Military Handbooks | |||
The Military Handbooks (Mil-Hdbk) listed below are a collection of the most frequently used acquisition Mil-Hdbks. For a complete comprehensive list visit the following websites:
EverySpec.com and US DoD ASSIST Note: The DoD is starting to use civilian standards instead of the traditional Mil-Stds/Hdbk as with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). |
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Number | Title | Description | Date |
61 Rev A |
Program Management: Configuration Management | This handbook provides guidance to DoD managers assigned the responsibility for configuration management on how to ensure the application of product and data configuration management to defense materiel items, in each phase of their life cycle. | 30 Sept 97 |
189 Rev A |
Program Management: Reliability Growth Management |
This handbook provides procuring activities and development contractors with an understanding of the concepts and principles of reliability growth, advantages of managing reliability growth, and guidelines and procedures to be used in managing reliability growth. | 10 Sep 09 |
237 Rev D |
Systems Engineering: Electromagnetic Environmental Effects and Spectrum Supportability Guidance for the Acquisition Process |
This handbook provides guidance for establishing and implementing effective electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) control and spectrum supportability (SS) for the design, development, and procurement of Department of Defense (DoD) platforms, systems, subsystems, or equipment. | 20 May 05 |
245 Rev D |
Program Management: Handbook for the Preparation of Statement of Work |
This handbook provides guidance to enable personnel to create a completed contract Statement Of Work (SOW) applicable to any material acquisition life‑cycle phase. It also covers the SOW preparation for non‑personal services contracts. | 3 Apr 96 |
470 Rev A |
Maintainability: Designing and Developing Maintainable Products and Systems |
The handbook provides guidance to maintainability managers and engineers in developing and implementing a sound maintainability program for all types of products. Maintainability Demonstration |
4 Aug 97 |
502 | Logistics: Acquisition Logistics |
This handbook offers guidance on acquisition logistics as an integral part of the systems engineering process. | 30 May 97 |
516 Rev B |
Program Management: Airworthiness Certification Criteria |
This handbook establishes the airworthiness certification criteria to be used in the determination of airworthiness of all manned and unmanned, fixed and rotary wing air vehicle systems. It is a foundational document to be used by the system program manager, chief/lead systems engineer, and contractors to define their air system’s airworthiness certification basis. | 5 Feb 04 |
791 | Maintainability: Maintainability Design Techniques Metric |
This handbook provides basic information on the design of equipment so that the equipment can be (a) serviced efficiently and effectively if servicing is required and (b) repaired efficiently and effectively if it should fail. | 17 Mar 88 |
881 Rev A |
Program Management: Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) |
This handbook offers uniformity in definition and consistency of approach for developing the top levels of the WBS. | 3 Jul 05 |
1785 | Systems Engineering: System Security Engineering Program Management Requirements |
A guide that contains procedures for contracting an System Security Engineering (SSE)effort and the System Security Management Plan (SSMP). | 1 Aug 95 |
4151.18-H | Logistics: Depot Maintenance Capacity & Utilization Measurement |
This handbook provides updated guidance for a common methodology to measure and provide visibility of the capacity and utilization of DoD organic activities that perform depot-level maintenance of military materiel. | 1 Mar 07 |
5200.1-H | Security: Handbook for Writing Security Classification Guides |
The primary purpose of this Handbook is to provide assistance to those who are responsible for the writing of a security classification guide, some discussion of classification and declassification principles is warranted. | Nov 99 |
5205.02-M | Security: DoD Operations Security (OPSEC) Program Manual |
It is DoD policy according to establish and maintain OPSEC programs to ensure national security-related missions and functions are protected. This Manual lists baseline requirements. | 3 Nov 08 |
70450.7H | Program Management: Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) Structure Handbook |
This Handbook covers the structure of the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) for all major force programs. | April 04 |
7600.07-M | Auditing: DoD Audit Manual |
Assists DoD audit organizations in complying with the auditing standards in Comptroller General of the United States Standards. | 13 Feb 09 |
Other Resources | |||
Database | US DoD ASSIST | ASSIST is the management system that supports DoD Standardization Management Activities (SMAs) in establishing projects, coordinating draft documents, obtaining document numbers, and submitting documents for indexing. | |
Database | EverySpec.com | A source of free downloads of government and military standards, specifications, handbooks, and documents | |
Reliability Document Website | Military Directives, Handbooks and Standards Related to Reliability | ||
DoD Government Charge Card Guidebook | 30 April 09 | ||