| Acronym | Meaning |
| SDSC | San Diego Supercomputing Center |
| AECA | Arms Export Control Act |
| USN | United States Navy |
| HAILSWATH | South Dakota Hail Studies |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing |
| PMR | Pacific Missile Range |
| BAMEX | Bow Echo And Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) Experiment |
| SDD | Systems Development Division |
| KSC | Kennedy Space Center |
| GALA | Geoscience Airborne Laser Altimeter |