P | precision navigation signal
|
P | protected signal
|
P | roll rate (angular rate)
|
P&C | Procurement and Contracts (MSFC)
|
P&D | panels and displays
|
P&E | pricing and estimating
|
P&E | propellant and explosive
|
P&I | performance and interface
|
P&LRP | productivity and long-range planning
|
P&M | production and maintenance
|
P&MD | productivity and manufacturing development
|
P&P | policies and procedures
|
P&PQ | productivity and product quality
|
P&PQI | productivity and product quality improvement
|
P&PQIC | Productivity and Product Quality Improvement Council
|
P&Q | productivity and quality
|
P&R | performance and resources
|
P&SM | procurement and subcontract management
|
P&TE | packaging and transport engineering
|
P&VE | propulsion and vehicle engineering
|
P(Ls) | probability of launch success
|
P-P | peak to peak
|
P/A | pressure-actuated
|
P/A | problem analysis
|
P/B | piggyback
|
P/B | playback electronics
|
P/C | pay code
|
P/CI | payload/cargo integration
|
P/L | parts list
|
P/L | payload
|
P/L | postlanding
|
P/L | purchased labor
|
P/N | part number
|
P/O | provisioning order
|
P/OF | pinhole/occulter facility
|
P/P | patch panel
|
P/P | prelaunch and postlanding
|
P/P | printer/plotter
|
P/PL | primary payload
|
P/S | parallel to serial
|
P/S | power supply
|
P/T | prototype
|
P/W | password
|
P/Y | pitch/yaw
|
P2I | preplanned productivity increase
|
P3I | preplanned product improvement
|
P3I | preplanned production improvement
|
PA | pad abort
|
PA | paging and area warning
|
PA | power amplifier
|
PA | precision angle
|
PA | primary amplifier
|
PA | product assurance
|
PA | public address
|
PA | public affairs
|
PA | pulse amplifier
|
PAA | Pan American Airlines
|
PAA | problem assessment area
|
PABF | Precision Air Bearing Facility
|
PAC | Problem Action Center
|
PAC | postaward conference
|
PAC | pressure alpha center
|
PAC | probe aerodynamic center
|
PAC | program analyzer console
|
PACA | payload accommodation configuration assessment
|
PACAS | personnel access control accountability system
|
PACC | PERT-associated cost control
|
PACC | Problem Action Control Center
|
PACCS | postattack command control system
|
PACE | power and control electronics
|
PACE | prelaunch automatic checkout equipment
|
PACE | producible alternative to cadmium-telluride epitaxy
|
PACE | product acceptance configuration element
|
PACK | payload active cooling kit
|
PACO | parts control
|
PACO | prelaunch automatic checkout
|
PACRUSS | passive and active control of space structures
|
PACS | pointing and attitude control system
|
PAD | preliminary advisory data (crew data uplink)
|
PAD | program approval document
|
PAD | propellant acquisition device
|
PAD | pulse amplitude detector
|
PADS | problem action data system
|
PADSIM | precision attitude determination simulation
|
PAE | preventive action engineer
|
PAE | problem assessment engineering
|
PAF | payload attach fitting
|
PAF | peak annual funding
|
PAFB | Patrick Air Force Base
|
PAH | Payload Accommodations Handbook
|
PAIS | product assurance information system
|
PAL | lower port pressure
|
PAL | parts authorization list
|
PALAPA | Indonesian communication satellite
|
PALS | photo area and location system
|
PALS | precision approach and landing system
|
PAM | payload assist module
|
PAM | propulsion avionics module
|
PAM | pulse amplifier modulation
|
PAM | pulse amplitude modulation
|
PAM-A | payload assist module, Atlas-Centaur class
|
PAM-D | payload assist module, Delta class
|
PAM500 | payload assist module, test equipment
|
PAMB | pressure ambient
|
PAN | polyacrylonitrile
|
PAN | probabilistic analysis network
|
PAO | Public Affairs Office (NASA)
|
PAP | payload accommodation plan
|
PAP | payload adapter plate
|
PAP | personnel assurance program
|
PAP | product assurance plan
|
PAPI | precision approach path indicator
|
PAPL | project-approved parts list
|
PAR | planning action request
|
PAR | precision approach radar
|
PAR | problem accountability record
|
PAR | problem action report
|
PAR | problem action request
|
PAR | product acceptance review
|
PARB | Problem Assessment Review Board
|
PARS | property accountability record system
|
PARS | property accounting and reporting system
|
PAS | payload accommodation study
|
PAS | primary alerting system
|
PAS | problem assessment system
|
PAS | productivity, affordability, and supportability
|
PASR | problem analysis status report
|
PASS | planning and scheduling system
|
PASS | primary avionics and software subsystem
|
PASS | primary avionics software system
|
PAT | problem action team
|
PAT | production acceptance test
|
PATE | performance analysis, test, and evaluation
|
PATH | performance analysis and test history
|
PATH | postflight attitude and trajectory history
|
PATHS | precursor above-the-horizon sensor
|
PATP | preliminary authority to proceed
|
PATRAN | patches to NASTRAN
|
PATRAN | trademark of Prototype Development Associates Engineering
|
PATS | payload avionics test station
|
PATS | program for analysis of time series
|
PAU | probe aerodynamic upper
|
PAU | upper port pressure
|
PAV | pressure-actuated valve
|
PAW | plasma arc welding
|
PAWS | personal Atlas work station
|
PB | phonetically balanced
|
PB | playback
|
PB | preburner
|
PB | push button
|
PBAN | polybutadiene arcylonitrile
