navigation acronyms, abbreviations and definitions - International ...

ARC Atlantic Rally for Cruisers
ARC Aviation Rulemaking Committee (US)
ARCC Aeronautical Rescue Co-ordination Centre
ARCC Associated Rescue Co-ordination Centre
Centre nominated by national SAR agency to which CES normally routes
distress calls.
ARCS Admiralty Raster Chart Service
ARCS automatic route control system
ARCSSTE-E African Regional Cen for Space Sci and Tech Education in English
ARINC Aeronautical Radio Inc (now just called ‘ARINC’)
US avionics standards-setting body whose standards are accepted
world-wide.
ARKTRANS Norwegian ITS architecture
ARM Series of processor cores from ARM Ltd
ARMAS Active Road Management Assisted by Satellite (ESA project)
ARN ATS Route Network
ARNS Aeronautical RadioNavigation Service (of allocated spectrum bands)
ARP aerodrome reference point
ARP approximate radial-error protected (algorithm for sat view)
ARPA automatic radar plotting aid
ARPU annual/average revenue per user/unit (of eg a telematics service)
ARSR air route surveillance radar
ARTCC air route traffic control centre (US; ACC internationally)
ARTEMIS Advanced Relay and TEchnology MIssion Satellite (ESA)
Carries EGNOS navigation payload. 21.5ºE.
ARTES Advanced Research in TElecommunications Systems
ESA initiatives. Element 9 involves development work for GNSS.
ARTIST Austrian Radionav Tech & Integrated Sat Nav Servs & Products
ARTIST Italian ITS architecture
ARU aircraft retained unit (piece of aircrew equip that stays with the ac)
ARW angular random walk (of a gyro)
As altostratus cloud
AS anti-spoofing
Method of protecting against hostile imitation of signals - eg GPS PPS
AS aviation safety
ASAB Association of Animal Behaviour
ASAP Automated Solar Activity Prediction system (NASA/ESA)
Predicts likelihood of solar flares with 6 hrs notice.
ASAP Aviation Safety Action Programme
ASAS Airborne Separation Assurance System
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