SAS or Sas may refer to:

Military

Special Air Service The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling, and in 1950 it was reconstituted as a corps. The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terr ...

, a special forces unit of the British Army *

Special Air Service Regiment The Special Air Service Regiment, officially abbreviated SASR though commonly known as the SAS, is a special forces unit of the Australian Army. Formed in 1957 as a company, it was modelled on the British SAS with which it shares the motto, ...

, a special forces unit of the Australian Army * 5th Special Air Service, a Belgian Second World War formation * Canadian Special Air Service Company, 1947–1949 *

1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment The 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment () or 1er RPIMa is a unit of the French Army Special Forces Command, therefore part of the Special Operations Command. Heirs to the Free French paratroopers of the 3rd and 4th squadrons of the Speci ...

, sometimes referred to as the "French SAS" *

New Zealand Special Air Service The 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment, abbreviated as 1 NZSAS Regt, is the special forces unit of the New Zealand Army, closely modelled on the British Special Air Service (SAS). It was formed on 7 July 1955. It traces its origins to ...

, a special forces unit of the New Zealand Army *

Rhodesian Special Air Service The Rhodesian Special Air Service or Rhodesian SAS was a special forces unit of the Rhodesian Army. It comprised: *C Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment (Malayan Emergency, 1951–1953) *"C" Squadron (Rhodesian) Special Air Service (1961–197 ...

, several special forces units from Rhodesia * Special Air Service, a unit within the Special Forces of Zimbabwe * South African Ship, the

South African Navy The South African Navy (SA Navy) is the naval warfare branch of the South African National Defence Force. The Navy is primarily engaged in maintaining a conventional military deterrent, participating in counter-piracy operations, fishery prote ...

warship prefix * Specialized Administrative Sections, a French civil-military program during the Algerian War *

Underwater Defence (Turkish Armed Forces) The Underwater Defence (), or SAS, is the one and only EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) unit of the Turkish Navy, based in the Foça Naval Base near İzmir, on the Aegean coast of Turkey The missions of the Su Altı Savunma (SAS) include coa ...

(''Su Altı Savunma''), a unit of the Turkish Navy

Arts, entertainment and media

Film and television

SAS (TV station) SAS, formerly SAS-7 and before that SAS-10, is a television station in Adelaide, South Australia. It is part of the Seven Network. History SAS-7 was originally known as SAS-10, an affiliate of what became Network Ten. It commenced broadcasting o ...

, in Adelaide, South Australia * '' SAS: Are You Tough Enough?'', a British documentary series 2002–2004 * '' SAS: Red Notice'', a 2021 action thriller film * '' SAS: Rogue Heroes'', a 2022 British historical drama TV series * '' SAS: Who Dares Wins'', a 2015 British reality TV series

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

* ''SAS'' (novel series), by Gérard de Villiers, 1965–2013 *

Southern All Stars , also known by the abbreviations and SAS, are a Japanese rock band formed in Kanagawa in 1974. The band is composed of Keisuke Kuwata (lead vocals and guitars), Yuko Hara (vocals and keyboards), Kazuyuki Sekiguchi (bass), (drums) and (pe ...

, a Japanese rock band *

Strong Arm Steady Strong Arm Steady, often referred to as SAS, is a hip hop group in California's underground hip hop scene. As of December 2009, the act consists of members Phil Da Agony, Krondon, of Los Angeles, and Mitchy Slick of San Diego, California. Ori ...

, an American hip hop group from California * '' SAS: Secure Tomorrow'', a 2008 video game

Businesses and organizations

Businesses

SAS Group SAS AB, trading as SAS Group, is a Swedish airline holding company headquartered in Solna Municipality, Sweden. It is the owner of the airlines Scandinavian Airlines, SAS Link, and SAS Connect. As of 2024, SAS Group is owned by a group of s ...

, Swedish airline holding company **

Scandinavian Airlines The Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), commonly known as Scandinavian Airlines, is the national airline of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It is part of SAS Group and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden. Including its subsidiaries SAS Link and ...

, stylized as SAS *

SAS Institute SAS Institute (or SAS, pronounced "sass") is an American multinational developer of analytics and artificial intelligence software based in Cary, North Carolina. SAS develops and markets a suite of analytics software ( also called SAS), which ...

, American developer of analytics and AI software *

SAS (shoemakers) San Antonio Shoemakers (SAS) is an American shoe manufacturer based in San Antonio, Texas. The company specializes in handcrafted men's and women's shoes. They are a family-owned company which manufactures their shoes in Texas. Some shoe operat ...

, American shoe manufacturer *

, in Adelaide, South Australia * ''

Société par actions simplifiée ''Société par actions simplifiée'' (SAS; simplified joint-stock company in British English or simplified corporation in American English) is a French type of business entity. It is the first hybrid entity enacted under Law of France, French la ...

'', a French type of business entity *

Andalusian Health Service The Andalusian Health Service (, SAS), the government-run health system for the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, was created on May 6, 1986, as an autonomous agency attached to the Regional Ministry of Hea ...

