scope:

This SAE Aerospace Information Report (AIR) reviews technical, operational, and maintenance data being exchanged between key stakeholders in aerospace asset lifecycle and data standards available for such exchanges. It identifies gaps and non-availability of data standards in certain areas. The scope of the current document is limited to aircraft operations, maintenance and disposal stages post-build phase, and does not include the detailed interactions during the aircraft build phase.

Purpose

The purpose of this document is to present a study of technical data being exchanged across various lifecycle stages of an aircraft and identify available standards for the exchange of such data. The document examines the non-availability of data standards and identifies gaps in the available data standards. The current document is anticipated to evolve as the new standards are identified.

Intended Users

The document is intended for producers, owners, and users of aircraft life cycle data like business users, functional analysts, data engineers, data architects, and IT professionals of the aerospace ecosystem. These users are from various organizations of the aerospace ecosystem, such as original equipment manufacturers, suppliers, operators, owners, regulatory authorities, MROs, lessors, disposers, IT product suppliers, IT service providers, and others. The document is also useful for organizations developing standards like SAE, A4A, AIA, ASD, IATA, ISO, ARINC, EUROCAE, RTCA, and others.

How to Use This Document

The document is an informational report and provides a review of documents defining the aircraft asset life cycle and associated data standards. This document aligns existing data standards to each of the aircraft lifecycle phases and provides an understanding of data standards available. Gaps in current data standards are identified to assist the aerospace industry in improving the completeness and quality of the data. Section 2 presents the available documents and data standards reviewed in this document. The abbreviations and definitions referred to in the text are given in Section 2 of this document. A brief introduction of the aircraft lifecycle is discussed in Section 3 and the details of the applicable standards are given in Section 4. Data interaction between various stakeholders and applicable standards are discussed in detail in Section 5. This document also presents the gaps and non-availability of documents in certain important areas and are given in Section 6. Finally, conclusions are provided in Section 7.