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Counterdrug Technology Assessment CenterCounterdrug Technology Assessment Center
Ten-Year Counterdrug Technology Plan and Development Roadmap

List of Commonly Used Acronyms

AI Artificial Intelligence
ATS Automated Targeting System
CTAC Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DEA Drug Enforcement Administration
DoD Department of Defense
DR Demand Reduction
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FinCEN Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
GIS Geographic Information System
GPS Global Positioning System
HF High Frequency
HHS United States Department of Health and Human Services
IAWG-T Interagency Working Group for Technology
INS United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
IOM Institute of Medicine
LAN Local Area Network
LEA Law Enforcement Agencies (Federal, state and local)
LPD Low Probability of Detection
LPI Low Probability of Intercept
MOE Measure of Effectiveness
NDCS National Drug Control Strategy
NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse
NII Non-Intrusive Inspection
NIJ National Institute of Justice
NIH National Institute of Health
NQR Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
ONDCP Office of National Drug Control Policy
OTH Over-The-Horizon
POEs Ports of Entry
RF Radio Frequency
ROTHR Relocatable Over The Horizon Radar
SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
TAC Tactical Technologies
UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
USCG United States Coast Guard
USCS United States Customs Service
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
USMS United States Marshals Service
WAN  Wide Area Network
WAS Wide Area Surveillance Technologies