Caltech's Airworthiness Skills Workshop is a key opportunity for engineers, managers, and regulatory personnel to enhance their airworthiness assessment skills. This rigorous 28-hour program builds upon your skills and knowledge from the Airworthiness Foundations course and deepens your understanding of military airworthiness standards in aircraft design. Join us to progress your journey from novice to journeyperson, contributing to a culture of innovation and expertise.
Caltech's Airworthiness Skills Workshop is a key opportunity for engineers, managers, and regulatory personnel to enhance their airworthiness assessment skills. This rigorous 28-hour program builds upon your skills and knowledge from the Airworthiness Foundations course and deepens your understanding of military airworthiness standards in aircraft design. Join us to progress your journey from novice to journeyperson, contributing to a culture of innovation and expertise.
The program addresses many of the skills and applications needed to transition from the Novice to the Journey Person competency level. It also complies with AIA NAS9945 “Airworthiness Engineering Training and Education” (2020) and its supporting child standards, which provide an industry-wide foundation for benchmarking airworthiness expertise and experience.
Explore the details of the military airworthiness standard MIL-HDBK-516 and supporting standards 14 CFR Part 21, DO-178, and Airworthiness Circular 17-01. It discusses how to construct designs that comply with each clause of the standard and how to demonstrate that compliance. Examples and case studies are provided.
Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
Articulate the scope and purpose of MIL-HDBK-516
Explain how MIL-HDBK-516 integrates with other military and civilian airworthiness standards
Locate specific airworthiness criteria relevant to different aircraft systems and platforms
Interpret the airworthiness criteria’s applications to the design, testing, and certification of military aircraft
Apply airworthiness criteria during the design phase for new aircraft
Use MIL-HDBK-516 to plan and execute testing programs for various aircraft systems
Develop solutions for addressing deficiencies in meeting the airworthiness criteria
Apply the principles of DO-178 to the software development process
Comply with Airworthiness Circular 17-01.
Day 1 AM: Review of Airworthiness Policies and Criteria
Airworthiness Certification from Policies to Requirements
14 CFR Part 21 (Certification Procedures for Products and Parts)
Product Development Lifecycle
How AW Approvals Support Flight Authorization
Compliance Documents
Criteria, Standards and Methods of Compliance
Sustainment and Continuing Airworthiness Processes
Day 1 PM: Materials & System Safety Criteria
System Safety History
System Safety Process
System Safety - Acceptable Levels of Safety
Definitions
System Safety Requirements
System Safety Analysis and Assessment
Software Safety Program
Materials
Day 2 AM: Powerplants, Electrical Systems, Air Transport, Weapons
Propulsion Systems
Propulsion Installations
Electrical Systems & EWIS
Electromagnetic Environment Effects
Air Transport, Airdrop, Cargo/Payload Safety, Mission/Test Equipment
Armament, Stores Integration
Day 2 PM: Structures and Flight Technologies
Structural Loads
Structural Dynamics
Strength and Materials
Damage Tolerance and Durability
Mass Properties
Flight Technologies
Flying Qualities
Vehicle Control Functions
Aerodynamics and Performance
Day 3 AM: Air Vehicle Subsystems
Hydraulics/Pneumatics
Environmental Control Systems
Fuel
Fire and Hazard Protection
Landing Gear
APU
Refueling
Mechanisms
Day 3 PM: Crew Systems, Avionics, Electronic Systems, Software, & Environmental Qual
Crew Systems and Passenger Safety
Avionics
Computer Systems
Mission Systems Electronics
Software / Diagnostics Systems
Environmental Qualification
DO-178 (Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification)
Day 4 AM: DO-178 (Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification)
Background and purpose of DO-178
Software development lifecycle as defined by DO-178
Development Plan, Verification Plan, Configuration Management Plan, and Quality Assurance Plan
Requirements capture and validation
Software design and implementation practices
Source code and integration
Role of Verification in DO-178
Coverage analysis and criteria for software level A through E
Day 4 AM: Airworthiness Circular 17-01 (Guidance for Compliance with Airworthiness Regulations)
Background and context: Why Airworthiness Circular 17-01 was developed
Detailed review of the circular's structure
Discussion of the essential elements within the circular
Explanation of terms and definitions critical to comprehension
Processes and procedures for demonstrating compliance
The role of evidence and documentation in supporting airworthiness claims
Integration of circular guidelines with existing quality management systems
Real-world examples of applying Airworthiness Circular 17-01
Day 4 PM: Hand-On Exercise in Tailoring
This workshop is ideal for engineers, managers, and regulatory personnel aiming to enhance their understanding of aircraft airworthiness. Participants should have knowledge from the Caltech Airworthiness Foundations or equivalent certificate program and be interested in applying military airworthiness standards in aircraft design. The aim is to equip these attendees with the necessary skills to advance their competency.
Course NameAirworthiness Skills Workshop
Format
Any Format/Location
Duration28 Hours
Start DateClient definable
End DateClient definable
Meet TimesTBD
Instructors
Ronald Wingfield
Systems and Airworthiness Engineering, Project Management
