Reference
The current editions of the ammunition and explosives standards most often cited, what they superseded, and what to stop citing.
One-page brief.
A status register of the open-source weapons, ordnance, munitions and explosives (WOME) publications that safety case authors, ammunition technical officers, quality managers and procurement specialists cite most often. Each entry records the current edition, its date and what it supersedes. It is the reference edition list used in SGS assessments and courses.
| Publication | Title and covering agreement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AASTP-01 Ed. D Ver. 1 | NATO Guidelines for the Storage of Military Ammunition and Explosives. STANAG 4440 Ed. 4. AC/326. | Published 4 November 2025. Supersedes Ed. C Ver. 1 (2023). |
| AASTP-05 Ed. B Ver. 1 | Storage, maintenance and transport of ammunition on deployed missions or operations. STANAG 4657 Ed. 2. | Published 16 July 2024. Supersedes AASTP-5:2016. |
| AOP-07 Ed. 2 | Data requirements and tests for the qualification of explosive materials for military use. STANAG 4170 Ed. 3. | In force. A drafted Edition C has not been promulgated. Cite Edition 2. |
| AOP-15 Ed. 3 | Assessment of the safety and suitability for service of non-nuclear munitions. STANAG 4297. | Current. No lettered edition of AOP-15 exists. |
| AQAP-2110 Ed. D Ver. 1 | NATO quality assurance requirements for design, development and production. AC/327. | Published 24 June 2016, unamended. |
| STANAG 4107 Ed. 14 | Mutual acceptance of government quality assurance and usage of the AQAPs. AC/327. | Published 4 June 2025, supersedes the 2022 edition. |
AC/326 (Conventional Ammunition Safety Group) owns the storage, qualification and assessment publications; AC/327 (Life Cycle Management Group) owns STANAG 4107 and the AQAP suite. They remain separate lanes.
| Document | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| DESR 6055.09 Ed. 1 Ch. 2 | Defense Explosives Safety Regulation. | 25 November 2025. Replaces Ch. 1 of 23 February 2024. |
| DDESB TP-15 Rev. 5 | Approved Protective Construction. | July 2026. |
| DDESB TP-26 Rev. 1 | Guidance for Explosives Safety Site Plans. | 15 September 2025. Elaborates DESR Ch. 1, not Ch. 2. |
| MIL-STD-2105E | Hazard Assessment Tests for Non-Nuclear Munitions. | 6 January 2022, active. |
| MIL-STD-882E w/Change 1 | System Safety. | 27 September 2023, active. |
| DAFMAN 24-210 | Packaging of Hazardous Materials (joint issuance). | 27 May 2026. Not the authority for ammunition storage. |
| Document | Scope | Status |
|---|---|---|
| DSA 03.OME Part 1 | OME Acquisition: Defence Codes of Practice DCOP 101 to 118. | Version 2.0, February 2026. Cite the document version, not the gov.uk page date (20 November 2025). |
| DSA 03.OME Part 3 | Ranges. | Page updated 28 May 2026 for DCOP 313 only. Volume 2 is v2.1 (September 2025). |
| DSA 02.OME | Defence OME safety regulation; duty-holder framework. | Version 3.0. Project COWLEY (RN 2025-07) makes NATO AASTP-1 quantity distances mandatory from 1 January 2028. |
| DOSR Regulatory Notices | 2026 series RN 2026-01 to 2026-08. | Collection last updated 3 July 2026. |
| Subject | Cite this | Not this |
|---|---|---|
| Ammunition storage | AASTP-01 Edition D Version 1, 4 November 2025 | AASTP-1 Edition C (2023), or the 1997 Edition 1 title |
| Government quality assurance | STANAG 4107 Edition 14, 4 June 2025 | STANAG 4107 Edition 9 |
| System safety | MIL-STD-882E with Change 1, 27 September 2023 | MIL-STD-882E, 11 May 2012 |
| Safety and suitability for service | AOP-15 Edition 3 | Any lettered edition of AOP-15 |
| Explosive material qualification | AOP-07 Edition 2 | AOP-7 Edition C (drafted, not promulgated) |
| UK OME acquisition codes | DSA 03.OME Part 1 DCOP suite, version 2.0, February 2026 | The gov.uk page date, or the withdrawn JSP 520 and JSP 482 |
| US explosives safety | DESR 6055.09 Edition 1 Change 2, 25 November 2025 | Edition 1 Change 1, 23 February 2024 |
NATO editions and promulgation status come from the NATO Standardization Office document database. Where it does not expose a date, the date is taken from a national standards body or authorised distributor and cross-checked. United States entries come from DENIX, Air Force e-Publishing and the DLA ASSIST register; United Kingdom entries from the Defence Safety Authority collections on gov.uk. Aggregators are used to corroborate dates only, never to establish an edition. Sources are graded under STANAG 2022; see the source evaluation card.
| Revision | Date | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 20 September 2026 | First SGS edition. Entries as verified on 5 August 2026 for the ISC Defence Intelligence register. |
The full source-referenced register, with commentary on the UK energetics programme and US organisational changes, is published by ISC Defence Intelligence: The Current Editions: WOME Standards and Regulatory Status, August 2026.
Found an edition that has moved? Tell us at [email protected] with the source. Verified corrections are credited in the revision history.
We can check a reference list against the register as part of a bid review or AQAP-2110 readiness review.
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