| Acronym | Meaning |
| PIDC | Precision Instrument Development Center |
| FFP | Firm Fixed Price |
| PMR | Pressure Modulator Radiometer |
| SLAP | Shuttle Laser Altimeter Prototype |
| PE | Primitive Equation |
| BOM | Bureau Of Mines |
| EPICS | Energetic Pion Channel And Spectrometer |
| AFCSA/CC | Commander |
| PRIMO | Problems Related To Ionospheric Modeling And Observations Project |
| EPIC | Environmental Photographic Interpretation Center |