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September 2024

• Added pages about the Blackwing, C100 and Ghost-X UAVs to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.
• Added page about the GBU-53/B StormBreaker to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 5.

August 2024

• Added a page about the RQ-29 to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 2.
• Added page about FLTSATCOM, and amended pages about UFO, MUOS and EWS-G with MDS designation information, in the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 3.
• Added pages about the Tamir / SkyHunter missile, ALTIUS loitering munition, and X-63 and X-64 research rockets to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.
• Added a bunch of designations allocated since around 2008 in the JETDS listings for the AN/AAQ, AN/AAR, AN/AAS, AN/ACQ, AN/ALE, AN/ALQ, AN/ALR, AN/APA, AN/APG, AN/APN, AN/APQ, AN/APR, AN/APS, AN/APX, AN/APY, AN/AQA, AN/AQQ, AN/ARC, AN/ARQ, AN/ARR, AN/ARW, AN/ASC, AN/ASH, AN/ASQ, AN/ASX, AN/AVS, AN/AWG, AN/AYK and AN/AYQ designation series

July 2024

• Added designation AIM-174B to DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.
• Updated article about MQM-186 RedWing with a photo, and more complete vehicle specifications.
• Added designations E-7A, QUH-101A, MIM-147A, MQ-28A, RQ-29A, AGR-21, ES-19A, ES-21A, ES-23A, X-63A and X-64A, and officially confirmed allocation dates to existing post-2018 entries, to DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.

June 2024

• Added model numbers M24, M32, M33, M35, M36, M37, M48, M49 and M54 to list of Army Model numbers for rockets.
• Extended articles about 3.25 inch Rocket M2, 2.36 inch Rocket M6, 4.5 inch Rocket M8, 4.5 inch Rocket M16/M20/M32 and 3.5 inch Rocket M28/M35 with more detailed information about rocket variants.
• Updated article about RGM-184 NSM with info about the AGM-184 JSM.
• Added some historical information to the description of the Army Nomenclature System.
• Added a listing of U.S. Army Model numbers for Cartridges & Projectiles to the description of the Army Nomenclature System.
• Added designations AGM-184A and XRQ-73A to DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.
• Added a short page about the XRQ-73 to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 2.
• Added pages about the Spike NLOS missile, Rogue 1 loitering munition, and Jump 20 UAV to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.

May 2024

• A listing of U.S. Army Model numbers for Bombs has been added to the description of the Army Nomenclature System.
• Listings of U.S. Navy Mark numbers for Bombs, Cluster Bombs and Torpedoes have been added to the description of the Navy Mark/Mod Nomenclature System.

April 2024

• Updated page about MLRS rockets with data about all GMLRS and ER-GMLRS variant designations.
• Updated the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 3 with new short articles about some U.S. Space Force operated satellites, covering the EWS-G, UFO, MUOS and WSF-M satellites.
• Added a note about unidentified satellite designations ES-19A, ES-21A and ES-23A to page about Current Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles.
• Added new information to the section about JB-5, -6, -7 and -9 in article about JB Series missiles in the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 1.
• There is now a separate page listing known Army Model numbers for rockets (referenced from the pages about Pre-1963 Designations Of U.S. Missiles And Drones and the Army Nomenclature System).
• Added some information about P/A-I, P/A-V and P/A-IX projects to page about P/A Series of early Navy missile studies.

March 2024

• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page with a few new designations allocated after 2018, which have been missing so far. Also, many designators from 2018 onwards are now confirmend as "official".

February 2024

• The Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 3 received its first update since 2009. Short articles about some U.S. Space Force operated satellites were added, covering the SBSS, SBIRS, AEHF and GSSAP satellites. The Military Satellite Launch List has been updated with launches until the end of 2023.
• The Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 5 has also been updated. It covers now all known GBU-series weapons up to GBU-73, which led to updates to the pages about Paveway II, JDAM and Missing GBU Numbers, as well as new articles about GBU-57/B MOP and GBU-69/B SGM.
• Designation XQ-67A was added to DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, leading also to a change in the page about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations. A new page about the XQ-67 has been added to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 2 as well.
• Adaptive Turbofan engine designation A103 was added to page about Aircraft Engines.

