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S&I Safety and initiating.
sanding coat Heavy-bodied paint or dope coat which
fills irregularities in surface, leaving smooth base for top
coats.
S&M Supply and movements (RAF).
Sandow cord See bungee.
sand pillar Dust devil.
S&S Sensors and shooters.
sandstorm Wind densely laden with sand and dust,
bringing surface visibility close to zero.
SANDT School of Applied Non-Destructive Testing.
S&R Search and rescue.
S&TI Scientific and technical intelligence.
sandwich aircraft Positioned horizontally or vertically
between two enemy aircraft.
sandwich construction Large family of constructional
methods, most of them patented, in which two loadbearing
skins are joined to stabilizing low-density core. In
most types both skins are locally flat and parallel, but
most can be shaped to single or compound curvature
before or after bonding three components together, and a
few are tailored so that * thickness varies to meet requirement
of part. Cores can be metal or paper/plastics
honeycombs, foamed plastics, balsa or many other
choices, including dimpled or corrugated sheet.
sandwich manoeuvre One fighter, usually DA partner,
turns away and accelerates while other falls in behind
enemy.
sandwich moulding Polymer A injected inside polymer B
in mould.
sandwich plate Plate, part of primary structure, located
between two other members, eg on centreline between
left/right keel girders.
Sandy Search and rescue aircraft (colloq.).
San Marco Italian-operated space launch platform on
island off Kenya.
SANS Small-angle neutron scattering.
Santal Système anti-aérien légèr (F).
SAO 1 Special access only (high security classification,
also called black).
2 Special Activities Office (DoD).
3 Surface aviation observation.
SAOCS Submarine/aircraft optical communication
system.
SAOEU Strike/Attack Operational Evaluation Unit.
SAOWP Structural analysis and optimization working
party.
SAP 1 Seaborne air platform, eg for jet V/STOL.
2 Semi-armour piercing [many possible suffixes, such
as, HE, high-explosive, API; armour-piercing incendiary].
3 Silicon avalanche photodiode.
4 Simulated attack profile.
5 Special-access programme [OC adds oversight
committee] (DoD).
6 Survivable adaptive planning [E adds experiment].
7 Soon as possible.
8 Sensing and processing.
9 Service access point[s].
10 Sensitivity analysis program.
SAPC South African Parachute Club.
Sapco, SAPCO Special-access program co-ordination
office.
SAPE Survivable adaptive planning experiment.
Sartaf
Saphyre Swerve aero-propulsion hypersonic research
experiment (NASA).
SAPM Synchronized air-power management (USAF).
SAPO Standby arrangement for peacekeeper
operations (UN).
Sapoc, SAPOC Special-access program oversight
committee.
SAR 1 Search and rescue.
2 Synthetic-aperture [or array] radar; FTI adds fixedtarget
indication.
3 Selected acquisition report (US one each FY).
4 Stand-alone radar.
5 Semi-active radar.
6 Signal-acquisition remote.
7 Special access required.
8 Starter-assisted relight.
Sara 1 Selective-adhesion release agent.
2 Ship approach recovery aid[s].
Sarah Search and rescue and homing; personal radio
beacon (Ultra).
Sarbe Search and rescue beacon equipment;
military/civil (Burndept).
SARC Systems Acquisition Review Council (USA).
Sarcap, SarCAP SAR (1) combat air patrol.
Sarda State and regional defense airlift (US).
Sardam Sonar-array remote detection of aircraft and
management, enables submerged submarine to detect and
track distant aircraft.
SARG Semi-active radar guidance.
Sarge Surveillance and reconnaissance ground equipment.
SARH 1 Semi-active radar homing.
2 Society of Air Racing Historians [Berea, OH44017,
US] (Int.).
Sarie Semi-automatic radar identification equipment;
part of Abbey Hill (UK).
Sarin Toxic nerve gas.
Saris 1 Synthetic-aperture radar interpretation system.
2 Semi-active radar imaging seeker.
SARJ Solar alpha rotary joint.
SARLupe Radar surveillance satellites (G).
SARO Supply aero-engine record office (UK).
Sarops Search and rescue operations.
Saros Search and rescue for Open Skies.
SARP, sarp 1 Semi-automatic radar plotting.
2 Signal auto radar-processing system.
3 See Sarps.
Sarpal, SAPpal Search and rescue portable air-launchable.
Sarps, SARPS Standards and recommended practices
(ICAO).
SARS 1 Support and restraint system.
Sarpal, SARpal Search and rescur protable airlaunchable.
2 Static automatic reporting system.
3 Severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Sarsat 1 Search and rescue satellite.
2 Search and rescue satellite-aided tracking.
SART, Sart 1 Semi-active [artificial] radar target.
2 Search and rescue transponder.
3 Structural airframe repair technician.
4 Self-activating reactive target.
Sartaf SAR (1) task force.
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