1. The Concept of Reliability2. The Definition of Reliability3. The Exponential Case of Chance Failures4. The Derivation of the Reliability Function5. Useful Life of Components6. Wearout and Reliability7. Combined Effects of Chance and Wearout Failures8. Early Failures and the Life Function of Components9. The Exponential and Poisson Distributions 10. Reliability of Series Systems11. Reliability of Parallel Systems12. Reliability of Stand-by Systems13. Bayes’ Theorem in Reliability14. Component Modes of Failure and System Reliability15. Component Failure Rates at System Stress Levels16. Safety and Reliability of Aircraft and Airborne Systems17. System Maintenance, Availability, and Dependability18. Reliability Design Considerations19. Design Analysis Examples20. Overhauls and Part Replacements21. Component Reliability Measurements22. Confidence Limits23. System Reliability Measurements24. Sequential Reliability Tests25. The Implementation of Reliability26. The State-of-Art of ReliabilityIndex