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3 Engage and trim indicator.
EATC European Air Transport Command, proposed
2007 (Int.).
Eatchip European ATC harmonization and integration
programme, from 1991, three phases, still active 2009
(ECAC/Eurocontrol).
EATMP European air-traffic management
programme.
eating irons Knife, fork, spoon, issued to airmen (UK,
colloq.).
EATMS 1 European Air-Traffic Management System
(Int.).
2 Enhanced air-traffic management and Mode-S
Implementation in Europe (Int.).
EAU 1 European accounting unit; see International
Accounting Unit.
2 Engine analyser unit.
EAW Expeditionary Air Wing (RAF).
EB 1 Essential bus.
2 Electron beam.
3 End-bend.
4 Executive Board (JAA).
5 US DoD role prefix for standoff jamming platform.
E b Energy to be dissipated by wheel brakes.
EBA 1 Engine bleed air.
2 Electric brake actuator.
EBAA European Business Aviation Association [office,
Tervuren, B-3080 Belgium] (Int.).
EBAC Electric braking actuator controller.
Ebace, EBACE European Business Aviation
Conference, or Convention, and Exhibition (Int.).
EBA/H EBA plus hydrazine.
EBAPS, Ebaps Electronically bombarded active-pixel
sensor.
EBDM Extended Buhr design method.
EBF Externally blown flap.
EBHA Electrical back-up hydraulic actuator.
EBIC Electron-bombardment-induced conductivity.
EBI Eyeballs in.
Ebidtar, EBIDTAR Earnings before interest, depreciation,
taxes and aircraft rent.
EBIT Earnings before interest and taxes; sometimes
rendered [incorrectly] as earnings before income tax; DA
adds depreciation and amortization; R adds [aircraft]
rent.
EBL Electron-beam lithography.
EBM 1 Electron-beam machining (or micro-analysis).
2 Electronic battle management.
EBO Effects-based operations.
ebonite Hard, brittle substance composed of sulphur
and hard black rubber; possessing high inductive and
insulating properties.
EBP Electron-beam perforated.
EBPVD Electron-beam physical vapour deposition.
EBR 1 Electron-beam recording.
2 Enhanced bit rate.
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development.
EBRM Electronic bearing and range marker.
EBS 1 Electronic beam squint tracking.
2 Export baseline standard.
EBSC European Bird Strike Committee.
Ebsicon Standard NATO word for all SIT image tubes.
EBSV Engine-bleed shutoff valve.
ECCD
EBT Effects-based targeting.
EBU 1 European Broadcasting Union.
2 Engine build-up or build unit.
ebullism Formation of bubble, esp. in liquid rocket
propellant or in biological or body fluids, caused by
reduced ambient pressure.
e-business Electronic business, usually means Internet.
EBW 1 Electron-beam welding.
2 Enhanced bandwidth.
EC 1 Eddy current.
2 Environmental control (system).
3 Escadre de Chasse (fighter wing) (F).
4 Elliptic-cubic (wing profiles).
5 Electronic combat.
6 Engine-caused.
7 European Community, or Commission.
8 Event criterion.
9 Electronic checklist.
10 Electronic commerce.
11 Earth coverage (Satcoms).
E c Compressive (bearing) strain.
ec, e c Perpendicular distance from wing aerodynamic
axis to flexural axis.
ECA 1 Electronic control amplifier.
2 European Cockpit Association [umbrella organization
for pilot unions, [office, Brussels] (Int.).
3 Emergency Controlling Authority (CAA).
ECAA European Common Aviation Area, comprising
the 25 EU nations plus Albania, Bosnia/Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Iceland, Macedonia, Montenegro,
Norway, Romania, Serbia and the UN Interim
Administration in Kosovo [2006–] (Int.).
4 Export Control Act [2002–] (UK).
ECAC 1 Pronounced E-kak, European Civil Aviation
Conference [since 1956, now 41 countries]; [office,
Neuilly-sur-Seine] RL adds reference level (ATC) (Int.).
2 European Civil Aviation Council [36 countries].
3 Electromagnetic-compatibility analysis centre.
ECAM 1 Electronic centralized aircraft monitor
(presents all information on two CRTs in FFCC).
2 Electronic crew-alerting and monitoring.
3 Also said to mean electronic checkout and maintenance.
4 Electronic caution alert module.
ECAP 1 Electronic-combat adaptive processing.
2 European capability action plan.
ECAR European Civil Aviation Regulation[s], [harmonized
with FARs, replacing JARs 2004–] (Int.).
Ecarda European coherent approach to R&D in
ATM(7). (Int.).
E-Cars Enhanced airline communications and
reporting system.
ECAS Extended close air support.
Ecass, ECASS The European Committee for Aircrew
Scheduling and Safety (Int.).
Ecats, ECATS Embedded combat-aircraft training
system.
ECB 1 Electronic control box.
2 Economical cruise boost.
3 Electronic Components Board (UK).
ECBA Electronic-combat battle management.
ECC See ECCM.
ECCA Engine-condition classification analysis.
ECCD Electric cockpit-control device.
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