Since the cancellation in 1998 of MIL-STD-785B, Reliability Program for Systems and Equipment Development and Production, government and industry have not had a commercial-government reliability standard for use in contractual documents that describes the kinds of reliability management practices and reliability design and testing activities the program will want suppliers to propose. A reliability standard is needed that aligns with best practices, but is not prescriptive in reliability tasks or methods to be performed. Rather, suppliers are considered equal partners in deciding which reliability methods provide most value and least risk in achieving reliability goals.