MIL-HDBK-1467, DOD HDBK, ACQUISITION OF SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS AND SUPPORT SOFTWARE (10 DEC 1997). This handbook establishes guidelines for the acquisition of new common operating environment (COE) items and ensuring the compatibility of these items with the designated COE. Further, it establishes guidelines for the contracting activity's use in contracting for SEE items, to ensure the compatibility of each SEE item with the contracting activity's designated Life Cycle Software Engineering Environment (LCSEE), and to ensure the existence of a complete life cycle support capability for application software that is to be delivered under the contract.