MIL-STD-196 Revision F:2013

FOREWORD
1. SCOPE
2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS
3. DEFINITIONS
4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
5. DETAILED REQUIREMENTS
6. NOTES
APPENDIX A - FOREIGN GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION
CONCLUDING MATERIAL

Specifies the policies, requirements and procedures for the preparation and submission of Requests for Nomenclature (RFN) under the JETDAS.

This standard establishes uniform procedures for the assignment of type designations for the electronic materiel listed below.
a. Radios. b. Radar (including identification and recognition equipment). c. Data processing units. d. Flight control and aids to the navigation of aircraft, guided missiles, ships and space vehicles (including automatic and remote control, automatic pilot and air data computers which may be tied into fire-control, instrument landing, navigation, and data link equipment). e. Weapons control systems (including evaluation and scoring of gun, missile, bomb, and underwater weapons control). f. Electronic countermeasures (including electronic deception and electronic jamming). g. Radiacs (Radioactive detection, indication and computation devices). h. Infrared devices. i. Lasers. j. Meteorological equipment. k. Magnetic amplifier and detection equipment. l. Wire communications systems (including telephone, telegraph, teletype, facsimile, interphone, public address, recorders, and reproducers). m. Televisions. n. Fiber Optics and associated equipment. o. Equipment for the detection of noise and interference in the radio frequency spectrum. p. Underwater sound radiating and non-radiating equipment including those for listening, ranging, sounding, communication, and object location. q. Training and instruction equipment for any of the above. r. Auxiliary and/or accessory equipment to the preceding and succeeding kids of equipment (including power generators) s. Satellites and associated equipment. t. Robotic equipment. u. Maintenance/Support Equipment.