| AFOSR | Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| AFRL | Air Force Research Laboratory |
| ALMMII | American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute |
| ANSER | Analytic Services |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| DAPhNE | Development of Adaptive Production systems for Eco-efficient firing processes |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| IMS | Intelligent Manufacturing Systems |
| INEMI | International Electronics Manufacturing |
| IP | intellectual property |
| IRP | International Resource Panel |
| ITAR | International Traffic in Arms Regulations |
| LIFT | Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow |
| MOD | Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NNMI | National Network for Manufacturing Innovation |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| ONR | Office of Naval Research |
| PHOCAM | Photopolymer-based Customized Additive Manufacturing Technologies |
| PI | principal investigator |
| PROMISE | Product Lifecycle Management and Information Tracking using Smart Embedded Systems |
| PSMC | Photonic Systems Manufacturing Coalition |
| R&D | research and development |
| RFID | radio-frequency identification |
| S&T | science and technology |
| TRL | technology readiness level |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| USAID | U.S. Agency for International Development |
| VISTRA | Virtual Simulation and Training |