| Acronym | Meaning |
| AARADCOM | US Army Armanents R&D Command |
| ARSR | Air Route Surveillance Radar |
| HRDI | High Resolution Doppler Interferometer |
| GISMOS | Global Incoherent Scatter Measurements Of Substorms |
| FDF | Flight Dynamics Facility |
| ETH | Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule |
| M&S | Materials And Services |
| VTD | Velocity Track Display |
| GOTS | GALE Oceanographic Temperature Studies |
| AED | Atomic Emission Detector |