Ukraine's European and Euro-Atlantic course requires the implementation of a number of normative documents, including documents in the field of metrology and metrological activities. This demands the adaptation of existing and development of new regulations. The study examined and analyzed national standards adopted by the acceptance of NATO STANAG 4107. NATO Quality Assurance Standards recommend verification, validation and metrological confirmation for measuring equipment used in the design, development and manufacture of armaments and military equipment. An analysis of the definitions of the terms "verification", "validation" and "metrological confirmation" in different standards and in international and interstate dictionaries of metrology is carried out. Processes of verification, validation and metrological confirmation are offered taking into account the latest changes in the field of metrology and metrological activity, tests of armaments and military equipment and metrological support of tests, as well as some legislative acts of Ukraine in the field of technical regulation. Conformity assessment is used in international practice and in Ukraine to prove compliance with the established requirements. The analysis of the term "conformity assessment" is done in the article. The process of proving the fulfilment of the set requirements for checking the compliance of products with the requirements of technical regulations for measuring equipment used in the field or outside the field of legally regulated metrology is explained. In order to improve the regulatory framework of the metrological support system in the field of defence and harmonization of normative and guiding documents to modern requirements, it is proposed to develop "Technical regulations for measuring equipment of general military and special purpose" and "Methods of metrological confirmation of measuring equipment for testing armament and military equipment”. The time period for implementation of NATO standards in the field of development and production of armaments and military equipment was also taken into account.
У статті наведені результати дослідження стандартів NATO та провідних країн світу з метрологічного забезпечення озброєння та військової техніки, виділено основні особливості метрологічного забезпечення випробувань відповідно до їх вимог, які представляють інтерес для метрологів України.
Normative legal acts of Ukraine have changed in the field of defense the need to use the term “metrological support” to “support of the uniformity of measurements”. However, a number of normative documents envisage the metrological support of armament and military equipment. The comparative analysis of set of measures which are stipulated by metrological support and support of the uniformity of measurements is carried out and their identity in essence is shown. The support of the uniformity of measurements requires checking the uniformity of measurements and the reliability of control. The substantiation and clarity of the definitions of the terms “uniformity of measurements” and “reliability of control” taking into account international and national metrological documents and practice are considered. The substantiation of the term definition "uniformity of measurement", according to the authors, is questionable. The international system of SI units is now officially approved as the basic or the only system of units in all but three countries, and when using national units, they must have unambiguous connection with the system of SI units; not all indicators of accuracy are specified, in particular, correctness and precision according to DSTU GOST ISO 5725. The term "reliability" and its derivates are considered. The term "reliability of control" and methods of determining its indicators are regulated only in the document Mi 1317. At the same time, these methods are time- consuming and difficult to understand and use. It is noted that most countries and international organizations have changed the concept of uniformity of measurement to the concept of traceability, and the terms "uniformity of measurement" and "reliability of control" are absent in the standards of advanced countries and in international dictionaries of metrology. Measures are proposed at the legislative level and at the level of development of normative documentation to improve the uniformity of measurements.
The intensive implementation of NATO standards is due to Ukraine’s course towards full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Some results of the implementation of NATO standards are given. The results of organizational and regulatory measures carried out to ensure unity of measurements carried out at the present time, as well as a change in the regulatory and methodological foundations of the creation and functioning of the state system of quality assurance are shown. The purpose of the work is to analyze regulatory acts on the implementation and application of NATO standards at the present stage in the field of ensuring unity of measurement in testing and identifying the features and complexities of these processes. Based on the results of the analysis of regulatory documents, conclusions were drawn regarding the change in the status of NATO standards in Ukraine from national to military and the mandatory application of military standards to enterprises, institutions and organizations of all forms of ownership that perform work and provide services for defense needs. Three groups of military standards have been singled out, which directly or indirectly regulate the requirements for ensuring the unity of measurements during testing of armament and military equipment, as well as specific requirements for them for each group. These groups of standards were developed on the basis of the NATO standardization agreements STANAG 4107, STANAG 4370 and STANAG 4704. The regulatory and legal principles and methodological foundations of the creation and operation of the state system of quality assurance according to STANAG 4107, the features of tests according to STANAG 4370, and issues related to the implementation of STANAG 4704 in in full in Ukraine. Certain difficulties in the implementation of NATO standards in Ukraine are noted and some ways to solve them are given.
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