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2 Safety Requirements in the Acquisition Management System Lifecycle 2.1 Acquisition Management 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acquisition Management System (AMS), Section 4.12, National Airspace System Safety Management System , contains the AMS policies for the safety management of National Airspace System (NAS) acquisitions. This section requires that: 

• Safety management be conducted and documented throughout the lifecycle of a system, • Safety Risk Management (SRM) be conducted to identify safety risk(s) in the NAS, • Product development be conducted at a rigor commensurate with the severity of the potential effect(s) of hazard(s) that would result from a failure of the product, and 

Non-developmental product changes be aligned with the intent of Safety Management System (SMS) policy during “developmental acquisition” (i.e., qualification testing of commercial off-the-shelf items but not design reviews). 

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The FAA executes its acquisition management policy using the lifecycle management process, which is organized into the series of phases and decision points shown in Figure 2.1. Further details on each phase may be found at the FAA Acquisition System Toolset (FAST) website. 

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## Figure 2.1: FAA Lifecycle Management Process 

2.2 Integration of SRM and AMS The integration of SRM into the AMS process is a major objective of the Air Traffic Organization’s (ATO’s) SMS. This objective can be achieved by accomplishing SRM tasks using the correct system safety tools and techniques at the appropriate time to support the decisions made in the lifecycle phase. These tasks are mainly performed by the Program Office (PO) and result in products packaged in SRM documents, which are reviewed and approved prior to a Joint Resources Council (JRC) decision point or an In-Service Decision (ISD). 

