Industry Acronym Listing
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
AAQG — Americas Aerospace Quality Group (see also IAQG)
ABET — Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
ACE — Aerospace Congress & Exhibition - biennial meeting, combines Aviation Safety, Aerofast, AMTC and WAC.
ADA — Air Defense Artillery
AEA — Aerospace Experienced Auditor
AEAT — Aerospace Revitalization II meeting
AECMA — Association Europeenne des Constructeurs de Materiel Aerospatial (European Aerospace Manufacturers Association).
AEI — SAE's Automotive Engineering International magazine.
AEROFAST — Aerospace Automated Fastening Conference & Exhibition
AGMA — American Gear Manufacturers Association
AHS — American Helicopter Society
AIA — Aerospace Industry Association
AIAA — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
AIMMPE — American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical & Petroleum Engineers
AIRP — Air plating meeting
AIEA — Aerospace Industry Experienced Auditor
AISI — American Iron and Steel Institute
AMA — American Management Association
ANAB — ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board
ANA — Aerospace North American, located in British Columbia, Canada.
ANSI — American National Standards Institute
ANS — American National Standard.
APF — Airline Plating Forum
ARD — Aerospace Resource Document
ARP — Aerospace Recommended Practice, SAE aerospace standards document.
AS — Aerospace Standard, SAE aerospace standards publication.
ASA — Aerospace Strategies in Action
ASAWG — Aerospace Strategy and Actions Working Group
ASD — Aerospace Avionics Systems Division, a division in the aerospace standards committees
ASM International — The materials information society. (Previously called ASM — American Society of Metals.)
ASNT — American Society for Nondestructive Testing
ASQC — American Society of Quality Control (former name of the American Society for Quality — ASQ)
ASTM — American Society for Testing & Materials.
ATTC — Agricultural Tractor Technical Committee
AVIA — Business Aircraft Contribution CBSA meeting
CAESAR — Civilian American and European Surface Anthropometry Resource.
CARs — Corrective Action Responses
CARB — California Air Resources Board
CATARC — China Automotive Technology & Research Center
CEC — Coordinating European Council, publisher of fuels and lubricant test methods (located in England).
CEN — European Committee for Standardization
CENELEC — European Committee for Electrotechnical Standards
CSA — Canadian Standards Association
CTEA — Convergence Transportation and Electronics Association
CTEPO — Convergence Transportation Electronics Program Office.
DCAS — Defense Contract Administration Services.
DIN — German Standards Writing Organization.
DOC — Department of Commerce
DOD — Department of Defense
DODISS — Department of Defense Index of Standards and Specifications
DOT — Department of Transportation.
E & TD — Educational Technical Display Committee
EA's — Engineering Aids, tools for engineering design
EAA — Experimental Aircraft Association
EC — European Community, also know as the EEC or European Economic Community
EEC — European Economic Community
EFTA — European Free Trade Association
EIC — Earthmoving Industry Conference
EOTC — European Organization for Testing and Certification
EQM — Enterprise Quality Manager; Database System used by PRI Registrar for housing audit information.
ESC — Environmental Sustainability Conference & Exhibition
ETAB — Emerging Technologies Advisory Board
FAA — Federal Aviation Administration
FACTS — Fasteners, Actuators, Connectors, Tools, & Subsystems ?USAF program to provide better parts & processing
FSF — Flight Safety Foundation
GAMA — General Aviation Manufacturers Association
GATC — General Aviation Technology Conference & Exhibition
HFTC — Human Factors Technical Committee (Construction Agriculture Council)
IAAR — International Association of Accredited Registrars
IAEM — International Association of Exposition Managers
IAF — International Accreditation Forum
IAQG — International Aerospace Quality Group
IATA — International Air Transport Association
ICAO — International Civil Aviation Organization
ICES — International Conference on Environmental Systems, SAE meeting that deals with space and spacecraft.
IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE — Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
IRCA — International Register of Certified Auditors
ISO — International Organization for Standardization. SAE participates in the technical work of preparing International Standards.
J Report — Ground vehicle technical report or standard.
JSA — Japanese Standards Association
LRI — Lubricant Review Institute
Member Body — ISO term used to refer to member countries.
MIL SPEC — Military Specification
MIRA — Motor Industry Research Association (England).
MOD — Minister of Defense (United Kingdom)
MPPC — Materials, Processes & Parts Council, a Council that reports to the Technical Standards Board
MSDS — Sheets kept on file that describes chemicals and how to handle them.
Nadcap — A worldwide cooperative program of major companies designed to manage a cost effective consensus approach to special processes and products.
NADS — New American Domestics Companies with their main headquarters outside the United States, which now have manufacturing facilities located in the U.S. For example — Japanese: Honda, Nissan, Subaru and Toyota.
NAFTA — North American Free Trade Agreement
NAIPC — North American International Powertrain Conference
NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NBAA — National Business Aircraft Association
NCRs — Nonconformances
NTSB — National Transportation Safety Board
OAG — Official airline guide
OASIS — Online Aerospace Supplier Information System
OLAP — SAE's Oil Labeling Assessment Program
OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Act. Federal legislation protecting employees by assuring safe working conditions issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
PAMA — Professional Aviation Maintenance Association
PRI — Performance Review Institute
PRIME — A major contractor (e.g. Boeing or GE) involved with an aerospace project.
QA — Quality Assurance. Procedures to make sure those products/services are of the highest quality.
QIC — Quality Improvement Committee, committee that reports to the Board of Directors.
QML — Qualified Manufacturers List
QPL — Qualified Parts List
RAeS — Royal Aeronautical Society (UK)
RABQSA — Registrar Accreditation Board Quality Society of Australia
RMC — Registration Management Committee
SAE — Society for Automotive Engineers
SECC — Sub-zero Engineering Conditions Conference
SPAB — Standards Advisory Publishing Board.
Standards — specifications for the mobility industry.
UKAS — United Kingdom Accreditation Service
