DEFSTAN 00-00(PT1)/3(1999) : 1999

Preface
Section One - General
1 Scope
2 WARNING
3 Related Documents
4 Abbreviations and Definitions
5 Aims of Standardization
6 General Principles of Standards Work
7 Use of Standards
Section Two - Civil Organizations Concerned with Standards
8 Introduction
9 UK Organizations
Section Three - International Military Standardization
10 Introduction
11 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
12 NATO Standardization
13 NATO Standardization Organization
14 CNAD and the Partnership Groups
15 NATO Standardization Agreements (STANAGs)
16 Other Standardization Bodies
17 Collaborative Institutions
Section Four - Principles of and Responsibilities for UK
               Defence Materiel Standardization
18 Policy
19 MOD Standardization Activities
20 Defence Materiel Standardization Committee
21 Directorate of Standardization
22 Standardization in Procurement
23 Navy Central and Single-Service Staff
24 Army Central and Single-Service Staff
25 Air Force Central and Single-Service Staff
26 Selection of Standards for Defence Procurement
27 British Standards
28 Defence Standards
29 MOD Departmental Standards and Specifications
30 Implementation of International Military Standardization
   Agreements
31 Principles for the Use of Standards in Defence Procurement
ANNEX A - List of Related and Relevant Documents
ANNEX B - Abbreviations
ANNEX C - Memorandum of Understanding between the United
          Kingdom Government and the British Standards
          Institution on Standards
ANNEX D - NATO High Level Committees and Their Relationships
          with CNAD
ANNEX E - NATO Standardization Organization
ANNEX F - Organization of NATO - Armaments Committees
ANNEX G - ABCA Armies Organization
ANNEX H - ABCA Armies - Quadripartite Working Groups
ANNEX J - ABCA Armies Standardization Process
ANNEX K - Membership of International Organizations
ANNEX L - Western European Armaments Group Organization
ANNEX M - The Organization for Collaboration and Co-operation
          in Armaments
ANNEX N - Standards Producing Bodies
ANNEX P - Standardization Links with NATO
ANNEX Q - The Defence Materiel Standardization Committee
          Structure
ANNEX R - DStan - Standards Programme Managers (SPMs) Broad
          Technology Areas
ANNEX S - Directorate of Standardization Organization
ANNEX T - Selection of Standards for Defence Procurement

Gives the aims and principles of standardization, standardization activities within the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), together with the structure of standards and their role within the MOD procurement policy. Also gives information on the various standards producing organizations in the military and civilian fields and the MOD involvement at both regional (European), national and international level.