Scheduled Maintenance                                      |
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| SN       | Serial Number                                              |
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| SSI      | Significant Structural Item                                |
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