scope:

This document describes the naval technical assurance process for the concept stage, the newbuilding stage and the operational stage of a naval vessel. It includes establishing a standards plan and a verification process that:

- builds on and incorporates state-of-the-art assurance regimes and methods with a proven track record for materiel assurance and safety.

- gives external stakeholders confidence in the process.

- is efficient.

DNV naval technical assurance provides a flexible, modular-based approach, and is an alternative to DNV classification services.

Furthermore, this document describes the services DNV offers all naval technical assurance customers, providing a clear description of these services and the advantages they bring to all customer, see [4.2].

An essential part of the naval technical assurance process is the standards plan. The standards plan is defined as a list of standards ensuring the objectives of the project, see [1.6.2].

It is recognised that naval vessel have attributes that are outside of DNV's involvement, e.g. weapon and sensor systems.