MIL-PRF-18148D
military unique because they are required to withstand exposure to prolonged periods to extreme
seagoing environments not encountered by civilian aircraft.
6.2 Acquisition requirements. Acquisition documents should specify the following:
a. Title, number, and date of the specification and applicable specification sheet.
b. Solicitations and contracts should cite Revision C of MIL-STD-810.
c. Packaging requirements (see 5.1).
d. Connector required, including PIN, NSN, and quantity.
e. Qualification testing and conformance inspections are required as indicated herein
and should not be waived (see table IV for the quantity of samples required).
h. Responsibility for inspection and sample selection (see 6.7).
i. Whether a certificate of conformity is required (see 3.4).
6.3 Qualification. With respect to products requiring qualification, awards will be
made only for products which are, at the time of award of contract, qualified for inclusion in
Qualified Products List QPL 18148, whether or not such products have actually been so listed by
that date. The attention of the contractors is called to these requirements, and manufacturers are
urged to arrange to have the products that they propose to offer to the Federal Government tested
for qualification in order that they may be eligible to be awarded contracts or orders for the
products covered by this specification. Information pertaining to qualification of products may
be obtained from Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Global Deterrence and Defense
Department, Power and Circuit Board Technologies Division, Code GXSL, 300 Highway 361,
Crane, IN 47522-5001.
6.4 Application for qualification. Applicants obtain the approval of the qualifying
activity before submitting samples for qualification inspection. The process starts when the
manufacturer applies for qualification by letter to the qualifying activity indicated in 6.3. SD-6,
"Provisions Governing Qualification" provides guidance concerning the necessary information
and certification. Copies of SD-6 are available online at https://assist.daps.dla.mil/quicksearch/ or
https://assist.daps.dla.mil or from the Standardization Document Order Desk, 700 Robbins
Avenue, Building 4D, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094.
6.5 Conformance inspection. Conformance inspection by the qualifying activity will be
limited to the amount deemed necessary to determine compliance with the contract and will be
limited in severity to the definitive quality assurance provisions established in this specification
and the contract. The amount of conformance inspection by the qualifying activity may be
adjusted to make maximum use of the contractor's quality control system and the quality history
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