scope:

Purpose. This standard defines fundamental survivability program management requirements for each of the system acquisition life-cycle phases, namely: concept exploration and definition (Phase 0), demonstration and validation (Phase I), engineering and manufacturing development (Phase II), production and deployment (Phase III) and operations and support (Phase IV).

It is important to understand that the generalized programmatic requirements of this standard will be defined for a particular program/system in the Survivability Program Plan (SPP). This standard should be interpreted as the top-level document that facilities the establishment of an efficient and effective survivability engineering program that is an integral part of the systems engineering organization.

When applicable, this standard is consistent with the general guidelines, policies, and procedures established by the largest revisions of Air Force Regulation (AFR) 80-38 (The Air Force Systems Survivability Program), Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000.2 (specially, Part 6, Section F, "Survivability") and AFR 57-1 (Air Force Mission Needs and Operational Requirements Process). For a space system, this standard guides the specification of essential survivability engineering management tasks and requirements that are implicitly referred to in AFR 80-38 and DoDI 5000.2.

Application. This standard is applicable to space systems (i.e., space and ground segments) that are required to operate without degradation of performance, if exposed to natural environments and/or hostile threats. Space environments are characterized in reference MIL-STD-1809 (USAF), however, specification of space environments for a particular system will be provided by the government and will take into consideration top-level mission and operational requirements (MNS and ORD).

Tailoring. The contractor shall work in unison with the government to optimally tailor this standard, taking into consideration the government's Mission Need Statement (MNS) and operational Requirements Document (ORD). The MNS and ORD are described in reference AFR 57-1. Interpretation and tailoring of this standard should be initiated early in the concept exploration and definition phase. Tailoring shall take into consideration policies and procedures of Appendix A.

intended Use: