Safety Assessment Software (SASO)

Safety Assessment Software (SASO) is a browser-based tool designed to assist munition designers, procurers and any personnel supporting these activities in the identification of appropriate safety-related requirements and associated standards. It consists of:

• A drag-and-drop graphical user interface (similar to MS Visio) that allows users to rapidly construct a Manufacture to Target/Disposal Sequence (MTDS) for a munition system. The resulting flowchart can be exported as a high quality image file and used in associated munition reports. Each "node" in the flowchart represents a specific lifecycle activity, for which the user defines parameters such as location, duration, configuration, etc.
• Once the MTDS has been constructed, SASO will generate a list of "design safety requirements" and "assessment requirements". The "design safety requirements" are based on basic information provided by the user on the munition design. The "assessment requirements" are based on the activity types defined in the MTDS, and also draw out all associated parameter information from each MTDS node
• Each requirement has an associated standard or standards (default NATO, but also US and UK if desired)

The output of SASO consists of:

Finally, SASO also contains a searchable database of munition safety-related standards - once again, each standard is hyperlinked and accessible on the MSIAC secure website.