| D |
Directorate |
| DA |
Defence
Attaché |
| DA |
Department
of the Army |
| DA |
Display
Assignment |
| D/A |
Digital
to Analogue |
| DARPA |
Defence
Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DAS |
Direct
Air Support |
| DASS |
Defensive
Aids Sub-System |
| dB |
Decibel(s) |
| DBB |
Detector
Back Bias |
| DBB |
Detector
Balanced Bias |
| dBm |
Decibels
rated above or below 1 milliwatt |
| DBMF |
Database
Maintenance Function |
| DBMS |
Database
Maintenance System |
| dBs |
Decibels
per square meter |
| dBW |
Decibels
rated above or below 1 Watt |
| DC |
Data
Control |
| DC |
Direct
Current |
| DCS |
Defence
Communications System |
| DDC |
Data
Distribution Centre |
| DDE |
Digital
Data Extractor |
| DDG |
Data
Display Generator |
| DDG |
Digital
Display Unit |
| DDG |
DDG
is also used to denote a missile armed Destroyer |
| DDI |
Digital
Display Indicator |
| DDIC |
Digital
Display Indicator Control |
| DDN |
Defence
Data Network |
| DDS |
Data
Display System |
| DDS |
Digital
Data Services |
| DDU |
Data
Display Unit |
| DE |
Data
Entry |
| DECM |
Deceptive
Electronic Countermeasures |
| DEES |
Dynamic
Electromagnetic Environment Simulator |
| DEFCON |
Defence
Condition |
| Demo |
Demonstration |
| Dest |
Destination |
| Det |
Detachment |
| DEW |
Department
of Electronic Warfare |
| DEW |
Distant
Early Warning |
| DEWIZ |
Distant
Early Warning Identification Zone |
| DF |
Direction
Finding or Finder |
| DF |
Distribution
Frame |
| D/F |
Direction
Finder |
| D/F |
Direction
Finding |
| DG |
Data
Generator |
| DG |
Defence
Guidance |
| DGZ
|
Desired Ground Zero
|
| DIA
|
Defence Intelligence Agency
|
| DIR
|
Direction
|
| DISB
|
Double Independent Sideband
|
| DISUM
|
Daily Intelligence Summary
|
| Div
|
Division
|
| DL
|
Datalink
|
| DL |
Demarcation Line
|
| DLJ
|
Downlink Jamming
|
| DMA
|
Defense Mapping Agency
|
| DMAP
|
Data Management and Analysis Plan
|
| DME
|
Distance
Measuring Equipment
|
| DMEM
|
Display Memory
|
| DMS
|
Defensive
Management System
|
| DOA
|
Direction-of-Arrival
|
| DOB
|
Defensive Order of Battle
|
| DOC
|
Delayed Opening Chaff
|
| DOC |
Designed Operational Capability
|
| DOD
|
Department of Defense
|
| DOI
|
Date Of Intercept
|
| DOS
|
Disk Operating System
|
| DPC
|
Defence Planning
Committee |
| DPG
|
Data Processing Group
|
| DPI
|
Detected Pulse Interference
|
| DR
|
Dead Reckoning
|
| DRAF
|
Data Reduction and Analysis Facility
|
| DS
|
Defence Suppression
|
| DS |
Direct Support
|
| DSB
|
Double Sideband
|
| DSBSC
|
Double Sideband Suppressed Carrier
|
| DSCS
|
Defence Satellite Communications System
|
| DSN
|
Digital Switching Network
|
| DSO
|
Defensive Systems Operator
|
| DT&E
|
Development, Test and Evaluation
|
| DTUC
|
Data Transfer User Cartridge
|
| DVOR
|
Doppler
|
| DVORTAC |
Doppler Very High Frequency Radio Range / Tactical Air
Navigation |
Military Acronyms - D