| D/A |
Digital to Analog |
| D/D |
Engine Out Drift Down Point |
| D/O |
Description and Operation |
| DA |
Drift Angle |
| DA |
[USSR] Dalnaya Aviatsiya (Aviation Stratégique) |
| DAACM |
[USA] Direct Airfield Attack Combined Munition, bombe CBU-98/B |
| DAB |
[USA] Defense Acquisition Board |
| DABS |
Discrete Address Beacon System |
| DAC |
Digital to Analog Converter |
| DAC |
Drawing Aperture Card |
| DACM |
[USA] Dissimilar Air Combat Maneuvering, par exemple un entraînement au combat aérien avec des appareils "aggressors" simulant l'hostile. |
| DACT |
Dissimilar Air Combat Training |
| DAD |
Dischargeable Aviation Device. Systeme de containers pour stocker l'eau des bombardiers d'eau Il-76 Candid lorsqu'ils servent au transport. |
| DADC |
Digital Air Data Computer |
| DADCAP |
Dawn And Dusk Combat Air Patrol |
| DADS |
Digital Air Data System |
| DAF |
Damping Augmentation Function |
| DAFCS |
Digital Automatic Flight Control System |
| Daguet |
[France] Nom de la participation française à la guerre du golfe contre l'Irak en 1991. |
| DAR |
Digital AIDS Recorder |
| DAR |
Digital ACMS Recorder |
| DARO |
[USA] Defense Airborne Reconaissance Office |
| DARPA |
[USA] Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, un institut de recherches. Renommé ARPA. |
| Dart Board |
[USA] Programme de modifications du F-106, en 1961. |
| DAS/STC |
Designated Alteration Station/Supplemental Type Certific |
| DAS |
Direct Air Support |
| DASH |
Drone Anti Submarine Helicopter |
| Dash Ten |
[UK] Pod de brouillage |
| DASS |
[Europe] Defensive Aids Sub System |
| Dave |
[USA] Nom du code du Nakajima E8N |
| DB |
Depth bomb |
| DB |
Data Base |
| DB |
Decibel |
| DBA-GK |
[USSR] Commandement suprême de la flotte de bombardement aérien à longue portée, remplace le AON en 1940. |
| DBBS |
Data Base Bulletin Service |
| DBD |
Data Basis for Design |
| DBLR |
Doubler |
| DBNS |
Doppler Bombing / Navigation System |
| DBS |
Doppler Beam Sharpening |
| DC |
Depth Charge |
| DC |
Direct Current |
| DC |
Direct Current |
| DCA |
Defensive Counter Air |
| DCD |
Data Control and Display |
| DCD |
Decode |
| DCD |
Double Channel Duplex |
| DCDR |
Decoder |
| DCDU |
Data Control and Display Unit |
| DCI |
[USA] Director of Central Intelligence |
| DCMU |
[UK] Digital Colour Map Unit |
| DCS |
Designated Certification Specialist |
| DCS |
Direct Current Supply |
| DCS |
Double Channel Simplex |
| DCU |
Direction Control Unit |
| DCV |
Directional Control Valve |
| DCVR |
Direct Current Voltage Ratio |
| DD |
[USA] USN: Destroyer |
| DD |
[Allied] Duplex Drive. Designation des chars Sherman pour les opérations amphibies, équipés de deux hélices et d'un systeme de flottabilité. |
| DDA |
Digital Differential Accumulation |
| DDCU |
Dedicated Display and Control Unit |
| DDE |
[USA] Escort Destroyer |
| DDG |
[USA] USN: Guided Missile Destroyer |
| DDH |
[USA] USN: Helicopter-carrying destroyer |
| DDI |
Digital Display Indicator |
| DDI |
Design Drawing Instruction |
| DDI |
Documentary Data Insert |
| DDK |
[USA] USN: Hunter-Killer Destroyer |
| DDM |
Difference in Depth of Modulation |
| DDM |
Digital Data Module |
| DDP |
Declaration of Design and Performance |
| DDR |
[USA] USN: Radar Picket Destroyer |
| DDRMI |
Digital Distance and Ratio Magnetic Indicator |
| DDS |
Digital Data System |
| DDTS |
Digital Data Technology Standards |
| DDV |
Diret Drive Valve |
| DE |
[USA] Escort Destroyer |
| DEA |
[USA] Drug Enforcement Agency |
| Deadlight |
[UK] Destruction de sous-marins Allemands après la seconde guerre mondiale. 110 sous-marins en firent les frais. |
| Deadstick |
[UK] Lors d'Overlord, attaque par les paras pour capturer les ponts de l'Orna et du canal de Caen près de Ouistreham. Ce furent les premiers soldats à mettre le pied en France occupée (plus pour longtemps ;o) |
| DEC |
[USA] USN: Control Escort Ship |
| DEC |
Declination |
| DECEL |
Descelerate |
| DECM |
[USA] Deceptive Electronic Counter Measures. AN/ALQ-126. |
| DECR |
Decrease |
| DECU |
