MIL-HDBK-6870 Nondestructive Inspection Program Requirements for Aircraft and Missile Materials and PartsThis handbook provides guidance to government personnel and contractors for defining the requirements for establishing an acceptable Nondestructive Inspection NDI program for the development, production, and sustainment phases of DoD aircraft and missile structural components when directly referenced in the item specification contract or order. This handbook is for guidance only and cannot be cited as a requirement.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HANDBOOKS

MIL-HDBK-516 Airworthiness Certification Criteria

MIL-HDBK-1783 Engine Structural Integrity Program (ENSIP)

MIL-HDBK-1823 Nondestructive Evaluation System Reliability Assessment

(Copies of these documents are available online at https://assist.dla.mil/quicksearch/ or from the

Standardization Document Order Desk, 700 Robbins Avenue, Building 4D, Philadelphia PA

19111-5094.)

2.2.2 Other Government documents.

The following other Government documents, drawings, and publications form a part of this document to the extent specified herein.

AIR FORCE · ARMY - NAVY TECHNICAL MANUAL

T.O. 33B-1-2/

TM 1-1500-366-23/ NAVAIR 01-1A-16-2

Nondestructive Inspection General Procedures and Process

Controls

(Copies of this document are available from the AF NDI Office, AFRL/RXSST, 4750 Staff Dr., Tinker AFB OK 73145, DSN 339-4931 or 405-739-4931.)

2.3 Non·Government publications.

The following documents form a part of this document to the extent specified herein.

ASTM INTERNATIONAL

ASTM B244 Standard Test Method for Measurement of Thickness of Anodic Coatings on Aluminum and of other Nonconductive Coatings on Nonmagnetic Basis Metals with Eddy-Current Instruments (DoD Adopted)

ASTM E164 Standard Practice for Contact Ultrasonic Testing of Weldments (DoD Adopted)

ASTM E213 Standard Practice for Ultrasonic Testing of Metal Pipe and Tubing

ASTM E215 Standard Practice for Standardizing Equipment for Electromagnetic

Testing of Seamless Aluminum-Alloy Tube (DoD Adopted)

ASTM E309 Standard Practice for Eddy-Current Examination of Steel Tubular

Products Using Magnetic Saturation (DoD Adopted)

ASTM E376 Standard Practice for Measuring Coating Thickness by Magnetic Field or Eddy-Current (Electromagnetic) Testing Methods (DoD Adopted)

ASTM E426 Standard Practice for Electromagnetic (Eddy-Current) Examination of Seamless and Welded Tubular Products, Austenitic Stainless Steel and Similar Alloys (DoD Adopted)

ASTM E427 Standard Practice for Testing for Leaks Using the Halogen Leak

Detector (Alkali-Ion Diode)

ASTM Standard Practice for Leaks Using the Mass Spectrometer Leak