Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com FOREWORD 1. This handbook is approved for use by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command and is available for use by all Departments and Agencies of the Department of Defense. 2. This handbook is for guidance only. Do not cite this document as a requirement. If it is, the contractor does not have to comply. 3. This handbook provides guidance for airworthiness qualification of armament on U.S. Army aircraft. Compared to the ADS-44 it supersedes, this handbook provides a more comprehensive discussion of the Army's armament airworthiness qualification process and the related analysis, test, and documentation requirements.
It is intended as a reference guide for military and civilian personnel who are preparing program documents such as Airworthiness Qualification Plans and statements-of-work. It can be used as a tutorial for persons unfamiliar with the Army's armament aiworthiness qualification process. It is not intended as a design guide. This handbook also includes format changes to comply with MIL-STD-967, Department of Defense Standard Practice for Defense Handbooks Format and Content. 4. This handbook was developed as an Army supplement to tri-service documents on armament and stores compatibility.
The reader is encouraged to refer to the tri-service documents listed in the Applicable Documents paragraph, especially MIL-STD-1289, MIL-HDBK-244, MIL-HDBK-1763 and JSSG-2001B. Any contradictions of this handbook with the tri-service documents should be brought to the attention of the office identified in paragraph 6. Guidelines for the use of international standardization agreements are not provided in this handbook. 5. Comments or questions should be addressed to Commander, U. S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center, ATTN:
AMSRD-AMR-SE-TD-ST, 5400 Fowler Road, Huntsville, AL 35898-5000 or emailed to WilliamSmith@rdec.redstone.army.mil. Since contact information can change, you may want to verify the currency of this address information using the ASSIST Online database at htt~:l/assist.da~s.dla.millonlinelsta~ 6. Technical questions may be addressed to the following office: U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center Redstone Arsenal ATTN: AMSRD-AMR-AE-S-W Building 4488, Room C-316 Huntsville, AL 35898-5000 Telephone: Commercial (256) 313-8465