| Acronym | Meaning |
| QA&R | Quality Assurance And Revalidation |
| QAPP | Quality Assurance Program Plan |
| QC | Quality Control |
| QCFI | Quality Conformance Final Inspection (on-site) |
| QCPI | Quality Conformance Preliminary Inspection (in-plant) |
| QDM | Quantitative Debris Monitor |
| QDMA | Quantitative Debris Monitor Mission Alert Status |
| QDMAL | Qdma Left |
| QDMAR | Qdma Right |
| QDMM | Quantitative Debris Monitor Maintenance Alert Status |
| QDMML | Qdmm Left |
| QDMMR | Qdmm Right |
| QEB | Quick Engine Bulletin (tdc 04) |
| QEC | Quick Engine Change (tdc 03) |
| QL | Quick Look |
| QM | Mast Torque |
| QPL | Qualified Parts List |
| QRFI | Quick Reaction Fleet Improvement (includes |
| QRM | Quick Response Modification |
| QSR | Qualified Status Report |
| QTY | Quantity |
| QUE1 | Tqe Left |
| QUICKSTRIKE | Mine |
| QUP | Quantity Per Unit Pack |
| R | Right |
| R&D | Research And Development |
| R&M | Reliability And Maintainability |
| R/M | Reliability And Maintainability |
| R/O | Read Outtmtread Only |
| R/R | Remove And Replace |
| R/T | Receiver Transmitter |
| RAASP | Reusable Ada Avionics Software Package |
| RABFAC | Radar Beacon Forward Air Control |
| RAC | Rapid Action Change |
| RAC | Request For Authority To Contract |
| RAD | Recommendation And Approval Document |
| RAD1 | Radio 1 |
| RAD2 | Radio 2 |
| RAD3 | Radio 3 |
| RADALT | Radar Altitude |
| RADAR | Radio Detection And Ranging |
| RADHAZ | Radiation Hazards |
| RADR | Radartmtreceive Address |
| RALT | Radar Altitude |
| RAM | Random Access Memory |
| RAM | Reliability And Maintainability |
| RAMEC | Rapid Action Minor Engineering Change |
| RAN | Request For Authority To Negotiate |
| RAPID | Reusable Ada Products For Information Systems Development |
| RAPLOC | Rapid Localization (near Term) For An/sqr-19 |