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  • ADS-B Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast
  • AIP Airport Improvement Program
  • AMASS Airport Movement Area Safety System
  • ANSP Air Navigation Service Provider
  • ASAP Aviation Safety Action Program



  • ASDE-X Airport Surface Detection Equipment-Model X
  • ARP Airports
  • ATC Air Traffic Control
  • ATCS Air Traffic Control Specialist
  • ATSS Airway Transportation Systems Specialist



  • ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Centers
  • ATCSCC Air Traffic Control System Command Center
  • AT-CTI Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative
  • ATO Air Traffic Organization
  • AVS Aviation Safety



  • CAEP ICAO Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection
  • CAST Commercial Aviation Safety Team
  • CEDR Center for Early Dispute Resolution
  • COSP Continued Operational Safety Program
  • EASA European Aviation Safety Agency



  • ERAM En Route Automation Modernization
  • FAA Federal Aviation Administration
  • FOQA Flight Operational Quality Assurance
  • FY Fiscal Year
  • GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
  • GAO Government Accounting Office



  • ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
  • JPDO Joint Planning and Development Office
  • NAS National Airspace System
  • NextGen Next Generation Air Transportation System
  • NOTAM Notice to Airmen