| Acronym | Meaning |
| ABL | Airborne Laser |
| SAWRS | Supplementary Aviation Weather Reporting System |
| AACS | Airborne Activity Confinement System |
| ERL | Environmental Research Laboratory |
| HRSO | High Resolution Solar Observatory |
| ASAP | Ariane Structure For Auxiliary Payloads |
| AAW | Antiair Warfare |
| MTA | Message Transfer Agent |
| GCA | Geophysics Corporation Of America |
| F | Forad |