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System Safety Management

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The safety risk management process is applied to all investments that have an impact on the National Airspace System.

What Must be Done

Identify and classify safety hazards, adopt mitigation measures to reduce risk to an acceptable level, verify mitigation measures are incorporated into product design, and assess residual risk.

Who Does It

Service organizations or program offices plan and implement the safety management program with assistance from the ATO Office of Safety & Technical Training.

Who Approves

Safety Risk Management Guidance for System Acquisitions specifies approval requirements for specific safety management products.