| A2/AD | anti-access/area denial |
| A-CDD | Abbreviated Capability Development Document |
| AC | Armaments Center |
| AFC | Army Futures Command |
| AFSIM | Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration and Modeling |
| AoA | Analysis of Alternatives |
| ASA(ALT) | Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology |
| ATACMS | Army Tactical Missile System |
| C2 | command and control |
| CAA | Center for Army Analysis |
| CFT | cross-functional team |
| CONOPS | concept of operations |
| CpE | cost per effect |
| CSR | Center for Systems Reliability |
| CUI | controlled unclassified information |
| DASA(R&T) | Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Army for Research and Technology |
| DEVCOM | U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| DOTMLPF-P | Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities and Policy |
| DP | dynamic programming |
| DSP | Dynamic Strategic Planning |
| EMRG | electromagnetic railgun |
| EO | electro-optical |
| ERCA | Extended Range Cannon Artillery |
| FBL | Fires Battle Lab |
| FCoE | Fires Center of Excellence |
| FFRDC | federally funded research and development center |
| FY | fiscal year |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| HBGM | Hypersonic Boost Glide missile |
| INF | Intermediate Nuclear Forces |
| IR | infrared |
| IRL | integration readiness level |
| ITEP | Integrated Test and Evaluation Plan |
| JADO | Joint All-Domain Operations |
| JWA | Joint Warfighter Assessment |
| LRHW | Long Range Hypersonic Weapon |
| LRPF | Long Range Precision Fires |
| M&S | modeling and simulation |
| MDO | Multi-Domain Operations |
| MDO/JADO | Multi-Domain Operations/Joint All-Domain Operations |
| MDTF | Multi-Domain Task Force |
| OPR | Office of Primary Responsibility |
| OR | operations research |
| OUSD(R&E) | Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering |
| PrSM | Precision Strike Missile |
| QMU | quantification of margins and uncertainties |
| RAM-D | Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Dependability |
| RCCTO | U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office |
| RDT&E | Research, Development, Test and Evaluation |
| RF | radio frequency |
| S&T | science and technology |
| SLRC | Strategic Long Range Cannon |
| SoS | system of systems |
| SRL | system readiness level |
| T&E | test and evaluation |
| TRAC | The Research and Analysis Center |
| TRADOC | Training and Doctrine Command |
| TRL | technology readiness level |