MIL-HDBK-454 Revision B:2007

FOREWORD
1 SCOPE
  1.1 Guidelines applicable to electronic
      equipment
  1.2 Revision of guidelines
      1.2.1 Redating
  1.3 Method of reference
  1.4 Interrelationship of guidelines
2 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS
  2.1 Individual guidelines
  2.2 Industry addresses
3 DEFINITIONS
  3.1 Airborne, space, aerospace
  3.2 Other terms are defined in the individual
      guidelines
4 GENERAL GUIDELINES
  4.1 Application
  4.2 Use of selection and application standards
5 DETAIL GUIDELINES
  5.1 Individual guidelines for electronic equipment
6 NOTES
  6.1 Subject term (key word) listing
  6.2 Changes from previous issue
INDIVIDUAL GUIDELINES
Guideline 1 Safety Design Criteria - Personnel
             Hazards
Guideline 2 Capacitors
Guideline 3 Flammability
Guideline 4 Fungus Inert Materials
Guideline 5 Soldering
Guideline 6 Bearings
Guideline 7 Interchangeability
Guideline 8 Electrical Overload Protection
Guideline 9 Workmanship
Guideline 10 Electrical Connectors
Guideline 11 Insulating Materials, Electrical
Guideline 12 Fastener Hardware
Guideline 13 Structural Welding
Guideline 14 Transformers, Inductors, and Coils
Guideline 15 Metals, Corrosion Resistance
Guideline 16 Dissimilar Metals
Guideline 17 Printed Wiring
Guideline 18 Derating of Electronic Parts and
             Materials
Guideline 19 Terminations
Guideline 20 Wire, Hookup, Internal
Guideline 21 Castings
Guideline 22 Parts Management
Guideline 23 Adhesives
Guideline 24 Welds, Resistance, Electrical
             Interconnections
Guideline 25 Electrical Power
Guideline 26 Arc-Resistant Materials
Guideline 27 Batteries
Guideline 28 Controls
Guideline 29 Electron Tubes
Guideline 30 Semiconductor Devices
Guideline 31 Moisture Pockets
Guideline 32 Test Provisions
Guideline 33 Resistors
Guideline 34 Nomenclature
Guideline 35 Reliability
Guideline 36 Accessibility
Guideline 37 Circuit Breakers
Guideline 38 Quartz Crystals and Oscillator Units
Guideline 39 Fuses and Fuse Holders
Guideline 40 Shunts
Guideline 41 Springs
Guideline 42 Tuning Dial Mechanisms
Guideline 43 Lubricants
Guideline 44 Fibrous Materials, Organic
Guideline 45 Corona and Electrical Breakdown Prevention
Guideline 46 Motors and Rotary Power Converters
Guideline 47 Encapsulation and Embedment (Potting)
Guideline 48 Gears
Guideline 49 Hydraulics
Guideline 50 Indicator Lights
Guideline 51 Meters, Electrical Indicating
Guideline 52 Thermal Design
Guideline 53 Waveguides and Related Devices
Guideline 54 Maintainability
Guideline 55 Enclosures
Guideline 56 Rotary Servo Devices
Guideline 57 Relays
Guideline 58 Switches
Guideline 59 Brazing
Guideline 60 Sockets and Accessories
Guideline 61 Electromagnetic Interference Control
Guideline 62 Human Engineering
Guideline 63 Special Tools
Guideline 64 Microelectronic Devices
Guideline 65 Cable, Coaxial (RF)
Guideline 66 Cable, Multiconductor
Guideline 67 Marking
Guideline 68 Readouts and Displays
Guideline 69 Internal Wiring Practices
Guideline 70 Electrical Filters
Guideline 71 Cable and Wire, Interconnection
Guideline 72 Substitutability
Guideline 73 Standard Electronic Modules
Guideline 74 Grounding, Bonding, and Shielding
Guideline 75 Electrostatic Discharge Control
Guideline 76 Fiber Optics
Guideline 77 Integrated Diagnostics
Guideline 78 Producibility
TABLES
INDEX
CONCLUDING MATERIAL

Describes guidance and lessons learned in the selection of documentation for the design of electronic equipment. This handbook is for guidance only and cannot be cited as a requirement. If it is, the contractor does not have to comply.