Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Engines and equipment

This is a glossary of acronyms and initials used for aero-engines and aircraft equipment in the Russian Federation and formerly the USSR. The Latin-alphabet names are phonetic representations of the Cyrillic originals, and variations are inevitable.

Aero engines
AD:
 * Aviadvigatel - Aircraft engine

APD:
 * - Accessories gearbox

AT:
 * Avtomaht Tyaghi - auto-throttle

AV:
 * Avtomaticheskiy vint – automatic pitch [propeller]

BR:
 * (suffix) Bezredooktornyy - no reduction gearbox [direct-drive]

BSP:
 * - surge prevention system

BU:
 * - booster

D:
 * Dvigatel - engine

DM:
 * Dopolnityel'nyi Motor – supplementary motor

DN:
 * - diesel Novikov

DPD:
 * - supplementary lift engine

DTRD:
 * Dvukhkonturnyi Turboreaktivnyi Dvigatel – twin-spool gas turbine engine

DV:

E:
 * (suffix) Ekonomichnyi - economical

F:
 * (suffix) Forseerovannyi - uprated

GTD:
 * Gelikopternyi Turbo-Dvigatel'  - helicopter turboshaft

GTE:

K:
 * (suffix/prefix) Korotkoresoorsnyi – short service life

KhZ:
 * Khimicheskoye Zazhigahniye – chemical ignition

M:
 * Motornyi – prefix used for many piston engines prior to use of OKB names [ca. 1940]

MG:

MM:

MV:

N:
 * Neftyanoy - of crude oil type (diesel engines)

NII:

OR:
 *  Opeetnaya Raketa – experimental rocket engine

ORM:
 * Opeetnyi Reaktivnyi Motor – experimental reaction motor

P:

PD:
 * - piston engine

PRD:
 * Porokhovoy Raketnyi Dvigatel – gunpowder rocket motor

PSR:
 * Porokhovaya Startovaya Raketa – solid fuel rocket booster

PuVRD:
 * - pulsejet

PVRD:
 * - Ramjet

R:
 * (suffix) Redooktornyi - geared

R:
 * Reaktivnyi – jet-propelled

RED:
 * - digital control unit FADEC

RD:
 * Reaktivnyy Dvigatel – jet engine

RDA:

RDK:

RMZ:

RTD:
 * Reaktivnyi Dvigatel – jet engine

RTK:
 * (suffix) Regoolator Toorbokompressora – Turbo-charger regulator

RN:
 * (suffix) -

RNV:
 * (suffix) -

RTWD:

S:
 * (suffix) Sdoov [Pogranichnovo Sloya] – boundary layer blowing/control

S:
 * Stendovyy – test-bed engine

SIOD:
 * Sistema Izmereniya Otnosheniya Davleniya – pressure-ratio measurement system

SPRD:
 * Startovyi Porohovoi Raketny Dvigatel – RATOG rocket-assisted take-off gear / JATO jet assisted take-off

TA:
 * - APU

TK:
 * (suffix) Toorbokompressor - turbocharger

TKRD:
 * Toorbokompressor Reaktivnyy Dvigatel – gas Turbine reaction engine

TR:
 * Toorboreaktivnyi [Dvigatel] – turbojet engine

TRD:
 * - jet engine

TRDD:
 * - twin-spool turbojet

TV:
 * ToorboVintovoy – turboprop/turboshaft

TVD:
 * ToorboVintovoy Dvigatel – turboprop engine

TvRDD:
 * - turbofan

TVVD:
 * - Propfan

U:
 * - booster

VFSh:
 * Vint F Shaga – variable-pitch propeller

VISh:
 * Vint Izmenyayemovo Shaga – constant speed propeller

VPSh:
 * Vint Postoyannovo Shaga - fixed itch propeller

VRD:
 * Vozdooshno-Reaktivnyy Dvigatel – air reaction engine

VRDK:
 * Vozdushno-Reaktivny Dvigatel Kompressornyi – air reaction compressor jet

VV:
 * Vozdooshnyy Vint - airscew / propeller

ZhRD:
 * Zhidkostnyi Reaktivnyy Dvigatel – liquid fuelled rocket engine

Aero engine design bureaux
ACh:
 * Aleksei Dmitriyevich Charomskii

AI:
 * Aleksandr Ivchyenko

AL:
 * Arkhip Mikhailovich Lyul'ka

AM:
 * Mikulin

AMBS:
 * Mikulin & B.S. Stechkin

ASh:
 * Arkadiya Dmitriyevich Shvetsov

DM:
 * Merkulov engines

PS:
 * Soloviev engines

BD:
 * S. S. Balandin

MB:
 * Aleksei Mikhailovich dobrotvorskii

NK:
 * Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov

PS:
 * Soloviev [Aviadvigatel]

VD:
 * Dobrynin engines

VK:
 * Klimov engines

Equipment
AFA:
 * 1.AFA (AeroFotoApparaht – aerial camera)
 * 2. AviatsionnyFotoApparaht - large reconnaissance cameras)