Digital Engine Control Unit |
| DEDP |
Data Entry and Display Panel |
| DEEC |
[USA] Digital Electronic Engine Control |
| Deep Freeze |
[USA] Expédition arctique en 1956. |
| DEF |
Definition |
DEFCON
|
[USA] Defence Condition:
DEFCON 1 Guerre Nucléaire
DEFCON 2 Guerre Conventionnelle
DEFCON 3 Urgence / Crises
DEFCON 4 Prêt à intervenir
DEFCON 5 Temps de paix |
| DEFDARS |
Digital Expandable Flt Dasa Acquisition & Recoding System |
| DEFL |
Deflect |
| DEG |
Degree |
| DEG |
[USA] USN: Guided Missile Escort Ship |
| DEL |
Delay Message |
| DEL |
Delete |
| DEL BY |
Deleted By |
| Delta |
[NATO] Classe de sous-marins soviétiques |
| DELTA P |
Diffenrential Pressure |
| DEM |
Digital Electronic Module |
| DEMOD |
Demodulator |
| DEMVAL |
[USA] Demonstration & Evaluation |
| Deny Flight |
[NATO] Opération OTAN pour renforcer la zone d'interdiction de vol sur la Bosnie. |
| DEP |
Data Entry Panel |
| DEPLD |
Deployed |
| DEPRESS |
Depressurization |
| DEPT |
Department |
| DER |
[USA] USN: Radar Picket Escort Ship |
| DES |
Descent |
| DES |
Digital Equipment Simulator |
| Desert Shield |
[USA] Opération de renforcement des forces du Golfe pour défendre l'Arabie Saoudite et préparer un éventuel conflit contr l'Irak. |
| Desert Storm |
[USA] "Opération Tempête du Désert" : Intervention des forces OTAN et notamment US, britanniques et françaises en 1991 pour contrer l'attaque irakienne lancée par Saddam Hussein contre le Koweit. |
| DESO |
[UK] Defence Export Services Organisation |
| DEST |
Destination |
| DET |
Detection, Detector |
| DETNG |
Determining |
| Detroit |
[Allied] Operation aérienne du Jour J, par la 82nd Airborne dans le secteur US. |
| DEU |
Decoder/Encoder Unit |
| DEV |
Deviation |
| DEVN |
Deviation |
| DEW |
Delivery Empty Weight |
| DEW |
[USA / Canada] Distant Early Warning, ligne de sites radar de l'arctique, sur la côte nord du Canada et au Groenland. |
| DEX |
Access Demanded |
| DF |
Direction Finder |
| DF |
Direction Finding |
| DFA |
Delayed Flaps Approach |
| DFCS |
Digital Fire Control System |
| DFDAU |
Digital Flight Data Acquisition Unit |
| DFDR |
Digital FLight Data Recorder |
| DFDRS |
Digital Flight Data Recording System |
| DFT |
Drift |
| DFVLR |
[Germany] Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt : Institut allemand de recherche et de tests pour l'air et l'espace. |
| DG |
Directional Gyro |
| DGAC |
[France] Direction Generale de l'Aviation Civile |
| DGT&E |
[UK] Directorate General of Test and Evaluation |
| DGI |
Digital Input |
| DGO |
Digital Output |
| DGTL |
Digital |
| DH |
Decision Height |
| DH |
Direct Hit |
| DHA |
[France] Détachement d'Hélicoptères Armés |
| DI |
[Czechoslovakia] Duverne Israel - Confidentiel Israël. Vente de 25 Avia C-210 (Bf 109 avec moteur Jumo 211) et 54 Spitfire à Israel, en 1948. 11 autres furent envoyés en 1949. |
| DI |
Data Input |
| DI |
Deicing |
| DIA |
Diameter |
| DIA |
[USA] Defense Intelligence Agency |
| DIANE |
[USA] Digital Integrated Attack and Navigation Equipment, pour le Grumman A-6 intruder. |
| DIAPH |
Diaphragm |
| Dick |
[USA] Nom de code du chasseur Seversky A8V (derivé du P-35), plus en service avec les forces japonaises pendant la seconde guerre mondiale. |
| DIFF |
Differential |
| DIM |
Dimension |
| DIM |
Dimming |
| DIM |
Direction Input Module |
| Dinah |
[USA] Nom de code du Mitsubishi Ki.46 de reco. |
| DINAS |
Digital Inertial Navigation / Attack System |
| DINS |
Digital Inertial Navigation System |
| DIPLXR |
Diplexer |
| DIR |
Direct, Direction, Director |
| DIR TO |
Direct to |
| Disclipined Guard |
[USA] Operation pour assurer une couverture aérienne aux forces ONU en Bosnie. |
| Disney |
[USA] Bombes à moteur fusée de 4500lb, pour les attaque d'abris de U-boat résistants aux autres types de bombes. Seules deux furent utilisées en opérations. |
| DIS-IN |
Discrete Input |
| DISC |
Disconnect, Disconnected |
| DISCH |
Discharge, Discharged |
| DISCTN |
Disconnection |
| DISRMD |
Disarmed |
| DIST |
Distance |
| DISTR |
Distribute, Distribution, Distributor |
