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NAL 1 National Aerospace Laboratories [Bangalore
560 017] (India).
2 National Aerospace Library [being established on site
at Farnborough of former Royal Aircraft Establishment]
(UK).
Nallads Norweigian Army low-level air-defence system.
NAM 1 National Association of Manufacturers
[Washington DC] (US).
2 National Atomic Museum (Albuquerque, NM).
3 NATO Air Meet (annual).
4 North American region (ICAO).
5 National Aviation Museum [Ottawa, PO] (Canada).
6 Newark Air Museum [Newark NG24 2NY] (UK).
nam, n.a.m. Nautical air miles; hence */lb of fuel.
NAMAS National Measurement and Accreditation
Service (UK).
NAMC US Naval Air Material Center (1943, in 1962
became NAEC).
Nameadsma NATO medium extended air-defence
system management agency.
NAMFI, Namfi NATO Missile Firing Installation
(Crete).
NAMI Scientific auto-motor institute (Sweden).
Namis NATO automated meteorological information
system.
NAML Naval Aircraft Materials Laboratory (UK).
NAMMA NATO MRCA Management Agency.
NAMP Naval Air Maintenance Program (USN).
NAMRL Naval Aerospace Medical Research
Laboratory (USN).
NAMS NATO Maintenance and Supply [A adds
Agency, Luxembourg; O Organization].
NAMTD Naval Air Maintenance Training Detachment
(USN).
NAMU US Naval Aircraft Modification Unit,
(1943–47).
NAND 1 NOT + AND logic device, retains output until
voltage at all inputs, then goes to 0.
2 Nested analysis and design.
nano Prefix, × 10 –9 , hence many technologies eg, * electronics,
* engineering, * physics, * structures. Suffixes
include array, circuit, metre [nm], particle, scale, switch
and wire.
nano air vehicle Smallest possible UAV, span 75mm,
3 in.
nanosatellite Mass 110 kg.
NAO National Audit Office (US, UK).
NAOAL National Aviation Officer for Airworthiness
and Logistics (US Fire Service).
NAOC National Airborne Operations Center (E-4B
platform for NCA).
NAOMS National Aviation Operations Monitoring
Service [Washington DC].
NAOS North Atlantic Ocean station.
NAOTS North Atlantic organised track system.
NAP 1 Noise-abatement procedure[s].
2 Normal acceleration point (SST).
3 National airport plan (US).
nap 1 Local profile of land surface; hence * of Earth, *
of the Earth flying (as close to ground as possible).
2 Short fibre ends along edge of fabric.
napalm 1 Mixture of naphtha and palm oil (hence
name), usually with additives, used as incendiary material.
NASAF
2 Air-dropped ordnance filled with * designed to burst
and distribute flame over large area.
NAPC Naval Air Projects Co-ordination office (USN).
NAPCA, Napca National Air-Pollution Control
Association [now APCC] (US).
nape Use napalm against (colloq.).
Napgel Mix of ethylene/propylene glycols [de-icing fluid
tradename].
naphtha Generalized name for inflammable oils distilled
from coal tar and other sources.
NAPL National Air Photo Library (Canada).
NAPMA NATO AEW&C Programme Management
Agency.
Napnoc No acceptable price, no contract.
NaPO NASA Pasadena Office.
Napol North Atlantic Policy [ECAC working group].
NAPP National Association of Priest Pilots [1964–,
office, Chicago, IL] (US).
NAPR NATO armaments planning review.
NAPTC Naval Air Propulsion Test Center (USN).
NAR 1 National airspace review (US).
2 National Association of Rocketry [office, Elizabeth,
PA] (US).
NARC 1 Nexcom Aviation Rulemaking Committee
(FAA).
2 National Aerospace Resource Centre [RMIT]
(Australia).
Narcap National Aviation Reporting Center for
Anomalous Phenomena [2000–] (US).
NARF 1 Naval Air Reserve Force (USN).
2 Naval Air Rework Facility; Pensacola (USN).
NARG Navaids and area-navigation working group
(ICAO).
NARIM NAS (2) research and investment model.
NARO Naval Aircraft Repair Organization [Gosport,
now part of DARA] (UK).
narrow-body Commercial transport with fuselage width
of approximately 10 ft (3 m) with single aisle between
passenger seats.
narrow gate AAM operating mode permitting homing
on target only within narrow limits of rate of closure.
NARS Navigaton and attitude reference system.
Narsim NLR ATC research simulator.
NARTEL National air radio telecommunications
(UK).
NARUC National Association of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners (US).
NAS 1 Naval Air Station (USN).
2 National airspace system (FAA).
3 National Academy of Sciences (US).
4 Nozzle actuation system.
5 National aerospace standards (FAA, CAA, UK).
6 Numeric aerodynamic simulation.
7 Nav/attack system.
8 Naval Air Squadron [Fleet Air Arm] (UK).
9 National Avionics Society [office, Richfield, MN]
(US).
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
[October 1958–; Headquarters, Washington
DC20546–0001] (US).
Nasad National Association of Sport Aircraft
Designers [office, Wickliffe, OH] (US).
NASAF North African Strategic Air Force (US/UK,
WW2).
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