| Acronym | Meaning |
| MMU | Manchester Metropolitan University -Manned Manoeuvring Unit |
| ISCCP | International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project |
| DRIC | (U.S.) Defense Research Information Center |
| ACRI | African Crisis Initiative |
| OPS | Operations |
| NCP | Net Contracted Purchases |
| HEP | High-Explosive Plastic (ammunition) |
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
| LOD | Limit Of Detection - See Detection Limit |
| FIN | Finland (ISO 3166 Trigram) |