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3.2 Abbreviated Terms
For the purposes of this document, the following abbreviated terms apply
A2A - aircraft to aircraft
A2I - aircraft to infrastructure
A2X - aircraft to everything
AAE - Atypical air environment
AAM - advanced air mobility
ACAS - aircraft collision avoidance system
p>Ah - Ampere-hourANSP - air navigation service provider
AO-BVLOS - airspace observer beyond visual line of sight
AT-BVLOS - atypical beyond visual line of sight
ATM - air traffic management
BMS - battery management system
BTMS - air battery thermal management systemt
BVLOS - beyond visual line of sight
C2 - command and control
C2CSP - command and control link communication service provider
C3 - command, control and communications
CofA - certificate of airworthiness
CRM - crew resource management
CTOL - conventional take-off and landing
DAA - detect and avoid
DC - direct current
DOD - depth of discharge
EASA - European Union Aviation Safety Agency
EHPS - electric/hybrid propulsion systems
EMI - electromagnetic interference
EPA - electric propulsion aircraft
EPU - electric propulsion unit
ESD - energy storage device
ESS - energy storage system
eVTOL - electric/hybrid vertical take-off and landing
FID - flight information display
FIS - flight information service
p>FATO - final approach and take-off areaHRP - handling remote pilot
I-VLOS - integrated beyond visual line of sight
IAM - innovative air mobility
IAS - innovative aerial services
ICA - instructions for continued airworthiness
MNO - mobile network operator
MOPS - minimum operational performance standard(s)
MSO - multiple simultaneous operations
NAM - non-urban air mobility
PO - payload operator
RAM - regional air mobility
RF - radio frequency
RPIC - remote pilot in command
S-BVLOS - segregated beyond visual line of sight
SAIL - specific assurance and integrity level
SOC - state of charge
SOF - state of function
SOH - state of health
SORA - specific operations risk assesment
STOL - short take-off and landing
TCAS - traffic alert and collision avoidance systems
TOLZ - takeoff and landing zone
UA - uncrewed aircraft
UAM - urban air mobility
UAS - uncrewed aircraft system
UE - user terminal
UAO - uncrewed aircraft observer
UAO-BVLOS - uncrewed aircraft observer beyond visual line of sight operations
UTM - uncrewed aircraft traffic management
V - volt
VCA - VTOL-capable aircraft
VoIP - voice over internet protocol
VPT - vertiport
VTOL - vertical take-off and landing
Wh - watt-hours