| JCIDS |
Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System |
| JDMC |
Joint Defense Manufacturing Council |
| JDMTP |
Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel |
| KSA |
knowledge, skill and assessment |
| LIFT |
Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow |
| MEP |
Manufacturing Extension Partnership |
| MII |
Manufacturing Innovation Institute |
| MIPR |
Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request |
| MRL |
manufacturing readiness level |
| NAMC |
National Advanced Mobility Consortia |
| NDIA |
National Defense Industrial Association |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NMI |
National Manufacturing Institute |
| NNMI |
National Network for Manufacturing Innovation |
| NPO |
National Program Office |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| OAM |
Office of Advanced Manufacturing |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Development |
| OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| OSD |
Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| OTA |
Other Transaction Authority |
| OUSD |
Undersecretary of Defense Manufacturing Technology |
| PCAST |
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology |
| PPP |
public–private partnership |
| RAMI |
Revitalize American Manufacturing Innovation |
| RCA |
The Sarnoff Corporation was formerly known as the RCA corporate laboratory |
| RDT |
research, development, and test |
| RDT&E |
research, development, test and evaluation |
| RFID |
radio-frequency identification |
| S&T |
science and technology |
| SAMPE |
Society for Advancement of Material and Process Engineering |
| SBIR |
Small Business Innovation Research |
| SME |
Small and Medium-sized Enterprise |
| TOR |
terms of reference |
| TPoC |
technical point of contact |
| TRL |
technology readiness level |
| TTAC |
Transition and Commercialization Community of Practice |
| UARC |
University Affiliated Research Center |
| USD(R&E) |
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering |