MIL-STD-209 Lifting And Tiedown ProvisionsThis standard establishes dimensional limits, design considerations, positioning requirements, and strength requirements for lifting to include helicopter sling load HSL and tiedown provisions for lifting or tying down tanks and other tracked vehicles, tactical wheeled vehicles, helicopters, and other military equipment shipped assembled or disassembled in unboxed or uncrated condition, and for restraining cargo or accessories to such equipment. The lifting and tiedown requirements in this standard are necessary to permit compatibility between military equipment and the transportation systems used for deployments.

Pages 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 - 32 - 33 - 34 - 35 - 36 - 37 - 38 - 39 - 40 - 41 - 42 - 43 - 44 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 48 - 49 - 50 - 51 - 52 - 53 - 54 - 55 - 56 - 57 - 58 - 59 - 60 - 61 - 62 - 63 - 64 - 65 - 66 - 67 - 68 - 69

MIL-STD-209K

6.6  International interest.

Certain provisions of this standard are the subject of international standardization agreements (QSTAG-328, ASCC Air Standard 44/21, STANAG-4062, and STANAG-

3548).  When an amendment, a revision, or a cancellation of this standard is proposed that will modify the international agreement concerned, the preparing activity will take appropriate action through international standardization channels, including departmental standardization offices, to change the agreement or make other appropriate accommodations.

6.7  Changes from previous issue.

Marginal notations are not used in this revision to identify changes with respect to the previous issue because of the extent of the changes.

6.8  Tailoring.

This standard requires very little tailoring, but a few items should be decided and stated in the paragraph referring to MIL-STD-209 in the solicitation.  These items are as follows:

a.  Determine and state the equipment type defined in paragraph 1.3.

b.  Specify whether or not the option for two openings for each equipment tiedown provision (for equipment weighing 50,000 or more) will be utilized (see paragraph 5.2.3.1).

c.  Specify if HSL is required (see 5.1.3.1).

If it is known that an item cannot meet a requirement of MIL-STD-209K, contact

SDDCTEA for assistance with tailoring your solicitation.

6.9  Computer aided engineering (CAE) structural analysis.

Prior to all testing, the contractor may provide dimensional and material design data on the provisions and their surrounding structure to SDDCTEA or the appropriate service transportability agent.  This data will be used to perform a structural analysis of the provisions.  In lieu of providing the required design information, the contractor can perform a structural analysis and provide the results of the analysis for review and concurrence.  Either the required data or the contractor's structural analysis results should be provided to SDDCTEA or the appropriate service transportability agent at least 90 days prior to scheduled provision testing.   The purpose of the structural analysis is to assess the risk of testing, thereby reducing the number of failures or possibly eliminating the test in acceptable cases.  This will result in lower overall acquisition costs to materiel developers.

Source:  https://assist.dla.mil  --  D2o6wnloaded:  2014-09-28T23:10Z Check  the  source  to  verify  that  this  is  the  current  version  before  use.