DETERMINATION OF PECULIARITIES OF US STANDARDS ON METROLOGICAL SUPPORT

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to identify the features of US standards that determine the requirements for metrological support for armament and military equipment testing based on their analysis. For the US Department of Defense, standardization documents are developed and implemented under the Defense Standardization Program as part of the Standardization Management Activities. Standardization documents include 5 types. In the US, the metrological support of the armament and military equipment for all services and branches is regulated by dozens of standards, among which there are 4 basic ones: MIL-STD-1839D, MIL-HDBK-1839A, DI-QCIC-80278C, MIL-STD-810D. The MIL-STD-810G metrology test specification, presented in a generalized form, regulates the requirements for testing and measuring equipment, calibration intervals and total error (or measurement uncertainty) of test and measuring equipment. According to US standards, all metrological equipment is divided into 4 types, which are grouped into two groups, namely: 1) Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE); 2) Embedded Built-in-Test Equipment (BITE). MIL-HDBK-1839A Calibration and Measurement Requirements Summary (CMRS) details the requirements: for the measuring system, subsystem or equipment; TMDE; to the standards and calibration equipment necessary to ensure the metrological traceability of all measurements through separate military departmental metrology and calibration programs to the approved national standards. The MIL-STD-810G military standard regulates a number of standard parameters for a large number of laboratory tests of military products, which allows to determine the resistance of a wide range of equipment to various influences. The peculiarities of the analysis of the standards of the USA should be taken into account in the development of regulatory documents for metrological testing in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.