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21 August 2008

• Revised and added several entries in the GBU listing. Entries for GBU-52/B and -53/B were wrong, and were deleted. New designations include GBU-47/B, GBU-53/B GBU-55/B, GBU-56/B, and GBU-57/B has been positively identified. Variant listings for JDAM GBUs were updated with new information. Affected articles in the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 5 were updated accordingly.

14 July 2008

• Updated page about MQM-170 Outlaw and added new separate page about MQM-171 Broadsword.

8 July 2008

• Added pages about GQM-173 MSST and RIM-174 ERAM to 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 December 2007 and June 2008 (new or updated designations are C-27J, AGM-84J, RGM-84J, AGM-84K, AGM-84L, RGM-84L, AGM-84M, RGM-84M, CATM-88E, DATM-88E, ZGQM-173A, RIM-174A and X-54A).

5 May 2008

• Added designations A/E24T-163, A/E24T-220, TTU-387/E, TTU-417/E, TTU-552/E and TTU-557/E to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
• Added designations AN/AAM-84, AN/AAM-85, AN/AAM-92, AN/AAM-102, AN/AAR-5, AN/AAR-27, AN/AAR-35, AN/AAS-1, AN/ARM-513 and AN/ARM-514 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

25 April 2008

• Added designation AN/ARC-244 to AN/ARC listing. Thanks to David Huie!
• Slightly Updated articles about RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV (RQ-4N contract) and AGM-169 JCM (succeeded by JAGM).

7 February 2008

• Added designations CU-160 and CU-168 to Canadian Military Aircraft Designations page.

3 February 2008

• Added designation AN/AYY-1 to AN/AYY listing. Thanks to David Huie!

31 January 2008

• Updated article about AGM-84 Harpoon (AGM-84M Harpoon Block III).
• Added designation AGM-84M to DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.
• Added designations CPU-165/A, CPU-166/A, DCU-183/A, DCU-283/A, DCU-299/A, JEK-151/A24J-24 and MTU-113/U to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
• Added designations AN/ASQ-75 and AN/ASQ-506 to AN/ASQ listing. Thanks to David Huie!

22 January 2008

• Updated article about MQ-17 SpyHawk UAV (program terminated).

20 January 2008

• Added page about MQ-17 SpyHawk UAV to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 2.
• Updated article about AGM-76 Falcon (missile definitely identified as ARM).

18 January 2008

• Jos Heyman has updated his articles on the Delta, Atlas and Pegasus launchers, DSP, Navstar, WGS and NOSS satellites, and the list of U.S. military satellite launches to include launch data for 2006 and 2007.
• Added designations DSU-38/B, GBU-52/B, GBU-53/B and GBU-54/B (article about JDAM was updated accordingly) to ASETDS listings. Thanks to Sascha Decker!
• Slightly updated article about Paveway II (GBU-12F/B variant, and new GBU-48/B, -49/B and -50/B EGBU designations).
• Added designation AN/AYQ-26 to AN/AYQ listing. Thanks to David Huie!
• Added code names Flashlight-D, Firebar-A/B and Fateful to Designations Of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles page. Thanks to Martin Horék!
• Added designation XMQ-17A to the Current Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles page.
• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned between June and December 2007 (new or updated designations are QF-16A, QF-16C, MH-65C, MQ-1C, XMQ-17A and T-6B).

17 December 2007

• Added designations ABU-33/A, APU-5/B, ASK-44/A24G, ASU-46/A, CPU-161/A, CPK-178/A37G-16, CPK-179/A37G-16, DCK-287/A37G-16 and TRU-217/A to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

8 December 2007

• Added designations A/A37J-6, AAU-51/A, ALU-25/A, AVU-8/A, CPK-137/A24J-23, CPU-174/A24J-26, CPU-187/A, CPU-188/A, CPU-193/A24J-28, CPU-194/A, DCK-235/A24G, DCK-236/A24G-39, DCK-247/A24J-23, TRU-211/A, TTU-505/E and TTU-597/E to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
• Added a photo to article about Stalker UAV.

6 December 2007

• Added designations AN/ACQ-8, AN/AVH-501, AN/AVQ-38 and AN/DAS-1 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

25 October 2007

• Added designation AN/ASW-61 to AN/ASW listing. Thanks to Brian M. Wechman!

6 October 2007

• Added designations AN/AAM-29, AN/AAM-37, AN/APM-196, AN/ARM-72, AN/ARM-206, AN/ASM-615 and AN/ASM-617 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
• Added designations A/A37J-6, A/A37J-7, A/B38B-T2, A/E24A-175, A/E24A-T16, A/E24A-T37, A/E24A-T40, A/E24M-T7, A/E24M-T8, A/E24T-102, A/E24T-175, A/E24U-9, A/E24U-12, A/E24U-T7, A/E24U-T8, A/E24U-T9, A/E36T-2, A/E37U-28, A/E40T-3, A/F24U-10, A/F37A-T28, A/F37M-T1, A/F37T-31, A/F40U-1, A/M32A-88, A/S32U-42, A/S32U-43, A/S47A-4, ADG-823/B, ALK-7/A37J-7, ARU-21/A, ARU-63/A, AVK-26/A24J-20, BSU-102/B, CLG-82/E36T-2, CLG-83/E36T-2, CPU-158/B, CPU-189/B, CPU-190/B, DCU-199/B, ECU-107/A, MTU-114/U, TRU-103/A and WCU-22/B (many without descriptive data) to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

11 September 2007

• Revised the page about Cover Designations for Classified USAF Aircraft to include reliable information revealed after declassification of USAF's CONSTANT PEG program.

8 September 2007

• Added designations HA.28 and UD.14 to Spanish Military Aircraft Designations page.

6 September 2007

• Added pages about ERAM (SM-6) and RATTLRS missiles to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.

5 September 2007

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

4 September 2007

• Added designations GBU-48/B, GBU-49/B, GBU-50/B and GBU-51/B to GBU listing.
• Slightly updated articles about X-45 and X-47 UCAVs (X-47B won UCAS-D contract).
• Added short section on HTV-3X to article about Falcon program.

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