Please forgive me if this is a dead horse long ago disposed of: We in the aerospace industry are under increasing pressure to justify commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware whenever possible. We are also trying to come to grips with suitable replacements for cancelled, or about to be cancelled military specifications (e,g., MIL-STD-2000A, MIL-S-13949, QQ-S-571, etc.). Both of these issues require thorough materials and processes (M&P) involvement. Undoubtedly there are those shock troops of the M&P world who have cleared a path for us followers. I would appreciate hearing off-line from all of you M&P engineers out there on these two issues. [log in to unmask] ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################