scope:

AIM

This document is established to ensure the ability to exchange air reconnaissance sensor recordings and associated auxiliary data within NATO and Allied users, by the use of recording standards for media and recording footprints.

APLICABILITY

This document includes standards to be used as s basis for the development of data tape recording hardware. They provide the basic physical and data format definitions to form generic recording system. In addition to these standard, hardware development for specific systems will require detailed technical specifications for performance and system interface. The standards encompass high and low rate digital recording and analogue video recording formats, as shown in the following diagrams. These requirements are generic in nature, do not limit application of common hardware and allow a wide range of system interfaces to be accommodated. This hardware will meet the operational requirements for data recording on Reconnaissance, Anti Submarine Warfare (ASK) and intelligence gathering platforms. The technology choice for these standards was based on highest storage capacity, volumetric density, bandwidth rates, weight and potential for future growth. These choices permit the application of these standards to a wide range of platforms and missions.