This is a glossary of acronyms and initials used for avionics and aircraft instruments in the Russian Federation and formerly the USSR. The Latin-alphabet names are phonetic representations of the Cyrillic originals, and variations are inevitable.
Avionics and instruments
edit- AB
- - navigation display/drift sight[1]
- ABSU
- - integrated automatic control system[2]
- AChKhO
- - chronometer[1]
- AGD
- - artificial horizons and situation display[3]
- AGI
- Avia-gorizont Istrebitel'nyy – artificial horizon for fighter aircraft[4]
- AGK
- - artificial horizon0[1]
- AIP
- - optical bombsight[5]
- AIS
- AP
- APD
- - secure digital data-links[3]
- APM
- - magnetic anomaly detectors[3] MAD
- APP
- - automatic control systems for dispensers[3] ('chuff and fluff' - Chaff and Flare countermeasures)
- APS
- Avtomaht Pereklahdki Stabilizahtora – automatic stabiliser incidence adjuster[7]
- ARK
- Automatcheskiy RadioKompass - automatic radio compass ADF[4]
- ARL
- - analogue FM secure data-links and beacon rx[3]
- ARL-SM
- - analogue FM secure data-links and beacon rx[8]
- ARU
- Avtomat Regulirovaniya Usily – artificial feel device[4]
- ARZ
- Avtomat Regulirovaniya Zagruzki - artificial feel system[4]
- ANP
- Avtomaticheskiy Navigatsionnyy Pribor – automatic navigation device
- APP
- Avtomaht Passivnykh Pomekh – automatic passive ECM/IRCM device[1]
- ASP
- 1. Aviacionny Strelkovy Pritsel – aerial gun-sight[4]
- 2. Avtomaticheskiy Strelkovyy Pritsel – computing gun-sight[7]
- ASTU
- - airborne automatic thermo-anemometer
- ASU
- - GCI receivers[3]
- AU
- Avtomaht Oosiliy – automatic artificial feel unit[9]
- AUASP
- Avtomaht Ooglov Atahki, Snosa i Peregroozki – automatic AOA/sideslip/g limiter[8]
- AVR-M
- - chronometer0[1]
- BARS
- Bortovaya Avtomaticheskaya Registreeruyushchaya Sistema – on-board automatic recording system[1]
- BKO
- - integrated defence electronics complex[3]
- BKP
- Blok Krenovykh Popravok – bank compensation module[10]
- BMR
- - weather research RADAR[1]
- BRS
- - telemetry receiver[3]
- BTsK
- Bortovoy Tsifrovoy Kompleks – on-board digital suite[7]
- BU
- Blok Oopravleniya - control module[11]
- D
- - Dutch roll damper[8]
- DA
- - combined VSI & turn and bank indicator[8]
- DAK-DB
- Distantsionnyy AstroKompass – DAB – remote celestial compass[9]
- DGMK
- Distantsionnyy Gheeromagnitnyy Kompass – gyro-magnetic compass[1]
- DIK
- - flux-gate compass[6]
- DISS
- Doplerovskiy Izmeritel' Skorosti i Snosa - doppler speed/drift sensor system[3]
- DNM
- - secure data link[3]
- DT
- - pitch damper[8]
- EDGMK
- Elektricheskiy Distantsionnyy Gheeromagnitnyy Kompass – electro-gyro-magnetic compass[7]
- ESUV
- Elektronnaya Sistema Upravleniya Vozduhozabornika – inlet ramp control system[4]
- EUP
- Elektrischeskiy Ooskazahtel' Povorota – electric turn and bank indicator[1]
- G
- (suffix) Grazahnskiy - civil[12]
- GIK
- GheeroIndooktsionnyy Kompass - earth inductor/gyro flux compass[7]
- GLONASS
- GLObahl'naya NAvigatsionnaya Spootnikovaya Sistema – global navigation satellite system[3]
- GMK-TG
- - compass system[5]
- GIK
- - directional gyro[5]
- GPK
- GheeroPoluKompas - gyro-compass[9]
