| Acronym | Meaning |
| SPAWAR | Space And Naval Warfare Systems Command |
| LITE | Lidar In Space Technology Experiment |
| NPOESS | National Polar Orbiter Environmental Satellite System |
| GRM | Geopotential Research Mission |
| AWU | Associated Western Universities |
| PCRGA | Precipitation Chemistry |
| GFP | Government Furnished Property |
| HPS | High Performance Systems |
| SDSMT | South Dakota School Of Mines & Technology |
| ACG | Advanced Computing Group |