scope:

This MIL-STD promulgates the minimum essential technical parameters in the form of mandatory system standards and optional design objectives for interoperability and compatibility among DMTDs, and between DMTDs and applicable command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) systems. These technical parameters are based on the data communications protocol standards specified herein to ensure interoperability.

This MIL-STD identifies the procedures, protocols, and parameters to be applied in specifications for DMTDs. This MIL-STD addresses the communications protocols and procedures for the exchange of information among DMTDs and between DMTDs and C4I systems participating in inter- and intra-Service tactical networks. The material is presented in the context of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI), as documented in national and international standards.

This MIL-STD applies to the design and development of new equipment and systems, and to the retrofit of existing equipment and systems.

The parameters and other requirements specified in this MIL-STD are mandatory system standards if the word shall is used in connection with the parameter value or requirement under consideration. Nonmandatory design objectives are indicated in parentheses after a standardized parameter value or by the word should in connection with the parameter value or requirement under consideration.

This MIL-STD is a compilation of selected options derived from military, commercial, and federal standards.

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