- IA
- - exhaust gas temperature indicator[2]
- IKVR
- Izmeritel'nyy Kompleks Vysokovo Razresheniya – high resolution measurement system[1]
- IKVR
- Izmeritel'nyy Kompleks Vysokovo Razresheniya – high resolution measurement system[1]
- ILS
- - advanced HUD[3] no relation to ILS
- IRIS
- Izmeritel'-Registrahtor Impool'snykh Signahlov – [electro-magnetic] pulse signal measurement and recording device[10]
- IS
- - inertial navigation system[7]
- ITE
- - tachometer[2]
- IVR
- Indikahtor Vertikahl'nykh Rezheemov – vertical modes indicator[2]
- K
- Kompleks [Vo'orouzheniya] – weapons system[10]
- KAP
- Korrekteeruyemaya Avia P - autopilot roll only[7]
- KI
- - compass[1]
- KN
- Kompleks Navigahtsii/Navigatsionnyy – navigation system[7]
- KP
- Kol'tsevoy Pritsel - ring sight[13]
- KPM
- Kompleks Polunatoornovo Modeleerovaniya – testrig/combat simulator[7]
- KRU
- Komanhdnoye Rahdio'upravleniye - radio command guidance system[11]
- KRU-UB
- Komanhdnoye Rahdio'upravleniye Oopravlyayemoy Bomboy - radio command guidance system for UB guided bombs[11]
- KS
- Koorsovaya Sistema – compass system[8]
- KSI
- Koorsavaya Sistema Istrebiel'naya – course indicator system for fighters[7]
- KUS
- Kombineerovanny oozkazahtel' Skorosti – airspeed indicator[1]
- MA
- - Mach meter[1]
- MFBU
- MnogoFoonktsionahl'nyy Blok Oopravleniya – multi-function missile control module[7]
- MRP
- Markernyy RahdioPreeyomnik - marker beacon receiver[4]
- MS
- NBA
- Navigatsionnyy Bombardirovchnyy Avtomaht – automatic navigation/bomb release module[9]
- NI
- Navigatsionnyy Indikahtor - ground position indicator[14]
- NK
- Navigatsionnyy Kompleks – navigation suite[2]
- NKPB
- Nochnoy Kollimahtonyy Pritsel Bombardirovochnyy – night capable collimator bombsight[5]
- NVU
- Navigatsionnoye Vychislitel'noye Oostroystvo - navigation computer[8]
- OEPS
- Optika-Elektronnoya Pritselnaya Sistema – electro-optical search and track system[4]
- OEPrNK
- Optika-Elektronnoya Pritsel'no-navigatsionnyy Kompleks – electro-optical weapons aiming and navigation system[7]
- OLS-M
- Optiko-Lokatsionnaya Stahntsiya – Modernizeerovannaya – combined IR/TV search and track/laser ranger unit[7]
- OP
- Opticheskiy Pritsel - optical gunsight[13]
- OPB
- Opticheskiy Pritsel bombardirovochnyy – optical synchronised bombsight[10]
- OSP
- Oboroodovaniye Slepoy Posahdki - instrument/blind landing system[3]
- P
- (suffix) Pomekhozashchishchonnost – ECM resistant[7]
- PARG
- Poluaktivnaya Rahdiolokatsionnaya Golovka [samonavedeniya] – semi-active radar seeker head[7]
- PBK
- Pritsel Dlya Bombometahniya s Kabreerovaniya – bomb sight for nbomb delivery in a climb [toss/loft bombing sight][7]
- PDSP
- Parashootno-desahntnaya Sistema Pelengahtsii – parachute dropping system receiver[5]
- PINO
- Proyektsionnyy Indikahtor Navigatsionnoy Obstanovki – navigation head up display[2]
- PKI
- Pritsel KI - collimator sight[7]
- PNS
- Pritsel'no-navigatsionnaya Sistema - nav attack system[3]
- PP
- Pritsel P – high altitude sight[1]
- PRGS
- Poluaktivnaya Rahdiolokatsionnaya Golovka Samonavedeniya – semi-active radar seeker[7]
- PrNK
