| Acronym | Meaning |
| UCAR | Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft |
| OGCM | Ocean General Circulation Model |
| BATS | Biosphere-atmosphere Transfer Scheme |
| DHS | Data Handling Services |
| PCA | Physical Configuration Audit |
| ILP | International Lithosphere Programme |
| LAC | Local Area Coverage |
| PRE-STORM | Preliminary Regional Experiment-STORM |
| JERS-1 | Japanese Earth Resources Sensing Satellite 1 |
| BOD | Board Of Directors |