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  Standards in the U.S. military ensure quality in the production of military equipment, minimize the types of ammunition, and ensure compatibility of tools. According to the Department of Defense (DoD), the need for proper performance of military equipment warranted the establishment of standards and specifications in the military. Weapon systems were required to use 'performance specifications' that described specific features of a weapon.
  
  

MIL-STD-105E Standard

• According to the Department of Defense (DoD), MIL-STD-105E provides the sampling procedures and reference tables for use in conducting and planning inspection by attributes. The standard designates sampling plans to necessitate inspection of operations, data or records, administrative procedures, end items, and materials.
  
  To ensure quality in the production of military equipment, MIL-STD-105E states three major quality standards; the Acceptable Quality Level (AQL), the Average Outgoing Quality (AOQ) and the Average Outgoing Quality Limit (AOQL). The AQL, for instance, provides the sampling inspection limits of a satisfactory process. The AOQ stipulates the average quality for all outgoing military products and the AOQL dictates the AOQ limit for a given sampling plan.
  
  

MIL-STD-188 Standard

• The DoD was facing serious technical inadequacies in their telecommunication equipment and software program for control, review and implementation; which called for the establishment of a standard to alleviate the problem. This led to the establishment of MIL-STD-188. This military standard initially covered technical standards for tactical and long haul communications, but evolved through revisions to cover tactical communications only.
  
  According to DoD documents, MIL-STD-188 contains design objectives and technical standards for single and multichannel communication circuits that traverse both long haul and tactical satellite communication systems. The standard has helped to standardize and upgrade all telecommunication design parameters in the military, with reduced life cycle costs and enhanced life-cycle configuration management.
  
  

MIL-STD-1589, JOVIAL (J73) Standard

• This standard defines the upgraded JOVIAL (J73), a high order programming language. JOVIAL is similar to ALGOL, but specializes in systems embedded as part of a complete device. Due to lack of real-time programming languages, the US military adopted the L-project series, which included the SACCS and 465L. According to DoD documents, more than 95 per cent of the SACCS project was written in JOVIAL.
  
  As of November 2010, the U.S. military uses the three dialects, J3, J3b-2, and J73, of this standard to maintain and update software on older military aircraft and vehicles.
  
  

MIL-STD-1913 Standard

• This standard defines the upgraded JOVIAL (J73), a high order programming language. JOVIAL is similar to ALGOL, but specializes in systems embedded as part of a complete device. Due to lack of real-time programming languages, the U.S. military adopted the L-project series, which included the SACCS and 465L. According to DoD documents, more than 95 percent of the SACCS project was written in JOVIAL.
  
  Presently, the U.S. military uses the three dialects, J3, J3b-2, and J73, of this standard to maintain and update software on older military air craft and vehicles.