A-A-59917, COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION: SPLICE, MECHANICAL, SIMPLEX FIBER OPTIC CABLE, SHIPBOARD (02-OCT-2012)

A-A-59917, COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION: SPLICE, MECHANICAL, SIMPLEX FIBER OPTIC CABLE, SHIPBOARD (02-OCT-2012)., This Commercial Item Description (CID) covers the general requirements for mechanical fiber optic splices with the following attributes: low optical loss performance, high reliability, field-installable, compatible with loose tube, tight buffered, and blown optical multimode and single mode optical fiber, and compatible with being housed inside MIL-DTL-24728/8 fusion splice trays.