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Mg<br />

Ω<br />

3 Motor glider.<br />

Mg 1 Magnesium.<br />

2 Megagramme, ie 1,000 kg or 1 tonne.<br />

mg 1 Milligram[me]s.<br />

2 Machine gun.<br />

MGA 1 Middle gimbal angle.<br />

2 Ministry of civil aviation (R).<br />

MGARJS Mobile ground/air radar jamming system.<br />

MGCS 1 Missile guidance and control system.<br />

2 Mobile ground control station.<br />

3 Meteosat ground computer system.<br />

MGD Magnetogasdynamic.<br />

MGDA Maintenance Group Defence Agency (UK,<br />

now part of DARA).<br />

MGF Metallized glass-fibre (chaff).<br />

MgF 2 Magnesium fluoride (IR seeker domes).<br />

MGGB Modular guided glide bomb.<br />

MGIR Motor glider instrument, or instructor, rating.<br />

MGM Former US code, mobile-launcher surfaceattack<br />

guided missile.<br />

MGOS Metal glass oxide silicon.<br />

MGR Miniature GPS receiver.<br />

MGRS Military grid-reference system.<br />

MGS 1 Mobile ground station (RPV).<br />

2 Minimum groundspeed system.<br />

3 Mars global surveyor.<br />

4 Main-gear steering [CU adds control unit].<br />

5 Microgravity science.<br />

6 MoD guard services.<br />

MGSM Medium ground station module.<br />

MGSS Maintenance and ground-support system.<br />

MGT 1 Motor gas temperature (solid rocket).<br />

2 Module ground terminal.<br />

MGTOW See MTOW.<br />

MGTP Main-gear touchdown point.<br />

MGTR Minimum ground turning radius.<br />

MG2D MGaero two-dimensional.<br />

MGU Midcourse guidance unit.<br />

MGVF Ministry of Civil Aviation (USSR, R).<br />

MGW Maximum gross weight (MTOW and MRW are<br />

more explicit).<br />

MH 1 NDB, less than 50 W.<br />

2 Magnetic heading.<br />

M H , M h Turning moment [drive torque] at hub of helicopter<br />

main rotor.<br />

mH Millihenry.<br />

MHA 1 Minimum holding altitude.<br />

2 Maintenance hazard analysis.<br />

MHD 1 Magnetohydrodynamic(s).<br />

2 Magnetic hard drive.<br />

MHDD Multifunction head-down display.<br />

MHDF Co-located MF and HF D/F (ICAO).<br />

M/HFE Maintainability and human factors engineering.<br />

MHH Musée Historique de l’Hydraviation [F-40600<br />

Biscarosse] (F).<br />

MHI Missile [or manual] hit indicator.<br />

mho Unit of conductance, reciprocal ohm, symbol ,<br />

SI unit siemens.<br />

MHP Main hydraulic pump.<br />

mhp Muzzle horsepower, measure of automatic<br />

weapon.<br />

MHR Monopropellant hydrazine rocket.<br />

MHRS Magnetic heading-reference system.<br />

micro-adaptive flow control<br />

MHS 1 Message-handling system.<br />

2 Masint hyperspectral study.<br />

3 Microwave humidity sounder<br />

MHV Miniature homing vehicle.<br />

MHVDF Co-located MF, HF and VHF/DF (ICAO).<br />

MHWS Mean high water spring tides.<br />

MHz Megahertz [10 6 H z ].<br />

MI 1 Model improvement.<br />

2 Medium intensity.<br />

3 Miles (not recommended).<br />

4 Military intelligence.<br />

5 Shallow (ICAO).<br />

6 Maritime interdiction.<br />

mi Statute mile[s].<br />

m.i., M/I Minimum impulse.<br />

MIA 1 Missing in action.<br />

2 Minimum IFR altitude.<br />

Miacs Multisensor integrated airborne command<br />

system.<br />

MIAG Modular integrated avionics group (UAV).<br />

Mials Medium-intensity approach-light system.<br />

Miami Microwave ice-accretion measurement instrument.<br />

MIAT Malayan Institute of Aviation Technology<br />

[1997–].<br />

MIATS Memory interrogation and test system.<br />

MIB 1 Minimum-impulse bit (rocket).<br />

2 Management information base.<br />

3 Mishap Investigation Board (NASA).<br />

4 Military Intelligence Battalion; (AE) adds aerial<br />

exploitation (USA).<br />

MIC 1 Mineral insulated cable.<br />

2 Microwave integrated circuit.<br />

3 Multinational Interoperability Council (Int.).<br />

M IC Pitching moment due to inertial coupling.<br />

mic microphone.<br />

Mica 1 Missile d’interception et de combat aérien (F).<br />

2 Met [meteorological] improvements for controller<br />

aids (Euret).<br />

Micad Multipurpose integrated chemical-agent alarm<br />

device.<br />

Micap Mission-capable.<br />

Micarta Trade name for phenolic insulator and smallpart<br />

material made from resin-impregnated cloth.<br />

Micas Miniature integrated camera spectrometer, or<br />

spectroscopy.<br />

Mice Microwave integrated checkout equipment.<br />

mice Small inserts fitted by hand to tailor cross-section<br />

area of fluid flow path, esp. gas-turbine jetpipe nozzle.<br />

Michigan height That at which an air-dropped store,<br />

esp. nuclear, is activated by its radar altimeter.<br />

Mickey H 2 X (colloq.).<br />

Mickey Finn Major exercises involving numerous NWcarrying<br />

bombers from dispersed bases (RAF, 1960s).<br />

MICNS Modular integrated communications and navigation<br />

subsystem (Sotas).<br />

MICOM, Micom Missile Command (USA).<br />

Micos Multifunctional IR coherent optical scanner.<br />

micrad Microwave radiometer.<br />

micro 1 Prefix one-millionth, × 10 –6 , symbol µ.<br />

2 Abb., microlight.<br />

micro-adaptive flow control High-frequency alternate<br />

blowing and sucking generated electromagnetically to<br />

preserve attachment of airflow to surface.<br />

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