|
PBD | payload bay door
|
PBDF | payload bay door forward
|
PBDM | payload bay door mechanism
|
PBI | polybenzimidezole
|
PBI | push-button indicator
|
PBIC | programmable buffer interface card
|
PBIM | programmable buffer interface module
|
PBK | payload bay kit
|
PBL | payload bay liner
|
PBM | program business management
|
PBP | preburner pump
|
PBPS | postboost propulsion system
|
PBS | payload berthing system
|
PBS | program breakdown structure
|
PBS | protective breathing system
|
PBTS | payload bay transfer system
|
PBV | postboost vehicle
|
PBW | particle-beam weapon
|
PBW | proportional bandwidth
|
PBX | private branch exchange (telephone)
|
PC | personal computer
|
PC | phase coherent
|
PC | photoconductive
|
PC | pitch circle
|
PC | pitch control
|
PC | plane change
|
PC | printed circuit
|
PC | program counter
|
PC | project control
|
PC | propulsive consumables
|
PC | pulsating current
|
PC&PM | program control and performance management
|
PCA | performance coverage analyzer
|
PCA | physical configuration audit
|
PCA | pitch control assembly
|
PCA | pneumatic control assembly
|
PCA | point of closest approach
|
PCA | polar cap absorption
|
PCA | power conditioning assembly
|
PCA | power controller assembly
|
PCA | production configuration audit
|
PCAM | punched-card accounting machine
|
PCASS | program compliance assurance and status system
|
PCB | Parts Control Board
|
PCB | Program Change Board
|
PCB | polyvinyl chloride-bromide (toxic transformer coolant)
|
PCB | power circuit breaker
|
PCB | power control box
|
PCB | printed circuit board
|
PCB | product configuration baseline
|
PCC | pad control center
|
PCC | payload control and checkout
|
PCC | production control center
|
PCCB | Program Change Control Board
|
PCCB | Program Configuration Control Board
|
PCCE | payload common communication equipment
|
PCCM | program change control management
|
PCCN | provisioning contract control number
|
PCCP | preliminary contract change proposal
|
PCD | procurement control document
|
PCDU | payload command decoder unit
|
PCE | power conditioning electronics
|
PCE | power conditioning equipment
|
PCF | payload control facility
|
PCG | Parts Control Group
|
PCG | phonocardiogram
|
PCG | protein crystal growth
|
PCI | peripheral controller interface
|
PCI | procedure change instruction
|
PCI | program-controlled input
|
PCIL | pilot-controlled instrument landing
|
PCIN | program change identification number
|
PCK | payload command kit
|
PCL | power control list
|
PCL | primary coolant line
|
PCL | primary coolant loop
|
PCL | programming checklist
|
PCM | parts control management
|
PCM | photoelectric cell module
|
PCM | pitch control motor
|
PCM | plane change mechanism
|
PCM | power control mission
|
PCM | pulse code modulation
|
PCM | pulse code modulator
|
PCM | punch card machine
|
PCMD | pulse code modulation, digital
|
PCME | pulse code modulation event
|
PCMMU | pulse code modulation master unit
|
PCMP | Parts Control Management Program
|
PCMR | probability of correct message receipt
|
PCMS | pulse code modulation, shared
|
PCMU | programmable control and monitor unit
|
PCN | page change notice
|
PCN | polyester-coated nylon
|
PCN | program change notice
|
PCN | program control number
|
PCO | Procuring Contracting Office
|
PCO | postcheckout
|
PCO | postcheckout operations
|
PCO | principal contracting officer
|
PCO | procuring contracting officer
|
PCO | program contracting officer
|
PCO | program control officer
|
PCO | program-controlled output
|
PCOT | payload center operations team
|
PCP | power control panel
|
PCP | program change proposal
|
PCP | project change proposal
|
PCP | project cost plan
|
PCPAS | Patriot command post automation system
|
PCPL | proposed change-point line
|
PCR | payload changeout room
|
PCR | payload checkout room
|
PCR | payload clean room
|
PCR | power change request
|
PCR | procedure change request
|
PCR | program change request
|
PCR | project control room
|
PCR | publication change request
|
PCRB | Program Change Review Board (Rockwell launch operations)
|
PCRB | Project Change Review Board
|
PCRS | payload cover removal system
|
PCRS | performance and cost report system
|
PCS | Pacific command ship
|
PCS | payload checkout system
|
PCS | payload control subsystem
|
PCS | payload control supervisor
|
PCS | performance control system
|
PCS | planning and control system
|
PCS | pointing control system
|
PCS | power conversion system
|
PCS | pressure control system
|
PCS | primary control station
|
PCS | primary coolant system
|
PCS | probability of crew safety
|
PCS | procedure completion sheet
|
PCS | program control system
|
PCS | project control system
|
PCT | process control table
|
PCTC | Payload Crew Training Complex
|
PCTE | portable commercial test equipment
|
PCTO | payload cost tradeoff optimization
|
PCTR | pad connection terminal room
|
PCU | payload checkout unit
|
PCU | power condition unit
|
PCU | power conditioning unit
|
PCU | power control unit
|
PCU | power conversion unit
|
PCU | pressure control unit
|
PCU | process control unit
|
PCV | precheck verification
|
PCV | purge control valve
|
PCVB | pyro continuity verification box
|
PCVL | pilot-controlled visual landing
|
PCZ | physical control zone
|
PD | dependency factor
|
PD | pitch diameter
