Common use of Essential Function Failure (EFF) Clause in Contracts

Essential Function Failure (EFF). Any incident or malfunction of the system that causes (or could have caused) the loss of one or more essential functions or degradations of an EF below specified levels. An EFF prevents the system from being fully mission capable (FMC) under wartime definitions. EFFs of such degree that cause the system to be not mission capable (NMC) are also defined as System Aborts (SA).

Essential Function Failure (EFF). Any incident or malfunction of the system that causes (or could have caused) the loss of one or more essential functions or degradations of an EF EFF below specified levels. An EFF prevents the system from being fully mission capable (FMC) under wartime definitions. EFFs of such degree that cause the system to be not mission capable (NMC) are also defined as System Aborts (SA).