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3 Missile control system, on fighter.
4 Mixed-class seating.
5 Material [or materiel] certification statement (FAA).
6 Modular cooling system.
7 Main-computer, or mission-control, software.
8 Manoeuvre[s] control system.
9 Multifunctional control surface.
10 Mission communications system.
11 Mixture control system.
12 Mobility Capabilities Study (DoD).
13 Mission control station, or segment.
14 Monte Carlo simulation.
Mc/s Megacycles per second, = MHz.
MCSB Mission-control station backup (USAF).
MCSR Mission-completion success rate.
MCT 1 Mercury cadmium telluride; UK = CMT.
2 Maximum continuous thrust.
3 Confusingly, military combat thrust.
4 Mobile cable test[er], of wiring.
5 MOS (1)-controlled thyristor.
MCTA 1 Militarily-critical technology agreement,
signed by all SDI contractors.
2 Military control area.
MCTL Militarily-critical technologies list (US).
MCTOW Maximum certificated takeoff weight.
MC2A, MC 2 A Multirole command and control
aircraft; X adds Experimental.
MC2C, MC 2 C Multimission, or multisensor, command
and control constellation (USAF).
MCTZ Military control zone.
MCU 1 Matrix-character unit (display symbols).
2 Management-control unit (flight-data recorder).
3 Modular-concept unit, = ⅛-ATR.
4 Marine Craft Unit (RAF).
5 Mission-computer upgrade.
6 Multifunction, or modular, or mission, or master, or
missile, or mobile, or monitor, or autothrottle motor,
control unit.
MCUA Multiservice common-use architecture [streamlines
airport data, voice and video nets].
M 3 A ‘M-cubed’, see MMMA.
MCV Mobile containment vessel, for explosions
15 kg TNT.
MCW 1 Modulated carrier-, or continuous-, wave; A2
emission.
2 Mid-cruise weight.
MCWB Multi-channel wideband.
MCWL Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory
(USMC).
MCXO Microprocessor-controlled crystal oscillator.
MD 1 Manoeuvre-demand (control loop).
2 Military District.
3 Or m.d., managing director.
4 Methyldichloroarsine (CW).
5 Missile defence.
M/D Miscellaneous data (display).
M d Design Mach number.
m d Mass flow of dry gas.
MDA 1 Minimum descent altitude; sometimes rendered
as minimum decision altitude.
2 Master diversion airfield.
3 Multiple docking adapter.
4 Multilayer dielectric absorber (stealth).
5 Metal deactivator.
MDLRS
6 Missile Defense Agency (US, formed 2002 to manage
GMD).
7 Multidisciplinary analysis.
8 Maritime Domain Awareness [2007–, USN for DoD]
(US).
MDAP 1 Mutual Defense Assistance Program (US,
NATO, June 1952).
2 Major defense-acquisition program (US).
MDAS Multifunction defense avionics system.
MDAU Modular data analysis unit.
MDB Multiplex data bus.
MDBIC Missile defense/battle-integration center
(USA).
MDBR Multifunction dextrous boro-robot.
MDC 1 Minimum-displacement [i.e., force-sensing]
control[er].
2 Main display console.
3 Maintenance Data Centre (RAF).
4 Miniature [also micro, which is smaller] detonating,
or detonation, chord [previously cord].
5 Motor-driven compressor.
6 Multiple drone control.
7 Main-deck cargo (V adds volume).
8 Maintenance diagnostic computer.
MD-Cad Multidisciplinary concept assessment and
design.
MDCRS Meteorological data collection and reporting
system, or service.
MDD 1 Meteorological data distribution.
2 Mission data debrief.
3 Master dimension definition.
M DD See drag-divergence Mach number.
MDDS MDD(2) software.
MDDU Multipurpose disk-drive unit [-O adds onboard,
for BITE, CMC etc].
MDE 1 Manual, or mission, data entry.
2 Major defense equipment; AEA adds airborne electronic
attack.
3 Mission data edit [display].
M DET Mach number at which shockwave is just
detached.
MDEWS Modular digital EW suite.
MDF 1 MF D/F station (ICAO).
2 Mission degradation factor (USAF).
3 Mission data file.
M DF Maximum demonstrated diving flight Mach
number.
MDFDR Multiple dislocated flight-data recorder; S
adds system.
MDFN Molybdenum-disulphide-filled nylon.
MDFY Modify.
MDG Map display generator.
MDGT Pronounced midget, mission data [or mission
debriefing] ground terminal.
MDH Minimum descent height.
MDI 1 Miss-distance indicator; hence MDIS = *
system.
2 Multifunction display indicator.
M DIV Drag-divergence Mach number, which see
MDL 1 Mission data-loader.
2 Multipurpose data-link.
3 Minimum description length.
MDLC Manoeuvring direct-lift control.
MDLRS Mission-data loading and recording system.
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