| Acronym | Meaning |
| PMS | Program Manager Sea |
| MAMDT | Mean Active Maintenance Downtime |
| OTPS | Operational Test Program Set |
| NPM | Navy Programming Manual |
| SCPM | Stars Composite Process Model |
| CODASYL | Conference On Data Systems Languages |
| EOUT | Engine Out |
| RVDT | Rotary Variable Differential Transformer (transducer) |
| VASI | Visual Approach Slope Indicator |
| MMR | Multimode Receiver |