Xpert Mil Specs and Standards

The Xpert Mil Specs and Standards database is the world's largest collection of unclassified U.S. military and federal specifications, standards, drawings, and related documents. This database helps ensure compliance to military and federal contractual requirements by allowing users to:

Identify product performance requirements
Plan design and manufacturing process steps and deliverables
Locate drawings and technical specifications on approved parts and materials
Create test plans and report results
Maintain products in the field
Find and contact preparers and reviewers

Data Content

The Xpert Mil Specs and Standards database contains more than 80,000 active and 210,000 historical documents. The following document types are included:

Military Specifications and Standards
Federal Specifications and Standards
Military and Federal Qualified
Product Lists (QPLs)
Military Handbooks
Military Bulletins
MS Drawings
AND, ANA, AN Drawings
USAF and NAF Standards
Data Item Descriptions (DIDs)
Federal Information Processing
Standards (FIPS)
Joint Army-Navy Specifications and
Standards (JANS)
NASA Documents
DoD Directives (DODDs)
Army Regulations
Federal Construction Regulations (FCRs)
FAA Documents
Naval Instructions and Directives (NIDs)
DoD-Adopted Industry Standards
NATO Documents
DOE Documents

Functionality

You can locate documents using one or more of the following search items:

Document Number
Document Type (such as Mil Spec, Fed Spec, DoD-Adopted, NASA Document, etc.)
Keywords within the Title, Scope, Intended Use, or Keyword Paragraphs
Keyword(s) within the Document Outline
Federal Supply Class (FSC)

Built-in search filters simplify searching by allowing you to limit searches to:

Active Documents (new/revised/all)
Historical
HOT SPECS¨ (7-day, cumulative)
Document status

Documents also incorporate both context-sensitive online help and hypertext links to all applicable documents, including DoD-Adopted Industry Standards.

All specifications and standards include the names, addresses, and fax numbers of both preparers and reviewers.

The system can automatically generate a summary report containing detailed information such as preparing activity, FSC code and description, issue date, coordination, distribution, unit of measure, revision in progress, QPL required, and AMSC.

Viewing Images

Documents are provided in a raster-scanned image format. The supplied image viewer allows you to:

Pan, zoom, and rotate images to view exactly what you need.
Quickly navigate from page to page, or jump to a specific page in the document.
Temporarily magnify hard-to-read portions of a page without zooming in and out.
Print a portion of a page, a full page, or a range of pages.
Export a portion of a page, a full page, or a range of pages to a TIFF file, for later incorporation into a specification or other documentation.

Updating

The Xpert Mil Specs and Standards database is updated every 60 days. A HOT SPEC¨ 7-day update service is also available.

Requirements

Congruity(TM); Technical Information System
2 GB disk space.

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