Defence Electronics (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Defence Electronics Standards and Quality Assurance 4
Copyright Page 5
Dedication 6
Table of Contents 8
Preface 22
Acknowledgements 24
Part One: Quality Systems and Control 26
Chapter 1. Quality control and quality assurance 28
1.1 Definitions 28
1.2 Quality assurance during a product's life cycle 30
1.3 Specifications 34
1.4 Benefits and costs of quality assurance 38
1.5 Costs of quality failure 39
Chapter 2. The British Standards Institution 40
2.1 Introduction 40
2.2 Organization of BSI 41
2.3 BSI certification 50
2.4 Other BSI schemes 56
Chapter 3. Quality systems 63
3.1 Basic requirements of a quality system 63
3.2 Quality system principles 64
3.3 Quality system reliability 66
3.4 Quality manual 66
3.5 Quality plan 67
3.6 Quality records 68
3.7 Organizational structure 69
3.8 Quality assurance measurement 74
3.9 The contract 80
3.10 Design control 80
3.11 Purchasing and procurement 86
3.12 Production control 93
3.13 Product testing 93
3.14 Handling, storage, packaging and delivery 94
Chapter 4. Standards for quality systems: BS 5750, EN29000, ISO 9000 96
4.1 Historical background 96
4.2 BS 5750 standard for quality systems 98
4.3 Choosing the relevant part of BS5750 100
4.4 Choosing and contracting a supplier 104
4.5 Canadian certification services for electrical equipment 106
4.6 Government support for introducing quality management 107
Chapter 5. Statistical methods applied to quality control 108
5.1 Probability function 108
5.2 Failure rate 109
5.3 Mean time between failures 109
5.4 Quality control and testing 110
5.5 Planning a graph 111
5.6 How a manufacturer can guarantee quality 117
5.7 Quality control charts 118
5.8 Sampling methods 118
Part Two: Certification and Purchasing of Electronic Components 122
Chapter 6. Electronic component certification 124
6.1 Standard specification procedure 124
6.2 BS 9000 : British approval for electronic components 129
6.3 CECC: European approval for electronic components 133
6.4 IECQ: international approval for electronic components 136
6.5 NECQ: American national system 140
Appendix A CECC basic rules and rules of procedure 141
Appendix B IECQ basic rules and rules of procedure 141
Chapter 7. Purchasing components under the BS 9000, 7 CECC and IECQ systems 142
7.1 Choosing components 142
7.2 The system of specifications 142
7.3 Approval of manufacturers 152
7.4 Approval of distributors 158
7.5 Approval of independent test laboratories 162
7.6 National Measurement Accreditation Service 165
7.7 Approval of independent assessors of unencapsulated add-on components 168
7.8 Withdrawal or suspension of approval 168
7.9 Approval of components 169
7.10 Quality conformance inspections and tests 182
7.11 Release for delivery 184
7.12 CECC advance information procedure 185
7.13 Military Usage and Harmonization Advisory Group 185
7.14 Electronic Parts Information Centre 187
Appendix A Short description of contents of BS 9000, BS 9003 and BS 2011 187
Appendix B BS 9003 Test conditions and procedures for components 188
Appendix C Details of tests contained in the BS 2011 series 189
Part Three: Defence Sales and Quality in the UK 190
Chapter 8. Defence quality assurance in the UK 192
8.1 Historical background 192
8.2 Directorate General of Defence Quality Assurance 195
8.3 Directorate of Quality Assurance Administration 200
8.4 Directorate of Standardization and Quality Assurance Policy 200
8.5 Directorate of Quality Assurance Project Support 206
8.6 Directorate of Quality Assurance Industry 207
8.7 Directorate of Quality Assurance Technical Support 208
Chapter 9. Defence and government sales in the UK 210
9.1 The United Kingdom defence budget 210
9.2 The Ministry of Defence 211
9.3 The Ministry of Defence Procurement Executive 212
9.4 Types of defence contract 213
9.5 Tendering for defence contracts 220
9.6 MOD defence contract conditions 223
9.7 Defence Export Services Organization 224
9.8 Where to find details of defence contracts 224
Appendix A Government departments operating both general and special preference schemes 226
Appendix B Nationalized industries and other public bodies operating the general preference scheme 226
Appendix C Contractor assessment forms 227
Chapter 10. Ministry of Defence contracts and standards 230
10.1 Contract conditions and standards 230
10.2 Selection of standards for defence procurement 232
10.3 Defence Standards 232
Appendix A Summary of Standard Conditions used in government contracts 236
Appendix B Summary of common Defence Conditions 239
Appendix C Defence Guides 239
Appendix D Details of sections for Defence Standards 240
Part Four: Selling to NATO 242
Chapter 11. NATO structure and standards 244
11.1 The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 244
11.2 NATO civil and military structures 246
11.3 NATO's new integrated military command structure 252
11.4 Standardization agreements 261
11.5 Allied Publications 263
11.6 NATO codification system 263
11.7 Allied Quality Assurance Publications 263
Appendix A Main project areas likely to interest defence contractors 275
Appendix B Standard Conditions of government contracts for stores purchase (Form GC/Stores/1) 275
Part Five: Standards Worldwide: Application and Availability 278
Chapter 12. Interoperability of standards worldwide 280
12.1 CEN/CENELEC publications 281
12.2 Open systems interconnection standards 282
12.3 International Telecommunications Union 282
12.4 National standards 283
12.5 European standards 292
12.6 International standards 292
12.7 NATO standards 293
Appendix A CCITT Blue Book 294
Appendix B British Standards important to the electronics industry 297
Appendix C Defence standards important to the electronics industry 298
Appendix D American organizations producing standards 301
Appendix E ANSI standards for quality assurance 302
Chapter 13. Availability of standards 304
13.1 Quality and standards 304
13.2 Records 304
13.3 Data retrieval systems: CD-ROM 305
13.4 Databases and on-line information services 307
13.5 Technical Indexes: Electronic Quality Assurance Microfile 309
13.6 Infonorme London Information 311
Part Six: The European Defence Market 316
Chapter 14. Selling to Europe 318
14.1 The Single European Act 318
14.2 European Free Trade Association 321
14.3 European Coal and Steel Community 321
14.4 Quality and standards 322
14.6 BSI Testing and Europe 327
14.7 Information technology in Europe 327
14.8 Electromagnetic compatibility 328
14.9 EC supplies directive and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 329
14.10 How the European single market will affect defence contracts 330
14.11 Defence Export Services Organization 330
14.12 European Organization for Quality Control 330
14.13 European Foundation for Quality Management 333
14.14 Department of Trade and Industry export services 337
14.15 Euroinfocentres 340
14.16 CBI briefing pack 340
14.17 Croner's Europe 340
14.18 The future of the European market 341
14.19 How 1992 will affect US industry 342
14.20 Warsaw Pact countries 343
Abbreviations 344
Glossary 354
Addresses 364
British Standards Institutions 364
Department of Trade and Industry 365
Euroinfocentres 367
Government contract preference scheme 367
Her Majesty's Stationery Office 368
Ministry of Defence 368
Property Services Agency 369
Small Firms Centres 370
National authorized institutions 370
National Supervising Inspectorates 371
Other UK Organizations 371
Other organizations abroad 372
References 374
STANDARDS 374
BIBLIOGRAPHY 377
Index 380