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31 August 2007

Added designations AN/AIC-35, AN/AJQ-17, AN/APM-473, AN/APN-94D, AN/ARC-214, AN/ARC-T4, AN/ARD-502, AN/ART-502, AN/ASN-146, AN/ASQ-234, AN/ASQ-T50, AN/AXH-3, AN/AYQ-507, AN/DAS-2, AN/DKT-88 and AN/DKT-89 (many without descriptive data) to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations A/A37A-T13, A/A37A-T14, A/A37A-T16, A/A37A-T19, A/E24A-T43, A/E32A-T12, A/E32M-T4, A/E37A-T69, A/E37U-T46, A/E42M-T4, A/F24T-19, A/F24U-T2, A/F37A-T38, A/F37A-T109, A/F37A-T90,A/F37U-T13, AAU-43/B, ABU-33/A, ADU-573/B, ADU-584/B, ADU-750/E, APU-5/B, APU-7/B, ASK-44/A24G, ASU-46/A, CPU-136/A, CPK-179/A37G-16, CVU-157/E, CVU-182/A, CVU-184/E, DCK-237/A47U-5, DSU-18/B, JEU-118/E, KMU-410/B, MDU-27/A, MXG-885/A, MXU-774/B, SMK-95/F37A-T, TAU-137/E, TLU-481/E, TMU-91/B, WCU-14/B, WGU-46/B and WNU-7/B (many without descriptive data) to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation A/A49E-14 to A/A49E listing. Thanks to Joe Trevithick!

30 July 2007

Jos Heyman added an article about the ES-14 WGS satellite to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 3.

26 July 2007

Added designation YRQ-16A to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum and Current Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles pages.
Added information about unassigned numbers in the S-for-Satellite series to the Current Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles page.

25 July 2007

Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned between January and May 2007 (new or updated designations are NEA-18G, BQM-74F, ATM-114K, CATM-120D, DATM-160B, ADM-160C, RIM-161C, RQ-2C, RQ-14A, RQ-14B, RQ-15A and ES-14A).
Updated Current Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles page to include the new missile, UAV and satellite designations.
Added information on C-42, C-43 and C-44, removed the no-longer "missing" Q-14, and updated information on next Q-series number, in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations.
The article about the Dragon Eye UAV was moved from Appendix 4 to Appendix 2 of the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles.
Updated articles about AGM-114 Hellfire, AIM-120 AMRAAM, ADM-160 MALD, RIM-161 SM-3 and RQ-2 Pioneer (new variant designations).
Slightly updated article about X-48 UAV (first flight of X-48B). Thanks to George Cully!
Added designation GAU-22/A to GAU/GAK listing. Thanks to Kenneth P. Katz!
Added designations AN/ZSN-1 and AN/ALQ-233 (w/o descriptive data) to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

9 July 2007

Slightly updated and "cleaned-up" information about variants and designations of USAF Blue Scout Junior rockets. Affected articles are the ones about the RM-91 Blue Scout Junior, SLV-1 Scout and MER-6 Blue Scout ERCS.

4 July 2007

Updated article about GAM-71 Buck Duck (corrected info on propulsion). Thanks to Kenji Nozaki for providing the reference material!
Rewrote article about RM-92 Air Force Scout (exact configuration now known).

3 July 2007

Added a page about the Convair MX-2223 (XSM-74) missile to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 1. A few other pages on Designation-Systems.Net were accordingly updated to account for the no longer unknown SM-74 designation.

1 July 2007

Updated article about Gnat UAV (cleared up confusion about variants). Thanks to Stan Johnson!
Added designations AN/DPN-54 and AN/DPW-9 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Slightly updated article about JDAM (LJDAM variant).
Slightly updated article about A160 Hummingbird VTUAV (A160T variant).
Slightly updated articles about AGM-88 HARM, AGM-158 JASSM and ADM-160 MALD (minor program status updates).
Added official name of CC-177 to Canadian Military Aircraft Designations page. Thanks to Jeff Rankin-Lowe!

4 June 2007

Added designation AN/APS-149 to AN/APS listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Slightly updated article about RQ/MQ-8 Fire Scout (latest status of MQ-8B).

24 May 2007

Added a separate page about the SSM-A-5 missile in Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 1 (previous SSM-A-5 information was much more limited, and part of the SM-62 Snark page). Many thanks to George Cully for the necessary documentation!
Updated article about AGM-154 JSOW (info on AGM-154C-1).

18 May 2007

Updated article about AIM-120 AMRAAM (info on NCADE derivative).

2 May 2007

Added designations C-26E and KC-45A to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.
Added section on C-42, C-43 and C-44 in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations.
Added designation AN/DPY-1 to new AN/DPY listing. Thanks to Phillip Chicola!

27 April 2007

Completely revised section on X-23 in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations (previous version was invalidated by new evidence).

26 April 2007

Added designation BSU-63/B to BSU/BSG listing. Thanks to Joe Trevithick!

23 April 2007

Added designations AN/ALQ-215 (w/o descriptive data) and AN/ZRC-1 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation BSU-64/B to BSU/BSG listing. Thanks to Joe Trevithick!

16 April 2007

Added a reference page with scans of historical Original Documents relevant to U.S. military aviation nomenclature. A link to the new page has been added to the U.S. Military Aviation Designation Systems home page.
Added designation AN/APR-40 to AN/APR listing. Thanks to David Huie!

13 April 2007

Updated article about AIM/RIM-7 Sparrow (info on AIM-7Q).

12 April 2007

Added designation AN/ASC-40 to AN/ASC listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Replaced entry for AN/AAQ-38 in AN/AAQ listing. Thanks to Matthew Wilson!

10 April 2007

Added designation RQ-15A to the Current Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles and DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum pages. Thanks to Bill Sweetman! (The article about the Neptune UAV was therefore moved from Appendix 4 to Appendix 2 of the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles.)
Added sections about Q-12, Q-13 and Q-14 to article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations.
Updated section about C-30 in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations (note about "KC-30" marketing designation).
Added designations AN/AIC-49, AN/AIC-505, AN/APW-18, AN/APX-19, AN/ARC-243, AN/ARN-164, AN/ASH-31, AN/ASQ-46, AN/ASQ-78, AN/AVQ-5, AN/AVQ-30, AN/DAN-5, AN/DKT-5 and AN/DPN-41 (a few without descriptive data) to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation A/E24A-9 to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation BR-90 to Joint Photographic Type Designation System listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation CC-177 to Canadian Military Aircraft Designations page.
Added designations CAA-1a, CAA-1b and CAT-1 to Chinese missile designation tables on Designations Of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles page. Thanks to Huw Davies!

15 February 2007

Updated article about the Wasp UAV (added specs for Block III version).

11 February 2007

Slightly updated article about the Wasp UAV (added photo of Block III version).
Added designation BBU-59/B to BBU listing. Thanks to Eric Meurers!

10 February 2007

Added designations AN/ADR-1, AN/ADR-3, AN/ADR-4, AN/ADR-501, AN/APG-502, AN/APS-501, AN/ARD-501, AN/ARR-29 and AN/ASH-2 (some without descriptive data) to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation PEU-72/A to PEU/PEK listing. Thanks to David Huie!

6 February 2007

Updated article about X-42 (added further info about X-42 RLV demonstrator).
Updated article about the Delta SLV (new designations of Delta 2 variants). Thanks to Jos Heyman!

2 February 2007

Added designation TH-57D to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page. Thanks to Kenneth P. Katz!
Added designation BLU-126/B to BLU listing.

1 February 2007

Added designations AN/ALM-105, AN/APM-295 and AN/ASM-387 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations MXU-384/A and TTK-493/E24T-194 to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

21 January 2007

Added designations MJU-5130/B and MJU-5188/B to MJU listing. Thanks to David Huie!

11 January 2007

Added designations CNU-644/E, CNU-645/E, CNU-664/E, CNU-665/E, CNU-666/E, CNU-667/E CNU-668/E, CNU-669/E, CNU-670/E, CNU-674/E, CNU-675/E, CNU-676/E, CNU-677/E, CNU-680/E, CNU-681/E and CNU-682/E to CNU/CNK listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation AN/DPN-64 to AN/DPN listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation LM-121 to LM listing. Thanks to David Huie!

6 January 2007

Added page about Wasp UAV to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.

2 January 2007

Added page about Castor 4B rocket to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.
Added several rockets (Viper-Falcon, Tater, Malemute, Taurus-Orion and Excalibur TBMTT) to "Missile Scrapbook" page in Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.

30 December 2006

Updated section about F-109 in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations.

29 December 2006

Added designations DCU-16/A, GSU-3/P and LAU-6/A to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations KS-128 and LB-16 to Joint Photographic Type Designation System listings. Thanks to Lyndon Gordon!
Slightly revised the description of the designation system in article about Current Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles (to bring it in line with the description of the aircraft designation system).

18 December 2006

Slightly updated articles about LGM-118 Peacekeeper (Minotaur launch vehicle derivatives) and Falcon (HTV-2 launch schedule).

13 December 2006

Updated article about HIBEX missile (UPSTAGE derivative; specifications).
Added designation HC-144A to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.
Added designation AN/ALM-295 to AN/ALM listing. Thanks to David Huie!

27 November 2006

Slightly updated article about RQ/MQ-1 Predator (Warrior prototypes officially designated YMQ-1C).
Added designation YMQ-1C to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.

