Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Avionics and instruments

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: NBA:
 * Navigatsionnyy Bombardirovchnyy Avtomaht – automatic navigation/bomb release module

NI:
 * Navigatsionnyy Indikahtor - ground position indicator

NK:
 * Navigatsionnyy Kompleks – navigation suite

NKPB:
 * Nochnoy Kollimahtonyy Pritsel Bombardirovochnyy – night capable collimator bombsight

NVU:
 * Navigatsionnoye Vychislitel'noye Oostroystvo - navigation computer

OEPS:
 * Optika-Elektronnoya Pritselnaya Sistema – electro-optical search and track system

OEPrNK:
 * Optika-Elektronnoya Pritsel'no-navigatsionnyy Kompleks – electro-optical weapons aiming and navigation system

OLS-M:
 * Optiko-Lokatsionnaya Stahntsiya – Modernizeerovannaya – combined IR/TV search and track/laser ranger unit

OP:
 * Opticheskiy Pritsel - optical gunsight

OPB:
 * Opticheskiy Pritsel bombardirovochnyy – optical synchronised bombsight

OSP:
 * Oboroodovaniye Slepoy Posahdki - instrument/blind landing system

P:
 * (suffix) Pomekhozashchishchonnost – ECM resistant

PARG:
 * Poluaktivnaya Rahdiolokatsionnaya Golovka [samonavedeniya] – semi-active radar seeker head

PBK:
 * Pritsel Dlya Bombometahniya s Kabreerovaniya – bomb sight for nbomb delivery in a climb [toss/loft bombing sight]

PDSP:
 * Parashootno-desahntnaya Sistema Pelengahtsii – parachute dropping system receiver

PINO:
 * Proyektsionnyy Indikahtor Navigatsionnoy Obstanovki – navigation head up display

PKI:
 * Pritsel KI - collimator sight

PNS:
 * Pritsel'no-navigatsionnaya Sistema - nav attack system

PP:
 * Pritsel P – high altitude sight

PRGS:
 * Poluaktivnaya Rahdiolokatsionnaya Golovka Samonavedeniya – semi-active radar seeker

PrNK:
 * Pritsel'no-Navigatsionnyy Kompleks – nav/attack system

PRS:
 * Pritsel Rahdiolokatsionnyy Strelkoyy - gunners RADAR sight

PS:
 * Pritsel'naya stahntsiya – sighting station

PSBN:
 * Pribor Slepovo Bomometahniya I Navigahtsii – search/bomb-aiming RADAR

PSP:
 * Pritsel Strelkovyy Periskopicheskiy – flexible periscopic sight

PTN:
 * Pritsel Torpednyy Nizko-vysotnyy – low altitude torpedo sight

PTU:
 * - video recording system

PVU:
 * Pritsel'no-Vychislitel'noye Oostroystvo – computing sight

R:
 * - radio transmitter

RBP:
 * Rahdiolokatsionnyy Bombardirovochnyy Pritsel – RADAR bomb sight

RGB:
 * RahdioGhidroakoosticheskiy Booy – sonobuoy

RI:
 * Rechevoy Informahtor – automatic voice annunciator

RIS:
 * Rahdio'iskhatel Samolyotov – radio device for detecting aircraft early name for RADAR in USSR

RIU:
 * Reghistreeruyushcheye Indikahtornoye oostroystvo – display and recording unit

RLPK:
 * RahdioLokatsionnyy Pritsel'nyy Kompleks – radar targeting system

ROZ:
 * Radiolokahtor Obzora Zemlee - weather/navigation radar

RP:
 * Rahdiolokatsionnyy Pritsel – radio[RADAR] sight

RP-SA:
 * Rahdiolokatsionnyy Pritsel - SA – radio[RADAR] sight

RP:
 * – translusency recorder

RPK:
 * RahdioPoluKompas - direction finder

RPKO:
 * RahdioPoluKOmpas - direction finder

RPSN:
 * Rahdiolohkatsionnyy Pribor Slepoy Navigahtsii – blind navigation radar device

RSB:
 * Radio Stahntsiya Bombardirovochnaya – bomber aircraft radio station

RSBN:
 * Radio Stahntsiya Blizhnei Navigatsii - short range radio navigation system SHORAN

RSI:
 * Radio Stahntsiya Istrebitelnaya – fighter radio system

RSIU:
 * Radio Stahntsiya Istrebitelnaya Ultrakorotkovolnovaya – fighter V/UHF radio system

RTO:
 * - data-link system

RSU:
 * Radio Stahntsiya Ultrakorotkovolnovaya – UHF radio system

RTS:
 * RahdiotelemeTricheskaya Stahntsiya – radio telemetry station

RUP:
 * Reshayushcheye Oostroystvo Posahdki – landing computer ILS

RUSP:
 * RahdioUstroystvo Slepoy Posahdki – blind landing radio device ILS

RV:
 * RahdioVysotomer – radio altimeter

RV-UM:
 * RahdioVysotomer UM – radio altimeter UM

SAB:
 * Sistema Avtomaticheskoy Balansirovki – automatic longitudinal trim system

SAMB:
 * - airborne automatic weather research module

SARPP:
 * Sistema Avtomaticheskoy Registratsii Poletnykh Parametrov/Parametrov Polyota – in-flight recorder

