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industry

Standards of
Participation
ASTM International gives you a say in new requirements
S T O R Y

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S C O T T

oing your own thing may feed the artist's
creative soul, but it is not a course that leads to a
consistent and predictable outcome. In pursuing
a specific goal, such as safe and reliable powered flight,
experimentation is a synonym for creativity that leads
to standardized parts, procedures
and processes to make the desired
outcome possible.
The military gave life to
standardized specifications
in the late 1700s by requiring
standardized, interchangeable parts
for its weapons. Aviation's AN
spec was among the first consensus
standards when the U.S. Army
and Navy agreed on common
hardware standards. This gave way
to Mil-Spec, the essential technical
requirements for purpose-built or
modified commercial equipment for military use. It was
followed by Mil-Std, which established the uniform
engineering and technology requirements, and Mil-Prf,
which specified equipment's performance requirements
and the process that verifies them.
By the 1990s, there were approximately 30,000
different military standards, and complying with them
added a lot of time and expense. So, in 1994, Secretary
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of Defense William Perry issued a memo that prohibited
the use of military specific standards without a waiver.
Instead, the Department of Defense would, in many
cases, employ industry standards developed by ISO
(International Organization for Standardization) and SAE
(Society of Automotive Engineers).
At the same time, a similar change
took place in U.S. civil aviation,
according to Ric Peri, vice president
of government and industry affairs for
the Aircraft Electronics Association.
It started with Public Law 104-113,
the National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act of 1995. Its goal is
to bring technology to market more
quickly by encouraging cooperative
research and development efforts
between government and business.
An Office of Management and Budget
Circular codified the act's most significant impact. With
a few exceptions itemized in another paragraph of OMB
Circular A-119, "all federal agencies and departments
shall use technical standards that are developed or
adopted by voluntary consensus standards bodies, using
such technical standards as a means to carry out policy
objectives or activities determined by the agencies and
departments."



Avionics News March 2014

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Avionics News March 2014

Point of Communication
AEA Now
The View from Washington
International News and Regulatory Updates
Homebuilding Panels
Member Profile
Standards of Participation
A Conversation With...
Member Profile
AEAviators
Creating the Perfect Avionics Suite
Business Basics
Before & After
What's Working?
Survey Reveals Hiring Trends for the Aviation Industry
Legal Ease
ADS-B Early Adopters
Aviation Aces
Meet the AEA Awards Nominees
What's New
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Avionics News March 2014 - Cover1
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Avionics News March 2014 - Point of Communication
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Avionics News March 2014 - AEA Now
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Avionics News March 2014 - The View from Washington
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Avionics News March 2014 - International News and Regulatory Updates
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Avionics News March 2014 - Homebuilding Panels
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Avionics News March 2014 - Member Profile
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Avionics News March 2014 - Standards of Participation
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Avionics News March 2014 - A Conversation With...
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Avionics News March 2014 - Member Profile
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Avionics News March 2014 - AEAviators
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Avionics News March 2014 - Creating the Perfect Avionics Suite
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Avionics News March 2014 - Business Basics
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Avionics News March 2014 - Before & After
Avionics News March 2014 - What's Working?
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Avionics News March 2014 - Survey Reveals Hiring Trends for the Aviation Industry
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Avionics News March 2014 - Legal Ease
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Avionics News March 2014 - ADS-B Early Adopters
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Avionics News March 2014 - Aviation Aces
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Avionics News March 2014 - Meet the AEA Awards Nominees
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