SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems
SAE's recommended practice for developing civil aircraft and their systems under development assurance: planning and certification coordination, aircraft and system functions, architecture and allocation to items, information flows with software and hardware processes, integration and the search for unintended behaviors, the safety assessment interface and development assurance level assignment, requirements capture including derived and safety requirements, requirements validation with assumption management and validation matrices, implementation verification, configuration management, process assurance and modifications.
SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems is a compliance framework from International (SAE S-18 with EUROCAE WG-63); used for type certification under 14 CFR and EASA CS with 7 domains and 79 controls that map to 2 other frameworks. The largest domains are Sections 5.3 and 5.4: Requirements capture and requirements validation – SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems (27 controls), Sections 5.1 and 5.2: Safety assessment and development assurance level assignment – SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems (15 controls), Sections 5.5 to 5.7: Implementation verification, configuration management and process assurance – SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems (14 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.
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Appendix A: Process objectives data – SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::A.1 | A.1 Process objectives, outputs and applicability by development assurance level |
Section 3: Development assurance planning – SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems
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|---|---|
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::3.1 | 3.1 Development assurance planning process and planning elements |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::3.2 | 3.2 Development assurance plan |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::3.2.1 | 3.2.1 Design description |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::3.2.2 | 3.2.2 Transition criteria |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::3.2.3 | 3.2.3 Deviations from plans |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::3.3 | 3.3 Certification Authority coordination |
Section 4: Aircraft and system development process – SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::4.2 | 4.2 Aircraft function and requirement development |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::4.3 | 4.3 Development of aircraft architecture and allocation of aircraft functions to systems |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::4.4 | 4.4 Development of system functions and requirements |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::4.5 | 4.5 Development of system architecture and allocation of system requirements to items |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::4.6.1.1 | 4.6.1.1 Information flow from the system process to the item processes |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::4.6.1.2 | 4.6.1.2 Information flow from the item processes to the system process |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::4.6.1.3 | 4.6.1.3 Information flow between hardware and software life cycle processes |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::4.6.2 | 4.6.2 Item design and build |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::4.6.3 | 4.6.3 Item integration and verification |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::4.6.4 | 4.6.4 Aircraft and system integration and verification, including unintended behaviors |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::4.7 | 4.7 Summary of development assurance process outputs |
Section 6: Modifications to aircraft or systems – SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::6.1 | 6.1 Modification and reuse process overview |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::6.2 | 6.2 Modification management process |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::6.3 | 6.3 Modification impact analysis |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::6.4 | 6.4 Reuse of evidence from previous certification |
| sae-arp4754b-ed-79b-guidelines-for-development-of-civil-aircraft-and-systems::6.4.1 | 6.4.1 Use of service history |
Sections 5.1 and 5.2: Safety assessment and development assurance level assignment – SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems
Sections 5.3 and 5.4: Requirements capture and requirements validation – SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems
Sections 5.5 to 5.7: Implementation verification, configuration management and process assurance – SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems
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SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems is a compliance framework from International (SAE S-18 with EUROCAE WG-63); used for type certification under 14 CFR and EASA CS with 7 domains and 79 controls. SAE's recommended practice for developing civil aircraft and their systems under development assurance: planning and certification coordination, aircraft and system functions, architecture and allocation to items, information flows with software and hardware processes, integration and the search for unintended behaviors, the safety assessment interface and development assurance level assignment, requirements capture including derived and safety requirements, requirements validation with assumption management and validation matrices, implementation verification, configuration management, process assurance and modifications. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
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SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems has 79 controls organised across 7 domains. The largest domains are Sections 5.3 and 5.4: Requirements capture and requirements validation – SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems (27 controls), Sections 5.1 and 5.2: Safety assessment and development assurance level assignment – SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems (15 controls), Sections 5.5 to 5.7: Implementation verification, configuration management and process assurance – SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems (14 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.
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SAE ARP4754B / ED-79B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems maps to 2 other compliance frameworks. The top mapping partners are DO-254 / ED-80 - Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware (58% coverage), DO-178C / ED-12C - Software Considerations in Airborne Systems (24% coverage). Use our comparison tool to explore control-level mappings between frameworks.
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