Glossary of aerospace manufacturing and quality terms used across the CWP-700 Composite Wing Panel Production Program suite.
| AS9100 | The aerospace industry's quality management system standard — ISO 9001 plus aviation/space/defense-specific requirements (configuration control, FAI, special-process controls, traceability, counterfeit-parts prevention). |
| AS9102 | The specific AS-series standard governing First Article Inspection reporting — the Form 1/2/3 package format. |
| First Article Inspection (FAI) | Full dimensional, material, and process verification of the first production unit of a part before volume production is authorized. |
| Material Review Board (MRB) | The cross-functional board that dispositions nonconforming parts or lots as use-as-is, rework, scrap, or return-to-supplier. |
| PPAP | Production Part Approval Process — supplier-quality qualification process (borrowed from automotive, used in aerospace supply chains) confirming a supplier can reliably produce a part to spec. |
| NDT | Non-Destructive Testing — inspection methods (ultrasonic, X-ray, etc.) that verify internal part integrity without damaging the part. |
| Nonconformance | A part or lot characteristic found not to meet its engineering requirement — the trigger for an MRB disposition. |
| Source Inspection | Customer (OEM) quality representative inspection/witness performed at the supplier's facility, as opposed to at the customer's receiving dock. |
| Tier 1 Supplier | A supplier delivering directly to an aircraft OEM (as opposed to a Tier 2/3 supplier delivering to another supplier). |
| Use-as-is | An MRB disposition accepting a nonconforming part without rework, based on an engineering judgment that it still meets design intent. |