| Acronym | Meaning |
| NAVMAT | Naval Material Command (disestablished 85) |
| DOEM | Department Of Engineering Memorandum |
| ANS | Artificial Neural Systems |
| FBW | Fly-by-wire |
| SPEC | Specification |
| HICANS | High Speed Collision Avoidance And Navigation System |
| FABITAL | Fadec Fail Bit, Channel A Left Engine |
| PLRS | Position, Location, And Reporting System |
| XFMR | Transformer |
| APSE | Ada Program Support Environment |