ABM
antiballistic missile
ADRDE
Army Defense Research and Development Establishment
ADSEC
Air Defense Systems Engineering Committee
AGARD
Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development
AICBM
anti-intercontinental ballistic missile
APL
Applied Physics Laboratory
C3
communications, command, and control
CIOS
Combined Intelligence Operations Section
CMAP
Carnegie Mellon Action Program
CVD
Committee on Valve Development
GAAP
guided antiaircraft projectile
ICBM
intercontinental ballistic missile
ICSU
International Council of Scientific Unions
IGY
International Geophysical Year
IIASA
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
IRBM
intermediate-range ballistic missile
JCS
Joint Chiefs of Staff
LORAN
long-range navigation system
MACOS
Man: A Course of Study
MAD
mutually assured destruction
MEW
Microwave Early Warning system
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NACA
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NEPA
Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft
NRDC
National Research Defense Council
ODM
Office of Defense Mobilization
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSRD
Office of Scientific Research and Development
OST
Office of Science and Technology
OSTP
Office of Science and Technology Policy
OTA
Office of Technology Assessment
PSAC
President’s Science Advisory Committee
RAF
Royal Air Force
RANN
Research Applied to National Needs
SAB
Scientific Advisory Board
SAC
Strategic Air Command
SAGE
semi-automated ground environment
SHAEF
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
STL
Space Technology Laboratories
TRE
Telecommunications Research Establishment
URA
Universities Research Association, Inc.