|
PD | pitch down
|
PD | policy directive
|
PD | potential difference
|
PD | preliminary design
|
PD | probability of detection
|
PD | procurement drawing
|
PD | program development
|
PD | program directive
|
PD | project directive
|
PD | project director
|
PD | propellant dispersal
|
PD&RS | payload deployment and retrieval subsystem
|
PD/ID | probability of detection and identification
|
PDA | parallel data adapter
|
PDA | payload disconnect assembly
|
PDA | percent defect allowed
|
PDA | post-DDT&E assessment
|
PDA | precision drive axis
|
PDA | propellant drain area
|
PDA | pump drive assembly
|
PDAR | program description and requirements
|
PDB | performance data book
|
PDB | power distribution box
|
PDB | project development brochure
|
PDC | power distribution control
|
PDC | predefined command
|
PDC | procurement document change
|
PDCM | product data control model
|
PDCS | power distribution and control subsystem
|
PDCU | power distribution and control unit
|
PDD | payload description document
|
PDD | program definition document
|
PDD | program description document
|
PDE | process directory entry
|
PDES | product data exchange specification
|
PDES | product data exchange standard
|
PDF | pocket dosimeter FEMA
|
PDF | probability density function
|
PDGF | power data grapple fixture
|
PDH | pocket dosimeter high
|
PDI | payload data interleaver
|
PDL | Product Development Laboratory
|
PDL | pocket dosimeter low
|
PDL | procedure distribution list
|
PDL | program description language
|
PDL | program design language
|
PDLAC | preliminary dynamic loads analysis cycle
|
PDLC | preliminary design load cycle
|
PDM | payload deployment module
|
PDM | probe data model
|
PDM | processor data monitor
|
PDM | pulse duration modulation
|
PDOP | position dilution of precision
|
PDP | payload data pack
|
PDP | postinsertion deorbit preparation
|
PDP | preliminary definition plan
|
PDP | procurement data package
|
PDP | program development plan
|
PDP | project definition phase
|
PDR | preliminary data requirements
|
PDR | preliminary design review
|
PDR | processed data recorder
|
PDR | program design review
|
PDR | program director's review
|
PDRD | procurement data requirements description
|
PDRD | procurement data requirements document
|
PDRD | program data requirement document
|
PDRD | program definition and requirements document
|
PDRL | preliminary design requirements list
|
PDRL | procurement data requirements list
|
PDRM | payload deployment and retrieval mechanism
|
PDRR | payload design requirements review
|
PDRS | payload data and retrieval system
|
PDRS | payload deployment and retrieval system
|
PDRSS | payload deployment and retrieval system simulation
|
PDRSS | payload deployment and retrieval system simulator
|
PDS | package data system
|
PDS | paradynamic sketch
|
PDS | partitioned data set
|
PDS | pathfinder demonstration satellite
|
PDS | power distribution system
|
PDS | problem data system
|
PDS | product distribution subsystem
|
PDS | production data sheet
|
PDS | pyrotechnic device simulator
|
PDT | payload data tape
|
PDT | product development team
|
PDU | pilot display unit
|
PDU | power drive unit
|
PDU | pressure distribution unit
|
PDU | pulse detection unit
|
PDV | premodulation processor, deep-space voice
|
PDV | pressure disconnect valve
|
PE | parity error
|
PE | payload element
|
PE | plasma effects
|
PE | processing element
|
PE | program element
|
PE | program exception
|
PE | project engineer
|
PE | project engineering
|
PEA | payload electronics assembly
|
PEA | preliminary environmental analysis
|
PEAP | personal egress air pack
|
PEAR | program explanation analysis required
|
PEB | Performance Evaluation Board
|
PEB | program element breakdown
|
PEC | proposal evaluation criteria
|
PECP | preliminary engineering change proposal
|
PEDB | payload engineering data base
|
PEFU | payload effects follow-up study
|
PEG | powered explicit guidance
|
PEGASUS | preliminary expert ground analysis scheduler
|
PEIR | project equipment inspection record
|
PEM | plant engineering and maintenance
|
PEO | Project Engineering Office
|
PEP | Proposal Evaluation Panel
|
PEP | peak envelope power
|
PEP | plant engineering procedure
|
PEP | power extension package
|
PER | preliminary engineering report
|
PERP | Parts and Equipment Reliability Program
|
PERT | program evaluation and review technique
|
PERT-NAP | PERT network automatic plotting
|
PES | photoelectric scanner
|
PET | performance enhancement team
|
PET | performance/endurance tradeoff
|
PET | phase elapsed time
|
PET | production environmental test
|
PET | program elapsed time
|
PETA | performance evaluation and trend analysis
|
PETN | petaerythrite tetranitrate
|
PETS | Performance Endurance Tradeoff Study
|
PF | parachute facility
|
PF | payload forward
|
PF | payload function
|
PF | power factor
|
PF | powered flight
|
PF | prime function
|
PF | probability of failure
|
PF | pulse frequency
|
PFA | Palmdale final assembly
|
PFA | probability of false alarm
|
PFB | payload feedback
|
PFB | payload forward bus
|
PFB | position feedback
|
PFB | pressure-fed booster
|
PFC | performance flight certification
|
PFC | postflight checklist
|
PFC | power factor corrector
|
PFC | preliminary flight configuration
|
PFCF | Payload Flight Control Facility
