RWS

The three-letter abbreviation RWS may stand for one of the following, depending on context:

• Remote Weapon System or Remote Weapon Station, a type of small/medium-calibre weapon mounting used on some modern armored military vehicles
• Rheinisch-Westfälische Sprengstoff-AG (Ger. "Rhinelandic-Westphalian Explosives Aktiengesellschaft"), a brand of rifle cartridges, rimfire ammunition and airgun pellets; marketed by Swiss company RUAG Ammotec since 2002, who also license the RWS brand to Umarex USA for the marketing of their premium line of air rifles
• Running with Scissors, Inc., a video game Developing company, best known for POSTAL series
• Ralph Wilson Stadium, home of the Buffalo Bills in the National Football League
• Roulette Wheel Selection, a selection Genetic operator used in Genetic algorithms
• Royal Watercolour Society, an English institution of painters working in watercolours
• Range While Search, radar mode
• Renault World Series, motorsport championship run globally by Renault
• Resorts World Sentosa, an integrated resort in Singapore
• The Railway Series, a popular children's book series that inspired Thomas & Friends
• RWS Group, Europe's largest patent translation and localisation services provider
• Whois-RWS, a type of Internet number lookup found on the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) website