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Office of Additional Director General (SOUTH ZONE)

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Office of Additional Director General

Airborne Early Warning & Control System (AEW&C) is a requirement projected by IAF. Development of the system has been taken up by CABS, with the support from other DRDO labs. The complete system has 14 sub-systems with 84 Line replaceable units (LRUs) which are to be integrated on the platform i.e. EMB-145 aircraft. To provide QA support for the developmental activities AEW&C system, and ORDAQA has been established with the man power of one PScO and one SSO I in CABS, DRDO, Bangalore.

ROLE AND FUNTION

Scrutiny of all documents pertaining to the of design & development of AEW&C system’s LRUs, such as Technical Specifications, Standard of Preparation(SOP), Qualification Test Procedures (QTPs), Drawings ,Bill of Materials (BoMs), Preliminary Design Review(PDR) documents, Critical Design Review(CDR) documents, Qualification Test Reports (QTRs), Environmental test & Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) Specifications, EMI / EMC test specifications, documents pertaining to the software developments, Process specifications, ground test schedules, User manuals, Maintenance Manuals and documents pertaining to the structural modification of platform etc.

Approval of Acceptance Test Procedures (ATPs) and Acceptance Test Reports (ATRs), Approval of all the design & development documents pertaining to Ground Test Rigs, Test equipments and ground equipments Type approval of Test rigs and integration rigs including their software etc.

Participation in PDR, CDR, Design review meetings, Defect Investigation (DI) meetings, Failure Analysis, Project progress, local modification, Programme Management Board meetings and meetings called up time to time for shorting out day to day issues.

Acting as the nodal agency, in respect of QA support rendered by other OCRIs for the AEW&C programme and coordinating with them on regular basis.

Participation in the Qualification tests, EMI/EMC testing, sub-system and system integration test, Ground test and flight trials of LRUs and sub-systems and undertaking Acceptance test of LRUs.

Participation in the independent Verification and Validation of software and documents developed for the systems.

Standardisation of various documents like ATP, QTP, SOP, failure reports, test reports etc, prepared during the course of system development.

Supporting and guiding CABS in carrying out quality audit of sub contractors/ vendor and to improve their quality system.

LIST OF FIELD ESTABLISHMENTS/DETTACHMENTS

  • Aviation Electronics Inspection Specification Documentation Authority
  • Office of the Regional Director Aeronautical Quality Assurance Bangaluru LCA Div.
  • Office of the Regional Director Aeronautical Quality Assurance Bangaluru HAL O/H Div.
  • ORDAQA Bangaluru A/C Div.
  • Office of the Regional Director Aeronautical Quality Assurance
  • Bangaluru GTRE
  • Office of the Regional Director Aeronautical Quality Assurance Bangaluru Aerospace Div.
  • Office of the Regional Director Aeronautical Quality AssuranceBangaluru Halicopter Div.
  • Office of the Regional Director Aeronautical Quality AssuranceBangaluru MRO Div.
  • Office of the Regional Director Aeronautical Quality AssuranceBangaluru Engine Div.
  • Office of the Aeronautical Quality Assurance Trichi
  • Strategic System Quality Assurance Group Hyderabad
  • Office of the Regional Director Aeronautical Quality Assurance (GW) Hyderabad
  • Office of the Regional Director Aeronautical Quality Assurance (HAL) Hyderabad
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