Hi, IRAD = Independent Research and Development, defense contractor term, means R&D that the contractor funds and therefore owns, not the Gov. CRAD = Contract R&D, CRADA = Cooperative R&D Agreement both of which involve the Gov.
ESM = Electronic Support Measures, passive monitoring of the electromagnetic spectrum for SIGINT (signals intelligence) collection purposes or early warning. ECM = Electronic Counter Measures which is actively jamming, spoofing, etc. the bad guy's signals. Eric PS Ex-Lockheed Martin, retired Navy... -----Original Message----- From: Robert Macy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 6:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Meaning of ACRONYMs Ran across these two. What do they mean? IRAD development and management ESM, including RF parameter measurements, pulse sorting techniques.... - Robert - ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