(''Servicio Andaluz de Salud''), in Spain *

Scottish Ambulance Service The Scottish Ambulance Service () is part of NHS Scotland, which serves all of Scotland, Scotland's population. The Scottish Ambulance Service is governed by a NHS Scotland#Special health boards, special health board and is funded directly by t ...

, part of NHS Scotland

Education

Asia

Sultan Alam Shah School Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah or simply Alam Shah (abbreviated as SAS) is a Sekolah Berasrama Penuh, fully residential school situated in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah is one of the schools in the country awarded with the title '' ...

, in Malaysia *

Shanghai American School Shanghai American School (SAS; ) is a non-profit, independent international school located in Shanghai, China. Founded in 1912, SAS has two campuses serving a diverse student body of over 2,900 students from more than 40 nationalities, ranging f ...

, in Shanghai *

Singapore American School Singapore American School (SAS) is a non-profit, independent, co-educational day school located in the Woodlands area of Singapore. It offers an American-based curriculum for students in preschool through high school. One of Singapore's first ...

, in Singapore

Europe

Sankt-Ansgar-Schule The Sankt-Ansgar-Schule (common abbreviation: SAS) is a private secondary school in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded in 1946 as the only boys' school by the Society of Jesus, an order of the Catholic Church, in the State of Hamburg. The school ...

, in Hamburg, Germany *

School of Advanced Study The School of Advanced Study (SAS), a postgraduate-only institution of the University of London, is the UK's national centre for the promotion and facilitation of research in the humanities and social sciences. It was established in 1994 and ...

, of the University of London, England *

Slovak Academy of Sciences The Slovak Academy of Sciences (, or SAV) is the main scientific and research institution in Slovakia fostering basic and strategic basic research. It was founded in 1942, closed after World War II, and then reestablished in 1953. Its primary ...

, the main scientific and research institution in Slovakia *

Studia Academica Slovaca Studia Academica Slovaca – the centre for Slovak as a foreign language (SAS) is a specialised department at the Faculty of Arts at Comenius University in Bratislava, teaching foreigners the Slovak language. It also regularly prepares the summer s ...

, in Bratislava, Slovakia

United States

* Saint Andrew's School (Florida) * Saint Andrew's School (Georgia) *

School for Advanced Studies The School for Advanced Studies (SAS) is a dual-enrollment secondary school in Miami, Florida. It is a part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools System and is located at five campuses of Miami Dade College: Homestead campus, Kendall campus, ...

, in Miami, Florida * Semester at Sea, a shipboard academic program

Other organizations

* Second Amendment Sisters, United States women's gun rights advocacy group * Servants Anonymous Society, a nonprofit women's organization *

Freedom and Solidarity Freedom and Solidarity (, SaS), also called Saska, is a Centre-right politics, centre-right political party in Slovakia. Established in 2009,. SaS was founded by economist Richard Sulík, who designed Slovakia's flat tax system. It generally hol ...

(''Sloboda a Solidarita''), a political party in Slovakia *

Society for Amateur Scientists The Society for Amateur Scientists (SAS) was a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to "helping ordinary people do extraordinary science". It was the first organization ever created for the generalists of citizen science. Rather than supporti ...

, an American non-profit organization * Society for Animation Studies, an international scholarly organization * Space Access Society, for increasing access to space travel *

Strong American Schools Strong American Schools, a project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, is a nonprofit organization supported by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that seeks to promote sound education policies for all ...

, an American non-profit organization that promotes sound education policies * Surfers Against Sewage, a British marine conservation charity * Surrey Archaeological Society, England *

Sussex Archaeological Society The Sussex Archaeological Society is an organisation dedicated to researching and preserving the history and archaeology of the English counties of East Sussex and West Sussex. It manages six historic sites, including Lewes Castle and Fishbourne ...

, England

People

Éva Sas Éva Sas (born 13 August 1970) is a French politician from Europe Ecology – The Greens. She was a Member of Parliament from 2012 to 2017, and has been again since 2022. Early life Sas was born in Nice in 1970. Political career She was ...

(born 1970), French politician * Ferenc Sas (1915–1988), Hungarian footballer * Hasan Şaş (born 1976), Turkish footballer * Julian Sas (born 1970), Dutch guitarist, singer and songwriter *

Sas of Moldavia Sas was, according to the Slavo-Romanian chronicles, the second ''voivode'' of Moldavia (''c.'' 1353/1360 – ''c.'' 1357/1364). He followed his father Dragoş who had been sent to Moldavia as a representative of king Louis I of Hungary ...

(died 1358), voivode of Moldavia 1354–1358

Places

Šas Šas or Svač ( cnr-Cyrl, Шас or Свач; ; ) is a village in Montenegro. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 268 people. It is located east of Ulcinj. In the vicinity of the village is its eponymous lake, Lake Š ...

, Montenegro * Sas, Iran, or Eslamabad *

Sas van Gent Sas van Gent is a town in the Netherlands. It is located in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Terneuzen and lies about 30 km south of Vlissingen on the border with Belgium. The Ghent–Terneuzen Canal pass ...

