STANREC 4805
STANREC 4805 overview of compatibility trial procedures for electronic countermeasures
National defence test and evaluation authorities deciding which NATO trial protocol to follow for electronic countermeasure compatibility against radio controlled IEDs
STANREC 4805 is a NATO recommendation, not a binding agreement, pointing nations to AEP-4805 Edition A for trial and testing procedures assessing compatibility of Allied electronic countermeasures against radio controlled IEDs.
- Edition
- 1
- Published
- 2018-07-09
What it is
A recommendation, not an obligation
STANREC 4805 is a NATO Standardization Recommendation covering compatibility trial procedures for electronic countermeasures. As with every STANREC, the distinction that matters most is in its name: unlike a STANAG, it does not commit a nation to ratify anything. The document's own Implementation clause is explicit that it "is a non-binding document employed on a voluntary basis and does not require commitment of the nations to implement the standards which are listed in it." Nothing in these five pages creates a duty for a supplier to sign up to directly.
What it covers
The document's stated aim is "to list recommended practices regarding" trial and testing, and it gives that scope in full: "Trial and testing protocols and best practice for the trials and testing of force protection electronic countermeasure capabilities to assess compatibility of Allied electronic countermeasure for radio controlled improvised explosive device systems." The entire substantive content of STANREC 4805 beyond that scope statement is one line: "The following standard is recommended: AEP-4805, Edition A." The document does not itself set out the trial procedures or test criteria; it names the one Allied Publication that does, and stops there. Anyone who needs the actual trial and testing content has to read AEP-4805 itself, not this covering recommendation.
Other related documents
The text separately names, without saying this recommendation depends on it, STANREC 4756, Overview of Inhibition Trial Procedure for Barrage ECM against Point-to-Point Radio Links, alongside AEP-4756. These sit in the same trial and testing area of the family, not content this STANREC binds anyone to.
Edition 1, and no earlier edition replaced
This is Edition 1, promulgated 9 July 2018. The text states plainly that "This STANREC does not supersede any document," so there is no prior edition behind it.
Review, and who can raise a change
STANREC 4805 "is to be reviewed at least once every three years," with "the result of the review... recorded within the NSDD." Outside that cycle, "Nations and NATO bodies may propose changes, at any time, through a standardization proposal to the tasking authority (TA)," to be processed at the next review. The recommendation is supervised under the Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD), through the NATO Air Force Armaments Group (AC/224 NAFAG) and Aerospace Capability Group 3 (ACG3), with the United States named as custodian.
How we help
STANREC 4805 is a pointer, not a specification: it names AEP-4805 as the recommended trial and testing protocol for electronic countermeasure compatibility and stops there. There is nothing in these five pages to implement in software, and the document does not itself describe what running those trials involves - that content lives in AEP-4805. As with any operational or technical NATO publication, the work is done in the trial and testing programme itself, not in a compliance tool.
What this document does leave an organisation to do is track whether a national test programme or a contract actually calls up AEP-4805, and, once it does, hold whatever trial procedures, test records and reviews that programme brings with it. ComplyTrain gives a place to hold that kind of procedure and evidence, and to keep a record of who reviewed it, the same way it does for any other documented requirement a contract introduces.
ComplyTrain does not run or design electronic countermeasure compatibility trials, and it does not tell a programme whether AEP-4805, STANREC 4756 or AEP-4756 applies to it - that is set by the contract and the customer's quality clause, not by this page. Our standards explorer shows what sits alongside STANREC 4805; if you're weighing up what a tender's test and evaluation clause is actually asking for, we're glad to talk it through.
Standards it references
- STANREC 4756Background
- AEP-4756Background
Questions
Is STANREC 4805 mandatory?
No. A STANREC is a recommendation, not an agreement: NATO nations are invited to use the trial protocol it names, without the ratification obligation a STANAG carries. Whether AEP-4805 applies to a specific programme is a question for that programme's contract.
What is the difference between a STANREC and a STANAG?
A STANAG is an agreement nations ratify and commit to implement. A STANREC recommends a standard without that obligation - nations are invited to use it, and to propose changes to it through the tasking authority, but nothing requires them to adopt it.
What does STANREC 4805 actually cover?
One recommendation: that nations use AEP-4805, Edition A, for trial and testing protocols assessing the compatibility of Allied force protection electronic countermeasure equipment against radio controlled improvised explosive devices. The STANREC itself contains no trial methodology; it names the document that does.
How does STANREC 4805 relate to STANREC 4756?
STANREC 4805 names STANREC 4756, Overview of Inhibition Trial Procedure for Barrage ECM against Point-to-Point Radio Links, alongside AEP-4756, under "other related documents." Neither is said to depend on the other; they sit in the same trial and testing area as adjacent reading.