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Purpose.

The purpose of this standard is to describe the general process to achieve and maintain the physical and functional integrity of the mechanical elements of aircraft systems. The goal of this integrity program is to achieve the desired level of safety and aircraft availability at the most economic cost across the life cycle of the weapon system. This standard allows the process to be tailored in a competitive environment to meet specific equipment, subsystem, and/or system requirements. The Mechanical Equipment and Subsystems Integrity Program (MECSIP) is implemented in the planning process and continued until retirement of the system.

The MECSIP applies to both development and non-development items, including those that are commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) items. For development items, the purpose of this process is to establish and sustain a design that meets the service life, mission, usage, and environmental requirements. For non-development items, the emphasis is on definition of the capabilities of the item when subjected to the intended service life, mission, usage and environments. If shortfalls are identified in the existing capabilities of a non-development item, the Program then has the necessary information to initiate the appropriate trades relative to the cost of the design change versus required performance, maintenance actions, total operating cost, impact on mission, etc.

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