AEROSPACE ACRONYM & Abbreviation Guide

December 2006

Avionics Magazine presents the third edition of our comprehensive Aerospace Acronym Guide. Since we started compiling the list in 2002, the number of acronyms and abbreviations has grown by 660 entries, from 2,306 to 2,966.

Though it is not an exhaustive list, we trust it will serve you well.

• kA kiloamperes

• KARI The Korea Aerospace Research Institute

• KB kilobytes (thousand bytes)

• KBITS kilobits

• Kbps kilobits per second

• Kgls kinematic GPS landing system

• KHz kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)

• KPS KB per second

• KTS knots

• KVA kilovolt-ampere

• KW Kilowatt