Aerospace

CIVIL AVIATION

DEFENSE & SECURITY

SPACE SYSTEMS

The industry includes:-

Leading manufacturers and suppliers of civil, military, and business aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aircraft systems, space systems, aircraft engines, missiles, materiel, and related components, equipment, services, and information technology. 

This sector procures and manages it quility for the products types COTS (commercial off-the-shelf)/ Standards, Raw Material, Build-to-Print , Supplier Designed products

SAE AS9100  - Aerospace Standard AS9100 Quality Management Systems – Aerospace -Requirements

AS9100 Revision C was released in January, 2009 and is the latest

This standard is supported by a number of other standards and guidelines for effective implementation

SAE AS9101 - Quality System Assessment

SAE AS9102 - First Article Inspection Requirement

SAE AS9103 - Variation Management of Key Characteristics

SAE EIA 649 - Configuration Management Requirements For Defense Contracts

High risk products

High cost products

Tightly controlled industry requirements

̶ Statutory

̶ Regulatory

̶ Customer

Safety is a must

Quality is extremely critical

Failure is not an option

The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) are two important export control laws (in specific countries such as USA) that affect the manufacturing, sales and distribution of technology.

The legislation seeks to control access to specific types of technology and the associated data. Its goal is to prevent the disclosure or transfer of sensitive information to a foreign national.

A key in determining whether an export license is needed from the Department of Commerce is knowing whether the item you intend to export has a specific Export Control Classification Number (ECCN).    EAR contains a Commerce Control List (CCL) of regulated commercial items, including those items that have both commercial and military applications. (Example :Aerospace and Propulsion)

To be ITAR (ITAR read  with bilateral agreements) or EAR compliant, a manufacturer or exporter whose articles or services appear on the ECCN or CCL lists must register with the Licencing authority. ITAR and EAR compliance can be problematic for a global corporation because the data related to a specific type of technology may need to be transferred over the Internet or stored locally outside the country to make business processes flow smoothly. It is the responsibility of the manufacturer or exporter to take the necessary steps to certify that they are in compliance with the regulations.

Export Administration Regulation Downloadable Files

Why Nadcap?

Nadcap is an industry-managed approach to conformity assessment that brings together technical experts from both Industry and Government to establish requirements for accreditation, accredit Suppliers and define operational program requirements. This results in a standardized approach to quality assurance and a reduction in redundant auditing throughout the aerospace industry because Prime contractors, Suppliers and Government representatives have joined forces to develop a program that:

• Establishes stringent industry consensus standards that satisfy the requirements of all participants
• Replaces routine auditing of suppliers with one approved through a consensus decision-making process of members from the user community
• Conducts more in-depth, technically superior special process audits
• Improves supplier quality throughout industry through stringent requirements
• Reduces costs through improved standardization
• Utilizes technically expert auditors to assure process familiarity
• Provides more frequent audits for Primes, fewer audits for Suppliers

• Chemical Processing (CP)
  • Anodizing MIL-A-8625
  • Copper Plating AMS 2418
  • Nickel Plating AMS 2403
  • Silver Plating AMS 2411
• Coatings (CT)
• Composite materials (COMP)
• Conventional Machining as a Special Process (CMSP)
• Elastomer Seals (SEAL)
• Electronics (ETG)
• Fluid Distribution Systems (FLU)
• Heat Treating (HT)
  • Check List
  • List of equipment (atmosphere generation, testing equipment, lab
    equipment, inspection equipment, plating, coating, cleaning,
    Pyrometry, and Pyrometry testing, etc.)
    List of purchased services, including name(s) of supplier for
    calibration, processing, testing, etc., schedule of calibrations,
    uniformity surveys, system accuracy tests, hardness machines
    servicing, etc., schedule of periodic tests (tensile, decarburization,
    etc.)
    List of quality personnel, and approved heat treating personnel on
    each shift
    List of Prime customers and specifications for which heat treater is
    approved
    List of heat treat specifications [military, government, industry (AMS,
    etc.) and customer] that supplier is working to
    Copy of internal general procedures for heat treat processing,
    Pyrometry and testing/inspection of heat treated product
    Organization chart
• Materials Testing Laboratories (MTL)
• Measurement and Inspection (M&I)
• Nonconventional Machining and Surface Enhancement (NMSE)
• Nondestructive Testing (NDT)
• Non Metallic Materials Manufacturing (NMMM)
• Non Metallic Materials Testing (NMMT)
• Sealants (SLT)
• Welding (WLD)

• Nondestructive Testing (NDT)
• Welding 
• Plating
• Heat Treating
• Surface treatment
• Painting & Powder Caoting
• Passivation
• Tempering / Hardening
• Soldering
• Crimping
• and many more