MIL-STD-2088 Bomb Rack Unit Bru, Single Store, AircraftThis standard establishes the general guidelines and criteria for the design and development of a single store bomb rack unit BRU for carriage and release of airborne stores excluding air-to-air missiles from fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft using a single suspension point or suspension points spaced at 14 or 30 inches. This standard addresses detailed requirements for gravity non-ejected, pyrotechnic, hydraulic, and pneumatic powered BRUs. Mechanical aircraft armament interoperable interfaces are incorporated to enhance cross utilization and servicing capabilities between military aircraft and aircraft stores see 3.1 of all services of the Department of Defense DoD and North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO nations.

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MIL-STD-2088B

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a. The BRU shall be operable and maintainable by a range of personnel from the 5th percentile female through the 95th percentile male, for critical body dimensions and strength characteristics, attired in personal and protective clothing and equipment. Anthropometric data for the 5th and 95th percentile armament ground crew shall be as specified in Natick TR-89/044.

b. The BRU shall be handled, serviced, and transported outside of the aircraft installation without any requirement for ancillary equipment, such as carriers, bolts, and crates.

c. Any positional indication and instructions located externally shall be flush with the general outside surface.

d. All normal BRU functional operations shall be performed without the use of special tools.

e. Ready access to functions, operations, and indications, such as, but not limited to, cartridge installation, pneumatic vessel installation, latching, loading, locking, and stray voltage checks shall be made available.

f. No components shall be accessible externally which would initiate accidental or inadvertent operation of the BRU.

g. All operation of the BRU shall require no greater than two people at any one time.

h. All services and normal function operations shall be accessible with the BRU latched and store restrained.

i. Criteria shall be applied to the design to: (1) ensure that the equipment can be efficiently, safely, and reliably maintained and operated; (2) ensure that adequate handling provisions have been included; (3) minimize human error-type failures; (4) ensure that design features will not constitute a hazard to personnel.

j. Early design effort shall include identification of human factor variables, which are most likely to require detailed study or research during later design stages, such as human performance requirements which may exceed human capabilities, degrade system objective, reflect possible unsafe practices, or may be prone to human error.

k. Access with sufficient internal space shall be provided for servicing and adjusting.

l. The design of the BRU shall have no protrusions or critically located components that could easily be damaged by normal handling or normal operation of the BRU outside of a shipping container.