scope:

Purpose. This standard provides uniform requirements for developing and implementing a system safety program of sufficient comprehensiveness to identify the hazards of a system and to ensure that adequate measures are taken to eliminate or control the hazards.

Applicability. Each provision of this standard shall be reviewed by the managing activity to determine extent of applicability. Tailoring may take the form of deletion, alteration, or addition to the statements in 3, 4, and 5 to adapt this standard to specific system characteristics, program management options, contractual structure or life cycle phases (see 4.2). In tailoring the tasks, the detail and depth of the effort shall be defined by the managing activity and incorporated in the appropriate contractual or other program documents.