January 2024

• In the first update for 15 years, the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles got new short articles about the missiles numbered MQM-175 through AGM-187, plus the out-of-sequence LGM-35 and AIM-260.
• The list of WGU designations has new entries at the end of the list, from WGU-51 to WGU-63.
• Added reference to AGR-19 and AGR-20 designations to section about APKWS.
• The Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 2 got new articles. Pages about RQ-12, MQ-19 and RQ-20 were copied over from Appendix 4 and slightly updated, and pages for all UAVs designated xQ-21 and up in the sequence, as well as the out-of-sequence designated MQ-20, MQ-35, XQ-58, XRQ-72 and RQ-170, were added.
• The Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4 also got new articles, covering the PrSM, LRHW and KEI missiles, Switchblade, Coyote and Hero-120 loitering munitions, Copperhead, Excalibur and XM395 guided projectiles, Black Hornet, P-ISR, InstantEye, R80D SkyRaider and TRV-150C UAVs, and X-56, X-60, X-61 and X-65 unmanned X-planes.
• Added notes about designations to pages about PAC-3 and THAAD missiles.

2023

In the second half of 2023, I partly took the Designation-Systems.Net website out of its long hiatus. Most of the site's content is still (and will remain) as I left it many years ago, but a few pages have been slightly updated:

• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page with new official designations until October 2018, plus later designations published elsewhere. Some of these updates led to small changes in the page about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations.
• Updated the page about Allocation of Official Aerospace Vehicle MDS Designations to also mention the current procedure (changed in 2014).
• Updated the page about Cover Designations for Classified USAF Aircraft to present the most reliable current information.
• Updated the pages about designations of Aircraft Engines, Electronic Equipment and Aeronautical and Support Equipment to cover the latest standards.
• Added several new entries (just what I happened to find coincidentally) to the end of the lists of BLU and GBU designations.
• Updated the page about Canadian Military Aircraft Designations with all current designations.
• Removed the page with some topic-related links. Almost all of them were long dead anyway.
• And last but not least, the whole site got a minor optical face-lift.

24 August 2018

• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes MDS assigned between May 2015 and April 2017.

7 June 2016

• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes MDS assigned between October 2013 and May 2015 (new or updated designations are A-14A, HC-144B, ZMD-5A/B/C, UH-60V, HH-60W, VH-92A, RO-6A, CQ-24A, ZRAQ-25A and RQ-26A).

14 April 2014

• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes MDS assigned between September 2012 and October 2013 (new or updated designations are MD-4A, MD-4B, CH-53K, MQM-178A, RQ-12A, RQ-23A and ES-17A).

18 October 2012

• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned since 2011 (new or updated designations are MC-12S, C-23D, AC-130J, AC-130W, C-145A, C-146A, MD-3A, MD-3B, E-11A, TG-16A, UH-3D, VH-3D, YCH-53K, UH-60N, HH-60U, AGM-65L, CATM-65L, UGM-84L, UTM-84L, AGM-84N, DATM-86B, ATM-114S, MQM-170B, MQM-171A, MQM-171B, GQM-173A, AGM-176A, ATM-176A, CATM-176A, AGM-176B, ATM-176B, CATM-176B, BGM-176B, BQM-177A, QRQ-2B, EQ-4B, MQ-8C, RQ-20A, XRQ-22A, LS-15A, LS-16A, T-53A, UV-18C, X-56A and RZ-4A).
• Added designations CBU-116/B, CBU-118B, GBU-52/B and GBU-58/B to ASETDS listings.

26 February 2011

• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned since late 2009 (new or updated designations are NC-9D, KC-46A, TH-57D, OH-58F, YAGM-88F, AGM-130E, MQM-175A, MQM-175B, MQ-4C, RQ-16B and MQ-21A).
• Added designation CH-178 to Canadian Military Aircraft Designations page.
• Roger Finnerty provided updated files for his U.S. Military Aircraft Database.

