Select Committee on Defence Fifth Report


Annex: List of Abbreviations

BATUS  British Army Training Unit, Suffield (Canada)

BDA    Battle-Damage Assessment

CAS    Chief of the Air Staff

CCRF    Civil Contingency Reaction Force

CDS    Chief of the Defence Staff

CGS    Chief of the General Staff

CPP    Conflict Prevention Pools

DFID    Department for International Development

EBO    Effects-Based Operations

FCO    Foreign and Commonwealth Office

FRES    Future Rapid Effects System

ISAF    International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan)

ISTAR    Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance

JRRF    Joint Rapid Reaction Forces

JSF    Joint Strike Fighter

KI-CAS  Kill Box Interdiction-Close Air Support

MoD    Ministry of Defence

NATO    North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

NCC    Network Centric Capability

NEC    Network-Enabled Capability

PGM    Precision Guided Munition

PUS    Permanent Under Secretary

RAF    Royal Air Force

ROE    Rules of Engagement

RUSI    Royal United Services Institute

SDR    Strategic Defence Review

TACPs   Tactical Air Control Parties

UAV    Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

UN    United Nations

UK    United Kingdom

US    United States


 
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