| Acronym | Meaning |
| URIP | University Research Initiative Program |
| PCMS | Process And Change Management System |
| DIS | Defense Intelligence Service |
| CAGE | Continental Africa GATE Experiment |
| EOR | Emergency Operations Center |
| ICMUA | IAMAS Commission On The Meteorology Of The Upper Atmosphere |
| PSC | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center |
| ABE | Army Background Experiment |
| EOS-A | First NPOP |
| BIOME | Biological Imaging And Observational Mission To Earth |