Equipment & Avionics Certification

Certification workflows

TSO, STC, and approval workflows and the evidence each one requires.

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Hardware certification liaison support for airborne electronic hardwareEach DO-254 stage of involvement expects specific artifacts. We assess your PHAC and design data for review readiness and keep authority fin Compliance matrix support for TSO authorizationYour TSO compliance matrix is what the FAA reads first. We check coverage and evidence currency against the basis and name every requirement Certification plan support for TSO authorizationA TSO certification plan that promises data you cannot deliver invites findings. We test basis, affected areas, and commitments against your Means-of-compliance map support for TSO authorizationRequirements with no valid method, or a method with no evidence path, sink TSO reviews. We map each method to its proof and mark what will n Requirements traceability support for TSO authorizationDerived and changed requirements are where TSO traces break. We walk requirement-to-design-to-verification links both ways and flag the dead Verification traceability support for TSO authorizationA requirement marked verified with no test, analysis, or inspection record behind it will not survive FAA scrutiny. Get each claim checked a DO-160G qualification report support for TSO authorizationDO-160G qualification fails late when categories miss the claimed installation. We compare each category and test limit with your TSO articl DO-178C software lifecycle data support for TSO authorizationSoftware level drives which DO-178C objectives your TSO article owes. We audit plans, verification records, and the accomplishment summary a DO-254 hardware lifecycle data support for TSO authorizationA TSO article's DO-254 data must hold at the assigned DAL. We vet plans, design data, and verification against that DAL's objectives and lis Safety assessment support for TSO authorizationFHA, PSSA, and SSA results that do not tie to requirements and verification leave a TSO safety case open to challenge. We chart the links an Configuration management data support for TSO authorizationIf baselines, revisions, and release records disagree with the data package, the whole TSO submission is suspect. We reconcile the configura Conformity records support for a TSO authorization programA conformity record that cannot be tied to its article and configuration proves nothing. We verify each link and list the broken ones before Instructions for continued airworthiness support in a TSO programAn ICA that describes a different article than the one approved stalls TSO review. We read each section against the approved configuration a Finding and action-item register support for a TSO programFindings closed in status but not in evidence resurface at the worst time: formal review. We split your TSO register into genuinely closed a Accomplishment summary support for a TSO authorizationThe accomplishment summary is where a TSO article's objective claims are tested. We screen yours against lifecycle data and separate proof f Compliance matrix support for an STC programYour STC compliance matrix is only as strong as its weakest citation. Get a gap assessment that flags stale evidence and thin coverage befor Certification plan support for an STC programA certification plan that undersells scope invites late basis changes. We check proposed basis, affected areas, and commitments against what Means-of-compliance map support for an STC programA means assigned with no evidence path behind it stalls formal review. We trace each STC requirement to a workable means and flag the dead e Requirements traceability support for an STC programDerived and changed requirements are where STC traces quietly break. Get a forward and backward trace assessment that surfaces the orphans b Verification traceability support for an STC programTest, analysis, or inspection: each STC requirement needs evidence that actually closes it. We assess verification coverage and flag unprove DO-160 environmental qualification report support for STCQualified categories that miss the real installation environment come back as findings. We check your DO-160G report against where the equip STC program DO-178C software lifecycle data supportThe software level sets the bar; your lifecycle data has to clear it. Get every DO-178C objective mapped to supporting evidence before forma STC program DO-254 electronic hardware lifecycle data supportElectronic hardware evidence is judged against its design assurance level. We map DO-254 requirements and objectives to proof and show where STC program safety assessment evidence supportHazards that fail to trace to requirements and verification unravel at review. We check your FHA, PSSA, and SSA line up with each other and STC program configuration management data supportIf submitted evidence does not match the controlled baseline, credit evaporates. We assess baselines, revisions, and release records across STC program conformity records evidence supportTest data from an unconformed article earns no compliance credit. We tie each test article and installation to a controlled configuration be STC program instructions for continued airworthiness supportAn ICA missing tasks, limitations, or parts data stalls STC approval late. We check your instructions for continued airworthiness against th STC program finding closure register supportFindings marked closed without evidence reopen at the worst time. We verify each register item has an owner, closure proof, and a state matc STC program accomplishment summary evidence supportReviewers read the accomplishment summary first. We confirm its objective coverage, anomalies, and evidence references match the lifecycle d AML STC expansion compliance matrix supportAdding models to an AML STC quietly invalidates old compliance entries. We check that each means and its evidence still hold