This is a glossary of acronyms and initials used for avionics and aircraft instruments in the Russian Federation and formerly the USSR. The Latin-alphabet names are phonetic representations of the Cyrillic originals, and variations are inevitable.
Avionics and instruments
AB - navigation display/drift sight ABSU - integrated automatic control system AChKhO - chronometer AGD - artificial horizons and situation display AGI Avia-gorizont Istrebitel'nyy – artificial horizon for fighter aircraft AGK - artificial horizon0 AIP - optical bombsight AIS - astro-inertial navigation system AP 1. - directional Gyro 2. - autopilots pre1960 APD - secure digital data-links APM - magnetic anomaly detectors MAD APP - automatic control systems for dispensers ('chuff and fluff' - Chaff and Flare countermeasures) APS Avtomaht Pereklahdki Stabilizahtora – automatic stabiliser incidence adjuster ARK Automatcheskiy RadioKompass - automatic radio compass ADF ARL - analogue FM secure data-links and beacon rx ARL-SM - analogue FM secure data-links and beacon rx ARU Avtomat Regulirovaniya Usily – artificial feel device ARZ Avtomat Regulirovaniya Zagruzki - artificial feel system ANP Avtomaticheskiy Navigatsionnyy Pribor – automatic navigation device APP Avtomaht Passivnykh Pomekh – automatic passive ECM/IRCM device ASP 1. Aviacionny Strelkovy Pritsel – aerial gun-sight 2. Avtomaticheskiy Strelkovyy Pritsel – computing gun-sight ASTU - airborne automatic thermo-anemometer ASU - GCI receivers AU Avtomaht Oosiliy – automatic artificial feel unit AUASP Avtomaht Ooglov Atahki, Snosa i Peregroozki – automatic AOA/sideslip/g limiter AVR-M - chronometer0 BARS Bortovaya Avtomaticheskaya Registreeruyushchaya Sistema – on-board automatic recording system BKO - integrated defence electronics complex BKP Blok Krenovykh Popravok – bank compensation module BMR - weather research RADAR BRS - telemetry receiver BTsK Bortovoy Tsifrovoy Kompleks – on-board digital suite BU Blok Oopravleniya - control module D - Dutch roll damper DA - combined VSI & turn and bank indicator DAK-DB Distantsionnyy AstroKompass – DAB – remote celestial compass DGMK Distantsionnyy Gheeromagnitnyy Kompass – gyro-magnetic compass DIK - flux-gate compass DISS Doplerovskiy Izmeritel' Skorosti i Snosa - doppler speed/drift sensor system DNM - secure data link DT - pitch damper EDGMK Elektricheskiy Distantsionnyy Gheeromagnitnyy Kompass – electro-gyro-magnetic compass ESUV Elektronnaya Sistema Upravleniya Vozduhozabornika – inlet ramp control system EUP Elektrischeskiy Ooskazahtel' Povorota – electric turn and bank indicator G (suffix) Grazahnskiy - civil GIK GheeroIndooktsionnyy Kompass - earth inductor/gyro flux compass GLONASS GLObahl'naya NAvigatsionnaya Spootnikovaya Sistema – global navigation satellite system GMK-TG - compass system GIK - directional gyro GPK GheeroPoluKompas - gyro-compass IA - exhaust gas temperature indicator IKVR Izmeritel'nyy Kompleks Vysokovo Razresheniya – high resolution measurement system IKVR Izmeritel'nyy Kompleks Vysokovo Razresheniya – high resolution measurement system ILS - advanced HUD no relation to ILS IRIS Izmeritel'-Registrahtor Impool'snykh Signahlov – [electro-magnetic] pulse signal measurement and recording device IS - inertial navigation system ITE - tachometer IVR Indikahtor Vertikahl'nykh Rezheemov – vertical modes indicator K Kompleks [Vo'orouzheniya] – weapons system KAP Korrekteeruyemaya Avia P - autopilot roll only KI - compass KN Kompleks Navigahtsii/Navigatsionnyy – navigation system KP Kol'tsevoy Pritsel - ring sight KPM Kompleks Polunatoornovo Modeleerovaniya – testrig/combat simulator KRU Komanhdnoye Rahdio'upravleniye - radio command guidance system KRU-UB Komanhdnoye Rahdio'upravleniye Oopravlyayemoy Bomboy - radio command guidance system for UB guided bombs KS Koorsovaya Sistema – compass system KSI Koorsavaya Sistema Istrebiel'naya – course indicator system for fighters KUS Kombineerovanny oozkazahtel' Skorosti – airspeed indicator MA - Mach meter MFBU MnogoFoonktsionahl'nyy Blok Oopravleniya – multi-function missile control module MRP Markernyy RahdioPreeyomnik - marker beacon receiver MS
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