AEROSPACE ACRONYM & Abbreviation Guide

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December 2008

Avionics Magazine proudly presents the fourth 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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• UA unmanned aircraft
  

• UA unnumbered acknowledgment
  

• UART universal asynchronous receiver transmitter
  

• UAS unmanned aircraft system
  

• UAT universal access transceiver
  

• UATP universal air travel plan
  

• UAV unmanned aerial vehicle
  

• UBI uplink block identifier
  

• UCAV unmanned combat aerial vehicle
  

• UCD universal cockpit display
  

• UCI user computer interface
  

• UD user data
  

• UDF unducted fan
  

• UDP user datagram protocol
  

• UHF ultra-high frequency
  

• UI unnumbered information
  

• UIR upper information region
  

• UL uplink
  

• ULV ultra-low voltage
  

• ULWG upper layer working group
  

• UML unified modeling language
  

• UMTS universal mobile telecommunications system
  

• UP universal platform
  

• UPRM universal platform resource management
  

• UPS uninterruptible power supply
  

• UPSMS UPS management supply
  

• URET user request evaluation tool
  

• URL universal resource locator
  

• USB universal serial bus
  

• USC United States code
  

• USCG U.S. Coast Guard
  

• UTC universal time coordinated
  

• UTP unshielded twisted pair
  

• UV ultraviolet
  

• UUT unit under test
  

• UWB ultra wide-band