SAE Update - May 2024 - 5

SAE & MEMBER NEWS
iA9137 kicks off global standards partnership
In February, SAE International and the
International Aerospace Quality Group®
(IAQG) successfully published IA9137,
Guidance for the Application of AQAP 2110
within a 9100 Quality Management System.
This standard provides guidance intended to
help organizations understand the
relationship between Allied Quality
Assurance Publication (AQAP) 2110 and AS/
EN/JISQ9100, documents focused on quality
assurance requirements applicable to
aviation, space, and defense. As the
inaugural International Aerospace (IA)
standard published through an official
partnership between SAE and IAQG, IA9137
is only the first in what will certainly become
an exceptional line of globally relevant
standards.
Although SAE and IAQG have worked
together for over 25 years, the two
organizations only formally announced
their partnership in 2022 with the landmark
IAQG/SAE Standards Development and
Publications Agreement. IAQG president
Eric Jefferies explained that the purpose of
this agreement was to simplify the
development and publication process by
utilizing a single, common workflow.
" This approach enhances our speed to
market while improving the management
of global distribution, " he said. " In addition
to these benefits, we are witnessing the
first standard to be published globally in
multiple languages on the same day. " In
addition to English, IA3197 was published in
UPDATE
About the IAQG®
As an international non-profit association
under Belgian law with an office registered in
Brussels (Belgium), the IAQG sets the
standard for quality within the worldwide
supply chain of the aerospace industry. The
organization is comprised of member
companies within the aviation, space, and
defense industries that design, develop,
manufacture, and support original equipment
at system or subsystem levels. The IAQG is
committed to establishing commonality of
quality systems and improvement standards.
These standards are documented, published,
and applied internationally by original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and
circulated throughout the supply chain. n
Spanish, German, French, Italian, Japanese,
Chinese, and Korean.
" The publication of IA9137 is a testament to
the long-standing relationship between IAQG
and SAE-and the worldwide consensus we
foster, " said David Alexander, senior director
of aerospace standards at SAE. " Through this
new process and the SAE StandardsWorks
2.0 platform, the truly global aerospace
community is able to collaborate directly and
efficiently on the standards which uphold
quality across the industry. "
A dozen additional IA standards are
currently in the works, many of which will
likely be published throughout this year.
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By Gretchen Uhrinek, Editor.
May 2024
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