83_FR_7321 83 FR 7287 - Office of Commercial Space Transportation: Millennium Engineering and Integration Company Safety Approval Performance Criteria

83 FR 7287 - Office of Commercial Space Transportation: Millennium Engineering and Integration Company Safety Approval Performance Criteria

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 34 (February 20, 2018)

Page Range7287-7287
FR Document2018-03399

This is notification of criteria used to evaluate the Millennium Engineering and Integration Company (MEI) safety approval application. This Notice publishes the criteria that the FAA used to evaluate the safety approval application pursuant to FAA regulations. Background: MEI applied for, and received, a safety approval for its ability to provide its Flight Analyst Workstation (FAWS) as a component of the process to build flight rules, generate the Mission Data Load (MDL), and verify the MDL prior to loading it onto a launch vehicle's autonomous flight safety unit (AFSU). The FAA issued MEI the safety approval, subject to the provisions of Title 51 U.S.C. Subtitle V, ch. 509, and the orders, rules and regulations issued under it. This Notice is published pursuant to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR 414.35). MEI may offer FAWS as a component of the process of generating and verifying MDLs for AFSUs to a prospective launch or reentry operator to meet the applicable requirements of 14 CFR 417.123(b), (d), and (e), and Sec. 417.309(h). Criteria Used To Evaluate Safety Approval Application: The performance criteria used to evaluate the FAWS as a component of the process of generating and verifying MDLs for AFSUs included the following FAA regulations, NASA standard, U.S. Air Force manuals or instructions, industry standard, and MEI-developed standards: 14 CFR 417.309(h) Flight Safety System Analysis--Software and Firmware and 14 CFR 417.123 Computing Systems and Software. NASA-STD-8719.13C Software Safety Standard. AFSPCMAN 91-710 (v1) Range Safety Policies and Procedures, AFSPCMAN 91-710 (v2) Range Safety User Requirements Manual, Volume 2--Flight Safety Requirements, AFSPCMAN 91-712 Launch Safety Software and Computing System Requirements, and 45 SWI 91-701 45th Space Wing Launch Safety Software Management. CMMI-Dev (ML3) Capability Maturity Model Integration. MEI-000071 Configuration Management, MEI-000120 Requirements Development and Management, MEI-000124 Technical Solution, MEI-000149 Agile Software Development Process, and MEI-000125 Verification and Validation.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 7287]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03399]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Office of Commercial Space Transportation: Millennium Engineering 
and Integration Company Safety Approval Performance Criteria

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is notification of criteria used to evaluate the 
Millennium Engineering and Integration Company (MEI) safety approval 
application. This Notice publishes the criteria that the FAA used to 
evaluate the safety approval application pursuant to FAA regulations.
    Background: MEI applied for, and received, a safety approval for 
its ability to provide its Flight Analyst Workstation (FAWS) as a 
component of the process to build flight rules, generate the Mission 
Data Load (MDL), and verify the MDL prior to loading it onto a launch 
vehicle's autonomous flight safety unit (AFSU).
    The FAA issued MEI the safety approval, subject to the provisions 
of Title 51 U.S.C. Subtitle V, ch. 509, and the orders, rules and 
regulations issued under it. This Notice is published pursuant to Title 
14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR 414.35).
    MEI may offer FAWS as a component of the process of generating and 
verifying MDLs for AFSUs to a prospective launch or reentry operator to 
meet the applicable requirements of 14 CFR 417.123(b), (d), and (e), 
and Sec.  417.309(h).
    Criteria Used To Evaluate Safety Approval Application: The 
performance criteria used to evaluate the FAWS as a component of the 
process of generating and verifying MDLs for AFSUs included the 
following FAA regulations, NASA standard, U.S. Air Force manuals or 
instructions, industry standard, and MEI-developed standards:
    14 CFR 417.309(h) Flight Safety System Analysis--Software and 
Firmware and 14 CFR 417.123 Computing Systems and Software.
    NASA-STD-8719.13C Software Safety Standard.
    AFSPCMAN 91-710 (v1) Range Safety Policies and Procedures, AFSPCMAN 
91-710 (v2) Range Safety User Requirements Manual, Volume 2--Flight 
Safety Requirements, AFSPCMAN 91-712 Launch Safety Software and 
Computing System Requirements, and 45 SWI 91-701 45th Space Wing Launch 
Safety Software Management.
    CMMI-Dev (ML3) Capability Maturity Model Integration.
    MEI-000071 Configuration Management, MEI-000120 Requirements 
Development and Management, MEI-000124 Technical Solution, MEI-000149 
Agile Software Development Process, and MEI-000125 Verification and 
Validation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about the performance 
criteria, you may contact Randal Maday, Licensing and Evaluation 
Division (AST-200), FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation 
(AST), 800 Independence Avenue SW, Room 331, Washington, DC 20591, 
telephone (202) 267-8652; Email [email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC, on 9 February 2018.
George C. Nield,
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2018-03399 Filed 2-16-18; 8:45 am]
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ActionNotice.
ContactFor questions about the performance criteria, you may contact Randal Maday, Licensing and Evaluation Division (AST-200), FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST), 800 Independence Avenue SW, Room 331, Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 267-8652; Email [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 7287 
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