This handbook is intended to provide information and the methods used to obtain the data to establish that sufficient compatibility exists between an aircraft, specific stores, and suspension equipment to justify certification for carriage and employment of the stores for use on that aircraft. By this standardization, responsible agencies may then be assured that a test run by any agency will still provide the same data they would require, thereby, facilitating the transfer of data between agencies and eliminating the duplication of tests. This handbook purposely does not address the following:

a. Certain aspects of the safety testing of munitions, such as insensitive munitions, rough handling, storage, accelerated aging, or transportation tests.

b. Tests of basic materials or piece parts, such as transistors, and integrated circuits.

c. Munition effectiveness.