System Safety Engineering
System Safety Engineering
System safety engineering involves planning, identifying, documenting, and mitigating hazards that contribute to mishaps involving defense systems, platforms, or personnel (military and the public). The system safety practice aids in optimizing the safety of a system.
Department of Defense (DoD) engineers use the systems engineering process to influence system designs during all stages of the defense acquisition life cycle to mitigate identified hazards. The system safety engineering process applies to both hardware and software within the system or its associated system of systems (SoS).
With the coming influx of autonomous systems, artificial intelligence features, and the growing volume and complexity of software within systems, it is imperative to further develop and optimize the system safety engineering discipline to address these challenges.
Communities and Working Groups
Joint Weapon Safety Working Group
- The weapon system safety community from the Services collaborate through the Joint Weapon Safety Working Group. The group was chartered by DoD Instruction 5000.69, DoD Joint Services Weapon and Laser System Safety Review Processes. The group meets periodically to address safety challenges facing the community.
DoD System Safety Roundtable
- The system safety discipline is establishing a System Safety Roundtable to tackle current and emerging challenges. The working groups established by the Roundtable process engage these challenges with both Government and industry participants.
DoD Explosives Safety Board (DDESB)
- Visit the DoD Explosives Safety Board for more information.
Service-Specific Safety Communities
- Navy
- Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity (NOSSA) (Navy)
- Weapon Systems Explosives Safety Review Board (WSESRB) (Navy)
- Acquisition Safety Steering Committee (ASSC) Community of Practice (Navy)
- Air Force
- Directed Energy Weapons Safety Board (DEWSB) (Air Force)
- Non-Nuclear Munitions Safety Board (NNMSB) (Air Force)
- Nuclear Weapons System Safety Group (NWSSG) (Air Force)
CONTACT US
Send an email to Engineering/System Safety Engineering
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense,
Research and Engineering (USD(R&E))
The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301
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