ADS-39A-HDBK, AERONAUTICAL DESIGN STANDARD HANDBOOK: SOURCE APPROVAL AND ENGINEERING TEST REQUIREMENTS FOR ALTERNATE SOURCES OF HELICOPTER DRIVE SYSTEM ASSEMBLIES AND COMPONENTS (19 NOV 1996)

ADS-39A-HDBK, AERONAUTICAL DESIGN STANDARD HANDBOOK: SOURCE APPROVAL AND ENGINEERING TEST REQUIREMENTS FOR ALTERNATE SOURCES OF HELICOPTER DRIVE SYSTEM ASSEMBLIES AND COMPONENTS (19 NOV 1996)., This Aeronautical Design Standard (ADS) specifies Source Approval and Engineering Test requirements for alternate sources of helicopter drive system assemblies and components. These requirements are necessary to insure that an alternate source has the advanced manufacturing and assembly skills required to produce these complex parts. Completion of these requirements before contract award is necessary to reduce procurement risk associated with overcoming technical issues with first-time producers of these parts. Fielding of parts before the capabilities of the alternate source is substantiated could result in failures and/or early removals in the field, which may significantly impact the safety and reliability of the weapon systems they are used on. These requirements are based on the requirements used to qualify the original source of the part. The requirements specified in this ADS must be substantiate