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NEXRAD WSR-88D Technical Requirements System Specification Revision History

**Last Updated 07/19/2017**

SPECIFICATION NUMBER REASON FOR CHANGE
OLD REVISION DATE NEW REVISION DATE
R400-SP101 - 09/10/1982 N/A N/A N/A System Definition Phase
R400-SP202 - 05/11/1983 N/A N/A N/A Validation Phase, Part 1
R400-SP202 A 05/15/1984 N/A N/A N/A Validation Phase, Part 2
R400-SP203 A 11/15/1984 N/A N/A N/A Validation Phase, Part 2 - Update
R400-SP301 - 01/01/1986 N/A N/A N/A Limited Production Phase
R400-SP301 CHG 1 09/10/1982 N/A N/A N/A Limited Production Phase
R400-SP301 CHG2 09/10/1982 N/A N/A N/A Limited Production Phase
R400-SP301 CHG3 09/10/1982 N/A N/A N/A Limited Production Phase
R400-SP301 CHG4 09/10/1982 N/A N/A N/A Limited Production Phase
R400-SP401 Draft 06/01/1991 N/A N/A N/A Full Scale Production Phase
R400-SP401 A 11/01/1991 N/A N/A N/A Full Scale Production Phase
R400-SP501 - 07/01/1995 2810000 - 07/01/1995 POST-PRODUCTION UPDATE/BUILD 8.0/TITLE CHANGE TO SYSTEM/SEGMENT SPECIFICATION
R400-SP501 A 09/01/1996 2810000 A 09/01/1996 BUILD 9.0 UPDATE/TITLE CHANGE TO SYSTEM SPECIFICATION
N/A N/A N/A 2810000 1st DRAFT INT B 11/17/1996 MIGRATES THE WSR-88D TO OPEN SYSTEMS
N/A N/A N/A 2810000 2nd DRAFT INT B 04/30/1997 INCORPORATES TRI-AGENCY COMMENTS TO 1st DRAFT
N/A N/A N/A 2810000 3rd DRAFT INT B 11/17/1997 INCORPORATES TRI-AGENCY 2nd ROUND COMMENTS
N/A B N/A 2810000 C 05/04/2001 UPDATED FOR ORDA
N/A C N/A 2810000 D 10/31/2001 RELIABILITY, MAINTAINABILITY, AVAILABILITY, & SECTION 4 CHANGES
N/A D N/A 2810000 E 09/19/2002 ADDITIONAL UPDATES FOR ORDA
N/A E N/A 2810000 F 04/28/2006 UPDATE FOR SOFTWARE BUILD 1.2 THROUGH 7.0, BDDS PORTS & SECURITY
N/A F N/A 2810000 G 05/18/2007 INCORPORATED UPDATES FOR SUPER RESOLUTION AND RPG BUILDS 8.0, 9.0 AND 10.0
N/A G N/A 2810000 H 04/25/2008 INCORPORATED DUAL POLARIZATION (ECP 0332), MTTR UPDATES (ECP 0307), ADD NTDA PRODUCT FOR BUILD 10.0, AND IMPLEMENT CCRs 06-00094 and 07-00092
N/A H N/A 2810000 I 03/28/2012 INCORPORATED DUAL POLARIZATION AND THE FOLLOWING CCRs: 08-00035,08-00076,08-00072,08-00127,08-00177,10-00077,10-00079,10-00080,10-00082,10-00083,10-00104,11-00034,11-00099
N/A I N/A 2810000 J 12/24/2014 NCORPORATED THE FOLLOWING CCRs: 06-0006,10-00082,10-00083,11-00044,11-00045,11-00053,11-00126,12-00008,12-00052,13-00013,13-00044,13-00056
N/A J N/A 2810000 K 01/01/2018 Build 18.0