| Acronym | Meaning |
| SST | Supersonic Transport |
| BGE | Block Gaussian Elimination |
| DRTS | Data Relay And Tracking Satellite |
| FDDA | Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
| SCATE | Sulfur Chemistry In The Antarctic Troposphere Experiment |
| ALEXIS | Array Of Low-energy X-ray Imaging Sensors |
| AFSAS | Air Force Director For Strategic Force Analysis |
| NSSDC | National Space Science Data Center |
| CE | Combustion Engineering |
| DOI | Department Of Interior |