ASD-STAN/D 6/S 1 - EAQG European Aerospace Quality Group

1.1   General
This document establishes the requirements for performing and documenting FAI. It is emphasized the requirements specified in this document are complementary (not alternative) to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
1.2   Purpose
The primary purpose of FAI is to verify and validate product realization processes are capable of producing characteristics that meet engineering and design requirements. A well-planned and executed FAI by a multi-disciplinary team (e.g. members from responsible functions) provides objective evidence the manufacturer’s processes can produce compliant product; having effectively understood and incorporated the associated requirements.
NOTE   A FAI is not a product acceptance document. While interrelated, FAI and product acceptance are separate activities. The focus of FAI is verification of production processes via assessment of product. FAI and supporting documentation do not provide assurance regarding conformance for product acceptance purposes; neither does the lack of a FAI necessarily imply product is nonconforming to engineering and design requirements.
FAI will:
-   provide confidence, through objective evidence, the product realization processes are capable of producing conforming product;
-   demonstrate the manufacturers and processors of the product have an understanding of the associated requirements;
-   provide assurance of product conformance at the start of production and after changes, as outlined in this document.
A FAI is intended to:
-   mitigate risks associated with production startup and process changes;
-   reduce future escapes;
-   help ensure product safety;
-   improve quality, delivery, and customer satisfaction;
-   reduce costs and production delays associated with product nonconformances;
-   identify product realization processes not capable of producing conforming characteristics and initiate and/or validate associated corrective actions.
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1.3   Application
This document applies to organizations and their suppliers responsible for product realization processes that produce the design characteristics of the product. The organization shall flow down the requirements of this document to suppliers who produce design characteristics.
This document also applies to suppliers performing special process(es). A certificate of conformance (CoC) provided by processors attests to satisfying the requirements. External suppliers providing special process(es) can satisfy this document's requirements by either:
-   documenting the design characteristics and associated results on a first article inspection report (FAIR); or
-   documenting the design characteristics and associated results on a detailed CoC.
This document applies to assemblies, sub-assemblies, and detail parts including castings, forgings, and modifications to standard catalogue or commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) items. Each of these items have a separate FAI.
Unless contractually required, this document does not apply to:
-   development and prototype parts that are not considered as part of the first production run;
-   procured standard catalogue item, COTS, or deliverable software. When these items are included in an assembly, they shall be documented in the index of part numbers in an assembly FAIR.
1.4   Informative
If there is a conflict between the requirements of this document, and customer or applicable statutory/regulatory requirements, the latter takes precedence.
In this document, the following verbal forms are used:
-   "shall" indicates a requirement;
-   "should" indicates a recommendation;
-   "may" indicates a permission;
-   "can" indicates a possibility or a capability.
Information marked as "NOTE" is for guidance in understanding or clarifying the associated requirement .

This document provides a harmonized process and documentation requirements for the establishment of CoCs used to attest the conformity of aviation, space, and defence products (e.g. assemblies, sub-assemblies, equipment and systems, parts, material, software) or services. It includes a CoC template and supporting instructions on how to complete it.
When quoted by the customer in a contractual requirement, application of this document is mandatory. In other cases, its use is recommended, but if there is a conflict between the requirements of this document and customer or applicable statutory/regulatory requirements, the latter take precedence.
This document can be used by other industries that require the use/application of a CoC.
Requirements for the establishment of Authorized Release Certificates (ARCs) [e.g. European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Form 1, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 8130-3 tag, Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Form 038] by an external provider holding a production approval (for new aviation products, production, or spares) or maintenance approval (i.e. for in service repairs, modifications, after sales maintenance, overhaul activities, inspections) are not covered by this document, as applicable rules are defined by the aviation authorities having granted these approvals.

This document defines the industry-accepted requirements for the ICOP scheme, which provides confidence to ASD customers, that organizations with certification of their QMS, issued by accredited CBs, meet applicable AQMS standard requirements. The requirements in this document are applicable to all participants in the ICOP scheme. If there is a conflict between the requirements of this document, and customer or applicable statutory/regulatory requirements, the latter takes precedence.

This document defines the minimum requirements for auditors, CBs, auditor authentication bodies (AABs), training provider approval bodies (TPABs), and training providers (TPs) who participate in the IAQG industry controlled other party (ICOP) scheme. The requirements in this document supplement those defined within the EN 9104-001, EN 9104-002, EN ISO/IEC 17021-1, and EN ISO/IEC 17021-3 standards.
Data protection for the parties subject to this document and other relevant requirements of the ICOP scheme are managed via bi-lateral contracts between the joint controllers of the data.

