COMPARISON OF DOD ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI) SPECS TO COMMERCIAL SPECS IN ORDER TO AID THE PROCUREMENT OF NON-DEVELOPMENTAL ITEM

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A READILY USABLE COMPARISON BETWEEN DOD AND NON DOD EMI STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS. THIS COMPARISON WILL BE USED TO ASSIST THE NAVSEA ACQUISITION MANAGERS IN ASSESSING POTENTIAL EMI IMPACTS WHEN USING NON DEVELOPMENTAL ITEMS TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. SENTEL-S SYSTEMATIC APPROACH WILL USE RECENT STUDIES AS A STARTING POINT TO IDENTIFY APPLICABLE STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATION. THESE WILL BE ENHANCED BY FURTHER REVIEW OF INDICES OF STANDARDS FROM ALL KNOWN ISSUING ORGANIZATIONS. EACH DOCUMENT WILL BE REVIEWED AND CATEGORIZED BASED ON THE APPLICABILITY TO PORTIONS OF MLL-STD-4616. POTENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS WILL BE NOTED. DETAILED ANALYSIS WILL BE PERFORMED TO RELATE EACH APPLICABLE CRITERIA LEVEL FOR DOD AND NON-DOD DOCUMENTS. THIS COMPARISON WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION VARIATIONS IN UNITS AND TEST PROCEDURES FOR EACH ELEMENT. A CORRELATION MATRIX WILL BE DEVELOPED PROVIDING A TABULARIZED COMPARISON OF STANDARDS AND SPECS FOR EASY REVIEW BY THE ACQUISITION MANAGER. RECOMMENDATION WILL BE PROVIDED ON A METHOD OF INCORPORATING THESE RESULTS INTO ARULE-BASED SOFTWARE PROGRAM TO FACILITATE THE AM-S USE OF THIS DATAWHEN DETERMINING THE IMPACT OF EMI ON NDI IN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENT.