The principles of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) encourage the use of other
accepted and consensus-based standards for system development. ISO 26262 falls
under this category. This paper will detail how this safety standard can be
applied in a military environment.
Since its release, the MIL-STD-882 System Safety standard has been required in
the development of various systems and platforms within the DoD (Department of
Defense) and all branches of the armed forces. It provides a general method for
identification, classification, and mitigation of hazards through various
analyses. The standard, however, provides little definition on specific
risk-rated mitigation strategies or risk-level-driven analysis in achieving the
safety objectives of the design. This is in part due to the less prescriptive
nature of the standard.
Though there is no direct alignment between the risk levels of these two
standards, this paper will detail how the ISO 26262 safety measures and safety
analyses may be leveraged in support of military applications.
Although MIL-STD-882 encompasses a wider scope of hazard types, given the
specific nature of the ISO standard to be referenced, this paper will be limited
to E/E Systems (Electrical and/or Electronic).