|
PFCS | primary flight control system
|
PFF | postfactory functional
|
PFK | payload function key
|
PFL | Propulsion Field Laboratory (Rocketdyne)
|
PFL | primary Freon loop
|
PFM | pulse frequency modulation
|
PFN | pulse forming network
|
PFP | powered flight program
|
PFP | probability of performance failure
|
PFP | program financial plan
|
PFP | programmable function panel
|
PFR | portable foot restraint
|
PFRT | preliminary flight rating test
|
PFRX | preflight relmat (X-l, 2, 3 . . . 9 or A, B, C . . . Z)
|
PFS | percent full scale
|
PFS | primary flight software
|
PFS | primary flight system
|
PFT | postflight testing
|
PFTA | payload flight test article
|
PFV | probability of failure of vehicle
|
PG | power generation
|
PG | pressure gauge
|
PGA | power generating assembly
|
PGA | pressure garment assembly
|
PGA | programmable gain amplifier
|
PGC | plant growth chamber
|
PGD&CS | power generation, distribution, and control subsystem
|
PGHM | payload ground handling mechanism
|
PGNCS | primary guidance, navigation, and control system
|
PGOC | Payload Ground Operations Contract (contractor)
|
PGOR | payload ground operations requirement
|
PGORS | Payload Ground Operations Requirements Study
|
PGR | planning ground rule (Spacelab)
|
PGS | power generation system (subsystem)
|
PGSC | payload and general-support computer
|
PGSE | payload ground support equipment
|
PGU | plant growth unit
|
PGU | power generating unit
|
PGWG | Particles and Gases Working Group
|
PH | personal hygiene
|
PHA | preliminary hazard analysis
|
PHD | payload handling device
|
PHF | parts history file
|
PHF | payload handling fixture
|
PHF | personal hygiene facility
|
PHK | personal hygiene kit
|
PHMC | probe heater motor controller
|
PHP | payload handling panel
|
PHP | planetary horizontal platform
|
PHRR | payload high-rate recorder
|
PHS | payload handling station
|
PHS | payload handling system
|
PHS&T | packaging, handling, storage, and transportation
|
PHSF | Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility
|
PHST | packaging, handling, storage, and transportation
|
PHTR | packaging, handling, and transportation record
|
PI | payload interrogator
|
PI | preliminary investigation
|
PI | principal investigator
|
PI | procurement item
|
PI | program introduction
|
PI&A | personnel identification and authentication
|
PIA | payload interface adapter
|
PIA | preinspection acceptance
|
PIA | preinstallation acceptance
|
PIA | project impact analysis
|
PIAPACS | psychophysical information acquisition, pontrol system
|
PIAR | project impact analysis report
|
PIB | Pyrotechnic Installation Building
|
PIC | Payload Integration Center
|
PIC | Payload Integration Committee
|
PIC | performance indicator chart
|
PIC | preinstallation checkout
|
PIC | programmable interval clock
|
PIC | pyrotechnic initiator circuit
|
PIC | pyrotechnic initiator controller
|
PICC | payload interface control computer
|
PICP | program interface control plan
|
PICRS | program information control and retrieval system
|
PICRS | program information coordination and review service
|
PICS | photo index and cataloging system
|
PICS | predefined input control sequence
|
PID | prime item development
|
PID | program information document
|
PID | program introduction document
|
PID | proportional-integral-derivative
|
PIDA | payload installation and deployment aid
|
PIDP | product initialization data pack
|
PIDS | portable image display system
|
PIE | payload integration equipment
|
PIE | payload interface engineer
|
PIECP | preliminary impact engineering change proposal
|
PIF | payload integration facility
|
PIGA | pendulous integrating gyroscopic accelerometer
|
PII | procurement instrument identification
|
PIIN | procurement instrument identification number
|
PILOT | program integration and loading tool
|
PILS | payload integration library system
|
PILS | payload interactive library system
|
PIM | payload integration manager
|
PIM | planning interchange meeting
|
PIM | pulse interval modulation
|
PIMR | program integration management review
|
PIN | personal identification number
|
PINCH | payload integration nominal cost hardware
|
PIND | particle impact and noise detection
|
PIND | particle impact noise detection
|
PIO | Program Integration Office
|
PIO | Public Information Office (MSFC)
|
PIO | pilot-induced oscillation
|
PIO | provisioned item order
|
PIOL | periodic input/output link
|
PIOP | payload integration operations plan
|
PIP | payload integration plan
|
PIP | payload interface plan
|
PIP | personnel incentive program
|
PIP | plant instrumentation program
|
PIP | production instrumentation package
|
PIP | project implementation plan
|
PIP | pyro interception plug
|
PIPA | pulse-integrating pendulum accelerometer
|
PIPA | pulse-integrating pendulum assembly
|
PIPA | pulsed integrating pendulous accelerometer
|
PIR | programming information requirement
|
PIRCS | payload interactive requirements collection system
|
PIRD | project instrumentation requirement document
|
PIRN | preliminary interface revision notice
|
PIRN | proposed interface revision notice
|
PIT | passive intermediate tracker
|
PIT | payload integration thermal
|
PIT | preinstallation test
|
PITG | Payload Integration Task Group
|
PITS | payload integration test set
|
