| Acronym | Meaning |
| MAC | Months After Contract (award) |
| NUD | Non-update |
| SAT | System Acceptance Testing |
| IRST | Infrared Search And Track System |
| PECP | Preliminary Engineering Change Proposal |
| CKPT | Cockpit |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| NFS | Network File System |
| TPDR | Technical Publications Deficiency Report |
| MIDAS | Mine Detection And Avoidance Sonar |