25 November 2006

Updated article about RIM-116 RAM (RAM Block 2).
Updated the information, now split into separate pages, about the Q-6, Q-7, Q-8, Q-9 and Q-11 drones in Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 1.
Changed entries Q-6, -7, -8, -9 and -11 in table of USAF Drones, 1947-1963 in article about Pre-1963 Designations Of U.S. Missiles And Drones.
Added pre-1963 USAF drone designations Q-7, Q-8 and Q-11 to article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations.

23 November 2006

Added designations AN/ASW-60 and AN/DSQ-5 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation A/A24D-5 to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

20 November 2006

Updated article about X-37/X-40 (X-37B OTV).

7 November 2006

Added designations AN/AIC-47 and AN/AIC-48 to AN/AIC listing. Thanks to Bob Lawson of Palomar Products!

3 November 2006

Added designation AN/APY-12 to AN/APY listing. Thanks to David Huie!

31 October 2006

Slightly updated article about X-48 (latest status and photo of X-48B).
Slightly updated articles about X-45 and X-47 (both programs continued under N-UCAS label).

29 October 2006

Slightly updated articles about ADM-160 MALD (ADM-160B flight tests) and RIM-161 SM-3 (info about projected developments).
Added designation AN/APX-122 to AN/APX listing. Thanks to David Huie!

20 October 2006

Updated tables of Soviet/Russian missile designations on Designations Of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles page with the latest data provided by Sean O'Connor. Many thanks to Sean!
Added new photos to pages about ADM-141 TALD and MA-31. Thanks to Craig Kaston!
Added designation A/S32P-31 to A/S32P listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation AN/APS-150 to AN/APS listing. Thanks to David Huie!

18 October 2006

Craig Kaston provided a rewritten article for the AQM-127 SLAT page (with more details, and information about flight tests). Many thanks to Craig for this contribution!

15 October 2006

Updated article about RQ/MQ-1 Predator (new section about Warrior variant for Army ERMP UAS program).

13 October 2006

Added designation AN/ARC-235 to AN/ARC listing. Thanks to David Huie!

9 October 2006

Added Diamondback missile project to "Missile Scrapbook" page in Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.
Updated page about Missing Numbers in pre-1963 Missile Designation Listings (updated section on AAM-N-8).
Slightly updated article about AIM-4 Falcon (information about GAR-1A, -1B and -1C).

27 September 2006

Added designation FGM-172 to the Current Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles page. (The article about the SRAW missile, now FGM-172, was therefore moved from Appendix 4 to the main part of the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles.)
Updated article about RIM-161 SM-3 (new designation RIM-161B).
Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned between February and September 2006 (new or updated designations are MC-130W, HH-46D, HH-46E, UH-72A, RIM-161B, FGM-172A, FGM-172B, RQ-11B, T-44C, X-53A and MZ-3A).

20 September 2006

Added page about BAT/Viper Strike guided bomb to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 5.

17 September 2006

Added page about LOCAAS missile to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.

12 September 2006

Added designation X-53A to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.
Added skipped designation X-52 to article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations.
Slightly updated article about JB-2/LTV-N-2 Loon (zero-length launch system for JB-2). Thanks to Logan Dreibelbis!

1 September 2006

Slightly updated article about RQ-11 Raven (Raven B designated as RQ-11B).

24 August 2006

Slightly updated article about MLRS rockets (XM31 nomenclature for GMLRS Unitary).
Updated paragraph about designation C-143 in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations (allocation of C-143 in 2005).
Added designation AN/APY-9 to AN/APY listing. Thanks to Per Nyström!
Added designation AN/ALQ-227 to AN/ALQ listing. Thanks to David Huie!

27 July 2006

Added designation AN/ZSQ-3 to AN/ZSQ listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation A/E23T-4 to A/E23T listing. Thanks to David Huie!

13 July 2006

Slightly updated article about Dragon Eye UAV ("X-63" upgrade version).
Revised paragraphs about designations H-36, H-38 and H-44 in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations.

4 July 2006

Updated paragraph about designation H-36 in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations (rumour about XV-2).

3 July 2006

Added designation UH-72A to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.
Added designations AN/DPN-55, AN/DRN-11 and AN/DSN-5 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

30 June 2006

Added designations AN/APN-503 and AN/ARN-156 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation MC-130W to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.

29 June 2006

Added designations A/M27T-12, GFU-23/E, TTU-544/E and TTU-584/E to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

26 June 2006

Added designations FMU-160/B, FMU-161/B, PGU-43/B, PGU-44/B and PGU-45/B to ASETDS listings.

23 June 2006

Significantly expanded the CBU and SUU listings: When available, extended descriptions, drawings, photos and characteristics were added to each SUU entry, which applies to a submunition dispenser. All CBU entries were updated, if possible, with links to the SUU and BLU components.
Added designations AN/APX-120, AN/APX-121 and AN/APX-123 to AN/APX listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Updated articles about Aeronautical and Support Equipment and Joint Photographic Type Designation System (added Canadian blocks to paragraphs explaining the model number sequences).
Added designations LAU-5002/A, LAU-5003/A, LAU-5005/A, RLU-5001/B, RLU-5002/B, RLU-5003/B, RLU-5004/B, RLU-5005/B, SUU-5003/A, WAU-5001/B, WDU-5001/B, WDU-5002/B and WTU-5001/B to ASETDS listings.
Added designation KA-501 to KA listing. Thanks to David Huie!

9 June 2006

Added designation AN/APY-10 to AN/APY listing. Thanks to Kenneth P. Katz!
Slightly updated article about X-48 (final status of X-48A).

8 June 2006

Significantly expanded the BLU listing: When available, extended descriptions, drawings, photos and characteristics were added to each BLU entry.
Added page about BLU-107/B Durandal to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.

5 June 2006

Added designations GUU-1/P and MLU-26/P to ASETDS listings. Thanks to Joe Trevithick!
Added designation AN/AAQ-38 to AN/AAQ listing. Thanks to David Huie!

18 May 2006

Added designation GBU-44/B to GBU listing.

17 May 2006

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the BLU-106/B BKEP and SLUFAE rockets.
Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 5, covering the GAM, MOAB, SDB and WCMD guided weapons.

9 May 2006

Started Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 5, covering GBU-series guided bombs. Initial articles cover the HOBOS, JDAM, MGWS, Paveway I, Paveway II and Paveway III families of guided weapons.

28 April 2006

Slightly updated article about 2.75-Inch rockets (latest status of APKWS II).
Added designation AN/ASD-6 to AN/ASD listing. Thanks to David Huie!

27 April 2006

Updated section about designation F-35 in article about Non-Standard DOD Aircraft Designations (added a note about "YF-24" designation).
Added designation AN/AIC-45 to AN/AIC listing. Thanks to David Huie!

26 April 2006

Added designations CU-162 and CU-167 to Canadian Military Aircraft Designations page. Thanks to Aleksey Martynov!

25 April 2006

Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the official MDS allocations between August 2005 and February 2006 (new designations, which had not been listed before, are NC-130F, KC-130J and MH-60M).
Slightly updated article about X-50 Dragonfly (crash of second air vehicle).

20 April 2006

Jos Heyman provided new articles for the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 3, covering the Falcon, Saturn and STS space launch systems. (The scope of the Launch Vehicles section of DUSRM, App. 3 has been extended to cover all U.S. vehicles and not only unmanned military ones.)
Added designations CBU-113/B and CBU-115/B to CBU listing.

14 April 2006

Updated page about Designations Of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles (corrected entries for "Type" numbers 13, 17-20, 22, 24 and 38). Thanks to Helge Bergander!

3 April 2006

Added designations AN/APM-481, AN/APM-482, AN/APM-512, AN/AVS-501 and AN/DJW-49 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

29 March 2006

Added designations AN/ALQ-501 and AN/APM-510 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Updated the note to "Next Number" section of C-series in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations (the C-43A rumour was wrong, the actual designation is C-143A). Thanks to Tom Kaminski!

27 March 2006

Added designations A/E47T-22, A/M32A-96, BCU-12/E, TTU-322/E, TTU-396/E and TTU-474/E to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations AN/AJM-19, AN/AJM-29, AN/AJM-40, AN/AJM-41 and AN/ASM-426 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation LS-85 to LS listing. Thanks to David Huie!

22 March 2006

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the WS-119L / WS-461L and WS-124A strategic balloon systems.

21 March 2006

Added designation AN/AVS-10 to AN/AVS listing. Thanks to David Huie!

20 March 2006

Updated page about Designations Of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles (ASCC renamed to ASIC; new designations SA-X-22, SA-X-23, SA-24; revision of ABM table). Thanks to Tuomas Närväinen and Sean O'Connor!

15 March 2006

Added a note (possible allocation of C-43A) to "Next Number" section of C-series in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations.

5 March 2006

Added designation SS-401L to U.S. Air Force Projects page. Thanks to Cal Taylor!

1 March 2006

Added designations VC-1 and C-105 to Brazilian Military Aircraft Designations page. Thanks to Aleksey Martynov!
Added code name Flogger-J2 to Designations Of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles page. Thanks to Aleksey Martynov!

28 February 2006

Added designations WDU-44/B and WDU-45/B to WDU listing.

23 February 2006

Added designation YRH-70A to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page (and therefore removed the H-70 paragraph in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations). Thanks to Neil Baumgardner!
Added designation AN/ASX-6 to AN/ASX listing. Thanks to David Huie!

