DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 13210.1C
N98
22 Apr 2021
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 13210.1C
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: NAVAL AVIATION POLICY FOR AIRCRAFT AVIONICS SAFETY SYSTEMS
Ref: (a) SECDEF Memo of 22 Jun 06, Reducing Preventable Accidents
(b) Prioritization and Selection Process of Department of the Navy Aviation and
Operational Safety Concerns (Naval Audit Service Report N2013-0001,
October 12, 2012)
(c) DoDI 6055.19, Aviation Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Programs
(AHIRAPs), June 10, 2019
(d) Joint Publication 3-30, Command and Control of Joint Air Operations,
July 25, 2019
(e) CJCSI 3170.01I, Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System,
January 23, 2015
(f) COMNAVAIRPAC/COMNAVAIRLANT INST 3025.1E
(g) OPNAVINST 3750.6S
(h) NAWCAD SWP4530-018, Standard Work Package: Crash Survivable Memory/
Flight Data Recorders, May 2018
Encl: (1) Safety System Compliance Matrix Criteria
(2) Sample Waiver Request
1. Purpose.
a. To update policy on the incorporation and installation of required aircraft avionics safety
systems in Navy and Marine Corps aircraft.
b. Major changes include the interval change to the Safety Systems Compliance Matrix
from semiannual to an annual publishing and streamlining of the waiver process for end of
service life aircraft and documentation within the Safety Systems Compliance Matrix.
2. Cancellation. OPNAVINST 13210.1B.
3. Background. In December 1996, the Commander, Naval Air Forces (COMNAVAIRFOR)
chaired the Air Board and sponsored the Human Factors Quality Management Board to conduct
an analysis of aircraft avionics safety systems. The study addressed flight incident recorders,
flight data recorders, global positioning system, navigation equipment, ground proximity
