STANAG

STANAG is the NATO abbreviation for Standardization Agreement, which set up processes, procedures, terms, and conditions for common military or technical procedures or equipment between the member countries of the alliance. Each NATO state ratifies a STANAG and implements it within their own military. The purpose is to provide common operational and administrative procedures and logistics, so one member nation's military may use the stores and support of another member's military. STANAG's also form the basis for technical interoperability between a wide variety of communication and information (CIS) systems essential for NATO and Allied operations.
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The NATO term derived from standardization agreement. See NATO standardization agreement. 1/11/68

The record of an agreement among several or all the member nations to adopt like or similar military equipment, ammunition, supplies, and stores; and operational, logistic, and administrative procedures. National acceptance of a NATO Allied publication issued by the Military Agency for Standardization may be recorded as a Standardization Agreement. Also called "STANAG". See also implementation; ratification; reservation; standardization. 1/11/68

Enregistrement d'un accord survenu entre plusieurs ou entre toutes les nations membres, aux termes duquel celles-ci décident d'adopter des matériels militaires semblables (ou similaires), des munitions, ravitaillements, approvisionnements, des procédures opérationnelles, logistiques ou administratives identiques ou similaires. L'acceptation par une nation d'une publication interalliée OTAN diffusée par le Bureau Militaire de Standardisation peut être considérée comme un accord de normalisation. Aussi appelé "STANAG". Voir aussi normalisation. 1/11/68

Standardisation Agreement (NATO)