21 February 2006

Added designations A/E24M-6, A/E24T-138, ADU-323/E, ADU-380/E, ADU-385/E, AHU-14/E, GAU-10/A, GPU-3/A, MAU-140/A, MHU-113/E, MHU-137/E, MHU-140/E, MHU-226/M and MSU-159/E (most without descriptive data) to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie and Joe Trevithick!
Added designations AN/ALM-124, AN/ALM-84, AN/ALM-86, AN/APM-276, AN/ARM-72, AN/ASM-220, AN/ASM-232, AN/ASM-405 and AN/AVM-21 (most without descriptive data) to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Slightly updated paragraph about designation H-70 in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations.

12 February 2006

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the Eager, Extender, MITE, Spider, Spider-Lion and Vantage UAVs.

9 February 2006

Added designations AN/DMQ-1 and AN/DRQ-6 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation Al 84 to German Military Aircraft Designations (1933-1945) page. Thanks to Art Medcalf!
Added designation F138 to Aero Engines page. Thanks to Kenneth P. Katz!

3 February 2006

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering 4.5-Inch BBR, Army 4.5-Inch Barrage, 5-Inch Bombardment and Terne rockets.
Updated article about Air-Launched 5-Inch Rockets (added photo of 5" FFAR).
Added designations A/E24T-219, A/E24T-223, A/E24T-224, A/E24T-225, A/E24T-232, A/E48T-6, A/F42T-4, A/F42T-5, A/F42T-6, A/F46T-5, A/M27T-12, ADK-606/E24T-190, ADK-607/E24T-190, ADK-609/E24T-190, ADU-529/E, ADU-630/E, ADU-762/E, ADU-763/E, ADU-795/E, HLU-345/E, KMU-516/E, KMU-518/E, KMU-519/E, KMU-520/E, KMU-521/E, KMU-522/E, KMU-523/E, KMU-524/E, KMU-525/E, KMU-526/E, KMU-527/E, KMU-528/E, KMU-529/E, KMU-530/E, KMU-534/E, KMU-535/E, KMU-536/E, KMU-537/E, KMU-538/E, KMU-539/E, KMU-541/E, KMU-542/E, KMU-543/E, KMU-544/E, KMU-545/E, KMU-546/E, KMU-547/E, KMU-548/E, KMU-549/E, KMU-550/E, KMU-551/E, KMU-552/E, KMU-553/E, MTU-85/E, PEU-133/E24T-198A, PEU-185/E24T-224, PMU-64/E, PMU-65/E, PMU-69/E, TTU-433/E, TTU-496/E, TTU-497/E, TTU-501/M, TTU-514/E and TTU-584/E (most without descriptive data) to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations AN/AAM-103, AN/AAM-84, AN/AAM-85, AN/ALM-229, AN/ALM-238, AN/ALM-239, AN/ALM-240, AN/ALM-241, AN/ALM-287 and AN/ASM-690 (all without descriptive data) to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

1 February 2006

Updated article about CAV / Falcon (added image of HTV-1 vehicle).

30 January 2006

Added designation E-3G to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page. Thanks to Rick Burgess!

28 January 2006

Added designations A/E24M-38, A/E24T-205, A/E24T-163, A/E24T-220, A/E24T-231, A/E24T-233, A/E47T-27, DCU-270/A, JEU-196/E, MXU-760/F, TTU-387/E, TTU-506/E, TTU-524/E, TTU-552/E and TTU-557/E (most without descriptive data) to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations AN/APN-513, AN/APM-450, AN/APM-465, AN/APM-479, AN/ARM-143, AN/ARM-154, AN/ARM-202, AN/ARM-203, AN/ARM-513, AN/ARM-514, AN/ASM-32, AN/ASM-338, AN/ASM-426, AN/ASM-602, AN/ASM-609, AN/ASM-613, AN/ASM-646, AN/ASM-688, AN/AWM-61 and AN/DKM-12 (most without descriptive data) to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

26 January 2006

Added pages about the Puma and SkyTote UAVs to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.
Updated article about Dragon Eye (added data for Swift derivative).

24 January 2006

Added designations MJU-39/B and MJU-40/B to MJU listing. Thanks to Eric Meurers!

21 January 2006

Jos Heyman has updated his articles on the Delta, Titan and Pegasus launchers, Navstar satellites, and the list of U.S. military satellite launches to include launch data for 2005.

20 January 2006

Updated article about HyFly (added photos of FASTT and booster test vehicle).
Updated article about the Atlas SLV (new Atlas V photos).
Updated articles about the X-45 and X-47 UCAVs (cancellation of J-UCAS program).

19 January 2006

Added a page about the Coyote UAV to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.
Updated article about Silver Fox UAV (photo and specs of latest version).

18 January 2006

Added a page about miscellaneous Castor-based rockets to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.

17 January 2006

Added a page about the Sergeant-Hydac rocket to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.
Added two rockets (Terasca and DAC Roc) to "Missile Scrapbook" page in Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.
Added section about Terrier-Asp derivative to article about Asp rocket.
Updated articles about Nike-boosted and HJ-Nike-boosted rockets (added drawings of some variants).

15 January 2006

Updated article about SMAW (added paragraph on SMAW-NE variant).
Added designations JEU-106/E, JEU-108/E, JEU-109/E, JEU-110/E, JEU-111/E, JEU-112/E, JEU-113/E, JEU-114/E, JEU-115/E, JEU-116/E, JEU-117/E, JEU-121/E, JEU-122/E, JEU-123/E, TEK-7/A26 and TTU-408/A37 (all without descriptive data) to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added two missile projects (Orca/Nemesis and Janus) to "Missile Scrapbook" page in Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.

12 January 2006

Added FATE program to "Missile Scrapbook" page in Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.
Slightly updated articles about MGM-1 Matador (added QB/QTM-61 designations), AIM-4 Falcon (added XF-104/XF-98A designations), CGM/MGM-13 Mace (added QYTM-61B designation) and SM-62 Snark (added QB-62A designation).
Added designations A/E24T-150, A/E24T-162, A/E24T-190, A/F37T-14, DCU-271/A, ECU-111/A, GSU-312/E, MSU-153/E, MXU-655/B, TTU-308/E, TTU-349/E, TTU-350/E, TTU-403/M, TTU-427/E and TTU-469/E (most without descriptive data) to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations AN/ALM-227 and AN/ASM-629 (both without descriptive data) to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

11 January 2006

Updated the German Military Aircraft Designations (1933-1945) page:
- Completely revised introductory paragraph.
- Added glider designations 108-10, 108-11, 108-15, 108-16, 108-21, 108-22, 108-29, 108-47, 108-48, 108-50, 108-51, 108-56, 108-57, 108-58, 108-59, 108-60, 108-61, 108-62, 108-63, 108-64, 108-65, 108-67, 108-72 and 108-74.

10 January 2006

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the X-36, X-41, X-42, X-48 and X-50 projects.

8 January 2006

Updated section on Arbalist in "Missile Scrapbook" page of Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4. Thanks to Bill Colburn for his comment!

7 January 2006

Updated article about MLRS Rockets (added paragraph about M27, M29 and M135 munitions, and added a second note on the munitions' designations).
Added designations CH-53K and YCH-53K to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.

5 January 2006

Added designations A/M24A-10, A/M24A-11, A/M32A-103, BDU-25/B, KMU-338/B, KMU-339/B, LUU-10/B, MJU-3/B, MLU-46/B, MLU-54/E, SUU-53/A, WMU-2/B, WMU-6/B, WTU-10/B and WTU-14/B to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie for the A/M... items!
Added designations AN/APX-502, AN/ASC-35 and AN/AWB-3 (all without descriptive data) to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

4 January 2006

Added designations A/F37A-T24, A/F37A-T60, A/F37A-T62, A/F37A-T82, A/F37A-T111, A/F37A-T112, A/F37A-T114 and A/F37U-T20 to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

2 January 2006

Added a page about the X-51 to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.
Updated article about HyFly (FASTT sub-program).
Added two photos - ARPAT and an unidentified rocket (help needed!) - to "Missile Scrapbook" page in Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.

29 December 2005

Added designation X-51A to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.

22 December 2005

Added a page about M74 Incendiary Rocket to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.
Updated article about 2.36-Inch Rocket M6 (section about derivatives M10, M26, T31).
Added photos to articles about PWN-7 Rooster and ADR-8.
Added designation WDU-10/B to WDU listing.
Added designation WTU-11/B to WTU listing.

19 December 2005

Added a few DOD codes for Soviet and Chinese test locations to Designations Of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles page. Thanks to Tuomas Närväinen!

9 December 2005

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the Phoenix, Raven and 7.2 Inch rockets.
Added section about Ascamp derivative to article about Asp rocket.
Added section about boosted Arcas derivatives to article about PWN-6 Kitty.

5 December 2005

Added three missile projects (Sky Scorcher, RARE, Long Bow) to "Missile Scrapbook" page in Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.
Added notes to listings of KY and TT codes on Designations Of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles page.

30 November 2005

Added designation AN/ALM-291 to AN/ALM listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations A/E24T-216 and A/E24T-230 to A/E24T listing. Thanks to David Huie!

23 November 2005

Slightly updated article about THAAD missile (start of EMD flight testing).

20 November 2005

Added new designations MX-527-A/B/C/F/G, MX-674-A, MX-1625-A, MX-1678-A/B, MX-1687, MX-1709, MX-1711, MX-1715, MX-1716, MX-1720, MX-1721, MX-1723 and MX-1724 to MX Projects listing.
Added designation AN/AAQ-37 to AN/AAQ listing. Thanks to David Huie!

9 November 2005

Added new photo and specs of XAAM-N-3 to article about AIM-7 Sparrow. Thanks to Bill Spidle (photo) and Jeff Rankin-Lowe (data)!
Revised BG-2 section, and added drawings of XBG-1 and XBG-2, in article about BG series. Thanks to George Cully!

