MIL-PRF-10436N
6.3 First article. When a first article inspection is required, the item(s) should be a pre-
production model(s). The first article should consist of ten units. The contracting officer should
include specific instructions in acquisition documents regarding arrangements for examinations,
approval of the first article test results and disposition of the first articles. Invitation for bids
should provide that the Government reserves the right to waive the requirement for samples for
first article inspection to those bidders offering a product that has been previously acquired or
tested to this specification by the Government, and that bidders offering such products, who wish
to rely on such production or test, must furnish evidence with the bid that prior Government
approval is appropriate for the pending contract. Bidders should not submit alternative bids
unless specifically requested to do so in the solicitation.
6.4 Marking of license exempt item. The contracting officer should take the necessary action
to ensure proper marking when a license exempt item is being furnished (see 3.6.6.2.2).
6.5 Definitions. The following definitions apply for this specification.
6.5.1 Compass durability. The compass will have a 99% probability of success with a 95%
low confidence level during a 12-year life.
6.5.2 Historical samples. Five compasses are randomly selected from the first two hundred
production compasses from the first lot and forwarded to the U.S. Army Communications-
Electronics Command, Directorate for Safety, ATTN: AMSEL-SF-RE, Building 2539,
Laboratory Road, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5024. The Government retains these compasses
for comparative purposes and to establish a historical audit trail.
6.6 Subject term (key word) listing.
Magnetic
Lensatic
Graduated
Induction damped
Self-luminous
6.7 Changes from previous issue. Marginal notations are not used in this revision to identify
changes with respect to the previous issue due to the extensiveness of the changes.
6.8 Comparison inspection.
6.8.1 Government verification testing. The Government performs verification testing of
production compasses as follows:
Five compasses will be randomly selected from each production lot of 3,200
compasses for removable contamination, water leakage, and luminosity testing.
These five compasses cannot be from previously selected samples, but are chosen
from the remaining compasses of the lot. There are no substitutions. The
contractor performs a contamination wipe test on these five compasses. These
compasses are not washed or cleaned, in any way, following the test. The
compasses and wipes are forwarded to the U.S. Army Communications-
Electronics Command, Directorate for Safety, ATTN: AMSEL-SF-RE, Building
2539, Laboratory Road, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5024 for liquid scintillation
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