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LIST OF ACRONYMS

ACDA

Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

ADAM

Area Denial Antipersonnel Munition

APL-A

antipersonnel landmine alternatives (program)

ARDEC

Armament Research and Development Engineering Center (U.S. Army)

BAA

broad agency announcement

CCW

Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

CD

Conference on Disarmament

DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DMZ

demilitarized zone

DoD

Department of Defense

DoS

Department of State

DTRA

Defense Threat Reduction Agency

DU

depleted uranium

EMD

engineering and manufacturing development

EOD

explosive ordnance disposal

FM

field manual

FOIA

Freedom of Information Act

FY

fiscal year224

FYDP

five year defense plan

GEMSS

Ground Emplaced Mine Scattering System

IADB

Inter-American Defense Board

ICBL

International Campaign to Ban Landmines

ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross

IMAS

Integrated Mine Action Support (contract)

IOC

Industrial Operations Command (U.S. Army)

ITF

International Trust Fund (for Bosnia Herzegovina)

IWG

interagency working group

MNS

mission needs statement

MOPMS

Modular Pack Mine System

NADR

Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining and Related Programs (DoS Appropriation)

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NGO

nongovernmental organization

NSD

NON SELF-DESTRUCT

NSD-A

NON SELF-DESTRUCT (ANTIPERSONNEL MINE) ALTERNATIVE

OAS

Organization of American States

OHDACA

Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid (DoD Appropriation)

OSD

Office of the Secretary of Defense

OUSD(A&T)

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology)

PAT

prototype assessment test

PDD

Presidential decision directive

PDM

Pursuit Deterrent Munition

PE

program element

PM-MCD

Project Manager for Mines, Countermine, and Demolitions (U.S. Army)

RAAMS

REMOTE ANTI-ARMOR MINE SYSTEM

RADAM

Remote Area Denial Artillery Munition

RATTLER

Rapid Tactical Terrain Limiter

RDDS

Research and Development Descriptive Summary

RDT&E

research, development, test and evaluation

SEED

Support for Eastern European Democracy

SLAM

Selectable Lightweight Attack Munition

SOF

special operations forces

SOLIC

Special Operations-Low Intensity Conflict (DoD)

TACOM

Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (U.S. Army)

UNDP

United Nations Development Program

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

UNOG

United Nations Office, Geneva

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

USAF

United States Air Force

USN

United States Navy

UXO

unexploded ordnance

VVAF

Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation

WCMD

wind corrected munitions dispenser

WVF

War Victims Fund

224 U.S. Government fiscal years (FY) begin on the first day of October in the previous calendar year and end on the last day of September of the current calendar year.

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