scope:

Guidelines applicable to electronic equipment. This handbook covers the common guidelines to be used in military specifications for electronic equipment.

Revisions of guidelines. Revisions of individual guidelines are indicated by a date below the guideline number located at the bottom of the page. When the basic document is revised, those guidelines not affected by change retain in their existing date.

Redatinq. Although individual guidelines are reviewed and updated or validated at least once every eighteen months, guidelines are not redated unless technical changes are made.

Method of reference. Guidelines contained herein should be referenced in the individual specification by specifying this handbook and the guideline number.

Interrelationship, of guidelines. Each guideline is intended to cover some discipline in the design of equipment, such as a procedure, a process or the selection and application of parts and materials. Many of these disciplines, however, cannot retain a clear-cut separation or isolation from others so that when guidelines of MIL-HDBK-454 are referenced in a specification some guidelines will undoubtedly have a direct interrelationship with other guidelines. This interrelationship should be taken into consideration when invoking or using these guidelines.