navigation acronyms, abbreviations and definitions - International ...

FOG fibre-optic gyro (introduced ~ 1985)
FOM figure of merit
FOM flying operations manual
FONA Flag Office Naval Aviation
FOP Final Operational Phase (of GAGAN - 1 year after IEP)
FOQA Flight Operations Quality Assurance (US - FDM in Europe)
Foreshore area between mean high water and mean low water (Springs in Scot)
FORS fibre-optic rate sensor
FP Framework Programme (EU)
6th FP (FP6) 2002-06.
FPA Flight Procedures Analysis (EGNOS)
FPBGA fine-pitch ball-grid array (package format of chip, eg GPS rx)
FPD flat panel display
FPGA field-programmable gate array
FPM flicker phase modulation
FPS flight progress strip (ATC)
FPU floating point unit (maths co-processor to speed up arithmetic tasks)
FQIS fuel quantity indicator system (air)
FQR factory qualification review
FRA Federal Railroad Administration (US)
FRAME EC project to encourage implementation of Euro ITS Framework
Framework
Directive
FRC fast rescue craft
Directive 2002/21/EC of the Euro Parliment and Council of 7 Mar 02
on a common regulatory framework for electronic comms networks and
services.
FRC flight reference card (check-list)
FREER Free Route Experim'tal Encounter Resolution (EUROCONTROL Prog)
FREER-3 (1999) investigating delegation of ATC to a’craft via VDL-4.
FRIN Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation
FRMS fatigue risk management systems (for crews)
FRP Federal Radionavigation Plan (US)
Usually produced each even year.
FRPA fixed radiation/reception pattern antenna
FRPA-GP FRPA ground plane
FRS Federal Radionavigation Systems (US)
FRUIT false replies unsynchronised in time (SSR garbling problem)
FS fixed service (transmitter) (ITU)
Fs fractostratus cloud
FSA Formal Safety Assessment (shipping)
FSD full-scale development
FSDPS flight service data processing system
FSF Flight Safety Foundation (US)
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