Reliability and Maintainability Role in Designing for Safety and Affordability

Reliability engineering has important interfaces with safety,
quality, maintainability, supportability, cost, test, and design
engineering.
– Reliability analysis is critical for understanding component
failure mechanisms and integrated system failures, and
identifying reliability critical design and process drivers.
– A comprehensive reliability program is critical for addressing
the entire spectrum of engineering and programmatic
concerns, from Loss of Mission (LOM) risk and the Loss of
Crew (LOC) risk to sustainment and system life cycle costs.