United States Military Standard
The United States Military Standards , dt. US military standards represent a collection of policies, procedures, instructions and general rules which in various products and process flows through standardization, interoperability , interchangeability, reliability ensure and compatibility with military logistics systems. The scope and definition is set out in the Defense Standardization Program (DSP) in DoD manual 4120.24.
US military standards are also used in part by NATO in non-military areas such as non-governmental organizations , technical aid organizations and industry. In individual cases, individual US military standards are also adopted by civil standardization organizations such as ANSI or ISO , as is the case with MIL-STD-1815, for example . The documents are free of copyrights and are available free of charge.
structure
In the official specification in DoD manual 4120.24, various classes of standards are specified, which are identified by the abbreviation MIL- and another abbreviation, which are listed below with typical examples.
MIL-HDBK
The Defense Handbooks group contains guidelines for standard processes, tables with basic technical data on materials, and basic practices and methodologies. One example from this group is the MIL-HDBK-217 , which contains a collection of data on the reliability of electronic components . The content and format of this group is specified in MIL-STD-967.
MIL-SPEC
The Defense Specification group specifies the essential technical requirements for exclusive military products or civil products and their modification for military applications. The content and format of this group is specified in MIL-STD-961.
MIL-STD
The Defense Standard group defines requirements for various processes, procedures, practices and methods. The content and format of this group is specified in MIL-STD-962. The MIL-STD area is divided into five sections that define the subject areas of interface standards, product development standards, standards for manufacturing processes, common practical procedures and test standards. One example is the test standard MIL-STD-810 , which specifies environmental test conditions. Or the MIL-STD-1815 which defines the programming language Ada .
MIL-PRF
The Performance Specification describes a number of requirements with regard to the required results including criteria for their verification. No concrete methods for achieving this are specified, only requirements. These can be functional requirements or requirements for environmental conditions, interfaces or requirements for interchangeability. One example is MIL-PRF-38535 which describes manufacturing requirements for electronic integrated circuits .
MIL-DTL
The standards in the Detail Specification area describe how set requirements can be achieved, for example by selecting the appropriate material.
Web links
- assistdocs. Retrieved October 17, 2014 (access to Defense Standardization Program , DSPofficial documents).
Individual evidence
- ↑ DoD Manual 4120.24 - Defense Standardization Program (DSP) Procedures. Department of Defense (DoD), Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, OUSD (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), 2014, accessed October 17, 2014 .