Aerospace Series - Certificate of Conformity Requirements AS9163

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4271/AS9163

Issuing Committee: G-14 Americas Aerospace Quality Standards Committee (AAQSC)

Publisher: SAE International

Pages: 9

Rationale: Aviation, space, and defense organizations (customers) throughout the world receive products (e.g., assemblies, sub-assemblies, equipment and systems, parts, material, software) or services that are produced by other external providers (suppliers). Before using these products or services to either manufacture their own products or integrate them into their own products, these organizations need confirmation from their external providers that these products comply with the relevant design data and purchase order (PO) requirements. This is commonly done via an attestation—i.e., Certificate of Conformity (CoC)—from the external provider. Due to the high number of organizations and external providers, this may result in multiple CoC templates and associated requirements. The objective of this standard is to provide requirements for issuing a CoC, harmonize its content to satisfy a broad range of organizations and external providers, and provide consistent process and documentation requirements for verification of aviation, space, and defense products.