scope:

This standard establishes the requirements for systems engineering activities to be performed on projects of the United States (US) Department of Defense (DoD) and other defense agencies across the entire system life cycle, including the planning, acquisition, modification, and sustainment of defense systems. It provides the foundation for systems engineering within the context of ISO/IEC/IEEE 152881 and the acquisition environment of DoD and other defense agencies at all levels of system hierarchy. This standard provides detailed requirements for the application of the life cycle processes, activities, and tasks of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 for use on any defense system and includes the effective integration of agreement processes, technical processes, technical management processes, and essential specialty engineering requirements.

Purpose

This standard provides requirements for the application of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 for defense systems engineering needs. This standard implements ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 for use by DoD organizations and other defense agencies in acquiring systems or systems engineering support. While primarily supporting the

¹Information on normative references can be found in Clause 2.