1.1   General
This document is primarily intended to apply to new parts and products intended to be produced in an on-going production phase but can also be applied to parts currently in production (e.g., manufacturing, maintenance). This document is applicable to all production processes that influence the variation of KCs, as well as maintenance and service processes in which KCs are identified. It applies to organizations for assemblies and all levels of parts within an assembly, down to the basic materials including castings and forgings, and to organizations that are responsible for producing the design characteristics of the product.
The variation control process begins with product definition, typically stated in the design documentation (e.g., digital model, engineering drawing, specification) which identifies KCs, and leads to a variation management process for those KCs. This process may also be used for producer-identified KCs (e.g., process KCs, additional/substitute product KCs).
Producers and their subcontractors are responsible for flow down of the standard requirements to those external providers, who produce design characteristics and provide production and service provisions, to ensure that KCs conform to the customer’s requirements.
1.2   Purpose
This document is designed to drive the improvement of manufacturing and maintenance processes through adequate planning and effective management of KC variation. This focus is intended to improve uniformity (less variation or minimum variation of product KCs) and acceptance probability of the end-product.
NOTE   Control of a product or process KC per this document does not constitute, nor imply acceptance of the resulting product. If variation management, under this document, is to be part of an acceptance decision, the requirements need to be specified in the applicable product acceptance plan or contract.
1.3   Convention
The following conventions are used in this document:
-   "shall" indicates a requirement;
-   "should" indicates a recommendation;
-   "may" indicates a permission; and
-   "can" indicates a possibility or a capability.

1.1   General
This document defines requirements for the preparation and execution of the audit process. In addition, it defines the content and composition for the audit reporting of conformity and process effectiveness to the EN 9100-series standards, the organization’s QMS documentation, and customer and statutory/regulatory requirements.
The requirements in this document are additions or represent changes to the requirements and guidelines in the standards for conformity assessment, auditing, and certification as published by ISO/IEC (i.e. ISO/IEC 17000:2020, ISO/IEC 17021 1). When there is conflict with these standards, the requirements of this document take precedence.
NOTE 1   In this document, the term “EN 9100-series standards” comprises the EN 9100, EN 9110, and EN 9120 standards; developed by the IAQG and published by various national standards bodies.
NOTE 2   In addition to this document, the IAQG publishes deployment support material on the IAQG website (see http://www.iaqg.org) that can be used by audit teams, when executing the audit process.
1.2   Application
This document is intended to be used for audits of EN 9100-series standards by Certification Bodies (CBs) for certification of organizations, under the auspices of the ASD industry certification scheme [also known as the Industry Controlled Other Party (ICOP) scheme]. The ICOP scheme requirements are defined in the EN 9104-series standards (i.e. FprEN 9104-1, prEN 9104-2, EN 9104 3).
NOTE   Relevant parts of this document can also be used by an organization in support of internal audits (1st party) and external audits at suppliers (2nd party).

1.1   General
This document is limited to the aerospace industry, where an approved manufacturer requests a supplier to ship an article against the approved manufacturer’s quality system directly to a customer. The direct ship process is not required or applicable to standard parts or military parts. In this process, the approved manufacturer is responsible for assurance that the article conforms to type design information.
1.2   Purpose
This document provides guidance to approved manufacturers, their suppliers, and customers when an approved manufacturer requests a supplier to ship an article against the approved manufacturer’s purchase document directly to a customer, commonly known as “Direct Ship”.

This document is applicable to all items used for manufacturing, maintenance, and repair of aviation, space, and defence products from the raw material to the final product (e.g. aircraft, structural items, constituent assemblies, standard parts, consumables with conformity and/or safety impact).
This document considers items dispositioned as scrap in accordance with EN 9100-series standards’ supporting nonconformity management, corrective action, or organisation decisions (e.g. obsolescence, inventory management, missing traceability documentation).
The requirements specified in this document are complementary (not alternative) to contractual and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. Should there be a conflict between the requirements of this document and applicable statutory or regulatory requirements, the applicable statutory or regulatory requirements take precedence.
This document defines requirements and actions to be taken after the disposition decision to control the unsalvageable items within the organisation and its external providers.
NOTE   The control of external provider is addressed in the EN 9100-series standards.

