AS 61508 "Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems"
This seven part safety standard, released from 1999 to 2001, also makes appearances under other names such as IEC 61508 and AS/NZS 61508.
A thorough and comprehensive standard, it provides great detail on a wide range of safety management, safety engineering and engineering topics, aimed at the process industry but also widely applied in other domains.
Parts 2 and 3 of this safety standard address similar concerns to Def Stan 00-54 Requirements for Safety Related Electronic Hardware in Defence Equipment and Def Stan 00-55 Requirements for Safety Related Software in Defence Equipment respectively.
Savive has also produced the course "Applying AS 61508" to provide clients with help in complying with AS 61508.
Citect, in their replacement of the power distribution system for the rail network run by QR.