Military Standards Information

Military Products

Product and service descriptions are useful when people are shopping. This page provides a near complete list of products and specifications that comply with US military standards.

Military Specification details

A large number of Military Specifications [MIL Specs] are listed on the Military Specifications page. The Mil Specs page lists the document's number and the title of the document. The page covers Electronic equipment and systems specifications and provides Specifications [Specs], Standards [STDs], and Handbooks [HDBK]. In a few cases a link is provided that points to a page giving notes or highlights for the specification.
MIL Standards Notes:
MIL-STD-462, Measurement of Electromagnetic Interference Characteristics of Subsystems and Equipment.
MIL-HDBK-217, Naval Use Environments.
MIL-STD-1399, Military Standard for Shipboard Systems.
MIL-HDBK-310, Global Climate Map.
IRIG, Inter-Range Instrumentation Group.

Military Avionics Buses

There are a number of Avionic Buses used by the military.
The most widely used interface is the MIL-STD-1553 bus.
However; there are a number of other interfaces in use:
MIL-STD-1773 Fiber version of MIL1553.
MIL-STD-1397 Naval Tactical Data System [NTDS].
MIL-STD-2204 FDDI.

Military Component Specifications:
Military Resistor Standards, Mil Spec Resistors [List of Standards].
Military Capacitor Standards, Mil Spec Capacitors [List of Standards].
Military Connector Standards, MIL Spec Connectors [List of Standards].
.... MIL-DTL-83723, How to decode the part number.
.... MIL-DTL-24308, Mechanical drawing for D-Sub connector.
.... MIL-DTL-32139, Connector Pin Number Table.
.... MIL-DTL-32139, Connector Pin Insert Arrangements.
.... MIL-DTL-83513, Connector Pin Insert Arrangements.
MIL-PRF-24758, Weatherproof Flexible Conduit, [Standards list].
Equipment Chassis Specifications, Rack Standards.
Power Supply Standards.
Military Wire Color Coding.
Guideline to Derating Electronic Components.
Printed Wiring Board Standards.
MIL IEEE-488 CID Drawing. Commercial Item Description.
.... A-A-55094 GPIB Connector Drawing.
.... A-A-55138 GPIB Connector Drawing.
.... A-A-55139 GPIB Connector Drawing.
.... A-A-55140 GPIB Connector Drawing.
.... A-A-55141 GPIB Connector Drawing.
.... A-A-55144 GPIB Connector Drawing.
.... A-A-55145 GPIB Connector Drawing.
.... A-A-55146 GPIB Connector Drawing.
Many other pages list standards or Military specifications, but only in passing.

Military Component Manufacturers:
Manufacturers of Military Connectors [Main Page].
.... Manufacturers of MIL-STD-5015 Connectors.
.... Manufacturers of MIL-C-24308 Connectors.
.... Manufacturers of MIL-DTL-32139 Connectors.
.... Manufacturers of MIL-DTL-83513 Connectors.
Manufacturers of ATR Chassis [Air Transport Rack].

On any particular page notes are provided to indicate which manufacturer produces components or equipment to MIL specifications.

MIL-STD-100 Engineering Drawing Practices: Terms
A, B, C, D, E, M, N, O, P, Q, S terms and definitions. Note MIL-100 [DOD 100] is obsolete. However the terms are still valid.

Additional Military Standards and Specifications.

Interfacebus

Bus descriptions, and equipment manufacturers