Managing Compliance Across the Aerospace Product Lifecycle

Aerospace organisations must manage compliance across the entire product lifecycle — from design and production through maintenance, continuing airworthiness, and support. Standards such as AS9100 and AS9110, together with UK CAA Part 21 and Part 145, impose interlinked requirements that demand a coordinated, lifecycle-based approach to compliance.

Henning Aviation’s Product Lifecycle Compliance – 3 Day Course provides an integrated, end-to-end view of regulatory and quality requirements across the aerospace product lifecycle. The course focuses on how standards and regulations interact, where responsibilities transfer between functions, and how organisations maintain compliance without gaps or duplication.

Course Structure & Outline

Day 1 – Product Design, Development & Production Compliance

Overview of the aerospace product lifecycle and regulatory framework

AS9100 requirements across design, production, and supplier control

UK CAA Part 21 overview:

Design (DOA) and Production (POA) interfaces

Configuration control and design change management

Risk management, APQP, and product realisation controls

Compliance responsibilities during development and manufacture

Day 2 – Maintenance, Support & Continuing Airworthiness

AS9110 requirements and applicability

UK CAA Part 145 maintenance approval overview

Maintenance control, certification, and records

Human factors, competence, and authorisation

Managing defects, nonconformities, and occurrence reporting

Interface between production, maintenance, and continuing airworthiness

Day 3 – Integrated Compliance & Lifecycle Oversight

Managing handovers across the lifecycle

Configuration management and traceability

Change management and impact assessment

Compliance monitoring and internal oversight across lifecycle phases

Managing suppliers and contracted activities

Regulatory engagement and audit readiness

Preventing compliance gaps and silos

Case studies covering full lifecycle scenarios

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Understand how AS9100, AS9110, Part 21, and Part 145 requirements interact

Identify compliance responsibilities across each lifecycle phase

Manage interfaces between design, production, and maintenance activities

Support effective configuration control and traceability

Contribute to integrated compliance monitoring and audit preparation

Reduce risk of lifecycle compliance gaps and repeat finding

Benefits of the Course:

End-to-end view of aerospace compliance across the product lifecycle

Practical guidance aligned with UK CAA and international standards

Improves coordination between engineering, production, and maintenance

Supports audit readiness and regulatory confidence

Ideal for organisations operating across multiple approval types