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SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS<br />

SYMBOL DESIGNATION<br />

a Attrition rate (coefficient) <strong>of</strong> enemy forces, Arbitrary (CLD links)<br />

b Attrition rate (coefficient) <strong>of</strong> friendly forces<br />

c Attrition rate (coefficient) <strong>of</strong> enemy by friendly support fire<br />

d Attrition rate (coefficient) <strong>of</strong> friendly forces by enemy support fire<br />

k Number <strong>of</strong> nodes<br />

n Refractive index<br />

Pfa<br />

Probability <strong>of</strong> false alarm<br />

Pd<br />

Probability <strong>of</strong> detection<br />

PH<br />

Probability <strong>of</strong> hit<br />

PH,m<br />

Probability <strong>of</strong> hit per mission<br />

Pk<br />

Probability <strong>of</strong> kill<br />

Pk/H<br />

Probability <strong>of</strong> kill, given a hit<br />

x Number <strong>of</strong> enemy forces<br />

xs<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> enemy support forces<br />

y Number <strong>of</strong> friendly forces<br />

ys<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> friendly support forces<br />

Emissivity<br />

Reflectivity<br />

Pulse/code element length<br />

ABBREVIATION DESCRIPTION<br />

AA Anti-Aircraft<br />

AAA Anti-Aircraft Artillery<br />

AD Analogue-to-Digital<br />

AEW Airborne Early Warning<br />

AFV Armored Fighting Vehicle<br />

AGC Automatic Gain Control<br />

AHP Analytic Hierarchy Process<br />

AL Aft, Left<br />

AlGaN Aluminum Gallium Nitride<br />

Al2O3<br />

Sapphire<br />

AM Amplitude Modulation<br />

AOA Angle <strong>of</strong> Arrival<br />

AOC Association <strong>of</strong> Old Crows<br />

AR Aft, Right<br />

ARM Anti-Radiation Missile<br />

ASPJ Airborne Self-Protection Jammer<br />

ATGW Anti-Tank Guided Weapon<br />

BDR Battle Damage Repair<br />

BVR Beyond Visual Range<br />

BW Bandwidth<br />

CAS Close Air Support<br />

CASEVAC Casualty Evacuation<br />

CATWOE Customer, Actor, Transformation, Weltanschauung, Owner, Environmental<br />

Constraints<br />

C-band IEEE Std TM 521-2002 designation for the frequency band 4-8 GHz<br />

CCD Charge-Coupled Device

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