1.1 General
This document provides requirements and guidance for the retention, storage, retrieval and disposal of records for the international aviation, space and defense industry.
1.2 Applicability
1.2.1 This document is applicable to all documents and data records, on current and earlier products, produced using current and previous business agreements and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
1.2.2 Documents should be interpreted in the broadest possible sense to include all records, data and information, in paper or in electronic form or on film, including external providers working on own behalf.
1.2.3 Some documents may be retained electronically. The form in which documents are to be retained varies from one jurisdiction to another and varies depending on the document involved. Some countries prescribe that certain documents be retained in their original form as a hardcopy (e.g. board minutes, documents under seal, trust documents and original documents that are subject to specific legal requirements…).

1.1   Purpose
This European standard establishes requirements when implementing statistical product acceptance methods to meet defined risk requirements. This standard also establishes the minimum content required to be covered in an organization’s documented procedures that govern their application of statistical product acceptance methods.
These general requirements and documented procedures apply the requirements of the EN 9100/EN 9110/EN 9120 quality management system standards, in addition to establishing requirements for retrievability, safety/critical characteristics, and quality parameters that protect the customer.
1.2   Application
This standard is applicable when invoked in a purchasing contract or specification, contractual document, customer agreement, or adopted by the organization. The purchase contract/agreement may or may not identify the appropriate EN 9138 clause(s) to be applied by the organization. All statistical methods of product acceptance require the use of Clause 4 and Clause 5.
To accept product produced:
- by individual lots, see Clause 6;
- under switching rules, see Clause 7;
- under process controls, see Clause 8; and
- by continuous sampling or special case methods, see Clause 9.

This European standard defines FOD Prevention Program requirements for organizations that design,
develop, and provide aviation, space, and defence products and services; and by organizations
providing post-delivery support, including the provision of maintenance, spare parts, or materials for
their own products and services.
It is emphasized that the requirements specified in this European standard are complementary
(not alternative) to customer, and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. Should there be a
conflict between the requirements of this standard and applicable statutory or regulatory
requirements, the latter shall take precedence.

This standard establishes requirements for performing and documenting APQP and PPAP. APQP begins
with conceptual product needs and extends through product definition, production planning, product
and process validation (i.e. PPAP), product use, and post-delivery service. This standard integrates and
collaborates with the requirements of the EN 9100, EN 9102, EN 9103 and EN 9110 standards.
The requirements specified in this standard are complementary (not alternative) to contractual and
applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. Should there be a conflict between the requirements
of this standard and applicable statutory or regulatory requirements, the latter shall take precedence.

1.1   General
This document identifies the basic elements and provides a standard for structuring operator self verification programs within the aviation, space, and defence industry for producers of commercial and military aircraft and weapons platforms, space vehicles, and all related hardware, software, electronics, engines, and composite components.
The requirements specified in this standard are complementary (not alternative) to contractual and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. Should there be a conflict between the requirements of this document and applicable statutory or regulatory requirements, the latter shall take precedence.
1.2   Application
Operator self-verification programs are applied to improve the overall efficiency and product quality of processes considered stable and capable of fulfilling all requirements, as determined by the implementing organization. Operator self-verification programs are not stand-alone processes, but augment an existing quality management system. Its application can be made where inspection activities are currently deployed.

1.1   General
This document defines a system for the qualification of standard products for aviation, space, and defenc applications. It defines the principles that shall be adhered to when carrying out product qualification; applied in conjunction with the rules and procedures of the CA. The system enables the CA to confirm compliance is achieved and maintained, in accordance with the requirements of its product definition and associated controlling technical specifications by an Original Component Manufacturer (OCM) of standard products.
This document requires an OCM that has been granted product qualification approval to ensure applicable approvals are maintained and renewed in accordance with the CA’s quality system for that qualified product.
OCMs and OCM designated Value Added Distributors (VADs) requesting product qualification to this standard, shall as a prerequisite, maintain EN 9100 standard quality management system certification approval. This certification shall be visible in the Online Aerospace Supplier Information System (OASIS) database.
1.2   Application
The application of this document will be mandated either in the product standard or its controlling technical specifications. When invoked, the OCM wanting to produce aerospace standard products will need to gain qualification approval from an aerospace CA. The processes defined herein will be performed impartially for the benefit of the aerospace industry, by the CA, to ensure continued compliance of standard products to the requirements defined in their controlling technical specifications.
OCMs will need to ensure they allow sufficient lead-time to complete this process to gain product approval from the CA to support/satisfy their customer delivery requirements. Qualified products using this process shall not be supplied or used without qualification approval and a valid Product Qualification Certificate (PQC) being granted.

