scope:

Applicability.

This regulation applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve unless otherwise stated. Specifically, it applies to all U.S. Army elements that own/use, select, acquire, support, or supply diagnostic equipment in support of Army missions. This publication is applicable during mobilization.

Purpose

This regulation-

a. Prescribes policies and procedures, assigns responsibilities, and establishes goals and objectives applicable to the development, selection, acquisition, management, sustainment, and support of Army test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment (TMDE), associated test program sets (TPSs), embedded diagnostics and prognostics, and interactive electronic technical manuals (IETMs).

b. Assigns responsibilities for planning, directing, managing, and executing the Army TMDE program.

c. Establishes policy for the development, acquisition, and maintenance of calibration standards to provide direct measurement traceability to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).