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tem for its use in 1953. In 1957 the Department of Defense approved the original MIL-STD-196 “Joint Electronics Type Designation System.” In 1959, the National Security Agency (NSA) adopted the system. In 1974, a Joint Service regulation established and assigned responsibilities to the Services for requesting nomenclature. Chief, Office of International Research Development and Standardization, Department of the Army, directed implementation of MIL-STD-196 for integration of New Zealand, Australia and Great Britain into the system in 1981. In 1998, under direction of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, (OUSD), JETDS was migrated into a paperless database system, and the Joint Electronics Type Designation Automated System (JETDAS) was created. Nomenclature is a language of its own
Source: https://assist.dla.mil -- Downloaded: 2026-07-20T01:54Z Check the source to verify that this is the current version before use. 11 MIL-STD-196G security class of equipment in block 7 of DD Form 61, Request for Nomenclature. (2) All classified requests for nomenclature will bear the statement in the general comments block as such “data will be provided only on a need to know basis”, appropriate marking required by DOD 5200.1 VOL II (DoD Information Security Program: Marking of Classified Information), Army Regulation AR 380-5, OPNAV instruction 5500.40B, or other applicable security directive. 5.3 Policies. a. Type Designation. A specific combination of letters and numerals, structured in accordance with MIL-STD-196, which provides a standard means of uniquely identifying electronic
ts the nomenclature. 5.2 Requests for Nomenclature. Requests for nomenclature are submitted by the DCP to the DODCP on DD Form 61, Request for Nomenclature, electronically submitted through the automated database (JETDAS), HTTPS://TDAS7.apg.army.mil/JETDAS . An enrollment form must be obtained from the website or the DCP in order to gain access to JETDAS. a. Requests for nomenclature will be completed in accordance with MIL-STD-196. b. Security Classification: (1) Requests for nomenclature shall include both the security classification of the item (hardware) described and that of the information (data) provided thereon. Unclassified requests pertaining to classified equipment will be indicated by selecting the Source: https://assist.dla.mil -- Downloaded: 2026-07-20T01:54Z Check the source
Identification for, Aeronautical Systems Including Joint Electronics .Type Designated Systems and Associated Support Systems. MIL-DTL-81963 Servocomponents, Precision Instrument, Rotating, Common Requirements and Tests, General Specification for. MIL-STD-130 Identification Marking of U.S. Military Property. MIL-STD-196 Joint Electronics Type Designation System. MIL-STD-411 Aircrew Station Alerting Systems. JSSG-2010 Crew Systems. MIL-STD-1285 Marking of Electrical and Electronic Parts. MIL-STD-13231 Marking of Electronic Items. MIL-HDBK-505 Definitions of Item Levels, Item Exchangeability, Models, and Related Terms. AIM BC1 Uniform Symbology Specification - Code 39. ASME Y14.38 Abbreviations and Acronyms. ASTM D 4956 Standard Specification for Retro reflective Sheeting for Traffic Control
A-A-208 Ink, Marking, Stencil, Opaque (Porous and Nonporous Surfaces) A-A-56032 Ink, Marking, Epoxy Base GG-P-455 Plates and Foils, Photographic (Photosensitive Anodized Aluminum) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPECIFICATIONS MIL-DTL-15024 Plates, Tags and Bands for Identification of Equipment, General Specification For MIL-DTL-19834 Plates, Identification or Instruction, Metal Foil, Adhesive Backed, General Specification For DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STANDARDS MIL-STD-129 Military Marking For Shipment and Storage MIL-STD-196 Joint Electronics Type Designation System MIL-STD-1686 Electrostatic Discharge Control Program for Protection of Electrical and Electronic Parts, Assemblies and Equipment (Excluding Electrically Initiated Explosive Devices) Source: https://assist.dla.mil -- Downloaded: 2026-07-20T
ft end loading - vehicle projection limits. Source: https://assist.dla.mil -- Downloaded: 2026-07-20T01:43Z Check the source to verify that this is the current version before use. MIL-STD-1791D w/Change 1 APPENDIX B 195 C-5 FIGURE B-15. Forward and aft end loading - vehicle projection limits. Source: https://assist.dla.mil -- Downloaded: 2026-07-20T01:43Z Check the source to verify that this is the current version before use. MIL-STD-1791D w/Change 1 APPENDIX B 196 C-5 FIGURE B-16. Forward and aft end loading - vehicle projection limits. Source: https://assist.dla.mil -- Downloaded: 2026-07-20T01:43Z Check the source to verify that this is the current version before use. MIL-STD-1791D w/Change 1 APPENDIX B 197 C-5 FIGURE B-17. Forward and aft end loading - vehicle projection limits. Source
ype Equipment A and M: DoDD 4120.15, Designating and Naming Military Aerospace Vehicles, DAFI 16-401, Designating and Naming Defense Military Aerospace Vehicles. 4.15.4.2.2 For Type Equipment E: TO 00-25-254-1, Comprehensive Engine Management System Engine Configuration, Status and TCTO Reporting Procedures. 4.15.4.2.3 For Type Equipment T: DAFI 21-103, Equipment Inventory, Status and Utilization Reporting. 4.15.4.2.4 For Type Equipment C, R, G, B, N and Y: MIL-STD-1812, Aeronautical and Support Equipment Type Designation System, MIL-STD-196, Joint Electronics Type Designation Automated System. 4.15.4.3 MAJCOMs or units identifying fielded equipment requiring an SRD for up-channel reporting will initiate an AFTO Form 230 and forward up-stream to the applicable ES for validation of the requ
la.mil -- Downloaded: 2026-07-20T01:51Z Check the source to verify that this is the current version before use. MIL-STD-881F APPENDIX K 196 Includes, for example: d. Cost, schedule, performance measurement management, warranty administration, contract management, vendor liaison, subcontract management, etc. e. For sea systems; the Expanded Ship Work Breakdown Structure (ESWBS), project management (897); data management (896); and supply support (853) elements. Excludes, for example: a. Actual program management directly related to another WBS element b. Any program management efforts that are called out in software program management, cybersecurity program management, or “other” program management effort separately identified in the WBS. K.3.3.5 Other Program Management 1...n (Specify). Th
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