This document includes EN ISO 9001:2015 quality management system requirements and specifies additional civil and military aviation maintenance and continuing airworthiness industry requirements, definitions and notes.
It is emphasized that the requirements specified in this document are complementary (not alternative) to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
If there is a conflict between the requirements of this document and customer or applicable statutory or regulatory requirements, the latter shall take precedence.
This International Standard specifies requirements for a quality management system when an organization:
a)   needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements; and
b)   aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
All the requirements of this International Standard are generic and are intended to be applicable to any organization, regardless of its type or size or the products and services it provides.
NOTE 1   In this International Standard, the terms "product" or "service" only apply to products and services intended for or required by, a customer.
NOTE 2   Statutory and regulatory requirements can be expressed as legal requirements.

This document includes EN ISO 9001:20152 quality management system requirements and
specifies additional aviation, space and defence industry requirements, definitions and notes.
It is emphasized that the requirements specified in this document are complementary
(not alternative) to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
If there is a conflict between the requirements of this document and customer or applicable
statutory or regulatory requirements, the latter shall take precedence.
This International Standard specifies requirements for a quality management system when an
organization:
a) needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer
and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements and
b) aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including
processes for improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and
applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
All the requirements of this International Standard are generic and are intended to be applicable to any
organization, regardless of its type or size, or the products and services it provides.
NOTE 1 In this International Standard, the terms “product” or “service” only apply to products and services
intended for, or required by, a customer.
NOTE 2 Statutory and regulatory requirements can be expressed as legal requirements.

This document includes EN ISO 9001:2015  quality management system requirements and specifies additional aviation, space and defence industry requirements, definitions and notes.
It is emphasized that the requirements specified in this document are complementary (not alternative) to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
If there is a conflict between the requirements of this document and customer or applicable statutory or regulatory requirements, the latter shall take precedence.
This International Standard specifies requirements for a quality management system when an organization:
a)   needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements; and
b)   aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
All the requirements of this International Standard are generic and are intended to be applicable to any organization, regardless of its type or size or the products and services it provides.
NOTE 1   In this International Standard, the terms "product" or "service" only apply to products and services intended for or required by, a customer.
NOTE 2   Statutory and regulatory requirements can be expressed as legal requirements.

1.1   General
The objective of any organization, as part of continual improvement, is to reduce the number of issues (i.e. undesirable conditions, defects, failures) and to minimize their impact on quality, delivery performance, and cost.
This includes having processes in place to detect and eradicate significant and recurrent issues, which implies having well identified problems, a common understanding of their impact and associated root causes, and having defined and implemented adequate actions so that these problems, including similar issues will not happen again.
1.2   Purpose
Propose a methodology to improve the way escapes and issues are managed, including communication between all parties [e.g. engineering, Materials Review Board (MRB), manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, supplier, customer] to reduce their impact, contain them as far upstream as possible, and prevent recurrence (i.e. ensure the right measures are taken at the right location and at the right time).

This standard specifies requirements for DPRV to establish common product / service requirements for use at all levels of the supply chain. This standard shall apply when an organization elects to delegate product release verification by contractual flow down to their supplier (reference EN 9100 and EN 9110 standards); to perform product acceptance on their behalf.
The delegating organization shall use this standard as the baseline for establishing a DPRV process, although they may include additional contract requirements to meet their specific needs.

This document specifies the requirements for the effective control of non-deliverable software. This document can be used during the design, development, test, production, release, use, maintenance, and retirement of non-deliverable software. This can include non-deliverable software procured from external suppliers and utilized in the design, production, evaluation, test, acceptance, or calibration of a deliverable product.
This document focuses solely on the unique requirements of the operational processes that pertain to non-deliverable software as identified below:
This document applies to non-deliverable software (including firmware) that affects a deliverable product or service. Following are several applications and supporting examples of non-deliverable software that is within the scope of this document:
-   design and development: modelling, simulation, virtual reality, virtual machine, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Three-Dimensional (3D) modelling and analysis tools, software compiler, and code generators;
-   manufacturing: additive manufacturing, Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) programs, robotics, factory automation, tools that load deliverable software, software used in special process (e.g., heat treat, shot peen, sonic wall inspection), and automated manufacturing software (i.e., pick and place);
-   verification, validation and maintenance: Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) programs, hardware or software qualification, code coverage, test scripts, analysis tools, acceptance test, production acceptance, calibration (inspection, test or calibration), simulator, emulator, and software used in post-delivery service provisions.
The following types of software are not within scope of this document:
-   deliverable software (refer to EN 9115);
-   manufacturing and measuring equipment embedded software (e.g., operating system, drivers);
-   enterprise or office software (e.g., MS Office, word processing or spreadsheet applications, Teams, network software, email, employee management system).
Operational processes not covered in this document are addressed by the respective organization’s quality management system (QMS), based on the EN 9100-series (i.e., EN 9100, EN 9110, EN 9120) and/or ISO 9001 standards.