, Netherlands * Sas, a tributary of the river Bouleț in Romania

Science and technology

Medicine

Space adaptation syndrome Space adaptation syndrome (SAS) or space sickness is a condition experienced by as many as half of all space travelers during their adaptation to weightlessness once in orbit. It is the opposite of terrestrial motion sickness since it occurs whe ...

, or space sickness * Subvalvular aortic stenosis (canine), a heart murmur in dogs *

Syndesmotic ankle sprain A high ankle sprain, also known as a syndesmotic ankle sprain (SAS), is a sprain of the Inferior tibiofibular articulation, syndesmotic ligaments that connect the tibia and fibula in the lower leg, thereby creating a mortise and tenon joint for the ...

, a type of ankle sprain

Computing

SAS (software) SAS (previously "Statistical Analysis System") is a statistical software suite developed by SAS Institute for data management, advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, business intelligence, and predictive analytics. SAS was developed at No ...

, a statistical software suite developed by SAS Institute *

SAS language The SAS language is a fourth-generation computer programming language used for statistical analysis, created by Anthony James Barr at North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State, North Carolina State, NC State ...

, a computer programming language *

Secure attention key A secure attention key (SAK), special attention key, or secure attention sequence (SAS) is a special key, key combination or sequence to be pressed on a computer keyboard before a login screen which must, to the user, be completely trustworthy. The ...

or secure attention sequence, a key combination pressed before a login screen *

Serial Attached SCSI In computing, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is a point-to-point serial Communications protocol, protocol that moves data to and from Computer storage, computer-storage devices such as hard disk drives, solid-state drives and tape drives. SAS replac ...

, a point-to-point serial protocol * Short Authentication String, a method used in the ZRTP cryptographic protocol * Sorcerer's Apprentice syndrome, a network protocol flaw in TFTP * Spatially aware sublayer, in

Resilient Packet Ring Resilient Packet Ring (RPR), as defined by IEEE standard 802.17, is a protocol designed for the transport of data traffic over optical fiber ring networks. The standard began development in November 2000 and has undergone several amendments since ...

Space

* Small Astronomy Satellite (disambiguation), one of three of NASA-operated space telescopes * Space activity suit, or mechanical counterpressure suit * Sistema Avariynogo Spaseniya, the Soyuz

launch escape system A launch escape system (LES) or launch abort system (LAS) is a crew-safety system connected to a space capsule. It is used in the event of a critical emergency to quickly separate the capsule from its launch vehicle in case of an emergency requiri ...

Other uses in science and technology

Self-anchored suspension bridge A self-anchored suspension bridge is a suspension bridge type in which the main cables attach to the ends of the deck, rather than directly to the ground or via large anchorages. The design is well-suited for construction atop elevated piers, or ...

* Side-angle-side, a concept in geometry for determining congruence or similarity of triangles *

Small-angle scattering Small-angle scattering (SAS) is a scattering technique based on deflection of collimated radiation away from the straight trajectory after it interacts with structures that are much larger than the wavelength of the radiation. The deflection is ...

, a scattering technique based on the deflection of a beam of particles away from the straight trajectory *

Stability augmentation system An autopilot is a system used to control the path of a vehicle without requiring constant manual control by a human operator. Autopilots do not replace human operators. Instead, the autopilot assists the operator's control of the vehicle, allow ...

, a type of automatic flight control system *

Synthetic aperture sonar Synthetic-aperture sonar (SAS) is a form of sonar in which sophisticated post-processing of sonar data is used in ways closely analogous to synthetic-aperture radar. Synthetic-aperture sonars combine a number of acoustic pings to form an image wi ...

* Supercritical Anti-Solvent, a method used for

micronization Micronization is the process of reducing the average diameter of a solid material's particles. Traditional techniques for micronization focus on mechanical means, such as milling and grinding. Modern techniques make use of the properties of superc ...

of substances

Sport

San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA ...

, a basketball team in San Antonio, Texas, United States *

SAS Championship The SAS Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions. It is played annually in the autumn in Cary, North Carolina at the Prestonwood Country Club. SAS Institute SAS Institute (or SAS, pronounced "sass") is an American multin ...

, a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions * Stars Association for Sports, a women's football club in Aley, Lebanon

Transportation

* Salton Sea Airport, U.S., IATA airport code SAS * Sam Shing stop, Hong Kong, MTR station code SAS * San Antonio station (Texas), U.S., Amtrak code SAS *

Second Avenue Subway The Second Avenue Subway (internally referred to as the IND Second Avenue Line by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA and abbreviated to SAS) is a New York City Subway line that runs under Second Avenue (Manhattan), Second Avenue o ...

, New York City, U.S. *

St Annes-on-the-Sea railway station St Annes-on-the-Sea railway station serves the town of St Annes-on-the Sea, commonly known as St Annes, which is part of the conurbation of Lytham St Annes in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Blackpool South to Preston railway line ...

, England, station code SAS

Other uses

Sas coat of arms Sas or Szász (origin: Slavic languages, Slavic for 'Saxon', Polish language, Polish: ''Sas'', Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Szász'', Romanian language, Romanian: ''Saș'', Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: ''Сас'') is a Heraldry#Central and ...

, a central European coat of arms * Statements on auditing standards, a series of internationally recognized auditing standards