Military Directives, Handbooks and Standards Related to Reliability

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Directives Related to Reliability

• August 3, 2005 - DoD Guide for Achieving Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (266 pages, 4.3 MB)
• July 21, 2008 - MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARIES OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS OF THE DEFENSE AGENCIES DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (A&T) - SUBJECT: Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability Policy (2 pages, 1.9 MB)
• November 24, 2009 - MEMORANDUM FOR DOT&E STAFF - SUBJECT: Test and Evaluation (T&E) Initiatives (5 pages, 2.5 MB)

Handbooks and Standards Related to Reliability

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	MIL-HDBK-108 Sampling Procedures and Tables for Life and Reliability Testing (Based on Exponential Distribution) (77 pages, 6.09 MB)
	MIL-HDBK-108(1): Notice 1 (1 page, 17 KB)
	MIL-HDBK-189C: Reliability Growth Management (149 pages, 3.1 MB; updated 6/2011)
200-299
	MIL-HDBK-217F Reliability Prediction of Electronic Equipment - Notice F (205 pages, 14.9 MB)
	MIL-HDBK-217F(1): Notice 1 (37 pages, 2.78 MB)
	MIL-HDBK-217F(2): Notice 2 (80 pages, 5.91 MB)
	MIL-HDBK-251  Reliability/Design Thermal Applications [This is a 40.5 MB WinZip file that contains the document in *.pdf format (697 pages, 53.8 MB)]
300-399
	MIL-HDBK-338B Electronic Reliability Design Handbook - Revision B (1046 pages, 4.56 MB)
	MIL-HDBK-338B(1): Notice 1 (1 page, 17 KB)
	MIL-HDBK-344A Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) of Electronic Equipment - Revision A (102 pages, 4.51 MB)
	MIL-HDBK-344A(1): Notice 1 (1 page, 17 KB)
400-499
	MIL-HDBK-470A Designing and Developing Maintainable Products and Systems - Revision A (719 pages, 5.43 MB)
	MIL-HDBK-470A(1): Notice 1 (1 page, 17 KB)
	MIL-STD-471A Maintainability Verification/Demonstration/Evaluation - Revision A (64 pages, 707 KB)
	MIL-STD-471A(1): Notice 1 (56 pages, 879 KB)
	MIL-STD-471A(3): Notice 3 (1 page, 7.4 KB)
	MIL-HDBK-472 Maintainability Prediction (176 pages, 5.85 MB)
	MIL-HDBK-472(1): Notice 1 (122 pages, 3.98 MB)
500-599
600-699
	MIL-STD-690D Failure Rate Sampling Plans and Procedures - Revision D (43 pages, 673 KB)
700-799
	MIL-STD-721C Definition of Terms for Reliability and Maintainability - Revision C (18 pages, 819 KB)
	MIL-STD-721C(2): Notice 2 (1 page, 17 KB)
	MIL-STD-756B Reliability Modeling and Prediction - Revision B (85 pages, 2.91 MB)
	MIL-STD-756B(2): Notice 2 (1 pages, 3 KB)
	MIL-HDBK-781A Handbook for Reliability Test Methods, Plans, and Environments for Engineering, Development, Qualification, and Production - Revision A (411 pages, 27.1 MB)
	MIL-STD-781D Reliability Testing for Engineering Development, Qualification and Production - Revision D (47 pages, 1.46 MB)
	MIL-STD-781D(1): Notice 1 (1 pages, 4 KB)
	MIL-STD-785B Reliability Program for Systems and Equipment Development and Production - Revision B (88 pages, 12.9 MB)
	MIL-STD-785B(1): Notice 1 (3 pages, 1.07 MB)
	MIL-STD-785B(2): Notice 2 (9 pages, 760 KB)
	MIL-STD-785B(3): Notice 3 (1 page, 4 KB)
	MIL-STD-790F Established Reliability and High Reliability Qualified Products List (QPL) Systems For Electrical, Electronic, and Fiber Optic Parts Specifications - Revision F (17 pages, 834 KB)
	MIL-STD-790F(1): Notice 1 (6 pages, 20 KB)
	MIL-STD-790F(2): Notice 2 (3 pages, 15 KB)
800-899
	MIL-STD-882C System Safety Program Requirements (117 pages, 8.29 MB) Please note that this standard was superseded by MIL-STD-882D.
	MIL-STD-882C(1): Notice 1 (3 pages, 94 KB)
	MIL-STD-882D System Safety (31 pages, 116 KB)
900-999
1000-2000
	MIL-STD-1543B Reliability Program Requirements for Space and Launch Vehicles - Revision B (100 pages, 10.3 MB)
	MIL-STD-1543B(1): Notice 1 (1 pages, 3 KB)
	MIL-STD-1629A Procedures for Performing a Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis - Revision A (54 pages, 4.5 MB)
	MIL-STD-1629A(1): Notice 1 (11 pages, 882 KB)
	MIL-STD-1629A(2): Notice 2 (7 pages, 542 KB)
	MIL-STD-1629A(3): Notice 3 (1 page, 3 KB)
2000-3000
	MIL-STD-2074 Failure Classification for Reliability Testing (12 pages, 419 KB)
	MIL-STD-2074(1): Notice 1 (1 page, 15 KB)
	MIL-STD-2155 Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action Systems (17 pages, 599 KB)
	MIL-STD-2155(1): Notice 1 (1 page, 21 KB)
	MIL-STD-2164 Environmental Stress Screening Process for Electronic Equipment (49 pages, 1.25 MB)
	MIL-STD-2164(1): Notice 1 (1 page, 18 KB)
	MIL-HDBK-2164A Environmental Stress Screening Process for Electronic Equipment - Revision A (45 pages, 1.57 MB)
	MIL-STD-2173 Reliability Centered Maintenance Requirements for Naval Aircraft, Weapons Systems and Support Equipment (265 pages, 10.8 MB)
	MIL-STD-2173(2): Notice 2 (1 page, 3 KB)
33000+
	MIL-P-24534A Planned Maintenance System: Development of Maintenance Requirement Cards, Maintenance Index Pages, and Associated Documentation (149 pages, 5.32 MB)
	MIL-P-24534A(1): Notice 1 (1 page, 21 KB)
	MIL-STD-3034 Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) Process (64 pages, 5429 KB)
	MIL-STD-3034(1): Notice 1 (1 page, 71 KB)

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