1 November 2005

Added new photo of Alpha Draco vehicle to article about WS-199 missiles. Thanks to Jos Heyman!
Added designation AN/APN-512 to AN/APN listing. Thanks to David Huie!

27 October 2005

Slightly updated articles about BG series (layout of XBG-2) and BQ-1/BQ-2 (designation ZXBQ-2A). Thanks to Jos Heyman!

18 October 2005

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the CKEM and HyFly missiles.
Updated article about RQ-11 Raven (SUAV contract award to Raven B).

14 October 2005

Added designation U-28A to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page. Thanks to Jeff Rankin-Lowe!
Added designation TDU-14B to TDU/TDK listing. Thank to Paul B.!
Added designation A/M32U-17 to A/M32U listing. Thank to David Huie!
Slightly updated articles about MQM/BQM-74 Chukar (new photo and data for BQM-74F) and RQ/MQ-5 Hunter (photo of MQ-5B).
Added link to Chris Gibson's United Kingdom Aerospace and Weapons Projects page to the Non-U.S. Military Aircraft and Missile Designation Systems main page.

5 October 2005

Updated several entries in table of U.S. Nuclear Weapons. Thanks to Brian Burnell!
Added paragraph about LRALT to article about SRALT missile.

3 October 2005

Added designations FMU-101/B, FMU-102/B, FMU-103/B, FMU-104/B, FMU-105/B, FMU-108/B, FMU-112/B, FMU-114/B, FMU-115/B, FMU-116/B, FMU-117/B, FMU-120/B, FMU-122/B, FMU-126/B, FMU-128/B and FMU-130/B to FMU listing. Thanks to Steve Venus!
Slightly updated article about XSS-10 satellite (revised note about designation).

2 October 2005

Added designations FMU-3/B, FMU-27/B, FMU-28/B, FMU-29/B, FMU-31/B, FMU-43/B, FMU-58/B, FMU-64/B, FMU-66/B, FMU-67/B, FMU-69/B, FMU-75/B, FMU-76/B, FMU-77/B, FMU-80/B, FMU-84/B, FMU-85/B, FMU-86/B, FMU-91/B, FMU-92/B, FMU-99/B and FMU-100/B to FMU listing. Thanks to Steve Venus!

29 September 2005

Updated article about GBI missile (added specifications for booster vehicle).

26 September 2005

Updated paragraph about designation P-6 in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations.
Slightly updated article about BQM-90. Thanks to Jos Heyman!

25 September 2005

Updated page about Missing Numbers in pre-1963 Missile Designation Listings (updated section on OQ-8/9/10, and removed section on Q-6/7/11).
Added page about Q-6/7/8/9/11 drones to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 1.

23 September 2005

Added designations MJU-59/B, MJU-61/B, MJU-62/B, MJU-63/B and MJU-64/B to MJU listing.

21 September 2005

Added code YF-24 to page about Cover Designations for Classified USAF Aircraft.

20 September 2005

Added a page about the MQM-170/171 Outlaw UAV to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles.
Slightly updated articles about LGM-30 Minuteman (latest status) and LGM-118 Peacekeeper (retirement).
Updated paragraph about next number in "F"-series in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations.

18 September 2005

Added designation LA-79 to LA listing. Thanks to John Schneider!
Added new photos to articles about AQM-41 Petrel and AAM-N-4 Oriole.

15 September 2005

Slightly updated article about 2.75 Inch Rockets (latest status of APKWS).

14 September 2005

Added designations CNU-459/E, CNU-470/E, CNU-471/E, CNU-538/E, CNU-552/E, CNU-582/E, CNU-583/E, CNU-584/E, CNU-585/E and CNU-594/E to CNU/CNK listing. Thanks to David Huie!

13 September 2005

Added a page about Tethered Aerostats to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.
Added details to MX-176 entry in MX Projects listing. Thanks to Garry Pape!

11 September 2005

Added designation LAU-145/A to LAU/LAK listing.
Added designation CNU-673/E to CNU/CNK listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations AN/ALQ-222 and AN/ALQ-223 to AN/ALQ listing. Thanks to David Huie!

2 September 2005

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the A160 Hummingbird, Aerosonde, BATCAM, Buster, Maverick, Neptune, XPV-1 Tern and XPV-2 Mako UAVs.
Added two missile projects (DRM, ARRMD) to "Missile Scrapbook" page in Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.

28 August 2005

Slightly updated article about LGM-30 Minuteman. Thanks to Thierry Rotty!
Added a sketch of an XSSM-A-5 design to article about SM-62 Snark. Thanks to George Cully!
Updated sections about PQ-9 and PQ-15 in article about PQ Series. Thanks to George Cully!
Added designation DFS 468 to German Military Aircraft Designations (1933-1945) page. Thanks to André Fave!

26 August 2005

Slightly updated several pages about current UAV systems (latest program status and/or specs for latest versions).
Corrected a significant error in article about RTV-A-2 Hiroc. Thanks to Jos Heyman!

24 August 2005

Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned between April 2005 and July 2005 (new or updated designations are C-12V, RC-26B, MH-47G, VH-71A, MQM-170A, YMQM-171A, MQ-5A, MQ-8B, T-50A, T-51A and X-48B).
Added designations AN/ASQ-130 and AN/DPN-23 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

10 August 2005

Updated paragraphs about designations H-69 and H-70, and added paragraph about T-50, in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations.
Added designations MQM-170A and YMQM-171A to the Current Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles page.

27 July 2005

Added designation AN/AQM-11 to AN/AQM listing. Thanks to Erik von Seggern!
Added designation A/P23P-14 to A/P23P listing.

26 July 2005

Added designation AGU-22/A to AGU listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations KA-88 and KS-120 to Joint Photographic Type Designation System listings. Thanks to Rob de Bie!

18 July 2005

Added designation VH-71A to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.
Updated paragraph about designation H-70 in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations.

8 July 2005

Added designation AN/ASM-700 to AN/ASM listing. Thanks to David Huie!

29 June 2005

Interim update of the page about Code Names for U.S. Military Projects and Operations:
- The name list has been split into separate files (one per initial letter)
- Names from the D.M.S. handbook have been incorporated into the HTML lists (which now comprise 3600+ entries)
- A list of "permanently assigned first words" has been created
Several areas are still incomplete, and the page is therefore still considered as "Under Construction".

20 June 2005

Added designation AN/APG-56 to AN/APG listing. Thanks to "Jedifox"!

9 June 2005

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the Kettering "Bug", Sperry Flying Bomb and GM A-1 "aerial torpedoes", and SR19-SR19 and STARS rockets.
Updated article about D-40 Cannonball (details about D-40 variants). Thanks to Chris Gibson for providing the source material!

7 June 2005

Slightly updated article about PQ Series target drones (new photos of XPQ-9 and XPQ-15). Thanks to George Cully!

3 June 2005

Added designation AN/ASQ-237 to AN/ASQ listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Slightly updated article about FGR-17 Viper. Thanks to Jack E. Hammond!

31 May 2005

Added RAPTOR/Talon project to "Missile Scrapbook" page in Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.

30 May 2005

Replaced AFI 16-401(I) file (formerly AFJI 16-401) with latest revision (dated 14 April 2005).

28 May 2005

Updated article about X-37/X-40 (latest program status).

13 May 2005

Added designations SR118, SR119 and SR120 to Aero Engines page.

3 May 2005

Added designations AN/AAM-49, AN/AAM-88, AN/ALM-89, AN/ALM-90, AN/ALM-93, AN/ALM-94, AN/ALM-119, AN/ALM-120, AN/ALM-146, AN/ALM-184, AN/ALM-195, AN/ALM-211, AN/AJM-11, AN/AJM-12, AN/APM-128, AN/APM-129, AN/APM-158, AN/APM-159, AN/APM-160, AN/APM-164, AN/APM-192, AN/APM-216, AN/APM-217, AN/APM-228, AN/APM-234, AN/APM-235, AN/APM-236, AN/APM-237, AN/APM-241, AN/APM-288, AN/APM-330, AN/APM-392, AN/APM-412, AN/APM-413, AN/APM-434, AN/APM-435, AN/APM-451, AN/APM-464, AN/APM-468, AN/APN-238, AN/ARM-110, AN/ARM-145, AN/ARM-148, AN/ARM-181, AN/ASC-8, AN/ASM-37, AN/ASM-72, AN/ASM-201, AN/ASM-202, AN/ASM-237, AN/ASM-238, AN/ASM-239, AN/ASM-241, AN/ASM-253, AN/ASM-295, AN/ASM-303, AN/ASM-309, AN/ASM-322, AN/ASM-450, AN/ASM-452, AN/ASM-470, AN/ASM-474, AN/ASM-483, AN/ASM-483, AN/ASM-485, AN/ASM-487, AN/ASM-492, AN/ASM-495, AN/ASM-605, AN/ASM-619, AN/ASM-622, AN/ASM-623, AN/ASM-627, AN/ASM-633, AN/ASM-645, AN/ASM-650, AN/ASM-672, AN/AXM-6, AN/AXM-7 and AN/AYM-20 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations A/E24M-18, A/E24M-19, A/E24T-55, A/E24T-56, A/E24T-125, A/E24T-126, A/E24T-167, A/E32T-23, A/E47T-26, AF/E99A-1, A/F24T-16, A/F24T-20, A/F24T-22, A/F37U-11, A/F99T-3, A/M32A-27, A/M32K-6, A/M37U-2, A/S42M-2, A/S48M-1, ADU-663/E, ADU-666/E, ADU-667/E, CLU-59/E, GSU-113/E, GSU-123/E, HDU-3/E, HDU-4/E, HRU-1122/E, JEU-194/E, KMU-292/E, MHU-93/E, TTU-157/F37U, TTU-334/E, TTU-382/E, TTU-430/E and TTU-519/E to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation QRC-381 to QRC listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations DCU-107/A and KMU-236/B to ASETDS listings. Thanks to Edward Hammond!