for the added m AML STC expansion certification plan supportAn AML STC expansion plan makes promises reviewers will hold you to. We review the plan against your actual deliverable data and hand you th Means-of-compliance mapping for an AML STC model-list expansionAdding models to an AML STC? We map every certification basis requirement to its means and evidence, then list the weak links before formal Requirements traceability for an AML STC model-list expansionModel list expansions change requirements, and derived ones slip out of the trace. We walk requirement-to-verification links and report ever Verification traceability for an AML STC model-list expansionRequirements marked closed with no test, analysis, or inspection stall an AML STC review. We trace every closure to its evidence and call ou DO-160G environmental qualification support for an AML STC expansionNew models mean new vibration, temperature, and power environments. We compare your DO-160G categories to each added aircraft and show where DO-178C software lifecycle data support for an AML STC expansionYour PSAC and accomplishment summary must match the software level the expansion carries. We audit DO-178C lifecycle data and name every art DO-254 hardware lifecycle data support for an AML STC expansionHardware assurance does not carry over to new models. We check DO-254 plans, design data, and verification against the assigned DAL and repo Safety assessment support for an AML STC model-list expansionDo your FHA, PSSA, and SSA still hold for the aircraft you are adding? We test each failure condition and classification and flag the ones t Configuration management review for an AML STC model-list expansionSubmittal packages drift from their baselines quietly. We reconcile revisions and release records for your AML STC expansion and surface eve Conformity records review for an AML STC model-list expansionTest results only count if the article conformed. We tie every test article in your AML STC expansion back to a controlled configuration, or Instructions for Continued Airworthiness support for an AML STC expansionEvery model you add needs ICA that actually cover it. We match maintenance tasks, airworthiness limitations, and parts data to the approved Finding and action-item register review for an AML STC expansionA finding closed on assertion reopens at the worst moment. We vet your AML STC action item register for owners, evidence links, and closures Accomplishment summary review for an AML STC expansionAn accomplishment summary is a set of claims. We chase each one back to lifecycle evidence for your AML STC expansion and list the claims th Compliance matrix review for a major change programA compliance matrix ages as a major change evolves. We recheck every row for basis coverage, a stated means, and evidence that still backs t Certification plan review for a major change programCertification plans fail on scope and overreach. We pressure test your major change plan: basis, affected scope, and commitments the package Means-of-compliance map review for a major change programEvery requirement in your major change has an assigned means, but does each means lead to real evidence? Get a gap list of the requirements Requirements traceability review for a major change programA major change spawns derived and changed requirements, and the ones you miss get found late. We name the missing ones before the authority Verification traceability review for a major change programRequirements marked verified with no test, analysis, or inspection behind them stall a major change review. See where status outruns the act Environmental qualification report review for a major changeA DO-160G report tested to the wrong categories will not cover the installation your major change creates. The gap list names each category Airborne software lifecycle data review for a major changeKnow which DO-178C objectives your major change data misses at the assigned software level. We check plans, standards, and records, then han Airborne electronic hardware lifecycle data review for a changeYour DO-254 plans, design data, and verification records must support the assigned DAL. We map where the hardware evidence falls short befor Safety assessment evidence support for a major changeFHA, PSSA, and SSA results that do not trace to requirements and verification unravel in formal review. Get every hazard-to-evidence disconn Configuration management evidence support for a major changeIf the evidence you submit describes one configuration and your baselines record another, reviewers notice. We flag every mismatch first.Conformity records support for a major changeTest results credited to articles without established conformity can be struck from a major change package. See which of your results rest o Instructions for continued airworthiness support for a major changeICA written against an earlier design revision will not match the configuration you actually got approved. We list each task, limitation, an Finding and action-item register support for a major changeA finding marked closed without linked evidence reopens at the worst possible moment. We split your major change register into proven closur Accomplishment summary support for a major changeAn accomplishment summary that claims objectives the lifecycle data cannot back invites hard questions. We flag each objective asserted beyo Compliance matrix support for an installation approvalA compliance matrix with holes in the basis or stale evidence stalls an installation approval. We check coverage and evidence currency, cita Certification plan support for an installation approvalA certification plan that promises coverage your data package cannot deliver delays the approval. We compare it to the basis and the design Means-of-compliance map support for an installation approvalAssigning a means of compliance is the easy half; proving it is where packages come apart. We list each means on your map with no evidence p