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performance of the inspection requirements specified herein, unless disapproved by the
Government. The Government reserves the right to perform any of the inspections set forth in this
specification where such inspections are deemed necessary to ensure supplies and services conform
to prescribed requirements (see 6.2).
4.1.1 Responsibility for compliance. All items shall meet all requirements of sections 3 and
5. The inspection set forth in this specification shall become a part of the contractor's overall
inspection system or quality program. The absence of any inspection requirements in the
specification shall not relieve the contractor of the responsibility of ensuring that all products
or supplies submitted to the Government for acceptance comply with all requirements of the
contract. Sampling inspection, as part of manufacturing operations, is an acceptable practice
to ascertain conformance to requirements; however, this does not authorize submission of known
defective material,either indicated or actual, nor does it commit the Government to acceptance
of defective material.
4.1.2 Quality assurance terms and definitions. Reference shall be made to MIL-STD-109 to
define the quality assurance terms used.
4.1.3 Inspections. Inspections shall be in accordance with MIL-A-2550 and MIL-STD-453.
4.2 Classification of inspections. The inspection requirements specified herein are
classified as follows:
a. First article inspection (see 4.4)
b. Quality conformance inspection (see 4.5)
4.3 Inspection conditions. Unless otherwise specified in the contract or purchase order (see
6.2), inspection conditions shall be as follows:
a.
Temperature: Room ambient 20 to 25 C (68 to 77 F)
b.
Altitude: Sea level
c.
Humidity: 50 percent relative, maximum
d.
Atmospheric: 14.7 psia
4.4 First article inspection. At the beginning of regular production, the contractor shall
submit a first article sample to a Government approved facility for evaluation. The sample shall
consist of 21 assembled cartridges for ballistics testing including 12 for vibration tests (to be
selected from ballistic samples), 5 assembled cartridges for sealant tests, 10 sets of unassembled
componentsfor dimensional and visual examination, and a quantity in accordance with 4.4.2, i.e.,
cartridges assembled without the igniter and propellant charge for primer sensitivity test. The
first article sample shall be manufactured using the same materials, equipment, processes, and
procedures as used in regular production. All parts and materials, including packaging and
packing, shall be the same as used for regular production and shall be obtained from the same
source of supply. When it becomes necessary to make a change in either the primer, propellant, or
igniter lot after initial production, 12 assembled cartridges from the first production lot
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