25 April 2005

Added designations A/A37A-T2, A/A37A-T5, A/A37A-T11, A/A37A-T12, A/A37A-T15, A/E32G-1, A/E37A-T28, A/E37M-T3, A/E37U-T21, A/E37U-T22, A/E37U-T23, A/E37U-T24, A/E37U-T25, A/E42A-T2, A/E42A-T3, A/F24P-11, A/F24T-7, A/F24U-T1, A/F27T-7, A/F32R-4, A/F36U-T4, A/F37A-T1, A/F37A-T6, A/F37A-T37, A/F37A-T38, A/F37A-T40, A/F37A-T41, A/F37A-T55, A/F37P-2, A/F37P-3, A/F37P-4, A/F37U-9, A/F37U-22, A/F42P-1, A/F42P-2, A/F42P-7, A/F42P-8, A/F42P-9, A/F42P-10, A/F42P-11, A/F42P-12, A/F42P-13, A/F42P-14, A/F42P-15, A/F99S-2, A/F99S-3, AF/M32A-17, A/M32A-53, A/M32M-23, A/M32R-15, A/M32U-7, AF/M34A-1, AF/M34A-2, A/M37A-2, A/M37C-1, A/M37S-1, A/M37U-3, A/M99A-2, A/M99S-1, A/S32H-3, A/S32H-7, A/S32H-16, A/S32H-19, A/S32H-23, A/S32K-3, A/S32K-5, A/S32M-5, A/S32M-7, A/S32M-8, A/S32M-9, A/S32M-10, A/S32P-7, A/S32P-13, A/S32P-21, A/S32P-28, A/S32R-10, AF/S32S-1, A/S32U-26, ABU-46/A, ADU-468/E, ASK-12/A24G-1A, CNU-131/E, CNU-263/E, CNU-305/E, CNU-326/E, CNU-361/E, CNU-362/E, CNU-363/E, CNU-364/E, CNU-365/E, CNU-414/E, CNU-483/E, CPK-135/A37U-34, DCK-287/A37G-16, ECU-13, ETU-5/E, GSU-37/E, HDU-7/U, MAU-202/E, MAU-206/E, MHU-165/E, MMU-89/E, MSU-111/E, MSU-129/E, MXU-659/E, PEK-166/A37G-16, SBK-8/A24G-1A, SBU-21/A, SHU-40/E, TAU-64/E, TAU-66/E, TAU-101/E and TAU-202/E to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations AN/ASM-693, AN/ASQ-T14, AN/ASQ-T15 and AN/DJW-27 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

20 April 2005

Added designations H.27 and T.21 to Spanish Military Aircraft Designations page.
Added designations B.L.15 and H.8 to Thai Military Aircraft Designations page.

18 April 2005

Added designations A/C24U-2, ABU-8/A, ABK-19/A24J-20, ABU-41/A, AGK-10/A27J-1, ALU-25/A, ASK-13/A24G-17, ASK-14/A24G-18, ASK-25/A24G-26, ASK-29/A24G-26C, ASK-37/A, CPU-50/P, CPU-94/P, CPU-111/A, CPU-141/A, CPU-142/A, CPK-144/A24J-24, CPU-185/A, DCU-181/A, ECU-119/A, ECU-125/A, ECU-126/A, ECU-129/A, EFK-18/A24J-11, EGK-7/A24J-13, EHU-11/A, PEU-136/A, PEU-147/A, PEU-152/A, PEU-179/A24J-26, PEU-180/A, PEU-193/A, PEU-196/A, SBK-1/A24G-5, SBK-16/A24G-42, TRK-5, TRK-56/A27J-1, TRK-58/A24G-16, TRU-71/A, TRU-100/A and TRU-216/A to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations AN/ASN-10, AN/AVQ-33 and AN/AYQ-18 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

15 April 2005

Jos Heyman provided new articles for the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 3, covering the ERS, MightySat, MSX, NOSS, Solrad, STEP, OV and XSS-11 satellites.

7 April 2005

Updated articles about AGM-65 Maverick, AGM-114 Hellfire, FGM-148 Javelin, BQM-155/RQ-5/MQ-5 Hunter and RQ/MQ-1 Predator (new designations CATM-65H, AGM-114P, FGM-148D, MQ-5B and MD-1C/D).
Added designation YAGM-169A to the Current Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles page. (The article about the JCM missile, now AGM-169, was therefore moved from Appendix 4 to the main part of the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles.)
Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned between July 2004 and March 2005 (new or updated designations are NKC-135B, MD-1C, MD-1D, F-5N, YF-117A, TH-1H, ZCH-53K, HH-60T, CATM-65H, AGM-114P, FGM-148D, YAGM-169A, CATM-169A, DATM-169A, EO-5C, TO-5C, EP-3E, P-8A, MQ-5B, RQ-7B, RQ-11A and CV-22B).
Updated section about designation RC-7B in article about Non-Standard DOD Aircraft Designations.

6 April 2005

Updated article about RQ-11 Raven. Thanks to Stayne Hoff of AeroVironment Inc. for providing the source material!

1 April 2005

Added designation P-8A to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.

31 March 2005

Added information about skipping of H-69, and updated "Next Number" section in H-series (possible skipping of H-70) in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations.
Added designations AN/AAM-53, AN/AAM-61, AN/AAM-62, AN/AAM-66, AN/AAM-67, AN/AAM-68, AN/AAM-69, AN/AAM-70, AN/AJM-28, AN/AJM-30, AN/ALA-28, AN/ALM-58, AN/ALM-185, AN/APM-283, AN/ARM-144, AN/ARM-179, AN/ASM-48, AN/ASM-181, AN/ASM-182, AN/ASM-188, AN/ASM-200, AN/ASM-214, AN/ASM-216, AN/ASM-217, AN/ASM-218, AN/ASM-224, AN/ASM-226, AN/ASM-236, AN/ASM-273, AN/ASM-280, AN/ASM-340, AN/ASM-352, AN/ASM-382, AN/ASM-397, AN/ASM-423, AN/ASM-618, AN/ASM-638, AN/ASM-665, AN/ASM-680, AN/AVM-13, AN/AWM-17, AN/AWM-18, AN/AWM-25, AN/AWM-26, AN/AWM-35, AN/AWM-36 and AN/AWM-75 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations AF/E24T-7, A/E24T-12, A/E24T-76, A/F24T-15, A/F32A-5, A/F32A-9, A/F32A-10, A/F32A-16, A/F32A-20, A/F32A-23, A/F32A-26, A/F32T-7, A/F37T-7, A/F37T-11, A/M32T-4, AF/M37T-1, A/M37T-22, A/S32A-5, A/S32A-9, A/S32A-10, AGU-8/E, EAU-11/E, ETU-103/F, KMU-454/E, KMU-477/E, TTU-20/E, TTU-25/E, TTU-28/E, TTU-47/E, TTK-62/A24U-3, TTU-90, TTU-119/E and TTU-362/E to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations LM-176, LS-83, LS-87, LS-107, LS-112 and LS-116 to Joint Photographic Type Designation System listings. Thanks to David Huie!

23 March 2005

Added several stillborn projects (ADKEM, Fasthawk, JSSCM/SHOC, LRCSW, LRDMM and MMRBM) to "Missile Scrapbook" page in Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.

18 March 2005

Added designations AN/ASQ-T503 and AN/AYK-21 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations A/A28A-1, AF/A32A-1, A/A37T-1, A/A37T-8, A/A37T-10, AF/B28J-1, A/B32H-5, A/F24A-T1, F36U-T4, A/F37A-T23, A/F37A-T24, A/F37A-T35, A/F37A-T36, A/F37A-T42, A/F37A-T43, A/F37A-T55, A/F37A-T57, A/F37A-T60, A/F37A-T61, A/F37A-T62, A/F37A-T67, A/F37A-T70, A/F37A-T71, A/F37A-T79, A/F37U-T20, A/F37U-T31, A/N37S-1, A/P28S-10, A/P28S-11, A/P28S-12, A/P28S-17, A/P28S-18, ATK-76/A37D-1, CLU-53/A, CNU-1/P, CNU-37/B, CNU-38/B, CNU-39/B, CPU-141/A, CRU-44/A, CRU-47/A, CRU-48/A, CRU-49/A, DCU-251/A, HRU-854/B, KMU-364/B, STU-1/A, STU-11/A34, STU-18/A34, STU-20/A34, STU-22/A34, SUU-72/A, WGU-8/B, WGU-22/B and WNU-6/B to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation QRC-513 to QRC listing. Thanks to David Huie!

17 March 2005

Replaced AFJI 16-401 file with latest revision (dated 15 March 2005).

9 March 2005

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the Loki, M6 Bazooka, M28, M55, M72 LAW, RAT, Retrorocket and SMAW rockets.
Added two rockets (Owl and Squirt) to "Missile Scrapbook" page in Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.
Added designations AN/AGC-8, AN/ALM-209, AN/ALM-210, AN/ART-37, AN/ART-38, AN/ARY-3, AN/ASC-25, AN/ASM-610, AN/ASQ-163, AN/AWG-31, AN/AYA-9 and AN/DRC-8 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations ADU-576/A, ADU-577/A, DCK-203/A49E-6, MXU-427/A, MXU-543/A, MXU-544/A, MXU-583/A and MXU-604/A to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations QRC-501, QRC-73-15, QRC-84-04, QRC-84-32 and QRC-84-34 to QRC listing. Thanks to David Huie!

