| Acronym | Meaning |
| VY | Best Rate Of Climb Speed |
| GFE | Government Furnished Equipment |
| DCC | Dynamic Component Change (tdc 51) |
| WSF | Weapon System File |
| NRZ | Non-return-to-zero |
| WSIP | Seapon System Improvement Program (s-3) |
| ESA | Emergency Safe Altitude |
| AAI | Aircraft Armament Inc (aai Corp Baltimore) |
| OAF | Open Architecture Framework |
| NMCMS | Not Mission Capable Maintenance Scheduled |