MIL-DTL-38999/62
For eligible manufacturers who meet the above requirements, initial qualification and group C testing
for the connector/sealing boot system shall be in accordance with MIL-DTL-38999, test groups 1, 2
and 5, except group 5 shall be required for initial qualification only. For each insert arrangement to be
qualified, two crimp type mated plugs and receptacles shall be provided for testing with the associated
sealing boots. For group C periodic testing, for each qualified insert arrangement, two qualified,
mated connector pairs and associated sealing boots shall be provided, except for size 25. For size
25, only two qualified, mated pairs representing shell size 25-10 and 25-21 shall be provided. If the
manufacturer is not qualified for 25-10 or 25-21, then for group C, they shall be required to test two
mated pairs and associated sealing boots for each size 25 insert arrangement the manufacturer has
qualified. Eligible manufacturers that seek to qualify style 1 (twinax) sealing boots as a stand-alone
accessory shall conduct test groups 1, 2 and 5 with two qualified manufacturer's shell size 25
connectors, insert arrangement 25-10. For all qualification testing, contact cavities shall be fully
populated with contacts, except one size 8 contact cavity shall be populated with a qualified SAE-
AS85049/80 dummy contact and sealed with a sealing boot. For qualification of style 2 (coax) sealing
boots, two mated pairs, shell size 25, insert arrangement size 25-47, shall be required for qualification.
Group A: Sampling inspection shall consist of visual and mechanical inspection. Sampling for group
A inspection as specified in table I. Group B: Not applicable.
TABLE I. Group A sampling plan.
Lot size
Sampling size
1 to 13
100 percent
14 to 150
13 units
151 to 280
20 units
281 to 500
29 units
501 to 1,200
34 units
1,201 to 3,200
42 units
3,201 and up
54 units
Part or Identifying Number (PIN) example:
D38999/62 -
8
1
Specification sheet number
Contact size
Style
(1 = TWINAX boot. 2 = COAX boot.)
3
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