scope:

SAE Standard JA 1000 fully applies for Reliability and associated activities.

SAE standard JA 1010 fully applies for Maintability and associated activities.

In addition to the requirements and contents of the SAE Standards listed above, the NATO Supplements in the following paragraph shall be applied.

NATO SUPPLEMENTS

The structure and numbering of paragraphs in the NATO supplements to this document correspond with those in the referenced SAE Reliability and Maintability Programme Standards: JA 1000 and JA 1010. Where no NATO supplements are required, then references to the SAE document paragraphs are omitted from this document.

Purpose

For the purpose of this standard, all the reliability and maintability activities together constitute the R&M programme.

Applicability

This document applies to all material when referenced, in part or as a whole, in a contract or in a contract purchase order. If any inconsistency exists between the contract requireemtns and this document then the contract requirements shall prevail. This standard does not preclude the use of other standards, provided the intent of this standard is preserved.

This standard applies to all phrases of the R&M programme. It also applies to all acquisitions whether acquired from design and development efforts, from production efforts, from existing stocks (e.g.: off-the-shelf), or from some combination thereof.

Sub-Contractors

The Supplier (at all tiers) shall ensure that system elements obtained from sub-contractors will enable him to meet the R&M requirements. All sub-contracts shall include provisions for the Supplier to monitor, review and evaluate the R&M activities of the sub-contractor.

Off-the-Shelf Procurement

The procurement and integration of off-the-shelf equipment can provide particular challenges to system reliability and maintability; therefore it is important that this document is rigorously applied to military procurement projects where the use of off-the-shelf equipment is being considered.

Integration of Customer Supplied or Specified Equipment (CSE)

Where the customer provides CSE, the customer shall provide the supplier with all available information on R&M of CSE. The supplier shall evaluate the implications of integrating the CSE in achieveing the system R&M requirements, notify the customer of potential problems in achieving these requirements, propose solutions and agree an acceptable plan of action with the customer.

Tailoring

In certain circumstances the customer may specify R&M activities which shall be included in the R&M programme.