Our urgent requirements to improve the operational performance of weapon systems while reducing their operating and support costs can be met only by improving their quality and reliability. Environmental stress screening (ESS) has been shown to be a significant aid towards meeting these objectives. This document is the culmination of work that began in the mid-1980s when industry, with Government encouragement, initiated the revision and improvement of existing Government ESS guidelines. The

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... artments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force have collaborated in its preparation. It provides guidance for implementing the ESS requirements in DoD Instruction 5000.2, encouraging consistency in interpretation among all three services. By providing a single source of ESS management methods, engineering guidance, best practices and issues to be considered in preparing contracts, this document will help program managers, project engineers, and contracting officers implement a successful environmental stress screening program. We encourage you to use it.