| Acronym | Meaning |
| UICP | Uniform Inventory Control Program |
| FORGE | Funds For Overseas Research Grants For Education |
| ALSI | Aluminum Silicon Alloy |
| BLM | Bureau Of Land Management |
| NIU | Network Interface Unit |
| AP | Attached Payload |
| ESR | Electron Spin Resonance |
| GLOMAC | Part Of EUROTRAC |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| AFEAS | Alternate Fluorocarbon Environmental Acceptability Study |