The aerospace glossary
The standards, contracts, and acronyms that run this industry, explained in plain English by people who have lived them.
- AS9100
- Bill of Materials (BOM)BOM
- Composite Layup
- Concept of Operations (CONOPS)CONOPS
- Cost-Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF)CPFF
- Earned Value Management (EVM)EVM
- Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD)EMD
- FAA Type Certificate (TC)TC
- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)FMEA
- Federal Aviation Regulations Part 25 (FAR Part 25)FAR Part 25
- First Article Inspection (FAI)FAI
- Flight Test Card
- Foreign Object Debris (FOD)FOD
- Government Furnished Equipment (GFE)GFE
- Hardware in Airborne Systems (DO-254)DO-254
- Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)IDIQ
- Integrated Product Team (IPT)IPT
- ITARITAR
- LEO ConstellationLEO
- Lower Tier Supplier (Sub-Tier)
- Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO)MRO
- Material Review Board (MRB)MRB
- MIL-STD-810MIL-STD-810
- Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)MBSE
- Other Transaction Authority (OTA)OTA
- Production Acceptance Test (PAT)PAT
- Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)PPAP
- Reusability
- Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)SBIR
- Software Considerations in Airborne Systems (DO-178C)DO-178C
- Software-Defined Avionics
- Stress-Skin Repair
- Technology Readiness Level (TRL)TRL
- Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)UAS