- Pritsel'no-Navigatsionnyy Kompleks – nav/attack system[7]
- PRS
- Pritsel Rahdiolokatsionnyy Strelkoyy - gunners RADAR sight[3]
- PS
- Pritsel'naya stahntsiya – sighting station[9]
- PSBN
- Pribor Slepovo Bomometahniya I Navigahtsii – search/bomb-aiming RADAR[10]
- PSP
- Pritsel Strelkovyy Periskopicheskiy – flexible periscopic sight[6]
- PTN
- Pritsel Torpednyy Nizko-vysotnyy – low altitude torpedo sight[1]
- PTU
- - video recording system
- PVU
- Pritsel'no-Vychislitel'noye Oostroystvo – computing sight[15]
- R
- - radio transmitter[5]
- RBP
- Rahdiolokatsionnyy Bombardirovochnyy Pritsel – RADAR bomb sight[3]
- RGB
- RahdioGhidroakoosticheskiy Booy – sonobuoy
- RI
- Rechevoy Informahtor – automatic voice annunciator[2]
- RIS
- Rahdio'iskhatel Samolyotov – radio device for detecting aircraft[16] early name for RADAR in USSR
- RIU
- Reghistreeruyushcheye Indikahtornoye oostroystvo – display and recording unit[7]
- RLPK
- RahdioLokatsionnyy Pritsel'nyy Kompleks – radar targeting system[7]
- ROZ
- Radiolokahtor Obzora Zemlee - weather/navigation radar[12]
- RP
- Rahdiolokatsionnyy Pritsel – radio[RADAR] sight[3]
- RP-SA
- Rahdiolokatsionnyy Pritsel - SA – radio[RADAR] sight[8]
- RP
- – translusency recorder
- RPK
- RahdioPoluKompas - direction finder[17]
- RPKO
- RahdioPoluKOmpas - direction finder[17]
- RPSN
- Rahdiolohkatsionnyy Pribor Slepoy Navigahtsii – blind navigation radar device[1]
- RSB
- Radio Stahntsiya Bombardirovochnaya – bomber aircraft radio station[4]
- RSBN
- Radio Stahntsiya Blizhnei Navigatsii - short range radio navigation system[4] SHORAN
- RSI
- Radio Stahntsiya Istrebitelnaya – fighter radio system[4]
- RSIU
- Radio Stahntsiya Istrebitelnaya Ultrakorotkovolnovaya – fighter V/UHF radio system[4]
- RTO
- - data-link system[2]
- RSU
- Radio Stahntsiya Ultrakorotkovolnovaya – UHF radio system[4]
- RTS
- RahdiotelemeTricheskaya Stahntsiya – radio telemetry station[1]
- RUP
- Reshayushcheye Oostroystvo Posahdki – landing computer[7] ILS
- RUSP
- RahdioUstroystvo Slepoy Posahdki – blind landing radio device[6] ILS
- RV
- RahdioVysotomer – radio altimeter[4]
- RV-UM
- RahdioVysotomer UM – radio altimeter UM[4]
- SAB
- Sistema Avtomaticheskoy Balansirovki – automatic longitudinal trim system[2]
- SAMB
- - airborne automatic weather research module
- SARPP
- Sistema Avtomaticheskoy Registratsii Poletnykh Parametrov/Parametrov Polyota – in-flight recorder[4]
- SAU
- Sistema Avtomaticheskogo Upravleniya - autopilot[4]
- SBI
- - phased array, pulse-doppler radar[1]
- SCh
- - Svoy/Choozkoy - IFF[10] IFF
- SD
- - distance measuring equipment
- SDU
- Sistema Distancionnogo Upravleniya – fly by wire control system[4]
- SGU
- Samolyotnoye Gromkogovoryashcheye Oostroystvo – airborne loudspeaker system[1]
- ShKAI
- Sheeroko'ugol'nyy Kollimahtornyy Aviatsionnyy Indikahtor – wide angle collimated display for aircraft[7] wide angle HUD
- SIV
- Samolyotnyy Infrakrahsnyy Vizeer – aircraft mounted Infra-Red sight[7]
- SN
- Sistema Navigahtsii - navigation system[7]
- SO
- Samoletny Otvetchik – aircraft transponder[4]
- SOD
- Stahntsiya Opredeleniya Dahl'nosti - radio rangefinder[10] DME
