Unmanned Systems Safety Guide for DoD Acquisition

Abstract

The Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000.1 instructs Program Mangers (PMs) to prevent Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health (ESOH) hazards, where possible, and manage ESOH hazards where they cannot be avoided. Further guidance regarding the prevention and management of ESOH hazards is also provided in the Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG), Section 2.3.14. This guide focuses on safety and health hazards and supports the overall ESOH risk management tenets of DoDI 5000.2. This Guide should be used in conjunction with the DoD Standard Practice for System Safety prescribed in Military Standard (MIL-STD) 882. The objective of this guidance is to ensure the design and development of Unmanned Systems (UMSs) technology that incorporate the necessary safety design rigor to prevent potential mishaps, or mitigate potential mishap risk. OSD directed this safety guidance also consider real and potential Concepts of Operation (CONOPS) of UMSs and establish fundamental operational safety requirements necessary to support safe operation of the UMS. This guidance provides a generic set of safety precepts and safety design considerations and establishes a starting point toward ensuring safety is a fundamental pillar of the acquisition process and incorporates those necessary design considerations to safely sustain UMSs. PMs for UMS and unmanned variants of manned systems are encouraged to apply this guidance to all UMS acquisition efforts and to all levels and elements of a UMS design: system, subsystem, hardware, and software. PMs should address the applicable programmatic, operational, and design precepts defined in this Guide at design reviews to include Critical Design Review (CDR). This guide should be used in conjunction with related directives, instructions, policy memoranda, or regulations issued to implement mandatory requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 27, 2007
Accession Number
ADA472102

Entities

Organizations

  • Office Of The Under Secretary Of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Explosives
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Ignition
  • Organizational Structure
  • Safety Engineering
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Weapon Control

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy