Our aerospace standards support the aviation and space industries in reaching new heights, with a focus on safety, quality, and innovation.

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New (e-)takeoff for aviation industry

New technologies, from robotics to machine learning, are ushering in a period of rapid change and development. While the aviation industry is working to reap the benefits of this industrial automation, standards, especially those of ISO/TC 184/SC 4, will play a key role in ensuring a smooth flight path – but only if they can keep up.

Sample standards

Aerospace electrical requirements — Sleeves and moulded shapes — Specifications for aircraft use

Categorization and classification of civil unmanned aircraft systems

Space systems — Configuration management

Space systems — Capability-based Safety, Dependability, and Quality Assurance (SD&QA) programme management

Space systems — Evaluation of radiation effects on Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) parts for use on low-orbit satellite

Space environment (natural and artificial) — Procedure for obtaining worst case and confidence level of fluence using the quasi-dynamic model of earth's radiation belts