VERIFICATION, VALIDATION AND METROLOGICAL CONFIRMATION OF MEASURING EQUIPMENT FOR TESTING OF ARMAMENT AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT

Abstract

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.