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 insulating panel upon which completely processed electrical conductor paths are deposited, etched, or printed in various patterns to provide or complete a circuit between two or more points. It may provide contacts for plug-in connecting facilities. It may be designed for panel or chassis mounting, or for insertion into a connector, receptacle, electrical. For items containing printed electronic components, see printed circuit board. For items containing separately manufactured electronic components, see circuit card assembly. For items consisting only of electrical conductor paths and two or more connectors, see backplane assembly.