There are a number of other organisations and initiatives in the UK which are advancing the use of standards and technologies in the defence sector.

The Industry Avionics Working Group (IAWG) consortium (GE Aviation, BAE SYSTEMS, General Dynamics UK Ltd, SELEX S&AS and Westland Helicopters) for example have recently undertaken an extensive study on the use of modular and incremental certification techniques on Advanced Avionics Architectures (AAA).

QinetiQ, the MoD and others have worked to mitigate some of the obsolescence issues associated with military equipment under the Technology Insertion Major Programme Area (TIMPA).

Praxis High Integrity Systems and the MoD developed the SafSec standard which details a set of requirements which may be used to gain Safety and Security Certification for a complicated system. Many of these organisations publish technical reports and guidance for consumption in the public domain and can represent a rich resource for those seeking information on current best practice and emerging military technology trends.

Both QinetiQ and Praxis host a number of project outputs on their website:

SafSec >>>
TIMPA >>>

To aid dissemination the ASSC hosts the outputs for other related projects on this website.
For information including technical papers from studies undertaken by the IAWG please use the following link:
IAWG >>>

For any more information please e-mail: era.assc@cobham.com or call: +44 (0) 1372 367141