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Aeronautical Design Standard, United States Army Aviation and Missile Command - Data and Test Guidance for Qualification of Sensor Systems on Aircraft

A series of formal and informal reviews should be held during the program to
establish a foundation for airworthiness substantiation and assure airworthiness qualification.
The AQS should be written to include all reviews that plan the qualification method for the basic
aircraft, modification, and alteration to ensure requirement compliance. This specification
should be reviewed and approved by the Army. The Qualification Reviews should be held
periodically during the program to validate the airworthiness substantiation and assure
compliance with all airworthiness qualification requirements. Minor modifications to qualified
systems may be made and qualified in compliance with the qualification by similarity process
identified in paragraph 4.1 below. Requirements under this section may be tailored with AED
approval to reflect constraints of the program.

All program reviews should include segments on Manpower
and Personnel Integration (MANPRINT) Domains (Manpower, personnel, Training, System
Safety, Health Hazards, Soldier Survivability, and Human Factors Engineering (HFE). The HFE
domain should include the design progression Warnings/Cautions/Advisory (WCA) system,
evaluations, test schedules, plans and results, at a minimum. In all areas that are not compliant
with MANPRINT and airworthiness qualification requirements the risk to program and risk
mitigation plan should be presented. A preliminary human engineering analysis that should give
a prognosis of all the effects occurring that could impair the crew, their sight, or their ability to
fly safely, caused by blast overpressure, noise, toxic emissions, and/or expected gas
concentration in the cockpit. A preliminary human engineering analysis should be submitted.
Consideration should also be given to man—machine—interface and ease of operation for crew and
maintenance personnel.

Preliminary Design Review (PDR). A PDR should be conducted as soon as practical
after contract award. When the sensor is part of an air vehicle procurement, the air vehicle PDR
should include a separate payload PDR, including senor software and sensor integration with the
air vehicle.