1   Scope
1.1   General
The aviation, space, and defence industries rely on the development and manufacture of complex products comprised of multiple systems, subsystems, and components each designed by individual designers (design activities) at various levels within the supply chain. Each design or manufacturing activity controls various aspects of the configuration and specifications related to the product. When a change to design or process is requested or required, the change is typically required to be evaluated against the impacts to the entire system.
Proposed changes to design data/information that the design activity identifies to be minor and have no effect on the product requirements or specifications, have the potential to be implemented and approved, where authorized to do so, but requires notification. Changes that affect customer mandated requirements or specifications shall be approved prior to implementation. In many cases, the design activity is not conducted by the DAH or design authority. The design activity may be several layers below the design approval. Irrespective of where the design activity is conducted in the supply chain, notification is required. The typical change notification flow is presented in Figure 1.
[Figure 1]
Submitting NOC data either electronically or conventionally on paper is subject to the terms and conditions of the customer’s contract. This also includes, where applicable, data access under the regulations of export control.
The process of exchanging, coordinating, and approving NOC data varies with the multiple relationships and agreements among all organizations concerned. An objective of this document is to provide the definition of a data set that can be integrated into any form of communication (e.g. electronic data interchange, submission of conventional paper forms). A sample form can be found in the Supply Chain Management Handbook (SCMH).
If all or part of this document is contractually invoked, design organizations and design holders (i.e. the organization responsible for the product end item design) that have responsibility for change management of products used on other higher-level designs shall use the information and processes defined in this document for submitting change notifications.
1.2   Application
This document defines the common NOC requirements for aviation, space, and defence organizations. The requirements that a design organization are to use when submitting a NOC to the customer for either change authorization or notification are included herein. A NOC informs the customer of physical or functional (e.g. design, material, software, maintenance) changes or any associated process changes to an established baseline configuration.
Retention of the NOC establishes a means of configuration control and captures the evolution of the part. This requirement is of utmost importance in commercial/civil aviation products where changes to type certificated products are mandated by regulations; however, these same concepts are also required in defence and space applications per contractual requirements.
Where there are changes to items which the organization does not have design input or is not permitted to make any changes to the design [e.g. build to print, Technical Standard Order (TSO) articles] then change requests are to be formally submitted to the customer and approved via the customer’s change request process.
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2022-11-06: change of reference to prEN 9104-2 - ENQ circulated under reference prEN 9104-002

1.1   General
This document defines requirements for the preparation and execution of the audit process. In addition, it defines the content and composition for the audit reporting of conformity and process effectiveness to the EN 9100-series standards, the organization's QMS documentation, and customer and statutory/regulatory requirements.
The requirements in this document are additions or represent changes to the requirements and guidelines in the standards for conformity assessment, auditing, and certification as published by ISO/IEC (i. e., EN ISO/IEC 17000, EN ISO/IEC 17021-1). When there is conflict with these standards, the requirements of the EN 9101 standard shall take precedence.
NOTE 1   In this standard, the term "EN 9100-series standards" comprises the following Aerospace Quality Management System (AQMS) standards: EN 9100, EN 9110, and EN 9120; developed by the IAQG and published by various national standards bodies.
NOTE 2   In addition to this standard, the IAQG publishes deployment support material on the IAQG website (see http://www.sae.org/iaqg/) that can be used by audit teams, when executing the audit process.
1.2   Application
This document shall be used for audits of EN 9100-series standards by CBs for certification of organizations, under the auspices of the aviation, space, and defence industry certification scheme [also known as the Industry Controlled Other Party (ICOP) scheme]. The ICOP scheme requirements are defined in the EN 9104-series standards (i. e., EN 9104-001, EN 9104-002, EN 9104-003).
NOTE   Relevant parts of this standard can also be used by an organization in support of internal audits (1st party) and external audits at suppliers (2nd party).