DATA ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title: PROGRAM-UNIQUE SPECIFICATION DOCUMENTS
Number: DI-SDMP-81493A Approval Date: 1 August 2003
AMSC Number: D7503 Limitation: N/A
DTIC Applicable: No GIDEP Applicable: No
Office of Primary Responsibility: OSD-SO
Applicable Forms: N/A
Use, Relationships: A program-unique specification will be used to specify functional and
performance requirements and, where applicable, design solutions for systems, items, software,
processes, and materials developed and manufactured for use with a single system, product, or
application. Requirements are stated, as applicable, in terms of required results, the environment
in which it must operate, interface, and interchange characteristics; materials to be used; how the
item is to be fabricated or constructed; and criteria for verifying compliance. Program-unique
specification documents are intended for reference in contracts.
This Data Item Description (DID) contains the content and format preparation instructions for
program-unique specification documents, and for revisions thereto, described in MIL-STD-961.
This DID should not be invoked for items used in multiple systems, products, or applications. In
multiple application cases, specification documents should be prepared in accordance with DI-
SDMP-81464A and DI-SDMP-81465A.
System specifications should not be prepared in accordance with this DID if DI-IPSC-81431A is
included in the Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL). Software specifications should not be
prepared in accordance with this DID if DI-IPSC-81433A, DI-IPSC-81434A, and DI-IPSC-
81441A are included in the CDRL.
This DID supersedes DI-SDMP-81493.
Requirements:
1. Reference documents.
The applicable issue of the documents cited herein, including their
approval dates and dates of any applicable amendments, notices, and revisions, shall be as
specified in the contract.
2. Format and content.
Format and content for program-unique specification documents,
and revisions to program-unique specification documents, shall be in accordance with paragraphs
4.1 through 5.14 of MIL-STD-961.
3. END OF DI-SDMP-81493A.
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