scope:

This military standard addresses part of the communications protocol and procedures for the exchange of digital data among DMTDs, between DMTDs and C4I systems, and among 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.

Purpose.

This military standard presents the minimum essential technical parameters in the form of a mandatory system standard and optional design objectives for interoperability and compatibility among digital message transfer devices (DMTDs), between DMTDs and applicable command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) systems and among C4I systems using digital data for information transfer over limited bandwidth communication channels.