scope:

This document is applicable to all items used for manufacturing, maintenance, and repair of aviation, space, and defense products from the raw material to the final product (e.g. aircraft, structural items, constituent assemblies, standard parts, consumables with conformity and/or safety impact).

This document considers items dispositioned as scrap in accordance with 8.7 of the EN 9100 series of standards supporting nonconformity management and/or organization decisions (e.g. obsolescence, inventory management, missing traceability documentation).

The requirements specified in this document are complementary (not alternative) to contractual and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. Should there be a conflict between the requirements of this document and applicable statutory or regulatory requirements, the applicable statutory or regulatory requirements take precedence.

This document defines requirements and actions to be taken after the disposition decision to control the unsalvageable items within the organization and its external providers.