PITS | payload interface test system
|
PIU | power interface unit
|
PIU | pyrotechnic initiator unit
|
PIV | peak inverse voltage
|
PIVR | payload interface verification requirement
|
PIVS | payload integration and verification simulator
|
PIVS | payload interface verification summary
|
PK | probability of kill
|
PKD | programmable keyboard and display
|
PKM | perigee kick motor
|
PL | parting line
|
PL | payload
|
PL | postlanding
|
PL | power level
|
PL | prelaunch
|
PL | private line
|
PL | propellant loading
|
PLA | parachute location aid
|
PLACE | position location aircraft communications equipment
|
PLAN | payload activity network
|
PLB | payload bay
|
PLBD | payload bay door
|
PLC | power line carrier
|
PLC | pressurized logistics carrier
|
PLC | programmable logic controller
|
PLC | propellant loading console
|
PLCC | Payload Launch Control Center
|
PLCI | pressurized logistics carrier interface
|
PLD | program listing document
|
PLDF | payload data file
|
PLH | payload handling
|
PLHX | payload heat exchanger
|
PLI | propellant-level indicator
|
PLIC | payload intelligent controller
|
PLIM | payload installation mechanism
|
PLIM | propellant linear insulation matrix
|
PLIMHR | payload integration management hardware review
|
PLIMR | payload integration management review
|
PLINS | payload integration schedule
|
PLISN | provisioning list item sequence number
|
PLL | phase lock loop
|
PLM | payload management
|
PLM | payload monitoring
|
PLMS | program logistics master schedule
|
PLN | program logic network
|
PLOS | probe line of sight
|
PLPS | propellant loading and pressurization system
|
PLRV | payload launch readiness verification
|
PLS | payload simulator
|
PLS | payload system
|
PLS | personnel launch system
|
PLS | postlanding and safing
|
PLS | primary landing site
|
PLS | propellant loading system
|
PLSL | propellants and life support laboratory
|
PLSP | payload signal processor
|
PLSR | postlaunch service review
|
PLSS | portable life support system
|
PLT | production lead time
|
PLTS | precision laser tracking system
|
PLU | position location uncertainty
|
PLV | payload vehicle
|
PLV | postlanding valve
|
PLV | postlanding ventilation
|
PLVC | postlanding vent control
|
PM | Policy Manual
|
PM | Procurement Management
|
PM | payload management
|
PM | payload midbody
|
PM | payload module
|
PM | performance management
|
PM | performance monitor
|
PM | permanent magnet
|
PM | phase modulation
|
PM | phase monitor
|
PM | preventive maintenance
|
PM | program management
|
PM | program manager
|
PM | project manager
|
PM | propulsion module
|
PM | pulse modulation
|
PM&P | parts, materials, and processes
|
PMA | performance monitor annunciator
|
PMA | preliminary mission analysis
|
PMAC | portable multipurpose applications console
|
PMAD | performance monitor annunciation driver
|
PMAD | power management and distribution
|
PMALS | preliminary miniature air-launched system
|
PMAP | performance monitor annunciation panel
|
PMAT | page map address table
|
PMATS | performance managing and tracking system
|
PMB | performance management baseline
|
PMB | performance measurement baseline
|
PMC | payload monitoring control
|
PMC | permanently manned capability
|
PMC | plutonia-molybdenum cermet
|
PMC | procurement method code
|
PMD | Palmdale (TACAN station)
|
PMD | power management and distribution
|
PMD | propellant management device
|
PMDM | payload multiplexer/demultiplexer
|
PMEL | Precision Measurements Equipment Laboratory
|
PMF | performance monitor function
|
PMF | perigee motor firing
|
PMF | program management facility
|
PMG | Parts Management Group
|
PMHL | preferred measurement hardware list
|
PMI | preventive maintenance instruction
|
PMI | principal maintenance inspector
|
PMIA | parallel multiplexer interface adapter
|
PMIR | program manager's integration review
|
PMIS | personal management information system
|
PML | preliminary materials list
|
PMM | Property Management Manual
|
PMM | planetary mission module
|
PMMD | programmable magnetic momentum dump
|
PMN | program management network
|
PMO | Program Management Office
|
PMO | program management organization
|
PMOM | Performance Management Operating Manual
|
PMOMI | preventive maintenance OMI
|
PMON | performance management operations network
|
PMP | parts, materials, and processes
|
PMP | performance management package
|
PMP | prelaunch monitor program
|
PMP | preliminary mission plan
|
PMP | premodulation processor
|
PMP | program management plan
|
PMPAG | PMP Advisory Group
|
PMPCB | PMP Change Board
|
PMPCB | Parts, Materials, and Processes Control Board
|
PMPL | preferred mechanical parts list
|
PMPS | program management performance system
|
PMR | Pacific Missile Range
|
PMR | parts material request
|
PMR | payload manifest review
|
PMR | payload manifesting review
|
PMR | payload mixing review
|
PMR | performance measurement report
|
PMR | program management review
|
PMR | program manager's review
|
PMRB | Primary Material Review Board
|
PMRR | premanufacturing readiness review
|
PMS | payload mounting structure
|
PMS | performance management system
|
PMS | performance measurement system
|
PMS | performance monitoring system
|
PMS | power management system
|
PMS | program management system
|
PMS | program master schedule
|
PMT | planning and management team
