Originally Posted by
gasax
Speccing the equipment is obviously critical and the military has a hugely unfortunate tendency to make it all far to too difficult. The best example I can think of is the coffee machine on a certain US aircraft, capable of operating at +6,-3g, massive temperature margins and can withstand a 27g impact.
Indeed... a few years back, I was involved with the Pilot Cooling Unit for JSF pilots (which pumps coolant through the flight suit).
The unit had an EMC susceptibility requirement that was laughable... power levels 1/4 of the spec would have killed the pilot...