SAU:
 * Sistema Avtomaticheskogo Upravleniya - autopilot

SBI:
 * - phased array, pulse-doppler radar

SCh:
 * - Svoy/Choozkoy - IFF IFF

SD:
 * - distance measuring equipment

SDU:
 * Sistema Distancionnogo Upravleniya – fly by wire control system

SGU:
 * Samolyotnoye Gromkogovoryashcheye Oostroystvo – airborne loudspeaker system

ShKAI:
 * Sheeroko'ugol'nyy Kollimahtornyy Aviatsionnyy Indikahtor – wide angle collimated display for aircraft wide angle HUD

SIV:
 * Samolyotnyy Infrakrahsnyy Vizeer – aircraft mounted Infra-Red sight

SN:
 * Sistema Navigahtsii - navigation system

SO:
 * Samoletny Otvetchik – aircraft transponder

SOD:
 * Stahntsiya Opredeleniya Dahl'nosti - radio rangefinder DME

SOI:
 * Sistema otobrazheniya Informahtsii – data presentation system

SOM:
 * Samolyotnyy Otvetchik Mezhdunarodnyy – aircraft mounted international transponder

SOUA:
 * Sistema Organicheniya Oogla Atahki – angle of attack limiter system

SOS:
 * Sistema Organichitel'nykh Signahlov – AOA limiter

SP:
 * [sistema / apparatoora] Slepoy Posahdki - ILS

SPARU:
 * Samolotnoye Preeyomnoye Avtomaticheskoye RahdioUstroystvo – airborne automatic radio receiver device [sono-buoy receiver]

SPGS:
 * Samolyotnaya peregovornaya Gromkogovoryashchaya Sistema – intercom system

SPI:
 * - LORAN

SPO:
 * Sistema Preduprezhdeniya ob Obluchenii – irradiation warning system[RWR]

SPRS:
 * - heading radar

SPS:
 * Stahntsiya Pomekhovykh Signahlov – [lit. interference emitter] active jammer

SPU:
 * Samolyotnoye Peregovornoye Oostroystvo - intercom

SRD:
 * Samolyotnyy RahdioDahl'nomer – aircraft radio rangefinder[gun ranging radar]

SRO:
 * Samolyotnyy Rahdiolokatsionnyy Otvetchik – airborne IFF transponder

SRP:
 * Shchotno-reshayushchiy Pribor – counting and computing device

SRS:
 * Stahntsiya Razvedki Svyazi – signals intelligence pack

SRZO:
 * Sistema/Samolyotnyy Radio[lokatsionnyy] Zaproschik Otvetchik – IFF airborne / system

SSP:
 * Sistema Signalizahtsii Pozhara – fire warning system

STU:
 * - approach/landing system

SUIT:
 * - fuel metering system

SUU:
 * Sistema Oostoychivosti I Oopravlyayemosti - stability and control system

SUV:
 * Sistema Oopravleniya Vo'oruzheniyem – weapons control system

SVB:
 * - medium wave radio

SVS:
 * Sistema Vozdushnyh Signahlov – air data computer

SYeV:
 * Sistema Yedinovo Vremeni – time synchronisation system

TARK:
 * Televizionnyy Aviatsionnyy Razvedyvatel'nyy Kompleks – TV reconnaissance system

TKS:
 * TeleKodovaya Sistema – encrypted data-link system

TP:
 * 1. TeploPelengahtor – FLIR sensor
 * 2. Televizionnyy Pritsel - television sight

TS:
 * Tablo Signalizahtsii – warning/caution light panel

TSP:
 * Televizionnyy Strelkovyy Ptritsel - television sighting system

TsGV:
 * - Gyro-flux gate

TsP:
 * - fire control RADAR

TsPNK:
 * Tsifrovoy Pilatzhno-Navigatsionnyy Kompleks – digital flight avionics/navigation suite

TsSV:
 * - central air data system

TsSVM:
 * Tsifrovaya Vychislitel'naya Mashina – digital computer

RGB-N:
 * Rahdio-Ghidroakoosticheskiy Booy N - sonobuoy

UISM:
 * - combined ASI/machmeter

UNSM:
 * - combined ASI/machmeter

UP:
 * 1. - nozzle position indicator
 * 2. Ookazahtel' Povorota – turn indicator

UPS:
 * Ookazahtel Polozheniya Stabilizahtora – tailplane incidence indicator

US:
 * 1. - radio receiver
 * 2. Ookazahtel' skorosti - combined airspeed indicator

UUAP:
 * Ukazatel Uglov Ataki i Peregruzki – combined AOA and g indicator indicator

UUT:
 * Ookazaht' Oogla Tangazha – pitch angle indicator

UVPD:
 * Ookazahtel' Vysoty i Perepahda Davleniya – cockpit altitude and pressure indicator

VAR:
 * Variometr - vertical speed indicator / variometer

VB:
 * Vychslitel' Ballisticheskiy – ballistics computer

VD:
 * - altimeter

VDI:
 * - two-needle altimeter

VGS:
 * - sonobuoy system

VK:
 * - correction switch

VKR-S:
 * Vychislitel' Kriticheskikh rezheemov - dangerous flight modes computer

VMSh:
 * Vremennoy Mekhanizm Shtoormovika – attack release timing mechanism

VSP:
 * - speed altitude auto-hold module

VT:
 * - altimeter

VTF:
 * - altimeter