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Autonomous Systems Control & Coordination — Governance

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05 · Governance & Compliance
Map program to the five DoD AI Ethics Principles
required
Responsible, Equitable, Traceable, Reliable, Governable — adopted Feb 2020. Every autonomy program is expected to demonstrate alignment.
05 · Governance & Compliance
DoD Responsible AI Strategy alignment
required
The DoD Responsible AI Strategy and Implementation Pathway (June 2022) sets operational expectations beyond the ethics principles.
05 · Governance & Compliance
JAIC / CDAO engagement on RAI review
recommended
CDAO (Chief Digital and AI Office) has the lead for cross-service RAI matters. Confirm engagement on material autonomy programs.
05 · Governance & Compliance
CMMC 2.0 certification level
required
Contractor CMMC level required for contract — autonomy contractors generally require Level 2 minimum, Level 3 for CUI-heavy programs.
05 · Governance & Compliance
NIST SP 800-171 control implementation
required
The 110 controls of NIST 800-171 are the baseline CUI protection regime for the defense industrial base.
05 · Governance & Compliance
DFARS 252.204-7012 compliance
required
Mandates NIST 800-171 implementation and 72-hour breach reporting for DoD contractors handling CDI.
05 · Governance & Compliance
DoD Cloud SRG impact level
required
Required DoD Cloud Computing SRG Impact Level for any cloud-hosted component of the training or operations stack.
05 · Governance & Compliance
ITAR / EAR segmentation for training pipeline
required
Training data, model weights, and development environments segmented per export-control classification.
05 · Governance & Compliance
Test range / flight authority
required
Identify the range authority and safety authority for test events.
05 · Governance & Compliance
Airworthiness qualification path (UAS)
required
Primary airworthiness standard for UAS platforms.
05 · Governance & Compliance
JCIDS documentation alignment
recommended
Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System — required for formal capability acquisition.
05 · Governance & Compliance
JADC2 interoperability posture
recommended
Joint All-Domain Command and Control — autonomous platforms increasingly required to integrate with JADC2 mission threads.
05 · Governance & Compliance
Model provenance and versioning
required
Every fielded model version traceable to training data snapshot, code commit, and validation results.
05 · Governance & Compliance
Change control for fielded autonomy
required
Documented process for model updates to fielded platforms — who approves, what testing, how rolled back.
05 · Governance & Compliance
Independent V&V team
required
V&V team independent of development, with authority to block fielding on safety case failure.
05 · Governance & Compliance
Senior-leader AI governance reporting
recommended
Program status against RAI principles, 3000.09 compliance, and safety metrics reaches senior leadership — not only test engineers.