4 March 2005

Added designations AQ-8, BR-24, EN-86, EN-127, ES-57, ES-58, ES-60, ES-61, ES-63, ES-64, ES-65, ES-72, ES-73, FS-6, FS-7, KG-13, KS-79, KS-142, LA-285, LB-20, LD-45 and LM-55 to Joint Photographic Type Designation System listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations A/A37B-9 and A/F37A-T72 to ASETDS listings. Thanks to "Monty" and David Huie!

1 March 2005

Added designation RQ-11A to the Current Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles and DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum pages. Thanks to Stayne Hoff of AeroVironment Inc.! (The article about the Raven UAV was therefore moved from Appendix 4 to Appendix 2 of the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles.)

25 February 2005

Slightly updated articles about AIM-68 Big Q (timeline of program cancellation) and RIM-161 SM-3 (latest test flight).
Added designation AN/APM-44 to AN/APM listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation LA-354 to LA listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations A/M24M-2 and A/M99T-2 to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

23 February 2005

Added designations A/E32H-4, DCK-200/A24G-44, HLU-264/E, PEK-173/E47M-3 and TTU-372/E to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation AN/AAS-53 to AN/AAS listing. Thanks to David Huie!

17 February 2005

Added six photos to article about SENIOR PROM. Many thanks to Jim Goodall!
Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the Arcon, Black Brant, Honest John-Nike-boosted, Juno I, Nike-boosted, Trailblazer 2 and Vanguard rockets, and ScanEagle, X-37/X-40, X-45/X-46 and X-47 UAVs.

16 February 2005

Added designations Fw 239 and Fw 251 to German Military Aircraft Designations (1933-1945) page. Thanks to André Fave!

15 February 2005

Slightly updated article about GBI missile (failure of test).

14 February 2005

Updated article about ADM-160 MALD (image and some specs on ADM-160B).
Slightly updated article about FIM-92 Stinger.
Added designation A/E32K-1 to A/E32K listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation BM-38 to BM listing. Thanks to David Huie!

10 February 2005

Jos Heyman has updated his list of U.S. military satellite launches to include launch data for 2003 and 2004.

9 February 2005

Added designations KS-144, LA-622, LA-623, LA-624 and LA-625 to Joint Photographic Type Designation System listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations A/E36U-3 and TTU-347/E to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations AN/AAM-77 and AN/ALM-192 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

8 February 2005

Slightly updated article about Allocation of Official Aerospace Vehicle MDS Designations (change of DODCP).

7 February 2005

Added designations PCU-40/B and SDU-28/A to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations AN/ALT-501, AN/ASG-502 and AN/AVX-4 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

1 February 2005

Added designation MX-2268 to MX Projects listing.

30 January 2005

Added designations CLU-20/E, CLU-28/E and DTU-30/B to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie (CLU) and Mike Silverstone (DTU)!
Slightly updated article about HAVE DASH (new drawing of missile). Thanks to Mike Nipper!

26 January 2005

Added designations A/A37A-T20, A/E24T-20, A/E24T-136, A/E24T-137, A/E24T-141, A/E24T-202, A/E32T-6, A/E37T-33, A/M37T-16, A/M37T-21 and A/M37T-24 to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Revised article about Pye Wacket.
Added designation AN/APS-75 to AN/APS listing.

21 January 2005

Updated article about ADR-9 rocket. Thanks to William Donzelli!

20 January 2005

Added designation AN/ASH-42 to AN/ASH listing. Thanks to David Huie!

17 January 2005

Added designations EH-81, EH-91, EH-92, EN-66, FH-19, FM-139, KA-64, KS-108, KS-109, LA-433, LE-13 and LE-17 to Joint Photographic Type Designation System listings. Thanks to David Huie!

16 January 2005

Revised article about AGM-76 Falcon.
Slightly updated article about HAVE DASH (drawing of missile).

13 January 2005

Added new photos (Delta C, Delta J, Delta 4 Heavy) to page about Thor/Delta launch vehicles.

9 January 2005

Added designations AN/ALM-207, AN/ALM-262, AN/ALM-267 and AN/AXQ-12 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Updated article about JCM missile (program cancelled).

4 January 2005

Added new photos to pages about LB Series (LBP-1), BQ-4/TDR (XTD3R) and KD2G (KD2G-1).

3 January 2005

Added designations AN/APM-401, AN/APM-402, AN/APM-478, AN/ASM-473 and AN/DSM-149 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations A/E32A-T7, A/E24T-157, CVU-134/e, CVU-143/E, DCU-179/A, EAU-11/E, ETU-102/E, MHU-166/E, MHU-186/E, MTU-72/E, MXU-691/e, SDU-34/A, TLU-450/E, TLU-456/E, TLU-459/E and TTU-227/E to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation KS-134 to KS listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Jos Heyman has updated his articles on the Atlas, Delta, Titan and Taurus launchers and DSP and Navstar satellites to include new launch data from 2004.

21 December 2004

Added designations MH-60J, HH-60T, MH-60T and MH-65C to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page. Thanks to Rick Burgess!

17 December 2004

Slightly updated article about GBI missile (failure of IFT-13C test).

16 December 2004

Sean O'Connor provided a completely rewritten article for the AIM-47 Falcon page. Many thanks to Sean for this contribution!
Slightly updated article about AIM-68 Big Q (new info on missile name and guidance).

11 December 2004

The part about "MX Projects" in the U.S. Air Force Projects page is completely new. George Cully has written a new introductory section with more information on the background of the "MX System". And even more importantly, he has provided his list of more than 2000(!) MX designators. Many thanks to George!
In addition to the list of names in the page about Code Names for U.S. Military Projects and Operations, the complete list of two-word nick names from the D.M.S. (Defense Marketing Services) "Code Names Handbook" from 1983 is now available for download (323 KB) (the download link is also referenced in the "List of Names" section of the the Code Names page). Many thanks to Per Nyström for his efforts in scanning the documents!
Added a page about Cover Designations for Classified USAF Aircraft.

7 December 2004

Slightly (sometimes very slightly) updated several missile/UAV articles about on-going programs to better document the latest status (affected pages are those about the BGM-71, BQM-74, UGM-96, RUM-139, FQM-151, AGM-158, RIM-161, MGM-166, BQM-167, RQ-4, Affordable Weapon and THAAD).
Added designations ATU-80/B, FSU-24/B, MAU-191/A, and SWU-58/A to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations AN/AKT-6, AN/APA-94, AN/APG-29, AN/ARC-20, AN/ARC-22, AN/ARC-29, AN/ARN-22, AN/ARN-27, AN/ASB-3, AN/AXR-8, AN/AXR-9, AN/AXT-10, AN/AWA-1 and AN/DRA-2 to JETDS listings.

3 December 2004

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the 3.5-in FFAR, 4.5-in Air-Launched, Aries, Athena, Crow, Farside, HASP, Hera, HIBEX, HTV, Iris, MX-1868, Nike-Deacon, Nike-Iroquois, PLV, SCAR, SRALT, Storm, Strongarm, Tomahawk and V-2 (A-4) rockets.
Added new photos to the pages about the GQM-163 Coyote and GBI.
Added about 150 new 4-digit USAF project numbers to U.S. Air Force Projects page. Many thanks David Huie!

1 December 2004

Updated information on SSM-A-5 (Boojum confirmed), JB-8 (identified as SAM-A-1) and Q-1 (previous designation Q-20) on Early (Pre-1963) Missiles And Drones page. Thanks to George Cully!
Added numbers AFP-43, AFP-201, 694BH and 1115 to U.S. Air Force Projects page. Thanks to Jos Heyman!
Added designation AN/AWG-30 to AN/AWG listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation PEU-155/E to PEU/PEK listing. Thanks to David Huie!

30 November 2004

Added listings of GSU/GSK, HRU/HRK, JEU/JEK, PEU/PEK and TLU designations (with only very few known designations, though).

29 November 2004

Added about 80 new 4-digit USAF project numbers to U.S. Air Force Projects page. Many thanks to Per Nyström!

24 November 2004

Added designations GBU-41/B and GBU-42/B to GBU listing. Thanks to David Huie!

16 November 2004

Added designations AN/AAS-49 and AN/AAS-51 to AN/AAS listing. Thanks to Phil Chicola!

11 November 2004

Added some new "TALON xxx" names to page about Code Names for U.S. Military Projects and Operations. Thanks to David Huie!

28 October 2004

Completed table of alphabetical blocks and added a link to reference document CJCSM 3150.29A in page about Code Names for U.S. Military Projects and Operations. Thanks to Bob Todd!

27 October 2004

Added some new names to page about Code Names for U.S. Military Projects and Operations. Thanks to Jacobus Coetzee!
Added designation A/S32R-12 to A/S32R listing. Thanks to Kenneth P. Katz!
Added designations AN/ARC-238 and AN/ASQ-235 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

13 October 2004

Added designations MBU-6/P, MBU-9/P and MBU-11/P (and added details to other MBU entries) to MBU listing. Thanks to Robert Higgins!

8 October 2004

Slightly updated article about AIM-54 Phoenix (missile officially retired).

7 October 2004

Added 19 new names to page about Code Names for U.S. Military Projects and Operations. Thanks to Jacobus Coetzee!
Added designation AN/AWM-89 to AN/AWM listing. Thanks to Charley Gooden!

