AQAP

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production

AQAP is based on ISO 9001:2000 with a number of additions and deletions. As per NATO, there are various regulations for quality assurance. Yet, there are a few which clearly relate to employment of software for quality assurance, such as:

• AQAP 2110 is the NATO quality assurance requirements for design, development and production; AQAP 2120 is the NATO quality assurance requirement for production; and
• AQAP 2130 is the NATO quality assurance requirement for inspection and test.

Following is a brief overview:

Introduction

AQAP 2110/2120/2130 contains the NATO requirements for Quality. A system needs to be established, documented, applied, maintained, assessed, improved, and/or evaluated, in accordance with requirements contained in the subsequent sections.

Purpose

This publication contains the requirements which, if applied appropriately, provide confidence in the Suppliers' capability to deliver product that conforms to Acquirer contract requirements.

Applicability

• This publication is primarily intended for use in a contract between two or more parties.
• When referenced in a contract, this publication shall apply to all of the processes necessary for the Supplier to fulfill the contractual requirements.
• This publication may also be used internally by a Supplier or a potential Supplier to cover the Quality aspects of the Management System (MS).
• Where identified by the Acquirer, this publication can be used in conjunction with other appropriate standards to manage processes of the MS.
• If inconsistencies exist between the contract requirements and this publication, the contract requirements shall prevail.

This is only an overview/extract of the standard. Users should not rely on its accuracy, but should refer to the complete standard of the appropriate revision.

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