AFUS:
 * AeroFotoUStanovka – aerial camera mount)

AK:
 * - engine driven compressor

AKAFU:
 * Avtomaticheskaya Kachayushchayasya AeroFotoUstanovka – automatic tilting camera mount

AKU:
 * Aviatsionnaya Katapool'tnaya Oostnovka – aircraft mounted ejector

AKS:
 * - hand driven cine camera

AMG:
 * Aviasionnoye Mahslo Ghidravlicheskoye – aviation hydraulic fluid

APO:
 * Aviatsionnyy Protivopozharnnyy Opryskivatel – airborne fire-fighting sprayer

APU:
 * Aviatsionnoye Pooskovoye Oostroystvo - missile launch rail

APU-O:
 * Aviatsionnaya Pooskovay Oostanovka, Odinochnaya [dlya snaryadov kalibra] 212 milimetrov – aircraft mounted launcher, single, for 212mm HVAR's

ARD:
 * Avtomaticheskiy Regoolyator Davleniya – automatic pressure regulator

ART:
 * Avtomaticheskiy Regoolyator Temperatoory – automatic temperature regulator

ASO:
 * Avtomaht Sbrosa Otrazhahteley – automatic chaff and flare dispenser

AZS:
 * - fire suppression system

BANO:
 * - navigation lights

BD:
 * 1. Bahloochnyy Derzhahtel'  - beam type [weapons] rack
 * 2. BomboDertchatel – bomb rack

BL:
 * - cargo winch

BLM:
 * BL Mishen - target winch

BLT:
 * - target winch

BM:
 * Booksirooyemaya Mishen – towed target

BO:
 * Bortovoy Obogrevahtel'  – on-board [gasoline] cabin heater

BVP:
 * Blok Vybrosa Pomekh – interference ejector 'Chuff & Fluff'

Der:
 * Derzhahtel'  - holder

DK:
 * Desahntnaya Kabina – assault trooper cabin

Dnevnaya Fotorazvedka:
 * Type D daylight reconnaissance pod

DOS:
 * Derzhahtel' Osvetitel'nykh Sredstv – racks for means of illumination (flare bomb cassette)

DR:
 * DoRazvedchik – auxiliary reconnaissance drone/aircraft

Dya-ss:
 * Derzhatel' yahshchichnyy Sredstv Signalizahtsii – box-type rack for signal means

EKSP:
 * Elektricheskaya Kasseta Signahl'nykh Patronov - electric signal flare launcher)

EKSR:
 * Elektricheskaya Kasseta Signahl'nykh R - electric signal flare launcher

EMI:
 * - multi-function engine indicators

Esbr:
 * Elektrichesky Sbrasyvatel – electric bomb release device

FARM:
 * - photo-recording module

FS:
 * - landing/taxi light

FRS:
 * - retractable landing/taxi lamps

FUGOG:
 * - fire extinguisher bottle

GL:
 * Groozvaya Lebyodka - Cargo winch

GNP:
 * - hydraulic pump

GO:
 * Ghenerahtor Odnofahznyy - generator

GSh:
 * GhermoShlem - pressure helmet

GSK:
 * - generator

GSN:
 * - generator

GSR:
 * - generator

GT:
 * - generator

GTD:
 * Gelikopter Turbo-Dvigatyel – helicopter turbine engine

I:
 * (suffix) Instrooktor - instructor

IUS:
 * - electric drive system

K:
 * 1. Kompleks [Vo'orouzheniya] – weapons system
 * 2. - non braking nose-wheel

K:
 * (suffix) Kryl'yevoy - wing-mounted)

KADD:
 * Klapan-avtomaht Dvoynovo Deystviya – dual-action automatic safety valve

KAS:
 * Kasseta/Konteyner Avareevyno-Spasahtel'naya – rescue capsule

KAZ:
 * Kompleksnyy Agrgaht Zaprahvki – self-contained refuelling pack

KD:
 * Kassetnyy Derzhahtel'  - cassette-type rack

KDS:
 * - chaff and flare dispenser

KKO:
 * Komplekt Kislorodnovo Oboroodovaniya – oxygen equipment set

KKR:
 * Kombinirovanny Konteiner Razvedy – combined reconnaissance pod

KM:
 * 1. - oxygen mask
 * 2.[katapool'tnoye] Kreslo Mikoyana – Mikoyan ejection seat

KP:
 * Kislorodnyy Preebor – oxygen equipment

KPA:
 * Kislorodnyy Preebor Aviatsionny – aircraft oxygen equipment

KPS:
 * Kormovaya Pritsel'naya Stahntsiya – Starboard beam sighting station

KPZh:
 * Kislorodnyy Preebor Zhidkosnyy – oxygen system

KS:
 * [katapool'tnoye] Kreslo Sukhovo – Sukhoi [ejection] seat

KT:
 * Koleso Tormoznoye - brake [equipped] wheel

LAS:
 * Lodka AvareeynoSpasahtel'naya – inflatable rescue dinghy

LASM:
 * Lodka AvareeynoSpasahtel'naya Modernizeervannaya – inflatable rescue dinghy modernised

