Technical Standards

16 items under this folder.

AS9100

Overview of AS9100 Rev. D, the aerospace, space and defense quality management standard built on ISO 9001:2015: why it matters, its clause structure and the aerospace-specific requirements it adds.

FAR 21

Explanation of FAR 21, the FAA certification procedures for aviation products and parts: type, supplemental type and production certificates, PMAs, and why compliance matters to engineers.

FAR 45.15

Overview of FAR 45.15, the Federal Acquisition Regulation on government property: reporting, reutilization, disposal and record-keeping requirements for contractors and why they matter.

ISO9001

Overview of ISO 9001:2015, the international quality management system standard: why it matters to engineering and its key elements, clause by clause, from context and leadership to improvement.

MIL-STD-202

Overview of MIL-STD-202, the DoD test methods standard for electronic and electrical component parts: why it matters and the environmental, mechanical, electrical and climatic test methods it defines.

MIL-STD-461

Overview of MIL-STD-461, the DoD standard for EMI emissions and susceptibility, including why it matters and the CE, CS, RE and RS test families.

MIL-STD-704

Overview of MIL-STD-704, the aircraft electric power characteristics standard: why it matters and the voltage, frequency, power quality, transient, load and test requirements it defines.

MIL-STD-810

Overview of MIL-STD-810, the DoD environmental test standard: why it matters and the temperature, shock, vibration, altitude and humidity test methods it defines.

MIL-STD-882

Overview of MIL-STD-882, the DoD standard practice for system safety: why it matters and the hazard analysis, risk assessment, mitigation and verification tasks it defines across the system lifecycle.

MIL-STD-1472

Overview of MIL-STD-1472, the DoD human engineering design criteria standard: why it matters and the anthropometry, display and control, interface, environmental and safety guidance it covers.

MIL-STD-1553

Overview of MIL-STD-1553, the military avionics serial data bus standard: why it matters and its 1 Mbps Manchester-encoded transmission, bus controller and remote terminal architecture and dual-redundant buses.

MIL-STD-1760

Overview of MIL-STD-1760, the aircraft/store electrical interconnection standard: why it matters and the power, signal, MIL-STD-1553B data bus, connector and physical integration interfaces it defines.

openVPX

Overview of OpenVPX (VITA 65), the interoperability framework for VPX systems: why it matters and the backplane, module and mechanical profiles, protocols and pin-outs it defines.

VITA

Overview of the VITA standards family for modular embedded computing: why it matters and the key specifications it covers, from VMEbus (VITA 1) and VPX (VITA 46) to OpenVPX (VITA 65) and VNX (VITA 74).

VITA 47

Overview of VITA 47, the environmental and design standard for electronic hardware in rugged environments: why it matters and the temperature, vibration, shock, humidity, altitude and coating requirements it defines.

VPX

Overview of VPX (VITA 46), the high-speed serial successor to VMEbus for rugged embedded computing: why it matters and its mechanical, electrical, environmental and system-management specifications.