Five Ways Digitalization Streamlines Aircraft Certification

This ebook explores 5 of the most meaningful ways a verification and certification digital thread - woven from requirements through verification and onto certification - impacts typical aerospace and defense (A&D) programs for the better.

A digital approach to verification and certification management brings with it many far-reaching benefits. This ebook explores five of the most meaningful ways a verification and certification digital thread – woven from requirements through verification and onto certification – impacts typical aerospace and defense (A&D) programs for the better.

Impact of digitalization on aircraft certification

Digitalization has become a pillar within design and manufacturing operations. It must also be adopted to manage verification and certification activities because manual tasks are time-intensive and prone to errors.

Adopting a digital certification management system moves the process from a document-centric approach to a data-centric one, allowing for granular changes to plans, test definitions, procedures and other documentation while supporting real-time reviews and configuration control.

Digital certification management establishes a standardized system among development teams, manufacturers, OEMs and the supply chain to deliver consistency within the data sets. It enables A&D firms to create enforceable workflows based on responsibilities throughout the extended enterprise to make certification activities a shared responsibility. The common platform provides visibility into airworthiness status through real-time dashboard reporting and analytics to keep programs on schedule and budget. Through secure, cloud-based services, certification data can be created, modified, linked and traced – at any time, from anywhere.

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