3 October 2004

Added new code names Mainring, Miser and Mitten to Designations Of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles page. Thanks to Tuomas Närväinen!

1 October 2004

Linked the unfinished page about Code Names for U.S. Military Projects and Operations to U.S. Military Aviation Designation Systems main page.

21 September 2004

Added two rockets (Shavetail and Missile "A") to "Missile Scrapbook" page in Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.

7 September 2004

Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned between February and July 2004 (new designations are A-10C, OA-10C, C-37B, YRD-2A, YRD-2B, E-2D, TG-15A, TG-15B and YRQ-4A; entries FA-18E, FA-18F and EA-18G are now officially allocated).
Added entries M52, M499 and M502 to page about Malaysian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers. Thanks to Jos Heyman!

6 September 2004

Added entry M53 to page about Malaysian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers. Thanks to Simon Beck!
Added designation AN/ASC-38 to AN/ASC listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added new photos of XBQ-2A to page about BQ-1/BQ-2. Thanks to Hank Stuebing!
Added a new photo to page about MQ-9 Predator B. Thanks to Craig Kaston!
Updated article about RQ-4 Global Hawk (new designation YRQ-4A).

20 August 2004

Updated article about RQ-7 Shadow 200 (new designation RQ-7B). Thanks to Kenneth P. Katz!
Added designation AN/ALQ-26 to AN/ALQ listing. Thanks to Jakobus Coetzee!

19 August 2004

Added designations CH-148 (2nd entry) and CU-163 to Canadian Military Aircraft Designations page. Thanks to Dennis S.!
Added designation GBU-40/B to GBU listing.
Added designation BLU-121/B to BLU listing.

27 July 2004

Added designations AN/DSN-3, AN/DSW-19, AN/DWQ-2, AN/DWQ-3 and AN/DWQ-4 to AN/Dxx listings. Thanks to Richard Skrable!
Added designations A/E32A-29, A/E32T-22, A/E34T-24, ADU-490/E, ADU-515/F, ADU-555/E, ADU-582/E, ADU-587/E, ADU-590/E, ADU-593/E, ADU-594/E, ADU-595/E, ADU-672/E, ADU-701/E, ATU-100/B, ATU-105/B, CNU-423/E, CVU-163/E, CVU-169/E, CVU-172/E, FSU-15/B, GEU-25/B, HLU-330/E, HLU-332/E, HLU-333/E, JAU-40/B, JAU-40/B, JAU-41/B, JAU-42/B, JAU-43/B, JAU-44/B, JAU-45/B, JAU-51/B, JAU-60/B, JAU-61/B, KMU-491/E, KMU-492/E, MAU-203/E, MAU-204/E, MAU-205/E, MSU-200/M, MXU-758, MXU-763/B, MXU-764/B, MXU-785/B, MXU-793/E, MXU-794/E, MXU-799/E, MXU-800/E, SWU-67/B, TMU-73/A, TRU-201/B, TRU-202/B, TRU-205/B, TTU-476/E, VAU-40/B and VAU-41/B to ASETDS listings. Thanks to Richard Skrable!

23 July 2004

Jos Heyman provided an update for the FN entry in the article about Duplications in U.S. Military Aircraft Designation Series.
Slightly updated article about AGM-154 JSOW (new "Block II" development and BLU-111/B warhead option).
Added a "Missile Scrapbook" (unsorted compilation of "insufficiently documented" missiles) to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.

15 July 2004

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the Aerobee 170/300, Asp/Nike-Asp, Astrobee, Jaguar, Jason, Javelin, M2 Target Rocket, Nike-Apache, Pogo, Private, Ram, Rockair/Rockaire and Tiny Tim rockets.
Added designation AN/ASH-1 to AN/ASH listing. Thanks to William Donzelli!

12 July 2004

Added listings of subvariants to GBU-10/B, GBU-12/B, GBU-15/B and GBU-16/B entries in GBU listing.

9 July 2004

Added designations BLU-120/B, BLU-122/B and KMU-593/B to ASETDS listings.
Added listings of subvariants to GBU-24/B, GBU-27/B, GBU-28/B, GBU-31/B, GBU-32/B and GBU-38/B entries in GBU listing.

30 June 2004

Jos Heyman provided an article about the XSS-10 and XSS-11 micro-satellites for the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 3.
Added designation LR93 to Aero Engines page. Thanks to Bob Manley!
Added designations MX-204 and MX-522 to U.S. Air Force Projects page. Thanks to Bob Manley!

29 June 2004

Added Vehicle Type designation letter "D" to article about Current Designations Of U.S. Military Aircraft.
Added designation XSS-10A to Current Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles page.
Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page to take into account the publication of the May 2004 edition of DOD 4120.15-L.
Added designation LR40 to Aero Engines page. Thanks to Bob Manley!

22 June 2004

Slightly updated articles about Predator SRAW and Spike missiles (latest program status).

16 June 2004

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the Jindivik, MA-31, RP-77D and TDU-12/B aerial targets.
Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 1, covering the SWOD series and P/A series guided weapons programs.

15 June 2004

Added designation BLU-119/B to BLU listing.

7 June 2004

Added designations LR34, LR46, LR54 and LR56 to Aero Engines page.

2 June 2004

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the Amber, Dakota, Desert Hawk, Dragon Eye, Finder, Flyrt, Gnat, LoFLYTE, Raven, Sender, Silver Fox and Swallow UAVs.

31 May 2004

Updated article about the Cannonball missile (line drawing of the missile). Many thanks to Jacobus Coetzee for his drawing!
Significantly updated article about the SENIOR PROM missile (program details and accurate vehicle description).
Added designations JAU-68/A, JAU-75/A, JAU-76/A and JAU-77/A to JAU listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation AN/ASQ-226 to AN/ASQ listing. Thanks to David Huie!

24 May 2004

Slightly updated articles about AIM-120 AMRAAM (new designation AIM-120D) and GQM-163 Coyote (latest program status). Thanks to Kenneth P. Katz (for AIM-120D)!

17 May 2004

Added designations AP-42, AR-143, KS-101 and LA-302 to Joint Photographic Type Designation System listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation AAU-1/A, AVU-1/A, DCU-94/A, EGK-6/A37G-2, TTU-209/E and A/A37G-2 to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations AN/AYQ-16 and AN/DKQ-7 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Updated article about the Cannonball missile (more details). Many thanks to Jacobus Coetzee for providing the source material!

7 May 2004

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the JCM and PAM/LAM missiles.

6 May 2004

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the Aequare, Air-Exjam, Bikini, D-21 Tagboard, HiMAT, LODED, Martin 845A, Paradel, QH-50 DASH, SD-3 Snooper, SD-4 Swallow, SD-5 Osprey and Teledyne Ryan 262 drones and UAVs.
Added designations EH-66, EN-70, KD-3, LA-28, LA-135, LA-141, LA-214, LA-215, LA-297, LA-301, LA-314, LA-315, LA-317, LA-318, LA-319, LA-328 and LA-329 to Joint Photographic Type Designation System listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations A/A37U-4 and LAK-26/A47U-1 to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations AN/ASM-372 and AN/ASM-691 to AN/ASM listing. Thanks to David Huie (for -691)!

1 May 2004

Added designations AR-96, AR-97, EH-38, ES-56, KA-10, KA-13, KA-19, KA-21, KA-25, KA-26, KA-32, KA-52, KA-63, KB-8, KB-13, KB-17, KC-2, KC-6, KD-11, KD-12, KF-8, KS-31, KS-43, LA-13, LA-22, LA-23, LA-124, LB-4, LB-5, LB-9, LB-10, LB-13, LB-14, LD-29, LD-30, LD-41, LS-3, LS-4, LS-6 and LS-43 to Joint Photographic Type Designation System listings. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations ADU-813/E, BBU-52/B, BRU-56/A, FMU-107/B, FZU-2/B, FZU-20/B, GFU-8/E, GFU-10/E, KMU-572/B, LAU-144/A, MJU-6/B and PGU-37/B to ASETDS listings.

27 April 2004

Added a short note on the copyright and terms of use of Designation-Systems.Net.

25 April 2004

Added designation AN/AAQ-31 and corrected entry for AN/AAQ-34 in AN/AAQ listing. Thanks to Sammy Small!

21 April 2004

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 2, covering the RQ/MQ-1, RQ-2, RQ-3, RQ-4, RQ-6, RQ-7, RQ-8, MQ-9 and CQ-10 UAVs.
Added designation AN/ASM-656 to AN/ASM listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation AN/AVS-503 to AN/AVS listing. Thanks to David Huie!

13 April 2004

Added an article about Duplications in U.S. Military Aircraft Designation Series. The article was written in collaboration with Jos Heyman.
Jos Heyman contributed a page about Malaysian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers. Many thanks to Jos!
Added a link to the Site Search page on top of the index pages of the three main sections of Designation-Systems.Net.

7 April 2004

Added designation AN/ALT-502 to AN/ALT listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation AN/ARN-515 to AN/ARN listing. Thanks to David Huie!

30 March 2004

Added designations AN/AST-3 and AN/AST-5 to AN/AST listing. Thanks to David Huie!

24 March 2004

Corrected information about conversion of missiles to targets in articles about RIM-2 Terrier and RIM-67 Standard ER missiles. Thanks to Hank Morris!

22 March 2004

Added designation H.26 to Spanish Military Aircraft Designations page. Thanks to Roberto Pla!

21 March 2004

Significantly revised all tables of Soviet/Russian missile designations on Designations Of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles page. Many thanks to Sean O'Connor for all his data!

