scope:

This standard defines nuclear hardness and survivability (NH&S) requirements and practices for use during the concept exploration, demonstration and validation, full scale development (FSD), production, and deployment phases of the acquisition life cycle of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) weapon systems. It implements for the design, development, production, and initial deployment of ICBM weapon systems the NH&S policy established by Air Force Regulation (AFR) 80-38 (Management of the Air Force Systems Survivability Program) and Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 4245.4 (Acquisition of Nuclear-Survivable Systems).

This standard, as tailored to the requirements of a program, is applicable to contractors engaged in the design and development, production, and deployment of aerospace vehicle equipment (AVE), operational support equipment (OSE), survivable real property installed equipment (RPIE), and facilities equipment configuration items and subsystems which have nuclear hardness requirements.

Department of Defense (DoD) policy is to selectively apply and tailor standardization documents to ensure their cost-effective use in the acquisition process. Individual requirements (sections, paragraphs or sentences) shall be evaluated to determine the extent to which they are suitable for a specific acquisition, and to identify modifications to ensure that each requirement achieves an optimal balance between need and cost. Tailoring of data requirements consists of the deletion of requirements from data item descriptions (DIDs). Each program office should carefully consider within DoD and Service guidelines the benefits and costs of imposing this standard on each specific acquisition. Contractors will be encouraged to propose specific application and tailoring of this document and related data requirements.

intended Use:

This standard is to be used in the acquisition of ICBM weapon system hardware elements whose specifications include nuclear hardness performance requirements.