|
PMT | production monitoring test
|
PMU | plaster mockup
|
PMU | pressure measuring unit
|
PMV | permanent manned vehicle
|
PMWO | preventive maintenance work order
|
PMYK | program manager YK (AF)
|
PN | part number
|
PN | pseudonoise
|
PNA | plan of action
|
PND | passive nutation damper
|
PND | premodulation processor, near-Earth data
|
PNP | prenegotiation position
|
PNS | parabolized Navier-Stokes
|
PNW | program notes and waivers
|
PO | postorbit
|
PO | power on
|
PO | power oscillator
|
PO | project office
|
PO | purchase order
|
POA | plan of action
|
POC | Payload Operations Center
|
POC | point of contact
|
POC | proof of concept
|
POC | purchase order closeout
|
POCC | Payload Operations Control Center
|
POCN | purchase order change notice
|
POD | Payload Operations Division (JSC)
|
POD | parameter override display
|
POD | precision orbit determination
|
POD | production operations directive
|
PODTG | Precision Orbit Determination Task Group
|
POE | pilot operational equipment
|
POE | port of embarkation
|
POGO | Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
|
POGS | polar-orbiting geomagnetic survey
|
POI | power-on/off interrupt
|
POI | product of inertia
|
POI | program of instruction
|
POIC | Payload Operations Integration Center
|
POID | power-on/off interrupt delay
|
POL | petroleum, oil, and lubricants
|
POLAR | production order location and record
|
POLAR | production order location and reporting
|
POM | pallet-only mode
|
POM | printer output microfilm
|
POMS | probability of mission success
|
POMT | planning operations management team
|
POP | perpendicular to orbit plane
|
POP | polar-orbiting platform
|
POP | preburner oxidizer pump
|
POP | preflight operations procedure
|
POP | prelaunch operations plan
|
POP | program operating plan
|
POPU | push-over/pull-up
|
POR | point of resolution
|
POR | power-on reset
|
POR | purchase order request
|
PORB | Production Operations Review Board
|
PORCN | production order records change notice
|
PORD | performance and operations requirements document
|
PORR | preliminary operations requirements review
|
POS | portable oxygen system
|
POS | probability of sufficiency
|
POST | Program To Optimize Simulated Trajectories
|
POST | payload operations support team
|
POT | proof of technology
|
POT | proximity operations trainer
|
POV | peak operating voltage
|
POV | pneumatically operated valve
|
POV | proximity operations vehicle
|
POWG | Payload Operations Working Group
|
POWG | Payload Orbital Working Group
|
POWS | project operating work statement
|
PP | partial pressure
|
PP | peak to peak
|
PP | planning package
|
PP | power plant
|
PP | premodulation processor
|
PP | push-pull
|
PP&C | program planning and control
|
PP&C | project planning and control
|
PP&LS | production planning and logistics support
|
PP&WC | process planning and work control
|
PPA | power pitch-around
|
PPB | program performance baseline
|
PPB | provisioning parts breakdown
|
PPC | Payload Preparation Complex
|
PPC | phased provisioning code
|
PPC | preprocessing center
|
PPCO2 | CO2 partial pressure
|
PPCP | postprocessing computer program
|
PPCU | partial payload checkout unit
|
PPD | power pitch-down
|
PPD | predefined process diagram
|
PPE | phase partitioning experiment
|
PPE | premodulation processor equipment
|
PPEP | plasma physics and environmental perturbation
|
PPF | payload processing facility (USAF)
|
PPF | primary processing facility
|
PPI | plan position indicator
|
PPI | proposal preparation instruction
|
PPI | pulse position indicator
|
PPIL | priced provisioned item list
|
PPL | planning parts list
|
PPL | preferred parts list
|
PPL | priced parts list
|
PPL | production payload
|
PPL | program parts list
|
PPL | provisioning parts list
|
PPM | payload project manager
|
PPM | pulse position modulation
|
PPME | Pacific plate motion experiment
|
PPMS | project performance measurement system
|
PPO | preferred provider organization
|
PPO2 | oxygen partial pressure
|
PPP | payload patch panel
|
PPP | peak pulse power
|
PPQIC | Productivity and Product Quality Improvement Council
|
PPR | payload preparation room
|
PPR | program planning review
|
PPRB | Preliminary Proposal Review Board
|
PPS | partial-pressure suit
|
PPS | payload pointing system
|
PPS | pneumatic power subsystem
|
PPS | primary propulsion system
|
PPS | printer/plotter system
|
PPS | product performance system
|
PPS | provisioning performance schedule
|
PPS | pulses per second
|
PPSL | program parts selection list
|
PPT | prelaunch package test
|
PQA | procurement quality assurance
|
PQC | Product Quality Council
|
PQC | procurement quality control
|
PQE | procurement quality engineering
|
PQGS | propellant quantity gauging system
|
PQIC | Product Quality Improvement Council
|
PQIC | Productivity and Quality Improvement Council
|
PQT | preliminary qualification test
|
PR | partially reusable
|
PR | performance report
|
PR | position record
|
PR | pressure ratio
|
PR | pressure regulator
|
PR | problem report
|
PR | procurement regulation
|
PR | program requirement
|
PR | pulse rate
|
PR | purchase request
|
PRA | precession axis
|
PRACA | problem reporting and corrective action
|
PRACA | problem reporting, analysis, and corrective action
|
PRB | Panel Review Board
|
PRB | Parachute Refurbishment Building
|
PRB | Paso Robles (TACAN station)
|
PRB | Program Review Board
|
PRB | program requirements baseline
|
PRCB | Program Requirements Change Board
|
PRCB | Program Requirements Control Board
|
PRCB | Program Review Control Board
|
PRCBD | Program Requirements Control Board directive
|
PRCS | primary reaction control system
|
PRD | payload requirements document
|
PRD | personal radiation dosimeter
|
PRD | preliminary requirements document
|
PRD | procurement regulation directive
|
PRD | procurement requirements document
|
PRD | program requirements document
|
PRD | project requirements document
|
PRDA | program research and development announcement
|
PRE | personal rescue enclosure
|
PRE | power regulation equipment
|
PRF | pulse repetition frequency
|
PRIS | payload remote integration system
|
PRL | page revision log
|
PRL | payload retention latch
|
PRL | priority rate limiting
|
PRLA | payload retention latch actuator
|
PRLA | payload retention latch assembly
|
PRM | payload retention mechanism
|
PRM | performance and reliability module
|
PRM | pocket radiation meter
|
PRM | posigrade rocket motor
|
PRM | pulse rate modulation
|
PRMO | producibility, reliability, maintainability, and
|
PRN | program release notice
|
PRN | pseudorandom noise
|
PRN | pulse ranging navigation
|
PRO | planning resident order
|
PROFS | professional office systems
|
PROM | programmable read-only memory
|
PROMIS | project-oriented management information system
|
PRP | personnel reliability program
|
PRP | program redefinition proposal
|
PRPS | programming requirements process specification
|
PRR | parts replacement request
|
PRR | parts rework or replacement
|
PRR | preflight readiness review
|
PRR | preliminary requirements review
|
PRR | production readiness review
|
PRR | program requirements review
|
PRR | project requirements review
|
PRR | pulse repetition rate
|
PRRB | Payload Requirements Review Board
|
PRS | payload retention system (subsystem)
|
PRS | personal rescue system
|
PRS | personnel rescue service
|
PRS | power reactant subsystem
|
PRS | precision ranging system
|
PRS | preliminary requirements specification
|
PRS | primary recovery site
|
PRS | primary rescue site
|
PRS | provisioning requirements statement
|
PRSA | power reactant storage assembly
|
PRSD | power reactant storage and distribution
|
PRSDS | power reactant storage and distribution system
|
PRSS | problem report squawk sheet
|
PRT | pulse repetition time
|
PRTLS | powered return to launch site
|
PRV | pressure-reducing valve
|
PS | parachute system (subsystem)
|
PS | payload specialist
|
PS | payload station
|
PS | payload support
|
PS | pointing subsystem
|
PS | power supply
|
PS | pressure switch
|
PS | primary structure
|
PS | prime select
|
PS | probability of success
|
PS | production sheet
|
PSA | payload service area
|
PSA | payload support avionics
|
PSA | postsleep activity
|
PSA | power and servoassembly
|
PSA | power servoamplifier
|
PSA | power switching assembly
|
PSA | preferred storage area
|
PSA | presleep activity
|
PSA | pressure switch assembly
|
PSA | producibility, supportability, and affordability
|
PSAC | Presidential Scientific Advisory Committee
|
PSBLS | permanent space-based logistics system
|
PSC | Program Support Center
|
PSC | parallel switch control
|
PSC | payload support contractor
|
PSC | planetary spacecraft
|
PSC | program schedule chart
|
PSC | program support contractor
|
PSC | provide station control
|
PSCL | Propellant Systems Cleaning Laboratory
|
PSCN | preliminary specification change notice
|
PSCN | program support communications network
|
PSCU | power supply control unit
|
PSD | Power Systems Division (division of LTV)
|
PSD | phase-sensitive demodulator
|
PSD | power spectral density
|
PSD | program support document
|
PSDF | Propulsion System Development Facility
|
PSDP | payload station distribution panel
|
PSDP | payload system distribution panel
|
PSDR | planning and scheduling document record
|
PSDU | power and signal distribution unit
|
PSE | payload service equipment
|
PSE | payload support engineer
|
PSE | payload support equipment
|
PSE | peculiar support equipment
|
PSF | point spread function
|
PSF | probability of stress failure
|
PSF | processing and staging facility (SRB)
|
PSF | processing and storage facility (ET)
|
PSF | propellant servicing facility
|
PSG | Power Subsystem Group
|
PSI | power static inverter
|
PSI/SCI | preshipment inspection and seller configuration
|
PSIG | Propulsion Systems Integration Group
|
PSIU | power and signal interface unit
|
PSK | phase shift key
|
PSL | Program Support Library
|
PSL | pressure seal
|
PSL | program statement language
|
PSM | phase-sensitive modulation
|
PSM | power storage module
|
PSM | product support manager
|
PSM | propellant storage module
|
PSM | pyro substitute monitor
|
PSN | program schedule network
|
PSO | pad safety officer
|
PSOC | preliminary SAC operational concept
|
PSOC | preliminary system operational concept
|
PSOP | peak side on pressure
|
PSP | payload signal processor
|
PSP | payload specialist panel
|
PSP | payload support plan
|
PSP | planetary scan platform
|
PSP | planetary scan probe
|
PSP | positive static pressure
|
PSP | program support plan
|
PSP | programmable signal processor
|
PSP | project schedule plan
