| AAE | Army Acquisition Executive |
| AAL | Army Applications Laboratory |
| AD | Army Directive |
| AFC | Army Futures Command |
| AI2C | Army Artificial Intelligence Integration Center |
| AITF | Army Artificial Intelligence Task Force |
| AMC | Army Materiel Command |
| AMSAA | Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity |
| AR | Army Directive |
| ARCIC | Army Rapid Capabilities Integration Center |
| ARL | Army Research Laboratory |
| ARO | Army Research Office |
| ASA (ALT) | Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology |
| AvMC | Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center |
| BOARD | Board on Army Research and Development |
| CCDC | Combat Capabilities Development Command |
| CFT | cross-functional team |
| CG | commanding general |
| COI | community of interest |
| CSA | Chief of Staff of the Army |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DASA(R&T) | Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology |
| DEVCOM | Combat Capabilities Development Command |
| DoD | U.S. Department of Defense |
| FFRDC | federally funded research and development center |
| FORSCOM | Forces Command |
| FY | fiscal year |
| FYDP | Future Years Defense Program |
| GO | General Order |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| HQDA | Headquarters, Department of the Army |
| PB | President’s Budget |
| PEO | Program Executive Office(r) |
| PM | program manager |
| POM | Program Objective Memorandum |
| POR | program of record |
| R&D | research and development |
| RDEC | Research and Development Engineering Center |
| RD&E | research, development, and engineering |
| RDT&E | research, development, test, and evaluation |
| ROTC | Reserve Officer Training Corps |
| S&T | science and technology |
| STRL | Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory |
| TRAC | TRADOC Analysis Center |
| TRADOC | Training and Doctrine Command |
| UARC | University Affiliated Research Center |
| UIC | Unit Identification Code |
| UPP | University Partner Program |
| USC | U.S. Code |
| USD(R&E) | Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering |
| USSF | U.S. Space Force |
| UTDD | University Technology Development Division |
| VCSA | Vice Chief of Staff of the Army |