scope:

This standard provides common warfighting symbology along with details on its display and plotting to ensure the compatibility, and to the greatest extent possible, the interoperability of DOD Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence (C4I) systems development, operations, and training. The standard addresses the efficient transmission of symbology information within the infosphere through the use of a standard methodology for symbol hierarchy and symbol identifiers. The standard applies to both automated and hand-drawn graphic displays. These symbols are designed to enhance DOD's joint warfighting interoperability by providing a standard set of common C4I symbols. Additional symbol sets may be provided when this document is updated.

Purpose.

This standard is designed to provide the guidelines and criteria necessary for the development and display of standard C4I warrior symbology. The requirement to standardize C4I warfighting symbology in order to provide a family of symbology standards in support of the C4I For The Warrior (C4IFTW) concept was recognized at the 30 August 1993 meeting of the Military Communications-Electronics Board. To satisfy these needs, common warfighting symbology standardization incorporates MIL-STD-2525B, Common Warfighting Symbology, a DOD symbol data repository, and supporting documentation such as the Symbology Information Technology Standards Management Plan, Configuration Management Plan, and Symbology Standards Management Committee (SSMC) charter (see figure 1).

Applicability.

This standard applies to all DOD components directly or indirectly involved with C4I operations, system operations, system development, and training within the context of warfighting operations. MIL-STD-2525B will serve as the standard symbol set for all future DOD uses of C4I symbology. The standard can be applied to mapping/charting, weather, cockpit display, and engineering design symbology to the extent that it is usable by these communities. The standard will apply to all future use of symbols in two-dimensional and electronic display systems in C4I environments.

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