Design Guidance for Producibility (Future acquisitions may refer to the "Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly” by G. Boothroyd, P. Dewhurst, and W.A. Knight)

General Information

Designation	MIL-HDBK-727
Status	Canceled
Last Update	2026-07-09
Last Document Update	2026-06-29
Publishers:
- Distributor	Defense Standardization Program Office
- Owner:	Department of the Army
- Author:	Army Research Laboratory, Weapons and Materials Research Directorate

Categories

FSG-01

FSC-MISC

Document Category

Defense Handbook

History

Version	Date	Distribution Statement	Access	Pages
Notice 2 - Cancellation	2026-06-29	A	Public	1
Notice 1 - Validation	1990-02-13	A	Public	2
Base Document	1984-04-05	A	Public	569

Responsibilities

Service	Organization	Code
Lead Standardization Activity	Executive Agent for the Defense Standardization Program	SO
Preparing Activity	Army Research Laboratory, Weapons and Materials Research Directorate	MR
Air Force	Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)	20
Army	Army Research Laboratory, Weapons and Materials Research Directorate	MR
Navy	Naval Air Systems Command	AS