Integrating Process Standards for System Safety Analysis to Enhance Efficiency in Initial Airworthiness Certification of Military Aircraft: A Systems Engineering Perspective

Abstract

When designing an aircraft, a System Safety Analysis (SSA) is an important part of the systems engineering activities related to initial airworthiness certification. For military aircraft, this requires not only a process to determine whether the system is safe enough, but also to identify an acceptable balance between safety, cost and military capability. In this paper, standards for performing the SSA, mainly for civilian aircraft, have been analyzed for their relevance to certifying military aircraft. Also, the systems engineering standard ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015 have been analyzed for its applicability to integrate SSA with other activities in a military aircraft project. The purpose of the presented work is to analyze how these processes relate and how they can be integrated to create an effective and efficient process for developing and certifying aircraft in accordance with the EMAR 21 requirements for military design organizations.