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:

One or more individually jacketed fiber, optic contained in a common covering or two or more fiber, optic molded together but separated from each other. It may also contain one or more insulated electrical conductors. It is intended for use in data transmission and communication, control, and indicating circuits. It refers to bulk quantities only. For items of definite length with polished ends, cleaved ends and/or the ends terminated with a fitting, see cable assembly, fiber optic.