| ACP | Airspace Change Proposal
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| ASTRAEA | Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation and Assessment
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| ATC | Air Traffic Control
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| AVM | Air Vice-Marshal
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| BAMS | Broad Area Maritime Surveillance
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| BDA | Battle Damage Assessment
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| C4ISTAR | Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance
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| CAA | Civil Aviation Authority
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| CLS | Contractor Logistic Support
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| DCPD | Direct, Collect, Process, Disseminate
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| DII | Defence Information Infrastructure
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| DMA | Defence Manufacturers Association
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| DIS | Defence Industrial Strategy
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| DTS | Defence Technology Strategy
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| EDA | European Defence Agency
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| EO | Electro-Optic
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| FMV | Full Motion Video
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| FRI | Financial Retention Incentive
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| GCS | Ground Control Station
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| GMTI | Ground Moving Target Indication
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| HUMINT | Human Intelligence
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| IED | Improvised Explosive Device
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| IPR | Intellectual Property Rights
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| IR | Infra-Red
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| ISTAR | Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance
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| JAPCC | Joint Air Power Competence Centre
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| JSF | Joint Strike Fighter
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| NAO | National Audit Office
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| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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| NEC | Network Enabled Capability
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| RA | Royal Artillery
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| RAF | Royal Air Force
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| RUSI | Royal United Services Institute
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| SAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar
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| SBAC | Society of British Aerospace Companies
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| SDD | System Development and Demonstration
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| SMEs | Small and Medium-size Enterprises
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| TDP | Technology Demonstrator Programme
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| UA | Unmanned Aircraft
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| UAS | Unmanned Aerial System / Unmanned Air System
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| UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
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| UAVS | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Society of Great Britain
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| UCAS | Unmanned Combat Aircraft System
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| UCAV | Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicle
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| UK | United Kingdom
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| UOR | Urgent Operational Requirement
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| US | United States
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