| Acronym | Meaning |
| BLIP | Boundary Layer Instrument Package |
| LRIR | Limb Radiance Inversion (or Infrared) Radiometer |
| UCAR | Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft |
| ACARS | ARINC Communications And Relay System |
| LRU | Laser Recording Unit |
| NDVI | Greeness Index From Satellites |
| NROSS | Naval Remote Ocean Sensing System |
| ALT | Altimeter |
| DOS | Department Of Space |
| GOM | Global Observations And Modeling Project |