scope:

Scope of the AQAP 2000 series.

The AQAP 2000 series contains Policy, Guidance and Contractual publications. The NATO contractual Quality Assurance requirements, subsume ISO 9001:2000. ISO 9001:2000 itself uses the new concept in Quality Management standards of permissible exclusions. This approach has given rise to an escalating scale of NATO requirements published in a series of publications.

The principle of escalation means that in low risk products few quality assurance requirements will be imposed, while for higher risk products increased quality assurance will be imposed. This basis will be found in NATO's policy publication, AQAP 2000, on an Integrated Systems Approach to Quality through the Life Cycle.

AQAP 2009 NATO Guidance on the use of AQAP 2000 series (guidance type):

This publication provides guidance on the structure, interpretation of the NATO additional requirements and the use of the AQAP 2000 series.