MIL-DTL-49055F
5. PACKAGING
5.1 Packaging. For acquisition purposes, the packaging requirements shall be as specified in the
contract or order (see 6.2). When actual packaging of materiel is to be performed by DoD personnel, or
in-house contractor personnel, these personnel need to contact the responsible packaging activity to
ascertain packaging requirements. Packaging requirements are maintained by the Inventory Control
Point packaging activities within the Military Service or Defense Agency, or within the military service's
system command. Packaging data retrieval is available from the managing Military Service or Defense
Agency's automated packaging files, CD-ROM products, or by contacting the responsible packaging
activity.
6. NOTES
(This section contains information of a general or explanatory nature that may be helpful, but is not
mandatory.)
6.1 Intended use. This specification is being retained as a military detail specification because of
environmental requirements, including operational temperatures from 55 °C to 200 °C. Electrical cables
covered by this specification are suitable for use in aerospace, ground, and shipboard applications to
provide minimum size, weight, and space.
6.2 Acquisition requirements. Acquisition documents should specify the following:
a. Title, number, and date of the specification.
b. Title, number, and date of the applicable specification sheet (see 3.1).
e. Total number of feet and acceptable minimum continuous length (see 3.4.3.1).
f. Inspection conditions, if other than as specified (see 4.3).
g. Qualification and qualification retention data requirements (see 4.4).
i. Test specimen length, if other than as specified (see 4.6.16).
6.3 Qualification. With respect to products requiring qualification, awards will be made only for
products which are, at the time of award of contract, qualified for inclusion in Qualified Products List QPL
No. 49055 whether or not such products have actually been so listed by that date. The attention of the
contractors is called to these requirements, and manufacturers are urged to arrange to have the products
that they propose to offer to the Federal Government tested for qualification in order that they may be
eligible to be awarded contracts or orders for the products covered by this specification. Information
pertaining to qualification of products may be obtained from DLA Land and Maritime-VQP, P.O. Box
3990, Columbus, Ohio 43218-3990 or via email vqp.jbc@dla.mil. An online listing of products qualified to
this specification may be found in the Qualified Products Database (QPD) at https://assist.dla.mil.
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