Common use of EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY Clause in Contracts

EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY. A. Reliability Demonstration Seller agrees to use "Reliability Qualification Test" (RQT) plans (MIL-HDBK-781) to demonstrate, with 80% confidence, that the Equipment's reliability meets or exceeds the performance specification for reliability, based on testing of production systems and/or field data. This will be used to substantiate the claims of Equipment performance for each design. Testing will be performed by Seller on as many machines as required to establish the required confidence. If subsystems are tested individually, the subsystem goals must be apportioned from the systems goal.

EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY. A. Reliability Demonstration Demonstration: Seller agrees to use "Reliability Qualification Test" (RQT) plans (MIL-HDBK-781SEMI E10 96) to demonstrate, with 80% confidence, that the Equipment's reliability meets or exceeds the performance specification for reliability, based on testing of production systems and/or field data. This will be used to substantiate the claims of Equipment performance for each design. Testing will be performed by Seller on as many machines as required to establish the required confidence. If subsystems are tested individually, the subsystem goals must be apportioned from the systems goal.