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STANAG 3856
STANAG 3856 protection of aircraft, crew and sub-systems against electrostatic charges
Aircraft and equipment manufacturers responsible for protecting aircraft, crew and systems from electrostatic charging in flight, and the programmes that specify AEP-29.
STANAG 3856 (AEP-29) is NATO's unreleased agreement on protecting aircraft, crew and sub-systems in flight against electrostatic charges. This page describes it from the Czech implementation and NATO publications that cite it.
- Edition
- 1
- Published
- 1999-03-09
NATO has not released this STANAG publicly. It is NATO UNCLASSIFIED, and organisations that need it obtain it through their national standardization authority.
What it is
STANAG 3856 is the NATO Standardization Agreement on protection of aircraft, crew and sub-systems in flight against electrostatic charges. Edition 1 was promulgated in March 1999 under MC, MCASB, AE and covers the publication AEP-29. NATO has not released STANAG 3856 or AEP-29 publicly, so this page describes them from a national implementation and from public NATO publications that cite the STANAG.
What the Czech implementation covers
The Czech defence standard ČOS 168001 implements STANAG 3856 edition 1 (AEP-29); its title translates as protection of the aircraft, crew and aircraft systems against electrostatic charges in flight. The national index describes it, in Czech, as defining the requirements and principles to be respected in the design and maintenance of aircraft for protecting the crew and aircraft systems in flight against the effects of electrostatic charge build-up and electrostatic discharge, and for verifying and maintaining the effectiveness of that protection.
Where it is cited
Two NATO publications, AEP-4671 and AEP-80, list STANAG 3856 among their references in identical terms: "This document provides guidance with regard to precipitation static effects upon aircraft in flight." AECTP-500 lists it among the references of Category 502, Leaflet 3 and of Category 505, Leaflet 3. In Category 505, Leaflet 3, a paragraph on Class S, static charge, says that electrostatic charging should be controlled to the extent necessary to prevent performance degradation of electronics, avoid fuel ignition and protect personnel from shock, and adds that "STANAG 3856 can be considered in achieving the performance requirements for aircraft."
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