| Acronym | Meaning |
| VTOL | Vertical Takeoff And Landing |
| AWM | Awaiting Maintenance |
| FAT | First Article Testing |
| MOS | Marine Occupational Standard |
| NAVSEC | Naval Ship Engineering Center |
| QDMA | Quantitative Debris Monitor Mission Alert Status |
| YWN | Water Barge (non Self-propelled)(lighter) |
| DEC | Decode |
| PMDB | Project Master Data Base (trw Ir&d Project Name) |
| XCHANGR | Exchanger |