AEROSPACE ACRONYM & Abbreviation Guide

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December 2010

Avionics Magazine proudly presents the fifth edition of our biennial Aerospace Acronym & Abbreviation Guide. Updated with the latest terms from the magazine’s pages, this comprehensive guide has grown to more than 3,000 civil and military acronyms.

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  • kA kilo amperes

  • KARI 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)

  • KIAS knots indicated airspeed

  • KPS KB per second

  • KT knot

  • KTS knots

  • KVA kilovolt-ampere

  • KW kilowatt