16 March 2004

Jos Heyman contributed a section on Japanese post-WW2 aircraft serial numbers for the Japanese Military Aircraft Designations page. Many thanks to Jos Heyman!
Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned between August 2003 and January 2004 (new designations are NC-12B and NSH-60F; the CC-130J entry was updated).
Updated section about designation CC-130J in article about Non-Standard DOD Aircraft Designations.

15 March 2004

Added designations AN/ASQ-508, AN/ASQ-T30 and AN/ASQ-T31 to AN/ASQ listing. Thanks to David Huie!

1 March 2004

Slightly updated article about GQM-163 Coyote (latest program status).

28 February 2004

Added designation GAU-21/A to GAU listing. Thanks to David Huie!

18 February 2004

Updated paragraph about designation O-4 in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations (some details on O-4 program). Thanks to Jos Heyman!

16 February 2004

Added designation AN/AAQ-33 to AN/AAQ listing. Thanks to Jennifer Allen (Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control)!
Added designation AN/APN-245 to AN/APN listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation AN/ASN-155 to AN/ASN listing. Thanks to David Huie!

10 February 2004

Revised article on LB series glide bombs.

9 February 2004

Added designation AN/ASM-315 to AN/ASM listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations A/A24G-46, A/E24T-11, EAU-15/A and MSU-177/A to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

1 February 2004

Added new ESC series of designations to page about Italian Army Aircraft Designations. Thanks to Michele D'Urzo!
Revised article on LB series glide bombs, and added a photo of the LBE-1.

27 January 2004

Slightly updated article about GBI missile (latest test flight, IFT-13B).

26 January 2004

Added designation AN/AWM-2 to AN/AWM listing. Thanks to Dave Merrill!
Added a new photo of a Gorgon IIC vehicle to article about Gorgon missile family. Thanks to Joel Carpenter!

20 January 2004

Added designation 447L to U.S. Air Force Projects page.
Added designation TF31 to Aero Engines page.
Added designation AN/ARR-86 to AN/ARR listing. Thanks to David Huie!

13 January 2004

Added designation AN/AXS-1 to AN/AXS listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designations AN/AXT-5, AN/AXT-6, AN/AXT-8 and AN/AXT-9 to AN/AXT listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Updated information about designations of license-built aircraft on page about German and Austro-Hungarian Military Aircraft Designations (1914-1918). Thanks to Alan Christensen!

3 January 2004

Added designation AN/AST-502 to AN/AST listing. Thanks to David Huie!

2 January 2004

Jos Heyman has updated his articles on the Atlas, Delta, Titan and Pegasus launchers and DMSP, DSCS III, Navstar and Milstar satellites to include new launch data from 2003. The Titan article was additionally updated to include more details on Titan I R&D vehicles.
Added a photo of the XBQ-1 to the article about the BQ-1/BQ-2.

30 December 2003

Slightly updated article about HGM/LGM-25 Titan (added versions XSM-68A and SM-68A). Thanks to Jos Heyman!
Added designation AN/AAQ-36 to AN/AAQ listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added new designations BA-6 and JL-9 and updated version data for H-6, J-6, J-8, Q-5, Y-5, Z-8 and Z-9 on Chinese Military Aircraft Designations page. Thanks to Aleksey Martynov!

16 December 2003

Added designation CU-161 to Canadian Military Aircraft Designations page. Thanks to Dennis S.!

15 December 2003

Added code name Hind-J to Designations Of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles page. Thanks to Manousos Kambouris!

3 December 2003

Added designation AN/AAG-2 to AN/AAG listing. Thanks to William Donzelli!
Added designations AN/ASQ-T18, AN/ASQ-T20 and AN/ASQ-T46 to AN/ASQ listing (and added some info on other AN/ASQ-Tn items). Thanks to Giorgio Marchi!
Added new code names Crate-C, Havoc-A/B and Hook-D to Designations Of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles page. Thanks to Aleksey Martynov!
Added new designation BA-5 and updated version data for H-6, J-7, J-8, Y-8, Y-11, Y-12 and Z-5 on Chinese Military Aircraft Designations page. Thanks to Aleksey Martynov!

21 November 2003

Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also shows (in a different color) recently allocated MDS designations, for which no official DOD data set is available, but which have been confirmed as "officially assigned" by reasonably reliable sources. The first entries in this category are EA-18G, F-16E and F-16F.

18 November 2003

Added designation GBU-43/B to GBU listing. Thanks to Andreas Gehrs-Pahl!

14 November 2003

Slightly corrected and updated article about UGM-96 Trident. Thanks to Derek Lyons!
Added designation A/E24U-10 to A/E24U listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added new designations J-10 (1st), J-12 (2nd), J-13 (2nd) and Y-13 to Chinese Military Aircraft Designations page. Most of the new designations are not confirmed!

9 November 2003

Updated article about Ground Based Interceptor (latest status of BV development).

6 November 2003

Updated version data for code names Bison, Candid, Fitter, Hind and Hip on Designations Of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles page. Thanks to Aleksey Martynov!
Added designation PGU-26/P to PGU listing. Thanks to Gary Vargo!

29 October 2003

Updated article about MGM-168A (missile identified as ATACMS Block IA Unitary).

26 October 2003

Added a new page to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles site, covering the MGM-168 missile. So far, the page is only a preliminary placeholder until the MGM-168A is positively identified.
Slightly updated article about FIM-92 Stinger (new designations FIM-92G/H).
Slightly updated article about MGM-140 ATACMS (new designation MGM-140F).
Slightly updated article about AGM-158 JASSM (latest program status).
Slightly updated article about ADM-160 MALD (new designation ZADM-160B).

25 October 2003

Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned between February 2003 and mid-August 2003 (new designations are KC-767A, FIM-92G, AGM-114N, ZADM-160A, MGM-168A, RQ-4B, CQ-10A, T-48A, CT-49A, X-45B, X-45C and X-49A). For designations assigned after January 2002, the date of MDS allocation has been added. Also, the description field has been added for those entries where it was missing so far. References to KC-767A and X-49A have been removed from the article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations, because they are now listed in the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.
Added designations MGM-168A and CQ-10A to Current Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles page.

24 October 2003

Added designation AN/AMT-5 to AN/AMT listing. Thanks to David Huie!

23 October 2003

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the HAVE DASH II and Ping-Pong missiles.
Added new designations AR-6, AR-26, AR-51, AR-53, AR-56, AR-57, AR-67, AR-73, AR-93, AS-14, AS-17, BM-30, BS-9, EH-69 and FM-160 to Joint Photographic Type Designation System listings. Many thanks to David Huie!
Added designation AN/AMT-24 to AN/AMT listing. Thanks to David Huie!

22 October 2003

Added new pages to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4, covering the GBI missile, Assault Breaker, Caleb, Cherokee, Cree, Pilot (NOTSNIK), Skokie, SRHIT/FLAGE test vehicles, and ERGM self-propelled guided projectile.

20 October 2003

Added new designations A/A37K-6, A/A42A-2, A/A48K-1, BRK-49/A37K-6, PWU-9/C, RYU-23/A and TEK-16/A37K-6 to ASETDS listings. Thanks to Kenneth P. Katz!

8 October 2003

Added new code names Careless-A/B, Coaler-D, Helix-E and Hoodlum-C, and info for code names Chan and Finback-D/E to Designations Of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles page. Thanks to Tuomas Närväinen!

29 September 2003

Added new page about German and Austro-Hungarian Military Aircraft Designations (1914-1918). Many thanks to Aleksey V. Martynov for providing the designation listings and additional input!

24 September 2003

Added designation HGU-14/P to HGU/HGK listing. Thanks to Steen Hartov!

10 September 2003

Added new code names Backfire-D, Flatpack and Frogfoot-C/D, and info for code names Flanker-E/F/G/H and Fulcrum-F/G to Designations Of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles page. Thanks to Tuomas Närväinen!
Added designation BRU-61/A to BRU/BRK listing.
Added designation GBU-39/B to GBU listing.

7 September 2003

Added new page about Italian Army Aircraft Designations. Many thanks to Michele D'Urzo for providing all the data!
Updated information on Rockwell-Collins systems in AN/Axx listings, including new designations AN/ARC-173, AN/ARC-194, AN/ARC-211, AN/ARC-215, AN/ARC-228, AN/ARC-2200, AN/ARC-2201, AN/ARQ-42, AN/ARQ-43 and AN/ARQ-51. Thanks to Alvin "Al" K. Patterson of Rockwell-Collins!
Added designations AN/ARN-3 and AN/ARN-10 to AN/ARN listing. Thanks to David Huie!

4 September 2003

Added designation AN/APG-81 to AN/APG listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation AN/ARN-19 to AN/ARN listing. Thanks to William Donzelli!
Added designation AN/AQS-24 to AN/AQS listing. Thanks to David Huie!

1 September 2003

Mark Wade wrote an article about Russian Designations for Missiles and Spacecraft for his Encyclopedia Astronautica website. With his permission, the article is mirrored on Designation-Systems.Net. Many thanks to Mark Wade!

31 August 2003

Added designation AN/ASC-37 to AN/ASC listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Added designation AN/ALQ-220 to AN/ALQ listing. Thanks to David Huie!
Updated article about PWN-9 Kangaroo (new details, incl. a drawing and some specifications). Thanks to Dan Meyer!

24 August 2003

Added designations AN/ARR-12, AN/ARR-14, AN/ARR-19, AN/ARR-21, AN/ARR-22, AN/ARR-23 and AN/ARR-50 to AN/ARR listing. Thanks to David Huie!

21 August 2003

Added desig