| Acronym | Meaning |
| FATS | South African Air Force Tactical Support Command |
| NEEDS | N/A |
| PA | Position Angle |
| SUPERNET | Colorado-based State Network |
| SCAMS | Scanning Microwave Spectrometer |
| STRATRAD | Strategic Management Of Research And Development |
| GENESIS | Global Environmental And Ecological Simulation Of Interactive Systems |
| MCIDAS | Man-computer Interactive Data Access System |
| INSU | National Institute For Sciences Of The Universe |
| TAP | Diffusion Transport Models |