Special Features:

Items are being coded as critical to insure source inspection will be performed at the point of manufacture, prior to material receipt by the us navy or other dod components. These items are piece parts or end items in support of vital military hardware necessary to sustain the successful mission of the ships, submarines, and shore stations of the us navy. Critical features including, but not limited to, dimensions, tolerances/clearances, electronic characteristics, and metallurgical properties will bespecified for government q ar (quality assurance representatives) to insure the highest possible degree of quality and reliability of these parts being delivered under navicp contracts

Properties:

An item specifically designed for mechanically or electronically positioning one or more waveguide sections so as to couple it or them to other sections in a waveguide system. The switching function may be operated by a manual actuator, an electromechanical actuator or by means of an arrangement of semiconductors and passive circuit devices. Excludes relay, (as modified).