O-107 Safety Assessment Software (SAS)

Safety Assessment Software (SAS) is a software tool that has been developed by MSIAC staff. The primary goal of SAS is to assist a safety advisor to produce a report which details all the testing requirements to carryout a comprehensive safety assessment of a munition before its introduction into service. However there are some additional uses of SAS which include:

• Life Cycle Representation;
• Threat Hazard Representation;
• Test Requirement Gap analysis between different nations;
• Up to date Library of associated test specifications;
• A common approach to testing requirements which may enable industry to do its own testing requirement development and therefore arrive at a position where costing analysis can take place.

This paper presents the methodology applied in SAS, the different screens and the data required for a Safety Assessment Report. Potential uses of SAS are also discussed.