State of IEEE 1641 standard, applications and UK MOD policy

The UK MOD has closely monitored and supported the development of IEEE Std 1641¿-2004 [3] through its Standards Liaison Group for Automatic Test and Standards Technical Working Group for Automatic Test, which meet regularly with UK industry. Feedback from those open meetings is provided as technical input directly to IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee 20 (SCC20). IEEE 1641 and related test standards are key in the pan MOD Policy for ATS and the MOD continues to sponsor trial use of the Standard through a number of demonstrator projects. These projects encourage industry participation and lead to feedback that is fed into the aforementioned working groups to create proposals which enhance 1641 and related standards. This paper discusses the main features of the UK MOD Policy for ATS. It explains the significance of 1641 to the Policy and the work undertaken by UK MOD in promoting the standard to UK Industry by describing the function of the working groups and Industrial Liaison Groups. A summary is provided of the demonstrator projects undertaken on behalf of the MOD, their outcome and the proposals in store for future work.