Aviation Safety Technologies

Mission — Aviation Safety Technologies source

This effort supports the Department's priority of Taking Care of Our People. The requirements are aligned to Department of Defense (DoD)/Federal strategic direction, including the DoD Digital Modernization Strategy, DoD and Federal Data Strategies, Personnel and Readiness Strategy for 2030, and the DoD Safety and Occupational Health (SOH) Strategic Plan. To protect the lives, safety, health, and welfare of the DoD workforce, and the significant investments we make in our weapons systems, platforms, and infrastructure, we must acknowledge and provide adequate resources for SOH. Ensuring the safety of our workforce requires an enduring culture of safety, where consistent and standardized mishap, near-miss, and hazard reporting is the norm – at least on-par with industry and the private sector aviation and industrial communities. According to the 2020 National Commission on Military Aviation Safety (NCMAS) report, this begins with a centralized system and processes with which to gather, synthesize, and report Safety information at all levels. In addition to the NCMAS report, 10 United States Code Service (USCS) 184 directs the Department to establish uniform data collection standards and a centralized collection system and repository for mishap information. Currently, the DoD collects SOH information from disparate, incomplete, and often overlapping sources - a process that hinders opportunities for timely and in-depth trending and analysis to support Department-wide risk mitigation and mishap prevention efforts. Many of the DoD Components, including some of the Combatant Commands, do not have a safety information management system to enter, track, or manage mishaps, near-misses, or hazards. Without such a system and process, the Department is unable to adequately identify and analyze trends across the DoD Components, efficiently share lessons learned, and track corrective actions in response to recommendations. This effort addresses the Congressional requirements and fulfills capability gaps through modernization of the Force Risk Reduction tool to a safety information case management system. The system will be based on the Department’s safety business processes and data standards, which are being incorporated into Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 6055.07 “Mishap Notification, Investigation, Reporting, and Record Keeping.” A central SOH information management system based on the safety business processes and data standards will be available for all DoD Components, providing the capability to those DoD Components without an existing automated tool. It will continue to consolidate all SOH information serving as the Department’s authoritative repository for all standardized SOH data, and ensuring leaders have current, accurate, and actionable safety information and insights to forecast, mitigate, and prevent future mishaps, injuries, and occupational illnesses, and to drive safety innovation and modernization. Failure to receive this funding will result in non-compliance with Title 10 U.S.C. §184 requirements. Expanding FR2 functionality is the most efficient and effective approach to providing a compliant centralized safety collection and information management capability and repository. Without this funding, the Department will continue to lack a complete understanding of safety impacts to our personnel and operational readiness. Mishap reporting will continue to be inconsistent, and the Department will struggle to manage and share recommendations and lessons learned across the enterprise and respond effectively to external inquiries (e.g., Congress, Government Accountability Office). These persistent gaps will negatively impact our ability to make timely and informed risk decisions and resource investments for mishap prevention solutions. Oversight of the Department’s safety enterprise requires a deliberate data informed focus and priority commensurate with the Department’s overall governance approach.

Mission — Force Safety & Occupational Health (FSOH) source

This effort supports the Department's priority of Taking Care of Our People. The requirements are aligned to Department of Defense (DoD)/Federal strategic direction including the DoD Digital Modernization Strategy, DoD and Federal Data Strategies, Personnel and Readiness Strategy for 2030, and the DoD Safety and Occupational Health (SOH) Strategic Plan. To protect the lives, safety, health, and welfare of the DoD workforce, and the significant investments we make in our weapons systems, platforms, and infrastructure, we must acknowledge and provide adequate resources for SOH. Ensuring the safety of our workforce requires an enduring culture of safety, where consistent and standardized mishap, near-miss, and hazard reporting is the norm – at least on-par with industry and the private sector aviation and industrial communities. According to the 2020 National Commission on Military Aviation Safety (NCMAS) report, this begins with a centralized system and processes with which to gather, synthesize, and report Safety information at all levels. In addition to the NCMAS report, 10 United States Code Service (USCS) 184 directs the Department to establish uniform data collection standards and a centralized collection system and repository for mishap information. Currently, the DoD collects SOH information from disparate, incomplete, and often overlapping sources - a process that hinders opportunities for timely and in-depth trending and analysis to support Department-wide risk mitigation and mishap prevention efforts. Many of the DoD Components, including some of the Combatant Commands, do not have a safety information management system to enter, track, or manage mishaps, near-misses, or hazards. Without such a system and process, the Department is unable to adequately identify and analyze trends across the DoD Components, efficiently share lessons learned, and track corrective actions in response to recommendations. This effort addresses the Congressional requirements and fulfills capability gaps through modernization of the Force Risk Reduction tool to a safety information case management system. The system will be based on the Department’s safety business processes and data standards, which are being incorporated into Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 6055.07 “Mishap Notification, Investigation, Reporting, and Record Keeping.” A central SOH information management system based on the safety business processes and data standards will be available for all DoD Components, providing the capability to those DoD Components without an existing automated tool. It will continue to consolidate all SOH information and serve as the Department’s authoritative repository for all standardized SOH data, providing the capability to those DoD Components without an existing automated tool. It will continue to consolidate all SOH information and provide leaders, serving as the Department’s authoritative repository for all standardized SOH data, and ensuring leaders have current, accurate, and actionable safety information and insights to forecast, mitigate, and prevent future mishaps, injuries, and occupational illnesses, and to drive safety innovation and modernization. Failure to receive this funding will result in non-compliance with Title 10 U.S.C. §184 requirements. Expanding FR2 functionality is the most efficient and effective approach to providing a compliant centralized safety collection and information management capability and repository. Without this funding, the Department will continue to lack a complete understanding of safety impacts to our personnel and operational readiness. Mishap reporting will continue to be inconsistent, and the Department will struggle to manage and share recommendations and lessons learned across the enterprise and respond effectively to external inquiries (e.g., Congress, Government Accountability Office). These persistent gaps will negatively impact our ability to make timely and informed risk decisions and resource investments for mishap prevention solutions. Oversight of the Department’s safety enterprise requires a deliberate data informed focus and priority commensurate with the Department’s overall governance approach.

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