JOTP-011
5 December 2014
Page
8.4
Operating Tests...................................................................... 16
8.5
Additional Tests and Assessments ........................................ 17
9.
MUNITION SAFETY DATA PACKAGE........................... 19
APPENDIX
A.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE ...........................................
A-1
B.
TEST PROGRAM FOR SURFACE AND UNDERWATER
LAUNCHED MUNITIONS..................................................
B-1
C.
ENVIRONMENTAL TEST DESCRIPTIONS.....................
C-1
D.
OPERATING TEST DESCRIPTIONS.................................
D-1
E.
BREAKDOWN TEST AND CRITICAL
ANALYSIS (BTCA) .............................................................
E-1
F.
FACILITIES AND INSTRUMENTATION
REQUIREMENTS ................................................................
F-1
G.
MARGIN OF SAFETY CALCULATIONS FOR
PRESSURE VESSELS .........................................................
G-1
H.
NON-SEQUENTIAL TESTS/ASSESSMENTS ..................
H-1
I.
ABBREVIATIONS / REFERENCES / RELATED
DOCUMENTS ......................................................................
I-1
1.
INTRODUCTION.
This Joint Ordnance Test Procedure (JOTP) is aimed at the Safety and Suitability for Service (S3)
Assessment Testing for Surface and Underwater Launched Munitions as agreed under
Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 4629 and (Allied Ammunition Safety and Suitability for
Service Assessment Testing Publication) AAS3P-1. AAS3P-1 provides general discussion of
Safety and Suitability for Service Assessment Testing. JOTP-011 is intended to act as a munition
type specific document dealing with the necessary safety testing and assessments for surface and
underwater launched munitions to enter service within the U.S. Armed Forces community. The
launch platforms may be manned or unmanned ground vehicles, ships, or submarines. Two S3
test approaches are presented in this JOTP, analytical and empirical, with the intent that the
manager of the test program shall select the more appropriate approach for the munition under test.
In assessing S3 it is necessary to assign some form of service life to the item. This is a prediction
of the amount of environmental stress the item should be able to withstand without degrading to
an unsafe condition based on a risk assessment. These predictions are less likely to be valid the
longer an item stays outside of a controlled storage environment as the environment becomes more
variable. In-Service Surveillance (ISS) provides the means by which initial service life estimations
can be validated or revised to ensure safe and reliable use throughout the required service life. The
use of a robust ISS program in conjunction with initial S3 testing of a munition provides a means
to assess an item throughout its life. The through life implementation of S3 and ISS techniques is
often referred to as Whole Life Assessment (WLA).
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