26 April 2010

• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned between April and September 2009 (new or updated designations are RC-12X, C-20K, F-15F, MH-65D, XMQ-19A, T-52A, X-48C and X-55A).
• Added a drawing of the XPQ-10 and a photo of the XPQ-11 to the article about the PQ series target drones. Thanks to George Cully!
• Made minor updates to a few missile and UAV articles to reflect the latest program status.
• Added designations WS-128A, WS-130A, WS-135A, WS-198A, WS-207L, WS-213L, SS-422L, SS-426M, SS-432L, SS-445L, SS-445M and SS-468L to article about U.S. Air Force Projects. Thanks to Nugzari Gabroshvili!
• Added designations AN/ALQ-231, AN/APG-82, AN/APN-T9, AN/APN-T12, AN/AQM-19, AN/ARR-89, AN/ASM-412, AN/ASM-458, AN/ASM-460, AN/AWM-32, AN/AWM-76, AN/DSM-84, AN/DSM-85, AN/DSM-86, AN/DSM-89 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
• Roger Finnerty provided updated files for his U.S. Military Aircraft Database.

25 June 2009

• Added page about Griffin missile to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.
• Minor updates in articles about PAC-3 and THAAD missiles to reflect the latest program status.
• Updated article about BG series (new information about XBG-2). Thanks to Jos Heyman for providing the reference material!
• Updated Military Satellite Launch List (USA-200 to -202). Thanks to Jos Heyman!

24 June 2009

• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned between July 2008 and March 2009 (new or updated designations are A-29B, MC-12W, UC-12W, HC-130J, MC-130J, ATM-114Q, AGM-114R, RIM-161D, T-6C and AT-6C).
• Minor updates in a few articles (AGM-114, X-48, X-51) to reflect latest developments.

10 June 2009

• Added designation YMQ-18A to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.
• Added a note about the possible allocation of the X-55 designation in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations.

5 February 2009

• Minor updates in a few articles about UAVs (X-37, Falcon, ScanEagle, A160 Hummingbird, X-47, MQ-8) to reflect developments in 2007/2008.
• Added designation MC-12W to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.
• Added designation CU-170 to Canadian Military Aircraft Designations page.
• Added page about RQ-16 T-Hawk UAV to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 2.

20 January 2009

• Roger Finnerty's website U.S. Military Aircraft Database is now hosted within the Designation-Systems.Net domain. However, it's still a separate site, and maintained/updated exclusively by Roger.

