sentences:  In 1996, as part of the OSD Mandate For Change, MIL-STD-1388 was cancelled.It was briefly replaced by MIL-PRF-49506 while a "civilian" replacement was being sought.Alternative military specifications from other countries appeared as a replacement for MIL-STD-1388, namely DEF STAN 00-60 by the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)in 1998 (later replaced by DEF STAN 00-600 in 2010) or DEF (AUST) 5692 by the Australian Department of Defence in 2003.