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:

An item consisting of one or more definite lengths of straight or formed, flexible or rigid, prefabricated hollow tubing of conductive material. The tubing has a predetermined cross section and is designed to guide or conduct high frequency electromagnetic energy through its interior. One or more ends are terminated. May include common mounting of a switch, wave guide, a dummy load, electrical and other components such as waveguide section, cable terminal chamber and the like. Excludes coupler, rotary, radio frequency; coupler, directional; adapter, waveguide; and tuner, waveguide.