MIL-STD-196 Joint Electronics Type Designation SystemThe purpose of this standard is to provide the policies, requirements and procedures for the preparation and submission of Requests for Nomenclature RFN under the JETDAS.

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MIL-STD-196F

CONTENTS

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FOREWORD .............................................................................................................................. ii

1. SCOPE 1

1.1 Purpose............................................................................................................................. 1

1.2 Scope. ............................................................................................................................... 1

2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS 2

2.1 General. ................................................................................................................................. 2

2.2 Government documents......................................................................................................... 2

2.3 Non-Government publications. ............................................................................................. 4

2.4 Order of precedence. ............................................................................................................ 4

3. DEFINITIONS 4

3.1 Definitions............................................................................................................................ 4

4.1 Participation requirements.................................................................................................... 7

4.2 Assignment of nomenclature................................................................................................ 7

4.3 Security Classification......................................................................................................... 9

4.4 International interests ......................................................................................................... 10

5. DETAILED REQUIREMENTS 10

5.1 Technical data. ................................................................................................................... 10

5.2 Requests for Nomenclature. ............................................................................................... 10

5.3 Policies. ............................................................................................................................... 11

5.4 Application......................................................................................................................... 12

5.5 Nomenclature development................................................................................................. 12

5.6 Item name........................................................................................................................... 12

5.7 Type designator.................................................................................................................. 12

5.8 Type designators for definitive systems, subsystems, centers, centrals and sets............... 12

5.9 Type designators for definitive groups............................................................................... 12

5.10 Type designators for definitive units................................................................................ 13

5.11 Non listing of complement data ....................................................................................... 13

5.12 Type designator for variable systems, subsystems, centers, centrals, sets, groups, and

units ........................................................................................................................................... 13