| Acronym | Meaning |
| IRRAS | Integrated Reliability And Risk Analysis System |
| AMPS | Airborne Multisensor Pod System |
| BKC | Born-von Karman Cell (model For Electronic-structure Calcn.) |
| VLSIPS | Very Large Scale Immobilized Polymer Synthesis |
| DCPAES | Direct Current Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry |
| EAE | Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis |
| AGARD | Advisory Group For Aerospace Research And Development |
| GWD | Gaussian Wave Packet Dynamics |
| PPM | Parts Per Million |
| PDEA | Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment |