STA

STA or Sta may refer to:

Organizations

• Samoa Tourism Authority
• Science & Technology Australia, a peak body for scientists and technologists
• Scottish Tartans Authority
• Scottish Trans Alliance
• Spokane Transit Authority, US
• State Transit Authority, a former government agency of New South Wales, Australia
• State Transport Authority (South Australia), a former government agency
• State Transport Authority (Victoria), a former government-owned corportation
• STA Travel, a former travel agency for young people
• Slovenska tiskovna agencija, Slovenian Press Agency
• Student Transportation of America

Schools

• Saint Thomas Academy, Minnesota, US
• St. Theresita's Academy, Silay City, Philippines
• Shanghai Theatre Academy, Shanghai, China
• St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Louisville), Ohio, US
• St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School (London, Ontario), Canada
• St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.), US

Science and technology

• Science & Technology Australia, a peak body for scientists and technologists
• Shortcuts to adiabaticity, fast routes to results from slow, adiabatic changes of a quantum system's controlling parameters
• Spacetime algebra, in mathematical physics
• Spike-triggered average, a tool for characterizing the response properties of a neuron
• Special temporary authority, to operate a radio station in the US
• Static timing analysis, of a digital circuit
• Station (computer networking), in IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) terminology
• Simultaneous thermal analysis, in thermal analysis
• Single-Threaded Apartment, in Component Object Model

Military and space

• Shuttle Training Aircraft, a NASA training vehicle
• Surveillance and Target Acquisition, a military role
  • STA platoon, up to the first Gulf War
  • STA sniper, after the first Gulf War

Other uses

• SCSI Trade Association, STA or SCSITA
• Stauning Vestjylland Airport (IATA code), Denmark
• Sustainable Transport Award, to a city
• Short Term Assignment, short term assignment to a role

See also

• Structural Test Article, for example Space Shuttle Challenger STA-099
• STA-21 or Seaman to Admiral - 21, U.S. Navy commissioning program