| Acronym | Meaning |
| CO | Contracting Officer |
| NFCS | NNFCSNuclear Forces Communications Satellite |
| QM | Qualification Motor |
| RED | Reduction |
| SOR | Specification Operational Requirement |
| RAL | ResPonsibiiitV Aslignment List |
| OSLM | Operations ShOP/Lab Manager |
| COFI | Checkout And Fault Isolation (on Board) |
| TPE | Test Project Engineer |
| TBS | Task Breakdown Structure |