Aerospace Standards Newsletter - December 2014 - Cover1

Volume V, Issue 2
December 2014

AEROSPACE
STANDARDS
NEWSLETTER
Creating global consensus-based solutions.
Moving the aerospace industry forward.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
C2 AAerospace Council meets at EASA
Headquarters in Cologne
Franklin Kolk Award presented
1

Two aerospace standards committee meetings,
workshop, held in India in October

1

SAE partners with Royal Aeronautical Society to
hold maintenance credits workshop

2 SAE receives FAA task requests for standards on
RFID, helicopter hoists
2 SAE 2015 President-Elect has made significant
contributions to numerous aerospace standards
committees
3 Robert Ireland nominated as SAE Vice President
- Aerospace
3 Aerospace Engine Supplier Quality Committee
publishes first standard, plans training course
4 New manufacturing management standards
released
5 Short courses held in conjunction with A-6
committee fall meeting
5 SAE A-10 committee works with New Jersey high
school to update aerospace standards
6 SAE aerospace committees provide valuable
input into industry's conference on icing
7 Material Substitution Steering Group launched
7 Additive Manufacturing Task Group seeks
members

SAE REACHES HISTORIC AVIATION STANDARDS
AGREEMENT WITH CHINA AERO-POLYTECHNOLOGY
ESTABLISHMENT
SAE International and the
AVIC 301 Institute (China
Aero-Polytechnology
Establishment, or CAPE)
entered into a historic
agreement that provides
eight major-scale Chinese
enterprises with access to Shown is a Sharklet-equipped Airbus A320 operated by
Chinese start-up Qingdao Airlines.
SAE International's active
aerospace technical standards.
Announced in September, the agreement is the result of efforts which followed
encouragement by the Chinese Ministry of Information and Technology (MIIT)
for China's aviation and aerospace industries to become more familiar with, and
adopt, international standards.
"SAE International and the China Aero-Polytechnology Establishment have
partnered on many excellent activities over the years," said David L. Schutt,
Chief Executive Officer of SAE International. "This agreement is a continuation
of that successful and strategic relationship. We are pleased to work with CAPE
in helping the industry to understand and deploy such relevant and essential
international standards."
Through the agreement, the eight Chinese enterprises will access the active
aerospace standards through SAE International's Digital Library, a web-based
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SAE standards committees seeking your technical expertise
AE-8B, Protective and Control Devices
EG-1A, Balancing
EG-1B, Hand Tools
AS-1, Aircraft Systems and Systems Integration
AE-7, Aerospace Electrical Power and Equipment

AMS P, Polymeric Materials
A-21, Aircraft Noise Measure and Noise Aviation Emission Modeling
S-7, Flight Deck and Handling Qualities Standards for Transport Aircraft
New-Material Substitution Steering Group (see page 7)
New-Additive Manufacturing Task Group (see page 7)

Volunteer now for these or any SAE technical standards committees. Contact krohall@sae.org
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