| DITCH |
Ditching |
| DITS |
Digital Information Transfer System |
| DIU |
Digital Interface Unit |
| DIV |
[USA] Division |
| Diver |
[UK] Nom de code du V-1. |
| Dixie |
[Allied] Le mouvement communiste en Chine. |
| DK |
[USSR] Desantniy korabl' (navire de débarquement) |
| DL |
[USA] USN: Frégate |
| DLC |
Direct Lift Control |
| DLG |
[USA] USN: Guided Missile Frigate |
| DLGH |
[USA] USN: Guided Missile Frigate, Helicopter |
| DLGN |
[USA] USN: Guided Missile Frigate, nuclear-powered |
| DLI |
[USA] Deck-Launch Intercept |
| DLK |
Data Link |
| DLOAD |
Data Loading |
| DLRB |
Data Loader Routing Box |
| DLS |
Data Loader Selector |
| DLY |
Delay |
| DLZ |
Dynamic Launch Zone |
| DM |
[USA] USN: Light Minelayer |
| DM |
[USSR] Dopolnitelny Motor -Moteur auxiliaire. Statoréacteur, généralement installé sous les ailes des chasseurs de la seconde guerre mondiale, dans le but d'augmenter les performances. |
| DMA |
[USA] Defence Mapping Agency |
| DMA |
Direct Memory Access |
| DMC |
Design Modification Committee |
| DMC |
Direct Maintenance Cost |
| DMC |
Display Management Computer |
| DMDLTR |
Demodulator |
| DME |
Distance Measuring Equipment |
| DME |
Distance Measuring Equipment |
| DMP |
Display Management Processor |
| DMPI |
Desired Mean Point of Impact |
| DMPR |
Damper |
| DMS |
[USA] High Speed Minelayer |
| DMU |
Data Management Unit |
| DMZ |
Demilitarised Zone |
| DN |
Down |
| DNI |
Drawing Numerical Index |
| DNLK |
Downlock |
| DO |
Data Output |
| DO |
Design Office |
| DOAC |
[UK] Defence Operational Analysis Centre |
| Doc |
[USA] Nom de code du Messerschmitt Bf 110, supposé à tort être au service au Japon. |
| DOC |
Direct Operating Cost |
| DOC.DATA |
Documentary Data |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| Dog House |
[NATO] Medium range early-warning ground radar for ABM-1. |
| Doris |
[USA] Nom de code du Mitsubishi B-97. N'a jamais existé. |
| DOSAAF |
[USSR] Dobrovoln'oe Obshchestvo Sodeistviya Armii, Aviatsii i Flotu. Association "volontaire" de soutien à l'Armée, l'Aviation et la Flotte. |
| DOT |
[UK] Details Of Tasking |
| DOW |
Dry Operating Weight |
| Down Beat |
[NATO] Radar de nez des Tu-95 Bear-G et Tu-22M Backfire. |
| Downfall |
[USA] Plan d'invasion du Japon en 1945. La première phase devait être "Olympic", la seconde "Coronet". |
| DP |
Data Processing |
| DP |
Diffenrential Protection |
| DPC |
Defence Planning Committee, of NATO. |
| DPDT |
Double Pole / Double Throw |
| DPI |
Differential Pressure Indicator |
| DPM |
Design Progress Meeting |
| DR |
Dead Reckoning |
| DR |
Door |
| DR |
Dead Reckoning |
| DRA |
[UK] Defence Research Agency. Créée le premier avril 1991 pour mener toutes les recherches non-nucléaires. |
| Dragon |
[USA] Missile guidé anti-chars lancé par un lance-missile M47, de 14.6kg. |
| DRIP |
Design Response Intended for Playback |
| DRM |
Duct Repair Manual |
| DRMI |
Distance Radio Magnetic Indicator |
| DRVG |
Driving |
| DRVN |
Driven |
| DRVR |
Driver |
| DSAPP |
Disappearance |
| DSCRM |
Discriminator |
| DSCRT |
Discrete |
| DSCS |
Doors and Escape Slides Control System |
| DSDL |
Dedicated Serial Data Link |
| DSENGD |
Disengaged |
| DSFC |
Direct Side-Force Control |
| DSI |
Discrete Input |
| DSO |
Discrete Output |
| DSP |
[USA] Defense Support Programme. Un réseau de satellites d'alerte avancée. |
| DSPL |
Display |
| DSRV |
[USA] USN: Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle. |
| DSTA |
[UK] Defence Science and Technology Agency |
| DSTRK |
Desired Track |
| DSUG |
Drawing Set User Guide |
| DTD |
Document Type Definition |
| DTG |
Distance to Go |
| DTG |
Date-Time Group |
| DTM |
Data Transfer Module |
| DTMF |
Dual Tone Multiple Frequency |
| DTMS |
Damage Tolerance Monitoring System |
| DTMU |
Damage Tolerance Monitoring Unit |
| DU |
Display Unit |
| DUM |
Dummy |
| DVI |
Direct Voice Input |
| DWG |
Drawing |
| DWS |
[Germany] Dispenser Weapon System |
| DX |
Access Demanded |
| DYNMTC |
Dynamometric |
| DZ |
Dropping Zone |