LPG:
 * - cargo winch

LPS:
 * Levaya Pritsel'naya Stahntsiya – Port beam sighting station

MKS:
 * Mnogokoolpol'naya [parashootnaya] Sistema – multi-canopy [parachute] system

MLAS-M:
 * M Lodka AvareeynoSpasahtel'naya-M – M single man inflatable rescue dinghy-M

MLAS:
 * - multiple ejector rack

MRK:
 * Mekhanizm Razvorota Kolesa – [nosewheel] steering mechanism

MS:
 * - cockpit voice recorder

MSK:
 * Morskoy Spasahtel'nyy Kostyum – maritime rescue suit

MSRP:
 * - flight data recorder

NAFA:
 * Nochnoy AeroFotoApparaht - night reconnaissance cameras

NAZ:
 * Nosimyy Avareeynyy Zapahs – survival kit

Nochnaya fotrazvedka:
 * – Type N night reconnaissance pod

OPB:
 * Opticheskiy Pritsel Bombardirovochnyy – optical bomb sight)

OS:
 * - fire extinguisher bottle

OMP:
 * OM Pritsel - Il-10m gunners gunsight

PAN:
 * Pritsel AN - telescopic sight

PAU:
 * Pulemet Aviatcionny Uchebny – aircraft gun camera

PDSB:
 * Parashootnaya DSB- parachute droppable container

PDUR:
 * Parashootnaya DUR - parachute droppable package

PGS:
 * Parashootnaya Groozovaya Sistema – parachute cargo system

PM:
 * 1. Planeeruyushchaya Mishen – gliding target
 * 2. Pikeeruyuschchaya Mishen – diving target

PMP:
 * Pritsel MP - Il-10m pilots gunsight)

PO:
 * Preobrazovahtel' Odnofahznyy – AC converters

PPD:
 * - pitot boom

PSK:
 * Pritsel PD - collimating sight)

PSN:
 * Plot spasahtel'nyy Nadoovnoy – six man life raft

PSP:
 * Pritsel Strelkovyy Periskopicheskiy – flexible periscopic sight

PT:
 * 1. Preobrazovahtel' Tryokhfahznyy – AC converters
 * 2. Parashoot Tormoznoy – brake parachute

PTB:
 * Podvesnoy Toplivnyy Bahk – metal/external drop tanks

PLGB:
 * - compressed cardboard drop tanks

PVD:
 * Preeyomnik Vozdooshnovo Davleniya – air pressure sensor

Rahdiotekhnicheskaya razvedka:
 * – Type R Elint pod

RD:
 * Regoolaytor Davleniye – pressure regulator

RTSh:
 * Raspylitel Toornel'nyy Shirokozakhvahtnyy – wide-strip tunnel type spreader

S:
 * 1. - gun camera
 * 2. - parachute

ShRAP:
 * - ground power receptacle

SIO:
 * Sistema Imitahtsii Otkahzov – malfunction simulation system

SK:
 * - ejection seat

SKAT:
 * Stahntsiya Kompleksnaya Aerogheofizicheskaya Tryokhmetodnaya – three method integrated airborne geophysical module

SKG:
 * - liquid oxygen (LOX) converter

SMI:
 * - anti collision beacon

SPM:
 * - rotating anti-coll light

SSP:
 * - fire warning system

STG:
 * - starter-generator

TAFA:
 * Topograficheskiy AeroFotoapparaht – topographic aircraft camera

TG:
 * ToorboGenerahtor - turbo-generator

TS:
 * - starter generator

TSM:
 * Teleskopicheskiy Strelyayushchiy Mekhanizm – telescopic firing mechanism ejection gun

TNU:
 * Toorbonasosnaya Oostanovka – [air] turbo hydraulic pump

TV Razvedka:
 * Ttpe T TV reconnaissance pod

U (suffix):
 * 1. Oonifi-tseerovannyy - universal)
 * 2. Oochenik - trainee

UBSh:
 * Oonifitseerovannyy Ballon Sharovoy – universal [fire extinguisher] spherical bottles

UKhO:
 * Oonifitseerovannyy Khvostovoy Otsek – standardised tail compartment [for ECM])

UPAZ:
 * Universalny Podvesnoy Agregat Zapravki – in-flight refuelling pod

VAP:
 * Vylivnoy Aviatsionnyy Pribor – fire-fighting module

VK:
 * Ventileeruyemyy Kostyum – ventilated suit

VKK:
 * Vysotnyy Kompenseeruyuschchiy Kostyum - altitude compensation/pressure suit

VMSK:
 * - heat insulated and waterproof maritime pressure/rescue suit

VP:
 * Vintovoy Podyomnik - screw-jack

VPS:
 * 1. Verkhnaya Pritsel'naya Stahntsiya – dorsal sighting system
 * 2. Vytyazhnaya Parashoonaya Sistema – parachute extraction system

VSS:
 * Vysotnyy Spasahtel'nyy Skafandr – high altitude rescue suit

ZSh:
 * Zashchitnyy Shlem - flying helmet