MIL-STD-461

MIL-STD-461^[1] is a United States Military Standard that describes how to test equipment for electromagnetic compatibility.

The United States Department of Defense issued MIL-STD-461 in 1967 to integrate electromagnetic compatibility into the research and development stage for defense communications technology.^[2] Various revisions of MIL-STD-461 have been released.

Many military contracts require compliance to MIL-STD-461E. The latest revision (as of 2015) is known as "MIL-STD-461G".^[3] While MIL-STD-461 compliance is technically not required outside the US military, many civilian organizations also use this document.^[4] In 1999, MIL-STD-462 was combined with MIL-STD-461D into MIL-STD-461E.^[5]

References

1. "Requirements for the Control of Electromagnetic Interference Characteristics of Subsystems and Equipment"
2. "MIL-STD-461G: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE CHARACTERISTICS OF SUBSYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT". ATEC Rentals.
3. "MIL-STD-461 Testing" Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Defense Standards"
5. "Why is MIL-STD-461 an important COTS feature for our military?" Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• MIL-STD-461
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073338/http://www.com-power.com/application%20notes/AN-104%20Comb%20Generator.pdf
• In Compliance Magazine

Further reading

• Mazzola, S. (2009). "MIL-STD-461: The basic military EMC specification and it's evolution over the years". 2009 IEEE Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference. pp. 1–9. doi:10.1109/LISAT.2009.5031566. ISBN 978-1-4244-2347-7. S2CID 42619829.
• Pierce, James D. (2009). Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Requirements for Military and Commercial Equipment. Monterey, CA: Naval Postgraduate School. Archived from the original (Master's thesis.) on April 8, 2013.