24 November 2008

• Added designations AN/AAQ-39, AN/AIC-11, AN/AIC-35, AN/AIC-36, AN/AJQ-16, AN/ALM-118, AN/ALM-121, AN/ALM-179, AN/ALM-183, AN/ALM-201, AN/ALM-203, AN/APA-103, AN/APA-122, AN/APG-42, AN/APG-47, AN/APG-58, AN/APM-155, AN/APM-199, AN/APM-206, AN/APM-233, AN/APM-287, AN/APM-289, AN/APM-290, AN/APM-343, AN/APM-345, AN/APM-357, AN/APM-359, AN/APM-374, AN/APM-388, AN/APM-406, AN/APM-425, AN/APM-426, AN/APM-439, AN/APM-444, AN/APM-450, AN/APM-453, AN/APM-456, AN/APM-457, AN/APM-459, AN/APM-466, AN/APM-468, AN/APM-470, AN/APM-473, AN/APM-501, AN/APN-32, AN/APN-65, AN/APN-87, AN/APN-137, AN/APN-173, AN/APN-506, AN/APX-124, AN/AQA-2, AN/AQQ-T502, AN/ARC-46, AN/ARC-117, AN/ARC-212, AN/ARM-64, AN/ARM-85, AN/ARM-99, AN/ARM-116, AN/ARM-118, AN/ARM-190, AN/ARM-196, AN/ARM-197, AN/ARN-3, AN/ARN-9, AN/ARN-13, AN/ARN-17, AN/ARN-20, AN/ARN-35, AN/ARN-36, AN/ARN-113, AN/ARN-137, AN/ARN-500, AN/ARQ-15, AN/ARQ-38, AN/ARQ-45, AN/ARQ-501, AN/ARW-4, AN/ARW-7, AN/ARW-13, AN/ARW-37, AN/ASA-44, AN/ASA-71, AN/ASB-17, AN/ASC-5, AN/ASH-26, AN/ASH-29, AN/ASM-17, AN/ASM-21, AN/ASM-199, AN/ASM-243, AN/ASM-247, AN/ASM-248, AN/ASM-286, AN/ASM-290, AN/ASM-318, AN/ASM-331, AN/ASM-335, AN/ASM-344, AN/ASM-349, AN/ASM-374, AN/ASM-405, AN/ASM-420, AN/ASM-469, AN/ASM-602, AN/ASM-604, AN/ASM-606, AN/ASM-609, AN/ASM-613, AN/ASM-616, AN/ASM-629, AN/ASM-631, AN/ASM-632, AN/ASM-634, AN/ASM-636, AN/ASM-641, AN/ASM-643, AN/ASM-646, AN/ASM-648, AN/ASM-651, AN/ASM-659, AN/ASM-664, AN/ASM-678, AN/ASM-684, AN/ASM-685, AN/ASM-688, AN/ASM-690, AN/ASM-709, AN/ASN-2, AN/ASN-96, AN/ASN-120, AN/ASN-147, AN/ASN-162, AN/ASQ-6, AN/ASQ-33, AN/ASQ-62, AN/ASQ-79, AN/ASQ-118, AN/ASQ-120, AN/ASQ-139, AN/ASQ-144, AN/ASQ-163, AN/ASQ-189, AN/ASQ-202, AN/ASQ-224, AN/ASQ-T7, AN/ASQ-T10, AN/ASQ-T22, AN/ASQ-T23, AN/AST-9, AN/ASW-501, AN/AVM-21, AN/AVS-2, AN/AVS-4, AN/AWM-24, AN/AWM-69, AN/AYH-3, AN/AYK-25, AN/AYK-28, AN/AYN-7, AN/AYN-T1 and AN/AYQ-14 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
• Added designations AN/ASQ-217 and AN/ASQ-239 to AN/ASQ listing. Thanks to Mike Schumacher and Phil Chicola!
• Added designations A/A24G-T2, A/E24A-T32, A/E24A-T33, A/E24A-T40, A/E24M-38, A/E32M-T4, A/E37A-T29, A/E37A-T39, A/E37A-T48, A/E37A-T50, A/E37E-T1, A/E37M-T8, A/E37M-T9, A/E37M-T10, A/E37M-T14, GSU-293/E, GSU-316/E, HLU-303/E, TAU-120/E, TAU-142/E, TAU-145/E, TAU-155/E, TAU-156/E, TAU-173/E, TTU-506/E and TTU-524/E to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
• Added designations AP-44, AQ-9, AQ-11, AR-92, AR-102, AR-105, AR-110, AR-111, AR-114, AR-116, AR-120, AR-125, AR-142, AR-144, AR-145, AR-146, AR-150, AR-151, AR-157, AR-158, BM-51, BR-25, BR-27, BR-29, EH-48, EH-73, EH-82, EH-93, EH-94, EH-95, EH-105, EJ-16, EJ-19, EL-1, EN-75, EN-109, EN-110, EN-113, EN-116, ES-81, FH-6, FH-20, FK-2, FM-180, FM-181, FM-184, FM-189, FM-197, FM-202, FM-207, FN-13, FN-23, FN-27, FN-32, KD-38, KD-44, KD-48, KE-5, KE-37, KE-46, KE-47, KE-71, KF-9, KF-12, KF-14, KF-23, KF-34, KG-24, KG-25, KG-27, KS-9, KS-105, KS-106, KS-107, KS-112, KS-117, KS-130, KS-136, KS-149, LA-139, LA-152, LA-353, LA-373, LA-374, LA-375, LA-378, LA-388, LA-389, LA-390, LA-391, LA-392, LA-394, LA-405, LA-406, LA-410, LA-411, LA-413, LA-414, LA-428, LA-458, LA-645, LA-648, LB-38, LE-37, LM-118, LS-91 and LS-92 to JPTDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

18 October 2008

• Added designation MX-1962 to MX Projects listing. Thanks to John Aldaz!

9 September 2008

• Added designation Me 327 to German Military Aircraft Designations (1933-1945) page. Thanks to André Fave!

8 September 2008

• Updated page about GQM-173 MSST (contract award to ATK).

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).

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