Why AAQ?

NASA must contract to produce, and continually improve, safe, reliable products that meet or exceed customer and regulatory requirements. The globalization of the aerospace industry, and the resulting diversity of regional and national requirements and expectations have complicated this objective. Aerospace organizations face the challenge of integrating and assuring the quality of products purchased from suppliers throughout the world and at all levels within the supply chain.

The implementation of a thorough, disciplined risk based approach to quality is fundamental to mission success and safety. As the nation's leading organization for research and development in aeronautics and space, NASA has unique tools, capability, experiences, and perspectives that can benefit these organizations in the work that they perform. The Academy of Aerospace Quality is intended to combine academic curricula with hands on mentoring (by subject area) to enhance knowledge and understanding at the university level of aerospace quality disciplines. AAQ utilizes NASA quality information with hands on real world examples to help universities understand and teach the unique quality needs of space flight. AAQ helps academia develop the tools needed to further explore Earth, the moon, and Mars.

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