- SOI
- Sistema otobrazheniya Informahtsii – data presentation system[7]
- SOM
- Samolyotnyy Otvetchik Mezhdunarodnyy – aircraft mounted international transponder[2]
- SOUA
- Sistema Organicheniya Oogla Atahki – angle of attack limiter system[7]
- SOS
- Sistema Organichitel'nykh Signahlov – AOA limiter[7]
- SP
- [sistema / apparatoora] Slepoy Posahdki - ILS[5]
- SPARU
- Samolotnoye Preeyomnoye Avtomaticheskoye RahdioUstroystvo – airborne automatic radio receiver device [sono-buoy receiver][1]
- SPGS
- Samolyotnaya peregovornaya Gromkogovoryashchaya Sistema – intercom system
- SPI
- - LORAN[9]
- SPO
- Sistema Preduprezhdeniya ob Obluchenii – irradiation warning system[RWR][7]
- SPRS
- - heading radar[10]
- SPS
- Stahntsiya Pomekhovykh Signahlov – [lit. interference emitter] active jammer[10]
- SPU
- Samolyotnoye Peregovornoye Oostroystvo - intercom[4]
- SRD
- Samolyotnyy RahdioDahl'nomer – aircraft radio rangefinder[gun ranging radar][7]
- SRO
- Samolyotnyy Rahdiolokatsionnyy Otvetchik – airborne IFF transponder[10]
- SRP
- Shchotno-reshayushchiy Pribor – counting and computing device[7]
- SRS
- Stahntsiya Razvedki Svyazi – signals intelligence pack[7]
- SRZO
- SSP
- Sistema Signalizahtsii Pozhara – fire warning system[2]
- STU
- - approach/landing system[2]
- SUIT
- - fuel metering system[2]
- SUU
- Sistema Oostoychivosti I Oopravlyayemosti - stability and control system[2]
- SUV
- Sistema Oopravleniya Vo'oruzheniyem – weapons control system[7]
- SVB
- - medium wave radio[5]
- SVS
- Sistema Vozdushnyh Signahlov – air data computer[4]
- SYeV
- Sistema Yedinovo Vremeni – time synchronisation system[1]
- TARK
- Televizionnyy Aviatsionnyy Razvedyvatel'nyy Kompleks – TV reconnaissance system[10]
- TKS
- TeleKodovaya Sistema – encrypted data-link system[7]
- TP
- TS
- Tablo Signalizahtsii – warning/caution light panel[2]
- TSP
- Televizionnyy Strelkovyy Ptritsel - television sighting system[12]
- TsGV
- - Gyro-flux gate[5]
- TsP
- - fire control RADAR[7]
- TsPNK
- Tsifrovoy Pilatzhno-Navigatsionnyy Kompleks – digital flight avionics/navigation suite[10]
- TsSV
- - central air data system
- TsSVM
- Tsifrovaya Vychislitel'naya Mashina – digital computer[2]
- RGB-N
- Rahdio-Ghidroakoosticheskiy Booy N - sonobuoy[1]
- UISM
- - combined ASI/machmeter[8]
- UNSM
- - combined ASI/machmeter[2]
- UP
- UPS
- Ookazahtel Polozheniya Stabilizahtora – tailplane incidence indicator[8]
- US
- UUAP
- UUT
- Ookazaht' Oogla Tangazha – pitch angle indicator[2]
- UVPD
- Ookazahtel' Vysoty i Perepahda Davleniya – cockpit altitude and pressure indicator[8]
- VAR
- Variometr - vertical speed indicator / variometer[1]
- VB
- Vychslitel' Ballisticheskiy – ballistics computer[8]
- VD
- - altimeter[1]
- VDI
- - two-needle altimeter[8]
- VGS
- - sonobuoy system[1]
- VK
- - correction switch[2]
- VKR-S
- Vychislitel' Kriticheskikh rezheemov - dangerous flight modes computer[2]
- VMSh
- Vremennoy Mekhanizm Shtoormovika – attack release timing mechanism[1]
- VSP
- - speed altitude auto-hold module[10]
- VT
- - altimeter[2]
- VTF
- - altimeter[2]
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