scope:

This standard establishes design safety criteria for fuzes and Safety and Aiming (S&A) devices that are subsystems of fuzes.

This standard applies to the design of fuzes and S&A devices.

This standard does not apply to fuzes and S&A devices for the following:

a. Nuclear weapon systems and trainers.

b. Hand grenades.

c. Flares and signals dispensed by hand-held devices.

d. Manually emplaced ordnance items.

e. Pyrotechnic countermeasure devices.

intended Use:

This standard establishes specific design safety criteria for fuzes and safety and arming devices.