| C |
|
Capacity |
| C |
|
Celsius (degrees) |
| C2 |
|
command and control |
| C3 |
|
Command, Control and Communication |
| C3S |
|
Command, Control, and Communications Segment (or System) |
| C&A |
|
Certification and Accreditation |
| CAD |
|
computer-aided design |
| CADCAM |
|
Computer Aided Design Computer Aided Manufacturing |
| CADR / CADRe |
|
Cost Analysis Data Requirement |
| CAIV |
|
Cost as an Independent Variable |
| CAM |
|
Commerce Acquisition Manual (DOC) |
| CAM |
|
Control Account Management |
| CAN |
|
Cooperative Agreement Notice |
| CAP |
|
Contractor Acquired Property |
| CAPL |
|
Capillary Pumped Looped Technology |
| CAR |
|
Commerce Acquisition Regulations (DOC) |
| CARD |
|
Cost Analysis Requirements Document |
| CBE |
|
Contractor Best Estimate |
| CCA |
|
Circuit Card Assembly |
| CCAFS |
|
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| CCB |
|
Configuration Control Board |
| CCBD |
|
Configuration Control Board Directive |
| CCD |
|
Charge Coupled Device |
| CCHP |
|
Constant Conduction Heat Pipe |
| CCR |
|
Configuration Change Request |
| CCRM |
|
Continuous Cost Risk Management |
| CCSDS |
|
Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems |
| CD |
|
Center Director |
| CD |
|
Compact Disk |
| CDA |
|
Command and Data Acquisition |
| CDAS |
|
Command and Data Acquisition Station |
| C&DH |
|
Command and Data Handling |
| CDL |
|
Controlled Documents List |
| CDR |
|
Critical Design Review |
| CDRD |
|
Contract Data Requirements Document |
| CDRL |
|
Contract Data Requirements List |
| CERT |
|
Cost Estimation Reconciliation Team |
| CFE |
|
Contractor-Furnished Equipment |
| CFO |
|
Chief Financial Officer |
| CFSR |
|
Contract Funds Status Report |
| CFY |
|
contract fiscal year |
| CHOP |
|
Countermeasures Hands-On Program |
| CIL |
|
Critical Items List |
| CI |
|
configuration item |
| CIO |
|
Chief Information Officer |
| CIRT |
|
Contractor Interim Response Team |
| CITRB |
|
Commerce Information Technology Review Board (DOC) |
| CLASS |
|
Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System |
| CLIN |
|
contract line item number |
| cm |
|
centimeter |
| CM |
|
Configuration Management |
| CMART |
|
Configuration Management and Anomaly Reporting & Tracking |
| CMC |
|
Center Management Council (GSFC) |
| CMD |
|
command |
| CMD |
|
Contract Management Division |
| CME |
|
Coronal Mass Ejection(s) |
| CMO |
|
Configuration Management Office |
| CM&O |
|
Center Maintenance and Operations |
| CMP |
|
Center Real Property Master Plan |
| CMP |
|
Configuration Management Plan |
| CMMI |
|
Capability Maturity Model Integration |
| CND |
|
Could-Not-Duplicate |
| CNR |
|
Clutter-to-Noise Ratio |
| CO |
|
Contracting Officer |
| CoF |
|
Construction of Facilities |
| COFR |
|
Certificate of Flight Readiness |
| COI |
|
critical operations issues |
| COMM |
|
Communications |
| COMSEC |
|
Communications Security |
| CONOPS / ConOps |
|
Concept of Operations |
| CONUS |
|
Contiguous United States |
| COOP |
|
Continuity of Operations |
| COP |
|
Contingency Operations Procedure |
| COPV |
|
Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel |
| COR |
|
Contracting Officer’s Representative |
| CORL |
|
Consolidated Observational Requirement List |
| COSPAS |
|
Cosmicheskaya Sistyema Poiska Avariynich Sudov (Space System for the Search of Vessels in Distress) |
| COTR |
|
Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative |
| COTS |
|
Commercial Off-The-Shelf |
| CP |
|
Command Procedure |
| CPC |
|
Computer Program Component |
| CPCI |
|
Computer Program Configuration Item |
| CPL |
|
Capillary Pumped Loop |
| CPI |
|
Cost Performance Index |
| CPM |
|
Computer Program Module |
| CPMT |
|
Command Procedure Message Text |
| CPR |
|
Contractor Performance Report |
| CPR |
|
Cost Performance Report |
| CPSR |
|
Contractor Purchasing System Review |
| CPT |
|
Comprehensive Performance Test |
| CPU |
|
Central Processing Unit |
| CQCM |
|
Cryogenic Quartz Crystal Microbalance |
| CRC |
|
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
| CRM |
|
Continuous Risk Management |
| CRYOHP |
|
Cryogenic Heat Pipe |
| CRYOTP |
|
Cryogenic Two Phase |
| CS |
|
Conducted Susceptibility |
| CSC |
|
Computer Software Component |
| CSCI |
|
Computer Software Configuration Item |
| CSI |
|
Customer Source Inspections |
| CSU |
|
channel service unit |
| CTG |
|
Cost To Go |
| CTV |
|
Compatibility Test Van |
| CVCM |
|
Collected Volatile Condensable Material |
| CWBS |
|
Contractor Work Breakdown Structure |