MIL-STD-1766B

Abstract

This standard defines nuclear hardness and survivability (NH&S) requirements, procedures, and practices for use during the concept exploration and definition, demonstration and validation, engineering and manufacturing (EMD), production and deployment, and operations and support phases of the system life cycle of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) weapon systems. It implements for the design, development, production, deployment, and operation of ICBM weapon systems the NH&S policy established by Air Force Regulations (AFR) AFPD 62-2 (Systems Survivability) and AFI 62-201 (Instruction for the Air Force Systems Survivability Program) and Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) 4245.4 (Acquisition of Nuclear Survivable Systems). <br>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), support equipment (SE), including operational support equipment (OSE), survivable real property installed equipment (RPIE), and facility weapon system elements that have nuclear hardness requirements. <br>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. Explicit recommendations for the tailoring of this standard for contractual application to ICBM programs are contained in 6.3. <b><u>Intended Use:</u></b> This standard is to be used in the acquisition of ICBM weapon system hardware elements whose specifications include nuclear hardness performance requirements. <br>