Industry IT Standards in DoD

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Industry IT Standards in DoD
Greg Saunders Director, Defense Standardization
Program Office gregory_saunders_at_hq.dla.mil
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DoD Supports P. L. 104-113 Goals

• DoD Policy - Use Non-Government Standards In Lieu
  of Military Standards Whenever Feasible.
• Non-Government rather than Voluntary
  Consensus
• Use Standards that Reflect Commercial Marketplace

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DoD NGS Policies Flow from Public Law
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Specs and Standards
Infrastructure
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DoD Adopted NGS
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DoD Adopted NGS

• 8981 NGS adopted by DoD.
• NGS bodies with largest number of adopted
  documents
• ASTM 2784
• SAE 2052
• AIA 1147
• ANSI 425
• UL 223
• EIA 160

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Joint Coalition Warfare

• DoD 5000.2-R, Mandatory Procedures for Major
  Defense Major Automated Information System
  Acquisition Programs
• All acquired systems shall be interoperable with
  other U.S. and allied defense systems, as defined
  in the requirements and interoperability
  documents.
• The Joint Technical Architecture (JTA) is
  required for all new, or changes to existing,
  information technology. Implementation of the JTA
  is the use of applicable standards cited as
  mandated in the JTA.
• The Program Manager shall identify any
  International Standardization Agreement or U.S.
  implementing documents that apply to the program
  early in the design process, and thereby ensure
  interoperability with allied systems and
  equipment.

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Types of Standards Mandated in DoD Joint
Technical Architecture, Version 3.1
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DoD NGS Participation

• 870 DoD personnel participate in NGS body
  activities.
• NGS bodies with the largest DoD participation
• SAE 364
• ASTM 238
• EIA 46
• IEEE 25
• ASME 23

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Summary

• DoD pioneered use of NGS and advocates reliance
  on these documents.
• DoD will continue to aggressively pursue all
  types of NGS development and use.

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