Aerospace Standards Newsletter - June 2016 - 3

SAE WELCOMES EASA'S SHIFT TOWARD A PERFORMANCE-BASED APPROACH TO AVIATION
Originally appearing in SAE member publication, SAE Update
SAE International welcomed the publication of the EASA
(European Aviation Safety Agency) Communication "An
Aviation Strategy for Europe" last December. SAE International
believes that Europe should continue to play a lead role in
partnership with other world regions towards a safer, efficient,
and more sustainable international aviation system.
In that respect, the revision of EASA basic Regulation (EC)
2016/2008 and the proposed shift towards a "risk and
performance based approach to safety regulation and
oversight" will contribute to making the European
certification system more efficient while ensuring an
equivalent level of safety and allowing a swifter introduction
of emerging technologies.

As underlined by the European Commission, SAE International,
with its EU industry constituency at governing and technical
levels, believes that "there is also room for a greater reliance on
recognised industry standards. Ultimately this will provide more
regulatory flexibility, while achieving the same or higher level of
safety overall."
SAE International shares the views of the Commission and its
intention to pursue the objective "to promote consumer interests,
reduce barriers to trade, maintain a level playing field for
operators, foster innovation, maintain the highest levels of safety
and involve all stakeholders in the process." SAE International
looks forward to continued discussions and collaboration with the
EU institutions and the various industry players.

AS-4UCS COMMITTEE WORKING ON TRANSITIONING DOD UAS CONTROL SEGMENT
DOCUMENTS TO SAE
The AS-4UCS Unmanned Systems Control Segment
Architecture Committee is in the process of transitioning to
SAE a number of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Control
Segment documents that were originally published by the U.S.
Department of Defense.

* AIR6515: EA Version of UCS ICD Model

The re-issued documents will be:

In addition, the committee is developing AIR6523, "Data
Dictionary for Quantities Used in Unmanned Systems."

* AS6512: Architecture Description
* AIR6520: Version Description Document
* AS6522: Architecture Technical Governance
* AS6518: Model
* AIR6514: Interface Control Document (ICD)
* AIR6521: Data Distribution Service (DDS) ICD

* AIR6516: RSA Version of UCS ICD Model
* AIR6517: Rhapsody Version of UCS ICD Model
* AS6513: Conformance Specification

The SAE AS-4UCS Committee supports the charter of AS-4
(Unmanned Systems) in the field of the Unmanned Systems
(UxS) Control Segment (UCS) architecture. The committee's
scope is to define UCS architectures and architecture
frameworks, develop associated Technical Reports to support
the ecosystem of UCS products, and support alignment of UCS
architectures with peer architectures.

NEW DPRV STANDARD ISSUED
A new standard, AS9117, "Delegated Product Release
Verification," was issued by the SAE G-14 Aerospace Quality
Standards Committee (AAQSC) in March.
This standard specifies requirements for Delegated Product
Release Verification (DPRV) to establish common product/
service requirements for use at all levels of the supply chain.
The standard applies when an organization elects to delegate
product release verification by contractual flow down to their
supplier to perform product acceptance on their behalf.
The delegating organization should use this standard as the
baseline for establishing a DPRV process, although they may

include additional contract requirements to meet their
specific needs.
The process for DPRV varies from one organization to another.
Implementation of AS9117 reduces the risk of escapes in the
aviation, space, and defense industry supply chain, when the
organization's product release verification has been delegated to
a supplier.
The G-14 creates and maintains technical reports in the form
of Aerospace Recommended Practices (ARP) and Aerospace
Standards (AS) related to quality management systems and
supporting quality-related processes.

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