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                                      AERADE. A resource provided by Cranfield 
                                        University that provides integrated access 
                                        to a collection of key aerospace and defense 
                                        resources that can be browsed or searched 
                                        independently from their home pages, or 
                                        cross-searched using the Portal Search facility: http://aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/  
                                      Defense Technical Information Center. 
                                      DTIC has served the information needs of 
                                      the Defense community for over 50 years. 
                                      In a Decision Memorandum signed June 4, 
                                      2004, Mr. Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary 
                                      of Defense, announced his determination 
                                      to establish DTIC as a DoD Field Activity: http://www.dtic.mil/  Glossary of NATO. Agreed civil and military abbreviations and full forms used in NATO documents and publications (Glossaire des abréviations civiles et militaires agréées OTAN utilisées dans les documents et les publications de l’OTAN).The electronic version is updated annually and made available through the Internet at http://nsa.nato.int/ and the NATO extranet at http://nsa.hq.nato.int/ (PDF): http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/doctrine/other/aap15.pdf   Glossary of UN Peacekeeping Terms. Over the years the UN has developed a distinctive way of describing aspects of peacekeeping. The following glossary contains a brief compilation of terms used in missions around the world. Although there is no official document defining terms used in the mission, these terms are the most frequently used: 
 
                                    http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/sites/glossary/  DOD Dictionary of Military Terms. This dictionary is managed by the Joint Education and Doctrine Division, J-7, Joint Staff. All approved joint definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations are contained in Joint Publication 1-02, DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 08 November 2010, as amended through 15 April 2012: http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/dod_dictionary/  Glossary of  the offshore oil and gas industry terms. A Database maintained by Oil & Gas UK: http://www.oilandgasuk.co.uk/glossary.cfm  
                                      Glossary of UN Peacekeeping Terms. 
                                      Over the years the UN has developed a distinctive 
                                      way of describing aspects of peacekeeping. 
                                      The following glossary contains a brief 
                                      compilation of terms used in missions around 
                                      the world. Although there is no official 
                                      document defining terms used in the mission, 
                                      these terms are the most frequently used: http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/glossary/  
                                      Military Abbreviations, Acronyms 
                                      and Terms. A resource 
                                      from Military 
                                      Periscope, a 'defense industry's premier 
                                      online database for accurate open-source 
                                      global defense information: http://www.periscope.ucg.com/terms/index.html  
                                      Military Acronyms. A resource 
                                      from DT 
                                      Media Ltd: DT Media 'provides high-quality, 
                                      cost-effective, training, simulation and 
                                      animation solutions: http://www.dtmedia.co.uk/acronyms.htm  
                                      MilitaryWords.com. Find 
                                      the meanings of military terms and acronyms 
                                      (Beta version): http://www.militarywords.com/  
                                      Space & Electronic Warfare Lexicon. 
                                      Contains acronyms, abbreviations and terms 
                                      relating to the military, space & electronic 
                                      combat, electronic warfare, command & 
                                      control, weaponry, general warfare, information 
                                      warfare, special operations, non-lethal 
                                      weapons, computers, homeland security, the 
                                      Internet, emerging technology, and kindred 
                                      topics: http://www.sew-lexicon.com/  
                                      United Nations Common Supply Database. 
                                      The UNCSD is a registry of suppliers available 
                                      to all UN and World Bank procurement personnel, 
                                      and is the main supplier database of the 
                                      following UN organizations: IAEA, ILO, ITC, 
                                      UNDP, UN/FALD, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIDO, 
                                      UNOPS, UNRWA, WFP, and WIPO: http://www.uncsd.org/   |