scope:

This MIL-STD 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 (C41) systems and among C41 systems using digital data for information transfer over limited bandwidth communication channels.

This MIL-STD addresses part of the communications protocol and procedures for the exchange of digital data among DMTDs, between DMTDs and C41 systems, and among C41 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, construction, 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 if the word shall is used in connection with the parameter value or requirement under consideration. Non mandatory 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.