Re: DOD-STD-2167a

[jsheriff@mitre.org (Jack Sheriff)]

In article <3g0i9d$6hj@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com> l107353@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com (Garlington KE) writes:
>David O'Brien (dobrien@seas.gwu.edu) wrote:

>: Poking around, I found ajpo.sei.cmu.edu:/public/mil-std-sdd/*
>: The README file said the "Miliary Standard Defense System Software
>: Development release" replaces DOD-STD-2167A, DOD-STD-7935A, and
>: DOD-STD-1703NS.  It comes in postscript and MS-Word for Windows 2.0.

>Beware! There is not an _official_ replacement for any of these standards, yet!
>MIL-STD-SDD was _intended_ to replace these, but was sidetracked by the Perry
>memo. There is now an effort to make MIL-STD-SDD a commercial standard, at
>which time it _may_ replace the current standards.

This is mostly right, but may be a little misleading.

The Perry memo requires a program office to get a waiver in order to include a 
MIL or DOD standard in a contract.  I have heard that the Air Force and 
the Navy are both processing service-wide waivers for MIL-STD-498 (the 
replacement for the three standards mentioned above).  Once these service-wide 
waivers are in place, any Air Force or Navy office will be able to use the new 
standard without needing to get an individual waiver.

MIL-STD-498 is supposed to have a lifetime of two years.  At the end of the 
two years, it is supposed to be replaced by a commercial standard.  My 
understanding is that it will be an IEEE standard and will look remarkably 
like MIL-STD-498.

Jack Sheriff