scope:

The purpose of this standard is to:

a. Provide equipment designers, manufacturers and users with lists of microcircuits considered to be most acceptable for military applications.

b. Control and minimize the variety of microcircuits used by military activities in order to facilitate effective logistic support of equipment in the field.

c. Concentrate economic support, improvement and production of the microcircuits listed in this standard.

This standard establishes the requirements for the selection of microcircuits used in the design, manufacture and support of military equipment and identifies those devices which are less acceptable for new designs because of their nonavailability or impending obsolescence, or their problems in performance, reliability or other characteristics.