Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com ADS-44-HDBK CONTENTS PARAGRAPH PAGE FOREWORD ..................... .. ......................................................................................... ii ............................................................................................................ . 1 SCOPE 1 1.1. Scope 1 ................................................ ........................... 2 . APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS .. 1 2.1. General 1 2.2. Government documents 1 ............................................... 2.2.1. Specifications. standards. and handbooks 1 2.2.2. Other Government documents. drawinqs. and publications .....................
3 .................................. ..................... 2.3. Non-Government publications .. 4 ......................................................................... 3 . DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS 6 3.1. Definitions 6 3.2. Acronyms and Abbreviations 14 4 . GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................ 1 7 Tailorinq 17 Army airworthiness 17 Armament airworthiness qualification process 18 New aircraft or aircrawweapon modification .......................................... 18 New or modified weapon system ...........................................................
19 Most common qualification triqger .......................................................... 19 . . . Other qual~flcat~on triqqers ..................................................................... 19 Weapon-Aircraft Interface Analysis ........................................................ 21 Full qualification .................................................................................... 21 Mini-weapons survey (MWS) ................................................................. 21 ...................................................... Airworthiness qualification schedule 21 Component and subsystem tests ...........................................................
22 Ground and fliaht tests ........................................................................... 23 Qualification completion ........................................................................ 24 Weapon systems development and acquisition ................................. 24 Software chanqes ................................................................................. 25 .......................................................................................... Confiquration 26 Qualification methods 27 . . . Qualification by s~m~lar~ty .....................................................................
27 Qualification by analysis ......................................................................... 28 ................................................................................ Qualification by test 28 Qualification by demonstration .............................................................. 28 Qualification by inspection ...................................................................... 28 .................................................... Qualification throuqh simulation 28