Joint Ordnance Test Procedure (JOTP)-011
Safety and Suitability for Service Assessment Testing for Surface and Underwater Launched Munitions
DOCUMENT
TITLE AND SUBTITLE:
Joint Ordnance Test Procedure (JOTP)-011
COMPLETION DATE:
Safety and Suitability for Service Assessment Testing for Surface and
5 December 2014
Underwater Launched Munitions
PREPARING ACTIVITY:
SPONSORING ACTIVITY:
Range Infrastructure Division (CSTE-TM)
Range Infrastructure Division (CSTE-TM)
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DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT:
Distribution Statement A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
ABSTRACT:
Joint Ordnance Test Procedure (JOTP)-011 is intended to act as a munition type specific document
dealing specifically with the necessary safety testing and assessments for surface and underwater
launched munitions to enter service within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
community. Two Safety and Suitability for Service (S3) test approaches, analytical and empirical, are
presented in this JOTP with the intent that the manager of the test program shall select the more
appropriate approach for the munition under test. The munitions covered by the JOTP include
missiles, rockets, torpedoes and sea mines launched from ship, submarine, or land based platforms.
COORDINATION DRAFT REVIEWED BY:
This document was coordinated with the following Standardization Offices: AR, AS, EA, MC, MI,
NM, OS, TE, AF-11, and AF-99. In addition, the document was also coordinated with the Joint
Weapon Safety Working Group, DODESB, OUSD LW&M, and select subject matter experts within
the field of missile and rocket munitions safety testing.
ASSIST COORDINATION DATE: 20 August 2014 with a 45-day coordination period.
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN:
This Joint Ordnance Test Procedure (JOTP) shall serve as the US Joint Services Safety and Suitability
for Service Test Procedures with regards to Surface and Underwater Launched Munitions until which
time the Allied Ammunition Safety And Suitability for Service Assessment Test Procedure (AAS3P-
11) and Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 4758 are approved by NATO Allied Committee 326
(AC326). Upon approval of the AAS3P, thorough review of this document shall be conducted with the
intent to supersede.
APPROVING AUTHORITY:
Deputy Director, Land Warfare & Munitions
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
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