Modernização de aeronaves militares e o processo de certificação aeronáutica

Abstract

This work has the objective to get in touch with the knowledge of the Aeronautical Certification process, motivated by the upgrade process from Brazilian Air Force F-5BR, for the importance of that process in the warranty of the safety in aeronautical operations and in the prospective vision of a possible modernization of the Brazilian Navy’s AF-1 Skyhawk. During the life cycle of an aerospace product and more specifically of an airship, there is a moment to make the decision among revitalizing, to modernize or to disable that product due to the obsolescence level in that meets. Therefore, for the case of a revitalizing or modernization program it is necessary a certification process of that new product. That process consists previously of the official recognition of the conformity with the requirements established, by checking all of it. However, the warranty of the conformity of the series items the company vendor can only be reached to adopt quality politics well elaborated with its main documents, to know: the quality plan, the quality manual and the plan of configuration management. So, the aeronautical certification process, in growing popularization, it should not just be present in new products but in those that suffer modifications in its initial project. It becomes necessary, the knowledge of the main reasons and stages for a modernization well happened. For that, a little of the history of the process of modernization of the F-5BR was introduced and a preliminary analysis of the possible modernization of the AF-1 and AMX was made, the main advantages associated to this process being stood out.