|
PSPA | pressure static probe assembly
|
PSPL | priced spare parts list
|
PSQ | personnel security questionnaire
|
PSR | payload safety review
|
PSR | performance status report
|
PSR | problem status report
|
PSR | production safety review
|
PSR | program status review
|
PSR | project safety review
|
PSRD | program support requirements document
|
PSRR | preliminary systems requirements review
|
PSRS | plant service recall system
|
PSS | pad safety supervisor
|
PSS | payload specialist station
|
PSS | payload status system
|
PSS | payload support system
|
PSS | performance summary system
|
PSS | planning and scheduling system
|
PSS | portable survival shelter
|
PSS | propellant supply subsystem
|
PSS | propulsion subsystem
|
PSS | propulsion support system
|
PSSP | payload specialist station panel
|
PSSR | performance status summary report
|
PSSR | performance status summary review
|
PSSS | packet scan status stack
|
PSST | periodic significant scheduled task
|
PSSU | patch survey and switching unit
|
PST | point source transmission
|
PST | point source transmittance
|
PST | preliminary systems test
|
PSTL | pressure model static and transient launch configuration
|
PSU | power switching unit
|
PSV | photographic spatial volume
|
PSV | planetary space vehicle
|
PSV | probability of vehicle success
|
PSW | program status word
|
PT | Advanced Planning and Technology Office (KSC)
|
PT | paper tape
|
PT | part task
|
PT | pitch trim
|
PT | pneumatic tube
|
PT | point of tangency
|
PT | power transfer
|
PT | pressure transducer
|
PT | primary target
|
PT | product team
|
PT | productivity team
|
PT | propulsion test
|
PTA | pointing and tracking assembly
|
PTA | posttest analysis
|
PTA | property transfer authorization
|
PTA | propulsion test article
|
PTAS | performance trend analysis system
|
PTB | payload timing buffer
|
PTC | passive thermal conditioning
|
PTC | passive thermal control
|
PTC | portable temperature controller
|
PTCC | Propulsion Test Control Center
|
PTCR | pad terminal connection room
|
PTCS | passive thermal control system
|
PTCS | planning, training, and checkout system
|
PTCS | pointing, tracking, and control system
|
PTCS | propellant tanking computer system
|
PTD | preliminary technical directive
|
PTD | provisioning technical documentation
|
PTDDSS | PTD data selection sheet
|
PTI | preliminary test information
|
PTI | programmed test input
|
PTIS | programmed test input system
|
PTL | potential termination liability
|
PTM | pulse time modulation
|
PTO | power test operation
|
PTR | preliminary test report
|
PTR | program technical review
|
PTR | program trouble report
|
PTS | payload test set
|
PTS | payload transportation system
|
PTSF | payload trunnion support fixture
|
PTT | push to talk
|
PTU | pan and tilt unit
|
PTV | pathfinder test vehicle
|
PU | pickup
|
PU | power unit
|
PU | production unit
|
PU | propellant unit
|
PU | propellant utilization
|
PUCS | propellant utilization control system
|
PUGS | propellant utilization and gauging system
|
PUV | propellant utilization valve
|
PV | photovoltaic
|
PV&D | purge, vent, and drain
|
PV/PS | pressure vessel and pressure system
|
PVA | preburner valve actuator
|
PVA | propellant valve actuator
|
PVC | polyvinyl chloride
|
PVC | pressure-volume compensated
|
PVD | passive vibration damping
|
PVD | purge, vent, and drain
|
PVDS | propellant vent and drain system
|
PVED | Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering Division
|
PVLA | purchase versus lease analysis
|
PVR | precision voltage reference
|
PVRD | purge, vent, repressurize, and drain
|
PVT | passive visible tracker
|
PVT | preflight verification test
|
PVT | pressure, volume, and temperature
|
PVT | pyrotechnic verification test
|
PVTCS | photovoltaic thermal control system
|
PVTOS | physical vapor transport organic solids
|
PVWA | planned value of work accomplished
|
PVWS | planned value of work scheduled
|
PW | plan washer
|
PW | printed wiring
|
PW | pulse width
|
PWA | Pratt and Whitney Aircraft
|
PWA | printed wiring assembly
|
PWA | private write area
|
PWA | product work authorization
|
PWB | printed wire board
|
PWB | printed wiring board
|
PWBS | program work breakdown structure
|
PWD | proceed with design
|
PWDS | protected wire distribution system
|
PWM | pulse width modulation
|
PWMD | printed wiring master drawing
|
PWS | pricing work statement
|
PWT | propulsion wind tunnel
|
PWW | Project West Wing
|
PY | program year
|
PYR | pyro release
|
PZT | lead, zirconate, titanate
|
Pave | Paws ground radar for SLBM detection
|
PbS | lead sulfide
|
Pc | chamber pressure
|
Pc | complexity factor
|
Pd | dependency factor
|
PdSi | palladium silicide
|
Pm | maturity factor
|
Pms | probability of mission success
|
PreSOP | Preliminary Sizing Optimization Program
|
Ps | probability of survival
|
PtSi | platinum silicide
|
pH | hydrogen-ion concentration (alkalinity)
|
pixel | picture element
|
ppb | parts per billion
|
pph | pounds per hour
|
ppm | parts per million
|
ppm | parts per minute
|
ppm | pulses per minute
|
pps | pulses per second
|
psf | pounds per square foot
|
psi | pounds per square inch
|
psia | pounds per square inch absolute
|
psid | pounds per square inch differential
|
psig | pounds per square inch gauge
|
psis | pounds per square inch scaled
|