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IEEE and NATO Standardization Agency Sign Technical Co-operation Agreement
May 18, 2009 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
PISCATAWAY, NJ and BRUSSELS, Belgium The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) and the NATO Standardization Agency (NSA) have signed a technical co-operation agreement (TCA) to share knowledge of each organization's standards development activities and avoid duplication of technical standards. IEEE-SA and NSA will exchange information about ongoing standards development activities in the electrical, electronics, computer, and related fields and determine common-interest working projects.
The two organizations also agree to exchange technical data and information regarding standards, standards development, and standards revisions in areas related to human health and safety. The TCA between IEEE and NSA is effective for three years.
In addition, the NSA's responsibility for the transfer, conversion, and maintenance of STANAG 2345, "Evaluation and Control of Personnel Exposure to Radio Frequency Fields - 3kHz to 300 GHz," will be assigned to the IEEE International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (ICES). ICES develops standards for safety levels with respect to human exposure to electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields through an open consensus process. Following transfer of STANAG 2345 to the IEEE, the IEEE will update and revise the affected current IEEE standards to include the full frequency spectrum from 0 Hz to 300 GHz. The development of an updated and revised standard will continue to involve input from the world community. It is proposed that the updated and revised standard will address the normative occupational/workplace specific exposure limits, i.e., limits for exposures in controlled environments.
"This relationship with IEEE constitutes the basis for the very first transfer of a NATO STANAG to a civil standards developing organization," said Vice Admiral Juan A. Moreno, director of NSA. "For the first time in NATO's 60 year-old history, a STANAG will be converted into a civil standard that will meet civil and military requirements." IEEE stated that the organization is excited to bring its standards development processes to a wider international audience via the collaboration.
For more information, check out www.nato.int/nsa/nsa_home.htm and standards.ieee.org.